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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Did I miss the rest of the story?
https:www.fox5dc.com/news/arrest-made-after-mother-child-shot-over-rental-scooter-dispute-in-dc.amp

A witness says Bedney was riding a Lime DC scooter near the victims' house when one of the victims shouted to Bedney, "Hey, my kids are playing out here."

Bedney and the witness got into a verbal altercation wherein the witness picked up and threw the scooter towards Bedney's feet. The witness says that's when Bedney put a ski mask over his face and pulled out a semi-automatic handgun from his bag, firing multiple shots towards the victims.[/quote]

Wow! So was that the defending his wife? Or did she throw the scooter? Like road rage without a car. Dumb to incite because you never know and people really don't like things thrown at them.  Said he was riding it near their house. I keeping hearing about mowing down toddlers. [/quote]

So -

A) they had their kid blocking access on a public sidewalk

B) got so mad at someone using the sidewalk that they assaulted him first

They didn’t deserve to be shot but were entitled and aggressive in both circumstances prior to the shooting.

Reminds me of the CA mom who cut someone off in traffic and flipped them off but was sobbing about her baby not deserving to be shot in the news conference hours later.[/quote]

This victim blaming is disgusting. Electric scooters are not supposed to to be on the sidewalk either. [/quote]
I agree that the victim blaming is bad. In this case, self-defense does not work following the assault because he has the opportunity to flee and the response was disproportionate to the threat. However, a proportionate response could have been to punch the husband square in the jaw. Unfortunately, too many people in this city are prone to resort to gun violence instead of using their head.

Also, are there rules against electric scooters on sidewalks? I am not sure that there are.[/quote]

There aren’t. The PP is just talking out of their butt. In fact, scooters are supposed to be on sidewalks, especially in one-way traffic areas like where this happened in order to not interfere with road traffic.

[i]Scooters and bikes are allowed on sidewalks, except in the Central Business District, and scooter users still ride them in restricted areas. The legislation urges users to travel in protected bike lanes when available.[/i]

So the scooter rider had the right of way on a public sidewalk and the parent who threw the scooter at them was in the wrong.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/dc-council-to-take-final-vote-on-new-e-scooter-regulations/2020/10/19/660f5cce-121f-11eb-bc10-40b25382f1be_story.html[/quote]

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