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Motorist killed as police respond to bomb threat targeting Marjorie Taylor Greene (www.newsfromthestates.com)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/news

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A woman is dead following a “tragic chain of events” that began with a bomb threat against Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene at her Rome home, police said.

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[–] FuglyDuck 124 points 1 week ago (33 children)

On the way to the headquarters in their personal vehicle, a Rome Police sergeant and bomb squad member collided with another vehicle driven by 66-year-old Tammie Pickelsimer.

A Georgia State Patrol spokesperson said the traffic incident is still under investigation, but according to the initial findings, Pickelsimer’s 2002 Mazda Protege pulled out of a Rome parking lot into the path of the officer’s 2015 GMC Sierra truck. The officer applied the brakes but the truck struck the Mazda near the driver’s side front door. Pickelsimer was taken to a hospital where she died from her injuries. The officer suffered minor injuries and has been released from the hospital

clickbait. The lady was not associated with or even anywhere near the purported bomb.

2)…wanna bet the cop was driving at a high rate of speed, in a vehicle without lights and sirens?

[–] [email protected] 40 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Personal vehicle: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2024/12/10/marjorie-taylor-greene-bomb-threat-car-crash/76884681007/

I'm sure it'll come out later that he was speeding.

[–] FuglyDuck 20 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Sometimes, cops that are frequently on call are allowed to install lights or sirens on personal cars so they can get into their station quickly.

Bombsquad calls are less frequent but generally urgent.

In any case, I would suggest he was driving like he had lights and sirens, despite not having them. Which makes it incredibly unsafe to do, and places blame squarely on the cop. (Though the article made sure to mention she pulled into his way.)

[–] [email protected] -1 points 5 days ago

Though the article made sure to mention she pulled into his way

I mean, like it or not, that's the way the law reads and is applied. We run into it with motorcycles all the time. Barring extreme cases, the car that pulls in front of the speeding vehicle is 'at fault.'

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