I contacted the police department to inquire how Minneapolis handles vehicular homicides. I ended up with a responsible official from the Traffic division. He told me a couple of things: First, ALL vehicular homicides, including the one in south Minneapolis, are investigated. Second, the majority of them do not end up with any criminal charge that can be established to the standards of the courts. So, that's why you'll not usually see that the driver is being charged. It isn't that they are all responsible people or anything. It's just that you cannot bring every case to court where there was wrong-doing. Much as we'd like to nail the negligent, someone has to prove it, and it isn't a simple matter to prove it.
If I hear more, I'll report it, but this fits very well with what I thought was the case. So, don't think our police are indifferent or classist. They just have to work under a stringent standard of justice. ===== ===== Jim Mork----Cooper Neighborhood "Blessed are the peacemakers for they will be called children of God"--Matthew 5:9 United for Peace http://www.unitedforpeace.org/ __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
