It would have been really helpful if Steve Patterson could have cited a case number or a caption or something.
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Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Okay, so I managed to find a reddit comment section from 12 years ago (don’t hate me) that seems to chalk it up as most likely untrue. Not sure if there’s much more evidence to be found one way or another
mkwt@lemmy.world 1 day ago
TheV2@programming.dev 1 day ago
It shouldn’t matter in the first place though. Such a story can happen, because, to the surprise of the internet, women are humans and individuals. If a person falls victim to such a scenario, they were just a victim to one individual, not all women in the world, let alone all people in need of help in public.
MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Fuck Reddit and Fuck Spez.
theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 1 day ago
VeryVito@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
Yeah, grabbing and lecturing a child AFTER the danger has passed doesn’t really sound like “helping” anyone to me. It sounds more like road rage and unstable behavior. If I were a female minor, I could certainly see it as a threatening act.
GreenBeanMachine@lemmy.world 1 day ago
So a sex offender for life for getting slightly mad when someone jumps in front of your car almost making you a murderer.
ThisUsernameKillsFascists@piefed.social 1 day ago
I imagine it’s the part where he grabbed her by the arm and attempted to drag her towards his car that did it. Whatever his intentions may have been, I can see how that could be taken as an attempted abduction. Idk that that should be counted as a sex crime, but I can certainly see it being treated as a potentially serious assault on a minor.
zeroConnection@programming.dev 1 day ago
Curious, how do you lecture someone DURING the dangerous moment when they jump out in front of your car?
Bazoogle@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I assume they mean immediately after, like if someone was standing nearby already. Its a little different if you drive past them, stop the car, get out, go back ti them, and then discipline