The link posted takes us to Townhall.com
Also, they have been running jalopies into insured drivers on purpose since I was in CA in the 60’s for the insurance money.
You can always tell when an illegal Mexican is involved in the wreck, he gets out of the car and runs away. Provided he can run.
I am not sure if it is because he is illegal or because in Mexico the one who is still alive is at fault.
Oh, come now. As El Presidente Jorge W would say, “They’re only drinking bottom shelf booze Americans don’t want to consume.” Get these illegals out of here!
he’s right about one thing several years ago when I brought the subject up around my northern friends they would insinuate that it might be a racial thing. They seem to have lost that aspect here lately. Could it be because they are having to contend with it now?
Wow. How many families in Mexico spend their Christmas and New Years grieving the loss of a loved because of a drunk driver that the police couldn't arrest?
Of course, in our “sanctuary cities,” we 365 drunk driving nights when it’s “hands off” by the authorities.
This goes a long way towards explaining the problem with drunk driving in New Mexico. It’s not just a home-grown problem.
The littering thing goes along with it, too.
There was a family of Mexican extraction on our street that had a bunch of girls, and one of the guys that one of the daughters dated (thankfully for a short time) liked to drink those big cans of Coors Light or Bud Light and then heave the can into the yard belonging the guy who lived across the street. He did not appreciate that at all. If it had gone on much longer, there would have been harsh words or worse exchanged out in the street.
Wow, MADD vs. Geraldo. I’d pay to see that cat-fight. What are the chances they would kill each other? :-p
It’s not just drunk driving. The alcohol promotes lots of other crime. There’s a small farming town (actually several) near me where the police say they have one of the highest crime rates in the nation, but insist you’re safe as long as you stay away from the bars on Main St.
A “Culture of the Drunk” and many learning to drive for the first time.
“I think they’ve done a few studies on the subject “
You can not do that, Dowdy. Citing MADD without providing a direct link to the statistic cited is bad form and against their terms of servidce. Your link goes to their home page (or statistics page) but not to the actual statistic. That is bad reporting.
By saying “I think” you prove you have NOT done the research.
Also, you provide a link to American spectator, but the title is MADD, which is a form of web site hijacking.
Admin moderator... This needs zotting.
.....Bob
See Pedro drink
See Pedro drive
See Pedro crash
See Pedro kill
See Geraldo wring his hands.
This is a very serious problem. They kill several of us a day.
Wreck suspect here illegally, officials say (killed family of three)
By MIKE GLENN Houston Chronicle - August 2007
A man accused of causing a fiery wreck that killed a family of three on the East Freeway is in the country illegally, authorities said. Juan Felix Salinas, 42, voluntarily returned to his home in Nuevo Leon, Mexico, two years ago, officials said. But he returned to the U.S., eventually making his way back to the Houston area.
Salinas remained in police custody Monday, charged with three counts of intoxication manslaughter in the deaths of Tenisha Williams, 26; her husband, S.J. Williams; and her son, Xavier Brown, 2. His bail has been set at $90,000 — $30,000 for each death.
Houston police said Salinas was speeding and rapidly changing lanes about 8:30 p.m. Saturday when he rear-ended a Toyota Corolla in the 8700 block of Interstate 10. The Toyota caught fire and eventually was engulfed in flames. The family was pronounced dead at the scene. Salinas, who suffered minor injuries in the wreck, had a blood-alcohol level of .24 — three times the .08 legal limit for intoxication in Texas.
When the van slammed into the Toyota, Salinas had been free on bond from a March 31 family violence incident in Jacinto City. The case remains open, authorities said.
On Saturday, bystanders struggled to save the young family. Some used hand- held fire extinguishers to hold back the flames while others attempted to pry open the doors. Felinda Williams said she was grateful to everyone who tried to save her daughter, grandson and son-in-law. "At least somebody cared enough," a grieving Williams said Monday. "They put themselves in danger trying to help them." Williams said she will closely follow the case against Salinas as it progresses. "When he's in court, I'm going to be in court," she said. "He tore a whole family apart."
11:18 PM EDT on Monday, April 2, 2007
A man charged with killing two best friends in a Friday night crash admitted in a Va. Beach court Monday he's in the country illegally. Alfredo Ramos, 22, is charged with two counts of aggravated involuntary manslaughter. 13News was in court where we learned Ramos doesn't speak English and so used an interpreter.
Police said Ramos was speeding westbound on Virginia Beach Boulevard when he slammed into the rear of a car stopped at the red light at Kings Grant Road.
Allison Kunhardt, 17, and Tessa Tranchant, 16, were pinned in Kunhardt's Plymouth Duster in the 10:35 p.m. collision. Emergency personnel pulled them out of the car and rushed them to the hospital, where they later died.
Police told 13News Kunhardt was a student First Colonial High School and Tranchant was a student at Kellam High School.
"I just separated from the military. I’ve just been home two weeks. I just wanted to spend time with my family," said Dylan Tranchant, Tessa Trenchant’s brother. Dylan Tranchant just got home from the war in Iraq, and had to identify his sister’s body over the weekend.
Dozens of relatives and friends gathered Sunday to console each other and to remember the girls who were inseparably close friends. The girls became close friends when Tessa's mother started dating Allison's father. "They were definitely inseparable," said Allison's father, David Kunhardt. "I've never seen a closer friendship. They would finish each other's sentences."
Police said they believe Ramos had been drinking before the crash. (Ramos had already been convicted of DUI, plus 3 other public intoxication arrests, but identity theft, driving without a license, etc.)
Police also said additional charges may be filed against Ramos, who lives in the 100 block of Trace Court. Commonwealth's Attorney Harvey Bryant says it's not unusual for police to know someone's in the country illegally and not send them back. He says it requires three DUI's before immigration officials are notified.
Allison Kunhardt's father thinks that needs to change. "Illegal means illegal. It makes no sense, you get three DUI's before you're deported. It's not baseball, three strikes you're out. You're dealing with people's lives," said David Kunhardt.
Roberto Martinez Ruiz: Illegal alien hit and run killer.
Three weeks before Kailya Goodman turned 10, her father was killed when an illegal immigrant plowed a sport utility vehicle into his motorcycle on a Thornton street on July 1, 2004. Justin Goodman of Denver bled to death on the side of the road. He was 31. The man convicted of the hit-and-run that killed Kailya's father was Roberto Martinez-Ruiz, who had come to Colorado illegally from Mexico. He had a record of arrests in Colorado on charges of drunken driving, hit-and-run and other misdemeanors that spanned almost a decade, court records show. Not once was his name turned over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, ICE officials told a TV reporter — not until the accident that killed Goodman. "We have that level of criminal right in our hands, and we're just letting them go," said Carol Vizzi, Justin Goodman's mother.
IIRC, it was the vehicular homicide of some very respected school-teachers
by a drunk ILLEGAL that got the Charlotte, NC police to start checking
immigration status of detainees.
I bet this came as a RUDE shock not only to our standard ILLEGALS.
Because the police chief said that 90% of the illegals discovered
were from south of the border.
So that means there are illegals from places like Canada, Ireland,
Europe and Asia that got the shock of their life when asked their
immigration status after being picked up for (relatively) minor offenses!
Geraldo needs to go into any American city and talk to the First Responders, they’ll tell him who’s doing what.