I've seen lots of rumors that this was political violence, is that substantiated anywhere?
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Missing a little context there, boss. This is the story where the dude (who was stalking one of them) killed them because they were being critical of Charlie Kirk.
I'm all for shitting on cars but this wasn't some car hopping a curb, this was murder with a deadly weapon. He would have shot them all the same.
If nothing else, it's good commentary for how dangerous vehicles can be when intentionally utilized as weapons.
Another post I saw he was stalking them a long time before Charlie Kirk, and reports to police went nowhere because his dad and others were cop / police chief.
I remember the time headlines fit the facts
That title is soooo sanitizing of what actually happened. Charlie Kirk fanboy murdered them by running them over at 70 mph because one of them made a joke about Charlie Kirk. And that is after he stalked and harassed her and wasn’t charged by the police likely because of his police relatives. Then live streamed about it later, laughing maniacally
The night after the crash, things took a surreal turn: Vincent was back on YouTube, broadcasting live from his usual perch on a brown sofa.
“What’s going on everybody?” he said breezily. “We’re back with another stream and this one is going to be a little different from the previous ones.”
A few minutes later, he started to explain: “In a neighboring town, unfortunately, two girls were killed in a hit-and-run crash,” he said. “There has been a lot of misinformation going on over the internet. But I will say this: I wish my sincerest condolences to those girls, lost in that tragic accident.” He then said that he was “not authorized to talk about the whole thing,” and moved on.
On local Facebook groups and at a memorial that sprouted at the crash site, people expressed outrage: Why was Vincent free? They wondered if it had something to do with his father being a police officer in another New Jersey town, and another relative being police chief in nearby Westfield. (The Union County Prosecutor’s Office would say later that the driver had been released after questioning on Monday “pending further investigation.”)
On Wednesday, two days after the crash, the prosecutor’s office said the driver had been arrested on two counts of first-degree murder, a charge that entails “intentionally, knowingly, or purposefully” causing someone’s death.
How far the Grey Lady has fallen.