Police determined this week that a fatal northwest Las Vegas hit-and-run crash was intentional.
On Aug. 14, Andreas Probst, a 64-year-old retired Bell, California, police chief was struck by a 2016 Hyundai Elantra near Tenaya Way and Centennial Parkway while riding a mountain bike in the bike lane around 6 a.m.
Probst died at University Medical Center.
The Metropolitan Police Department arrested the 17-year-old driver of the Hyundai who fled the scene of the crash on suspicion of hit-and-run
https://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/homicides/bicyclists-death-a-homicide-after-video-emerges-police-say-2897192/
These were thrill attacks and a murder. There is a growing segment of the population that has deeply embedded in their minds that Life should not be given respect or consideration… unless it is theirs.
And pretty much nothing we could carry can counter several tons of metal aimed at you at a rate of speed.
The killers will be given all kinds of benefits according to the law and lot of us begrudgingly, still accept that is the way it should be.
But the “tank” of Good Faith And Trust in the Judicial System is running dangerously low and the expectation of refilling it is pretty much nil.
Got to have three rear view mirrors when riding a bike on a roadway; one on each handlebar, and one on a helmet–which is the only reason I would wear a helmet. The bike rider might have had a chance to escape this attack if he had mirrors. Premeditated Murder all the way.
Remember, don’t notice patters.
They hit the white car, so the intent to assault was there. The video doesn’t accurately indicate how fast they were going when they hit the cyclist; looks like the video is slowed down. It’s unlikely thy could claim they didn’t know the hit could kill the guy, but hard to prove their intent was premeditated murder, so not first degree murder? Does Nevada have felony murder statute? The passenger is an accomplice.