Friday, August 03, 2012

Gosh What A Surprise

KGO-TV in San Francisco has the following story:

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- The San Francisco bicyclist accused of running over and killing an elderly pedestrian was back in court today.

36-year-old Chris Bucchere is charged with felony vehicular manslaughter for allegedly running a red light last March at Castro and Market Streets.

The district attorney says Bucchere was speeding and made no attempt to stop when he struck 71-year- old Sutchi Hui. The prosecutor rejected a request by Bucchere's lawyer to exempt him from appearing personally in court.

"This is a form of a homicide. An innocent man who was crossing the street is no longer with us. The inconvenience it may cause Mr. Bucchere is irrelevant to me. He should be at every single court appearance for something so serious," San Francisco Asst. District Attorney Omid Talai said.

Talai says he has not decided what kind of punishment Bucchere should face if he is found guilty.

(Copyright ©2012 KGO-TV/DT. All Rights Reserved.)

Why am I not surprised?

This sort of behaviour ended with the Age of Kings. Back when royalty and the the rest of the aristocratic class could do anything they wanted to the peasants.

Part of the point of creating a constitutional republic is so we can be free of such lethal abuse by those who feel themselves to be superior.

How dare that peasant act like a Republican who has an equal right to cross the street?

And why should I not be at all surprised that this would happen in San Francisco, a major center of the Leftist Aristocracy?

What can I say?

Rope, lamp post, aristocrat, some assembly required.

Here are some earlier rants on the subject of idiots on bicycles:

http://lesbates.blogspot.com/2010/11/gosh-what-surprise.html

http://lesbates.blogspot.com/2006/08/rant-for-day.html





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