[Enchante]

brake lights, and it looks like someone had already smashed his rear window (on the right side)????

I’m not saying the driver has no fault, of course, but braking and also being assaulted may go to his state of mind and intentions.... I haven’t studied all the photo and videos, but a driver’s panic reaction to a violent mob would be a different matter, both morally and legally, than a premeditated driving attack as it’s usually being described.

[Alberta's Child]

I've been saying for days that a criminal conviction here would be very difficult. I don't know his state of mind, but there is so much evidence here that adds up in the "reasonable doubt" category that I can't see a prosecutor even wanting to go to trial with a murder charge.

The single biggest point in the driver's favor is that everyone he hit was in the street. It doesn't mean it's OK to run them over, but it surely calls into question what his motivations were and what the culpability of the victims might be.