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NASCAR champion Tony Stewart is CLEARED of charges after running over and killing fellow driver
UK Daily Mail ^ | September 24, 2014 | Ashley Collman And Snejana Faberov

Posted on 09/24/2014 12:13:11 PM PDT by C19fan

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To: tennmountainman

Don’t get me wrong, I get real cryptic when I comment sometimes, probably due to global varming yaknoww..

I agree it is better to clear the air than light more brushfires.. And leave everyone hanging.. Smoke’d.. So to speak.

I know Tony never goes out there to take drivers out so openly. If there is such a thing as a Perfect Storm, no one would wish this on anyone.

The eyes of NASCAR are everywhere, crossed as they may be as the sport devolves. :-]


61 posted on 09/24/2014 1:44:17 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi - Revolution is a'brewin!!!)
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To: Colonel_Flagg

He was very young, 20 - the judgement part of the brain is not developed until when, like 28 or 30?


62 posted on 09/24/2014 1:44:22 PM PDT by C. Edmund Wright (www.FireKarlRove.com NOW)
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To: Banjoguy
"Tantillo said toxicology reports revealed that Ward was under the influence of marijuana at a high enough level to impair judgment."

The only thing testing can show is whether or not he has smoked within the last 30 days or so. There is no measure of when or how much.

63 posted on 09/24/2014 1:53:33 PM PDT by SunTzuWu
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To: Forgotten Amendments
How many people have actually SEEN the whole video?

The real question is how many people have seen the OTHER videos (assuming there are any), including the one that supposedly came from Stewart's helmet cam?

If there are other videos, you can be sure the grand jury saw them, and that's why there's no indictment.

64 posted on 09/24/2014 1:55:35 PM PDT by Fresh Wind (The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
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To: C. Edmund Wright

For some on the left, it never happens :)


65 posted on 09/24/2014 1:59:06 PM PDT by Colonel_Flagg ("Compromise" means you've already decided you lost.)
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To: NormsRevenge

Tony Stewart is in a better position today and for the future BECAUSE
the process played out and he was cleared of wrong doing.
And that will go a long way in helping him move on with his life
and the family of the other racer, as well.

I only advocated that the process be allowed to play out.


66 posted on 09/24/2014 2:08:41 PM PDT by tennmountainman (True conservatives don't like being rained on by their own party!)
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To: C19fan

I couldn’t go to work without clearing drug tests, and I had an office job...you telling me they don’t drug test race drivers? Insane?!?!


67 posted on 09/24/2014 2:38:05 PM PDT by ThePatriotsFlag ($$$$$$$$ DEFUND OBAMA! $$$$$$$$)
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To: C19fan

Now comes the lawsuit.


68 posted on 09/24/2014 2:40:57 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Islamopobia:The Irrational Fear Of Being Beheaded)
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Ontario County District Attorney Michael Tantillo said Wednesday that Ward had enough marijuana in his system that night to ‘impair judgement’


69 posted on 09/24/2014 2:48:48 PM PDT by deport
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To: C19fan

Darwin killed the other guy...


70 posted on 09/24/2014 2:54:55 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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Tantillo also said two videos examined by investigators showed “no aberrational driving by Tony Stewart.”

http://espn.go.com/racing/nascar/cup/story/_/id/11582576/tony-stewart-face-charges-death-kevin-ward-jr

71 posted on 09/24/2014 3:01:20 PM PDT by McGruff (we're leaving behind a sovereign, stable and self-reliant Iraq - Barack Obama)
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To: Fresh Wind

Of course.

I just mean that so many reflexively blame Ward and exonerate Stewart. The full video is hard to find. The first time I saw it, I was shocked and sickened. I doubt many people who defend Stewart have seen it.


72 posted on 09/24/2014 3:49:38 PM PDT by Forgotten Amendments (Peace On Earth! Purity of Essence! McCain/Ripper 2016)
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To: C19fan

But of Kevin had been blackish..
Well “ you’re covered Kevin’... don’t you know what I’m sain.
Presumption of guilt.


73 posted on 09/24/2014 5:35:40 PM PDT by Recompennation (Constitutional protection for all not ju st selectively for Democrats.)
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To: C19fan

But Ward had his hands up!


74 posted on 09/24/2014 8:34:03 PM PDT by SaxxonWoods (....Let It Burn...)
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To: C19fan
Even if Ward was not a cannabis user, it was obvious that the combination of a poorly-lit track and Ward wearing a near-black racing helmet and suit contributed hugely to that tragedy. Remember, Ward was already nearly run over just a few seconds before Stewart hit him, and given the poor right forward visibility and ill-handling characteristics of Sprint cars, a tragedy was bound to happen once Ward stepped out of the car and literally walked into the middle of the track.
75 posted on 09/24/2014 8:39:17 PM PDT by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's economic cure)
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To: Attention Surplus Disorder

“Ontario County District Attorney Michael Tantillo said Wednesday that Ward had enough marijuana in his system that night to ‘impair judgement’”


76 posted on 09/25/2014 3:44:06 AM PDT by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: C19fan

Don’t see how anyone could have watched the video and concluded differently.


77 posted on 09/25/2014 11:19:25 AM PDT by GrootheWanderer
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To: C19fan

I was floored when I read Kevin Ward had enough pot is his system to be impaired. I don’t doubt he may have had metabolites of THC in his urine, but impaired? Most people who are stoned can barely get their pizza ordered let alone drive a Sprint car. That type of speed, moving objects, lights going by, etc. would seemingly be impossible for someone impaired by pot to process. If levels were high enough for him to be deemed impaired, perhaps he smoked a lot of weed and had built up a tolerance.


78 posted on 09/25/2014 11:27:59 AM PDT by IamConservative (If fighting fire with fire is a good idea, why do the pros use water?)
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To: Forgotten Amendments; All
The full video is hard to find. The first time I saw it, I was shocked and sickened. I doubt many people who defend Stewart have seen it.

Well this your lucky day. I have the 1st video that was on the .net at 02:00 Sunday 08/10/14 morning on MY PHONE! I have watched it dozens of times on the phone and on larger screens. I see a Driver getting out of his car and walking down the banking of the track INTO THE PATH OF MULTIPLE ONCOMING RACE CARS.

If you would like a copy of the video FreepMail Me your E-Mail and I will send it to You.

79 posted on 09/25/2014 12:54:34 PM PDT by mabarker1 (congress, The Opposite of Progress.)
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To: mabarker1

He wasn’t in the path of anyone. Stewart turned right into him.


80 posted on 09/25/2014 12:59:50 PM PDT by Forgotten Amendments (Peace On Earth! Purity of Essence! McCain/Ripper 2016)
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