The other thread is a dumpster fire. I'm sure this will become one as well, but might as well start with a clean slate. I'll at least try to keep the OP updated with any notable news. Feel free to PM me if I miss anything good.
Arrest warrant and potential charges:
Spoiler!
BREAKING: An arrest warrant has been issued for Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashee Rice in connection to his involvement in a multi-vehicle crash on U.S. 75 in Dallas in late March, sources tell WFAA. https://t.co/XL3F7oCuW1
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Rice, 23, now faces eight charges in the case -- six counts of collision involving bodily injury, one count of collision involving serious bodily injury and one count of aggravated assault, according to the arrest warrant. All of the charges are felonies.
Collision involving injury carries a penalty of imprisonment in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for not more than five years or confinement in the county jail for not more than one year, a fine fine not to exceed $5,000 or both. Collision involving serious bodily injury -- a third-degree felony -- carries a punishment of imprisonment in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice of not more than 10 years or less than 2 years. Aggravated assault -- a second-degree felony -- is punishable by two to 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $10,000.
TL;DR, his concern was at a 2, and now it's a 4 (out of 10). Still probably not a huge deal, but there are some concerning possibilities. Overall, though, he thinks it all gets pled down to misdemeanors, he misses a couple of games, and he writes some massive checks to those he injured.
#Chiefs WR Rashee Rice and former SMU CB Theodore Knox are being sued for $1 million by two victims of the March 30 crash in Dallas, Texas, for severe injuries, including 'trauma to the brain, lacerations to the face requiring stitches, multiple contusions about the body,… pic.twitter.com/RlDvilVLi6
#Chiefs Patrick Mahomes said he's worked with Rashee Rice throughout the offseason and will continue to do so while the legal process plays out for Rice..
Originally Posted by ThrobProng:
Make that a Ford Tempo, and add drunk/cumming.
Road head makes it way too hard to concentrate. THAT is being reckless.
*feels me veer back into the lane*
"Babe, you need to pay attention to the road or I'm going to stop"
"WTF, how can I pay attention to the road?" :-) [Reply]
Originally Posted by LoneWolf:
I have driven a Maserati MC20 on a track (The company I work for has ties to Maserati). A car like that is much more maneuvarable and easy to control at those speeds than anything your average Joe is driving on the highway.
You are absolutely using the term "supercar" as a scare tactic. There is literally no other reason to even bring up the term in this conversation. It has zero to do with what happened and will have zero to do with any punishment Rice receives.
Other than... I'm not. Ok though... what if I stop saying super car and instead say the much longer yet ultimately saying the same thing...
"he was driving a car that was capable of doing 70 to 120 MPH in 2.5 seconds".
Would me taking out that one word make it better for you. Because I will. Here ya go.
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I haven't done 120 in a 70, in a supercar car that was capable of doing 70 to 120 MPH in 2.5 seconds , on a crowded highway causing me to make "multiple aggressive maneuvers to get through traffic.”, in the middle of the city, then fled the scene of the accident,.
Can't say I have done that. But yeah Marcellus... Rice is just a kid that was doing a little bit of speeding, right!?! Boys will be boys... AMIRITE?!?!?!
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Lets pay attention to the important aspects of this situation which is my use of the word Supercar and not him doing 120 in a 70, wrecking, making multiple aggressive maneuvers to get through traffic, and fleeing the scene of an accident.
Yup... my use of the word Supercar to describe the abilities of the car is the real issue here. [Reply]
Originally Posted by loochy:
I sure do enjoy this safe road where nobody is taking a 5% chance of endangering me!
You're safer on the roads with the Rashee Rices of the world than you are a bunch of easily disoriented blue hairs who have been mentally deteriorating since the Eisenhower administration. [Reply]
Originally Posted by LoneWolf:
Someone on this board I really respect called me out in a rep message for this post being out of line. I have deleted it and apologize.
Originally Posted by saphojunkie:
Prepare to be disappointed.
Unfortunately, wouldn’t be a first.
But seriously, if someone has a 1 in 20 chance of causing death or serious bodily harm to you or a family member because they were, for instance, in this hypothetical driving over 100…
I mean you want to drag race on a presumably empty road…
But leave the rest of us out of it. If it was me making the laws and or jury. [Reply]
Driving while elderly is a serious issue. At some point, they need to not drive at night and not drive on the interstate. Maybe the corner grocery store is unlikely to injure anyone and at some point, hopefully someone takes their license away.
But the fact there are other injuries and fatalities doesn’t justify driving 100+ and weaving through traffic.
