Posted on 03/15/2024 11:01:20 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
A California man who has five prior DUI convictions is now facing a murder charge after allegedly hitting and killing a pedestrian this week while driving under the influence of alcohol.
Jonathan Lopez, 31, was seen "drinking alcohol and flipping officers off" after leading law enforcement on a short pursuit Tuesday following the fatal incident in Orange, California, in the Los Angeles area, according to the Orange County District Attorney’s Office.
"An innocent man is dead because someone without a license who has been prohibited from driving because of his extensive DUI history decided to ignore every warning he was ever given that drinking and driving can be deadly and get behind the wheel while intoxicated," Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer said in a statement. "It is clear this individual has absolutely no regard for human life and no respect for the rule of law."
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Illegal alien? Either their investigating / reporting skills suck, or they don’t have the balls to say.
I knew a guy in the 80s that had SEVIN DUIs.......because one of the main effects of alcohol is lowered inhibitions, once intoxicated they care very little about breaking the law.
Only way to stop ‘em is jail time......unfortunately it’s too late this time.
Everyone here knows that if it was one of us, an American middle-class citizen, we would be in prison marking the dates off of our 5 to 10 year sentence.
Clearly the best solution here is to take away cars from law-abiding citizens. Well, that’s the thinking for gun crimes, anyway.
Everyone here knows that if it was one of us, an American middle-class citizen, we would be in prison marking the dates off of our 5 to 10 year sentence.
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Election of the leftist trash in the Democrat Party has very nasty consequences. Unfortunately those consequences don’t affect only the idiots who vote for that trash.
Here is solution: firing squad
Five priors and the prosecutor is feeling outraged he was loose?
It’s California, they voted for this crap...and those that didn’t should have left, like I did long ago.
In some states like California it can be charged as murder rather than manslaughter in some cases, like driving with a revoked license, driving 75 in a 25 mph zone, drag racing, or driving the wrong way on an interstate while drunk.
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