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    Image of VeiledThreats VeiledThreats
    08/29/09

    In reply to Man Tries To Run Over Two Muslim Women At Gas Station
    as a woman who covers, this worries me.
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    ImperfectLit.WomanhatestheGRE. promoted this comment VeiledThreats was starred VeiledThreats was unstarred
    Image of ImperfectLit.Woman ImperfectLit.Woman
    08/29/09

    @VeiledThreats: You and me both.Its bad enough I have to worry about being raped now I have to worry about being harrased about being Muslim is just too much.
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    Image of pesematology pesematology
    08/29/09

    In reply to Man Tries To Run Over Two Muslim Women At Gas Station
    Aggravated harassment? What about, you know, attempted murder?
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    Image of Katxyz Katxyz
    08/28/09

    In reply to Man Tries To Run Over Two Muslim Women At Gas Station
    I'm sure he was just overwhelmed with concern about how "oppressed" Muslim women are.

    It's fascinating seeing the comments on those websites and seeing people simultaneously claim they don't like Islam because it's oppressive and violent and saying women should go back to their own country and get their heads chopped off, etc.
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    Image of meritxell: an erotic life meritxell: an erotic life
    08/28/09

    In reply to Man Tries To Run Over Two Muslim Women At Gas Station
    Dickweed.
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    Image of willwriteforfood willwriteforfood
    08/28/09

    In reply to Man Tries To Run Over Two Muslim Women At Gas Station
    At the end of the article there's a tease for the NY Post Liberty Medals. "Do you know someone who has made New York a better place?"

    Mirthless laugh. No, I don't. Not today.
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    Image of BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit) BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit)
    08/28/09

    In reply to Man Tries To Run Over Two Muslim Women At Gas Station
    He should be charged with a hate crime.
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    Image of My_Latest_Incarnation My_Latest_Incarnation
    08/28/09

    @BrutallyHonestBabes (aka Mrs. Sarah.of.a.Lesser.Hobbit): He should be charged with 2 counts attempted murder and a hate crime.
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    Image of pond-side-over pond-side-over
    08/28/09

    In reply to Man Tries To Run Over Two Muslim Women At Gas Station
    Am I the only person who suspects that rather then two women they had been, say, two burly Muslim men, Mr Ballance may have been inclined to look the other way?
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    Image of VirginiaDentata VirginiaDentata
    08/29/09

    @pond-side-over: No, you're not.
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    Image of divine booty divine booty
    08/28/09

    In reply to Man Tries To Run Over Two Muslim Women At Gas Station
    I'm so glad that the women had the sense to take down his license plate number and report him.
    From first hand experience, it's sometimes easier to mumble "idiot" under your breathe and wipe your tears away.
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    Image of Rose.Selavy.Needs.A.Drink Rose.Selavy.Needs.A.Drink
    08/28/09

    In reply to Man Tries To Run Over Two Muslim Women At Gas Station
    Just a fine way to top off a day that already involved reading about that psycho kidnapper in CA and the abusive mom in NJ.

    It’s time to open the wine.
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    Image of kityglitr kityglitr
    08/28/09

    @Rose.Selavy.Needs.A.Drink: Oh fuck yes. I'll have two glasses.
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    Image of Bgirl_Hamster Bgirl_Hamster
    08/28/09

    In reply to Man Tries To Run Over Two Muslim Women At Gas Station
    Ballance was being held on $10,000 cash bond. He is represented by the county Legal Aid Society, where the telephone rang unanswered Thursday evening.

    THIS is why I couldn't be a public defender. God bless those attorneys who do choose this line of work and uphold our Constitution, but I for one, could not defend this man.
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    Image of theartinyourparty theartinyourparty
    08/28/09

    In reply to Man Tries To Run Over Two Muslim Women At Gas Station
    How the fuck can you plead "not guilty"?
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    Image of zpmadd zpmadd
    08/28/09

    @theartinyourparty: HOW was the charge only aggravated harassment?? I'm feeling hate crime here.
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    Image of NellMood NellMood
    08/28/09

    @zpmadd: It said in the article that "The misdemeanor aggravated harassment charge against Ballance is used for crimes related to a victim's race, religion or certain other characteristics," so I think it's on par with a hate crime?
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    Image of SunburnedCounsel SunburnedCounsel
    08/28/09

    @zpmadd: the Hate Crime Unit is involved, but because he didn't touch them, and only threatened, they cannot charge battery. It seems from the article like they're taking it as seriously as they can.
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    Image of zpmadd zpmadd
    08/28/09

    @SunburnedCounsel: ah, I made the mistake of getting frustrated by the caption and not paying enough attention to the article. Still.
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    Image of The Plain People of Ireland (formerly cheerfulp is always...) The Plain People of Ireland (formerly cheerfulp is always...)
    08/28/09

    @SunburnedCounsel: See, this is where I get confused. Two people vs. a psycho in a two-ton vehicle. He threatened and went after them with his car. That should meet the criteria for battery...even if he didn't touch them.

    Oh, I'm too sad, my brain just melted.
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    Image of SunburnedCounsel SunburnedCounsel
    08/28/09

    @cheerfulp is always five minutes ahead of herself: It meets the criteria for assault (which is the fear of being hit et al) but not battery, which requires contact. He was behaving very very threateningly, but from the article it doesn't look like he made any contact.
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    Image of GoldenRatioφ (aka -girl11) GoldenRatioφ (aka -girl11)
    08/29/09

    @SunburnedCounsel: Wait, no, in NYS this could have been charged as an attempted first or second degree assault, both of which are felonies. The victim needs to be placed in a position where she would be either seriously physically injured or seriously physically injured by a dangerous weapon or instrument. The issue in this case is that the DA does not think that the defendant came within a dangerous proximity of successfully completing the crime because he did not drive close enough to the victims. In NYS, the defendant must come very close to actually successfully completing the crime, because the penalty for attempted assault 1 and 2 is quite high. Generally, if a defendant is found guilty of attempted assault, it must be that he didn't succeed because he was somehow interrupted, either by the victim escaping, his own incompetency, or the intervention of a third party.

    The important thing here, which is not clear from the article, is why the defendant did not actually succeed in harming the victims.

    I think you're thinking of tort law, not the New York State Penal Codes.
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    Image of ImperfectLit.Woman ImperfectLit.Woman
    08/29/09

    @goldengirl11: That makes sense and I was hoping that he didn't get as serious charge because it was just only Muslim women.
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    Image of redqueenmeg redqueenmeg
    08/30/09

    @theartinyourparty: It does seem weird but "not guilty" as a plea doesn't really mean "not guilty." It just means "I would like a trial, please."
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    Image of NellMood NellMood
    08/28/09

    In reply to Man Tries To Run Over Two Muslim Women At Gas Station
    Oh god, I clicked the link, and the article just kept getting worse and worse.
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    Image of Flackette Goes Retro Flackette Goes Retro
    08/28/09

    @NellMood: The comments floored me. People are insane.
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    Image of NellMood NellMood
    08/28/09

    @Flackette Goes Retro: I read the first few and had to stop.
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    Image of Rose.Selavy.Needs.A.Drink Rose.Selavy.Needs.A.Drink
    08/28/09

    @NellMood: It is quite a maelstrom of hatred on there. On the brave side someone on there is reminding the nutjobs that unless they are Native American, they are immigrants and should shut up about hating immigrants.
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    Image of Maritsa Maritsa
    08/28/09

    @Rose.Selavy.Needs.A.Drink: Jesus Christ I read three comments and had to stop.
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    Image of katie.scarlett.o'hara katie.scarlett.o'hara
    08/28/09

    In reply to Man Tries To Run Over Two Muslim Women At Gas Station
    WHAT. THE. FUCK.

    What is wrong with people????
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    Image of Experiment626 Experiment626
    08/28/09

    In reply to Man Tries To Run Over Two Muslim Women At Gas Station
    Sometimes I tell myself that this country progressed enough that race really doesn't matter. And then these stories completely shatter that illusion.

    "First they came for the Communists, and I didn’t speak up, because I wasn’t a Communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn’t speak up, because I wasn’t a Jew. Then they came for the Catholics, and I didn’t speak up, because I was a Protestant. Then they came for me, and by that time there was no one left to speak up for me." -- Martin Niemöller
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    Image of Flackette Goes Retro Flackette Goes Retro
    08/28/09

    In reply to Man Tries To Run Over Two Muslim Women At Gas Station
    ?!?!?!?!?!?
    That is all I can say.
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