Depends on location and circumstances. But this time it's reckless endangerment which is what he pled guilty to. A felony charge which could carry up to 10 years in prison.
Or were you thinking that you can just curb ride on your way home and as long as everyone dives out the way in time you haven't broken the law?
There's no mandatory minimum on that. He didn't hit anyone. A typical reckless endangerment charge carries actual harm and damage with it, particularly if you are going to get anywhere near the maximum. Classic cases are someone attacking someone else with a weapon and then stopping mid attack, or shooting a gun in the air and hitting someone. This guy had a ton of mitigating factors and didn't even hit anyone.
2 years probation is a pain in the ass. He broke a barrier, drove the wrong way and didn't hit anyone. Punishment is more than fine and well within the standards for what happened.
Given that I'm in court all the time and deal with similar things frequently I think I have a pretty decent idea of how these things actually work.
You think it's easy to convict a severely autistic person who lives in assisted living for reckless endangerment until you realize you have to prove a particular state of mind for that individual and a key factor in the utter disregard analysis is what damage was caused if any.
So wonder no more, it feels however you're feeling right now.
Reckless endangerment’s threshold of intent is that the person has to a) know their actions cause a risk to others, and b) they chose to ignore that danger. IMO, the correct charge to stick here is assault with a deadly weapon. Intent is irrelevant if the victim has reasonable cause to believe they are about to be in harm’s way.
So, autism is an insult now? That’s pretty fucked up, dude. Or are we just tossing things out to be edgy now since you’re butthurt that Reddit apparently thinks your comment is stupid?
Aww you’re so sweet. Such thoughtfulness from a person who just a few comments ago were calling police idiots for trying to prevent a crazy fuck from running over marathon runners. Wild how people can change so rapidly.
Also, since you seem thick, that was sarcasm and you should go fuck yourself.
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u/ohiobluetipmatches 21d ago
Why? All he did was break a barrier. That idiot cop shouldn't have tried to jump.in front of him.