Man films fatal crash on cellphone instead of helping victims

[wulfie68]

Agreed again. But public shaming is one thing; criminal sanction is another. It's dangerous and wrong for two reasons:

1. The Ohio legislature had plenty of opportunity to consider this kind of behavior and decide whether it should be a crime or not. For whatever reason, they chose not to make it a crime. In our system of government, that's the will of the people, which is supposed to rule.

2. Once the cops and the DA get on a vendetta, it can get pretty crazy. If they decide to really go after this guy, they can manipulate him into life in prison. They've done it before. That's not their job, and it's incredibly dangerous both to the victim, and to everybody who hears another "step out of line and we'll take you out" message.

I have to agree with this, but at the same time, I wonder if the kids and their families have any civil recourse: he taped minors without permission and tried to sell the footage. I would love to see the families own him.

 

[Locutus]

This douche is even more dodgy having tried to sell the video to the local news station (which they declined to pay for).

 

[SLM]

This douche is even more dodgy having tried to sell the video to the local news station (which they declined to pay for).

This reminds me of those paparazzi getting those last shots of Princess Di in that tunnel in Paris. Yes, I get that getting pictures of famous people is their job. But there is a line where the circumstances are such that it is no longer about your job, it's about being human.

This douche boy was probably trying to be Jake Gyllenhaal from Night Crawler.

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

I have to agree with this, but at the same time, I wonder if the kids and their families have any civil recourse: he taped minors without permission and tried to sell the footage. I would love to see the families own him.

I would enthusiastically support a civil action. Ohio does have privacy laws.

That's a whole 'nother thing from a police/prosecutor vendetta.