Posted on 10/05/2019 4:59:46 PM PDT by BenLurkin
My brother had his neck broken in Dallas in a car wreck with a woman from Saudi Arabia that had diplomatic immunity.
Wasn’t a horrible break, but he did have to change jobs and quit lifting heavy stuff.
Send her back to the UK to face the music.
That and a moose with diplomatic immunity once bit my sister.
Name one time Britain waved diplomatic immunity for one of their diplomats.
This sounds wrong to me.
Although, we let UN diplomats get away with crimes here in the US under the shield of diplomatic immunity.
There should be no such thing as Diplomatic Immunity.
Tough one IMO.
Definitely pay damages.
You know, they drive on the wrong side of the road over there...
I don’t know. What is the typical way it is handled?
I disagree.
Unless they can find some reason to think it was intentional, it was a mistake. Any American could have made that mistake.
Here she would probably get charged with negligent homicide and probably draw probation.
Their diplomats enjoy diplomatic immunity too.
If she’s at fault it seems like there should be some retribution.
I wouldn’t object to the US reaching a cash settlement with the family though.
I hadn’t thought of that but maybe paying damages would loosen the pain and anger.
Didn’t know a diplomats entire family had immunity.
I agree. I lived most of my life in NYC, and the members of the foreign delegations at the UN got off scot free on everything, from parking tickets to homicide, because of diplomatic immunity.
I agree. US military personnel stationed overseas are subject to the laws of the host country. No “diplomatic immunity” for our uniformed personnel.
Why should civilians have such protections?
That said, diplomatic immunity is a longstanding rule. No country has ever waived it as far as I have been able to discover after a quick search on the subject.
Well there is such a thing as Diplomatic Immunity, and we shouldn’t go waiving it for an honest mistake. Even one that takes a life.
One of the reasons it exists is different standards of justice between countries. Do you really want American diplomats subject to sharia law in Muslim countries? Or the death penalty because someone accuses them of insulting mohammad in Pakistan?
Well there is such a thing as Diplomatic Immunity, and we shouldn’t go waiving it for an honest mistake. Even one that takes a life.
One of the reasons it exists is different standards of justice between countries. Do you really want American diplomats subject to sharia law in Muslim countries? Or the death penalty because someone accuses them of insulting mohammad in Pakistan?
They can sue her civilly. That’s all. There rules are the rules.
Exactly.
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