Cop texts while driving, kills 2 girls, gets probation and seeks workers comp.

Mitchell was driving 126 mph in busy day-after-Thanksgiving traffic on Interstate 64 near O'Fallon while sending and receiving e-mails and talking to his girlfriend on his cell phone moments before the crash.

Do you know how dangerous it is for a state trooper to pull someone over on the side of a high way? The person they pull over can be carrying a loaded weapon. There's also the possibility that the trooper can be clipped by an on coming vehicle and killed or severely injured. That happens pretty often. Though he may not have experienced dangerous situations while on the job, the fact is that he's willing to risk his life in case it does happen. The possibility of danger is part of the job. Heck, even his normal (non-dangerous) routine is beneficial to society. He deters people from speeding (oops!) and committing other traffic violations and handles any other emergency which may come his way. Hence, he's beneficial to society. He enforces the law.

BluRayHiDef

None of that excuses his reckless driving. He broke the laws that he is sworn to uphold

[QUOTE="Solid_Snake325"][QUOTE="BluRayHiDef"]

He's a cop who risks his life everyday to help and protect people. He made one mistake which resulted in the deaths of two girls who probably would have never done half of what he's done for society. He should be excused.

BluRayHiDef

Do you know how dangerous it is for a state trooper to pull someone over on the side of a high way? The person they pull over can be carrying a loaded weapon. There's also the possibility that the trooper can be clipped by an on coming vehicle and killed or severely injured. That happens pretty often. Though he may not have experienced dangerous situations while on the job, the fact is that he's willing to risk his life in case it does happen. The possibility of danger is part of the job. Heck, even his normal (non-dangerous) routine is beneficial to society. He deters people from speeding (oops!) and committing other traffic violations and handles any other emergency which may come his way. Hence, he's beneficial to society. He enforces the law.

Like I said before, his precinct needs to fire him. Not for the sake of punishment in itself, but to send a message to other cops on the force that such horrible negligence like that can't be afforded due to the serious risk of harm to innocents, especially when your duty is to protect those people.

[QUOTE="BluRayHiDef"]

Do you know how dangerous it is for a state trooper to pull someone over on the side of a high way? The person they pull over can be carrying a loaded weapon. There's also the possibility that the trooper can be clipped by an on coming vehicle and killed or severely injured. That happens pretty often. Though he may not have experienced dangerous situations while on the job, the fact is that he's willing to risk his life in case it does happen. The possibility of danger is part of the job. Heck, even his normal (non-dangerous) routine is beneficial to society. He deters people from speeding (oops!) and committing other traffic violations and handles any other emergency which may come his way. Hence, he's beneficial to society. He enforces the law.

BuryMe

But none of that excuses his reckless driving. He broke the laws that he is sworn to uphold

Look, the guy made a mistake. Give him a break. It's not as if the two girls are suffering anymore; they're gone. He put them out of their potential misery. Thanks to him, they don't have to worry about the potential woes of life. They can rest peacefully. As for the trooper, now he has to live with the guilt of having killed two people; that alone suffers as punishment for what he did.

[QUOTE="SmittyPeppers"]I'm curious as to why someone's contributions to society should judge their right to live over another's.Solid_Snake325

Look, the guy made a mistake. Give him a break. It's not as if the two girls are suffering anymore; they're gone. He put them out of their potential misery. Thanks to him, they don't have to worry about the potential woes of life. They can rest peacefully. As for the trooper, now he has to live with the guilt of having killed two people; that alone suffers as punishment for what he did.

BluRayHiDef

[QUOTE="BuryMe"]

[QUOTE="BluRayHiDef"]

Do you know how dangerous it is for a state trooper to pull someone over on the side of a high way? The person they pull over can be carrying a loaded weapon. There's also the possibility that the trooper can be clipped by an on coming vehicle and killed or severely injured. That happens pretty often. Though he may not have experienced dangerous situations while on the job, the fact is that he's willing to risk his life in case it does happen. The possibility of danger is part of the job. Heck, even his normal (non-dangerous) routine is beneficial to society. He deters people from speeding (oops!) and committing other traffic violations and handles any other emergency which may come his way. Hence, he's beneficial to society. He enforces the law.

BluRayHiDef

But none of that excuses his reckless driving. He broke the laws that he is sworn to uphold

Look, the guy made a mistake. Give him a break. It's not as if the two girls are suffering anymore; they're gone. He put them out of their potential misery. Thanks to him, they don't have to worry about the potential woes of life. They can rest peacefully. As for the trooper, now he has to live with the guilt of having killed two people; that alone suffers as punishment for what he did.

[QUOTE="BluRayHiDef"]

Look, the guy made a mistake. Give him a break. It's not as if the two girls are suffering anymore; they're gone. He put them out of their potential misery. Thanks to him, they don't have to worry about the potential woes of life. They can rest peacefully. As for the trooper, now he has to live with the guilt of having killed two people; that alone suffers as punishment for what he did.

BuryMe

[QUOTE="BluRayHiDef"]

Look, the guy made a mistake. Give him a break. It's not as if the two girls are suffering anymore; they're gone. He put them out of their potential misery. Thanks to him, they don't have to worry about the potential woes of life. They can rest peacefully. As for the trooper, now he has to live with the guilt of having killed two people; that alone suffers as punishment for what he did.

BuryMe

You've said it better than I ever could. You did well. You did very well.

As for the trooper, now he has to live with the guilt of having killed two people; that alone suffers as punishment for what he did.

BluRayHiDef

[QUOTE="Solid_Snake325"][QUOTE="BluRayHiDef"]

Do you know how dangerous it is for a state trooper to pull someone over on the side of a high way? The person they pull over can be carrying a loaded weapon. There's also the possibility that the trooper can be clipped by an on coming vehicle and killed or severely injured. That happens pretty often. Though he may not have experienced dangerous situations while on the job, the fact is that he's willing to risk his life in case it does happen. The possibility of danger is part of the job. Heck, even his normal (non-dangerous) routine is beneficial to society. He deters people from speeding (oops!) and committing other traffic violations and handles any other emergency which may come his way. Hence, he's beneficial to society. He enforces the law.

BluRayHiDef

Once I saw this video, my opinion of the girls was confirmed. They seem like the typical shallow American teenage girls who are all about dying their hair blonde and posing for the camera. I doubt that either of them had any substance to their personalities.

Once I saw this video, my opinion of the girls was confirmed. They seem like the typical shallow American teenage girls who are all about dying their hair blonde and posing for the camera. I doubt that either of them had any substance to their personalities.

BluRayHiDef

[QUOTE="Solid_Snake325"][QUOTE="BluRayHiDef"]

Do you know how dangerous it is for a state trooper to pull someone over on the side of a high way? The person they pull over can be carrying a loaded weapon. There's also the possibility that the trooper can be clipped by an on coming vehicle and killed or severely injured. That happens pretty often. Though he may not have experienced dangerous situations while on the job, the fact is that he's willing to risk his life in case it does happen. The possibility of danger is part of the job. Heck, even his normal (non-dangerous) routine is beneficial to society. He deters people from speeding (oops!) and committing other traffic violations and handles any other emergency which may come his way. Hence, he's beneficial to society. He enforces the law.

BluRayHiDef

Once I saw this video, my opinion of the girls was confirmed. They seem like the typical shallow American teenage girls who are all about dying their hair blonde and posing for the camera. I doubt that either of them had any substance to their personalities.

If you judge them like that, how do you know that the trooper was such a fine person himself?

[QUOTE="BuryMe"]

So why charge any one with murder? I mean it's just putting every victim ou of any potential misery they might experience in life... :roll:

SmittyPeppers

You've said it better than I ever could. You did well. You did very well.

BluRayHiDef

[QUOTE="BuryMe"]

[QUOTE="BluRayHiDef"]

Look, the guy made a mistake. Give him a break. It's not as if the two girls are suffering anymore; they're gone. He put them out of their potential misery. Thanks to him, they don't have to worry about the potential woes of life. They can rest peacefully. As for the trooper, now he has to live with the guilt of having killed two people; that alone suffers as punishment for what he did.

BluRayHiDef

You've said it better than I ever could. You did well. You did very well.

I'm guessing you didn't have a good childhood?

[QUOTE="BuryMe"]

[QUOTE="BluRayHiDef"]

Look, the guy made a mistake. Give him a break. It's not as if the two girls are suffering anymore; they're gone. He put them out of their potential misery. Thanks to him, they don't have to worry about the potential woes of life. They can rest peacefully. As for the trooper, now he has to live with the guilt of having killed two people; that alone suffers as punishment for what he did.

BluRayHiDef

You've said it better than I ever could. You did well. You did very well.

My experience with people has taught me that most of them are shady, deceptive, insincere and just plain evil. Why should I have any empathy for them? That trooper did society a favor. I hope he gets his workers compensation.

BluRayHiDef

So why would you want something good for him? Shouldn't some one do exactly the same thing to him and be rewarded? And if so, where does it end?

why in the heck was he going so darn fast that is totally unecessary?xbox360isgr8t

[QUOTE="BluRayHiDef"]

My experience with people has taught me that most of them are shady, deceptive, insincere and just plain evil. Why should I have any empathy for them? That trooper did society a favor. I hope he gets his workers compensation.

BuryMe

So why would you want something good for him? Shouldn't some one do exactly the same thing to him and be rewarded? And if so, where does it end?

Troopers risk their lives every single day! They should be given free passes to murder a few times, of course. (/sarcasm)

[QUOTE="Solid_Snake325"][QUOTE="BluRayHiDef"]

Once I saw this video, my opinion of the girls was confirmed. They seem like the typical shallow American teenage girls who are all about dying their hair blonde and posing for the camera. I doubt that either of them had any substance to their personalities.

BluRayHiDef

My experience with people has taught me that most of them are shady, deceptive, insincere and just plain evil. Why should I have any empathy for them? That trooper did society a favor. I hope he gets his workers compensation.

[QUOTE="Solid_Snake325"][QUOTE="BluRayHiDef"]

You've said it better than I ever could. You did well. You did very well.

BluRayHiDef

Murder is a deliberate and intended act of killing. There was nothing deliberate about what he did. What happened was an accident...which incidentally benefited society by ridding it of two shallow teenage girls void of any substantive personality.

That's a shallow thing to say.

[QUOTE="Solid_Snake325"][QUOTE="BluRayHiDef"]

You've said it better than I ever could. You did well. You did very well.

BluRayHiDef

Murder is a deliberate and intended act of killing. There was nothing deliberate about what he did. What happened was an accident...which incidentally benefited society by ridding it of two shallow teenage girls void of any substantive personality.

[QUOTE="Solid_Snake325"][QUOTE="BluRayHiDef"]

You've said it better than I ever could. You did well. You did very well.

BluRayHiDef

Murder is a deliberate and intended act of killing. There was nothing deliberate about what he did. What happened was an accident...which incidentally benefited society by ridding it of two shallow teenage girls void of any substantive personality.

[QUOTE="Solid_Snake325"][QUOTE="BluRayHiDef"]

You've said it better than I ever could. You did well. You did very well.

BluRayHiDef

Murder is a deliberate and intended act of killing. There was nothing deliberate about what he did. What happened was an accident...which incidentally benefited society by ridding it of two shallow teenage girls void of any substantive personality.

I'm fine with you arguing about whether or not he should be given a free pass. You have a little bit of ground to stand on this. To say that society benefited from the deaths of those 2 girls when you know nothing about them, is where you cross the line for me. Sure you may have had bad experiences with people, but to judge those girls in such a way that you say their deaths are ok is wrong in my eyes.

Probly shouldn't be talking to your girlfriend while on response.

BluRayHiDef

Edited again, bleh I'm a terrible typist today. =/

[QUOTE="Solid_Snake325"][QUOTE="BluRayHiDef"]

Do you know how dangerous it is for a state trooper to pull someone over on the side of a high way? The person they pull over can be carrying a loaded weapon. There's also the possibility that the trooper can be clipped by an on coming vehicle and killed or severely injured. That happens pretty often. Though he may not have experienced dangerous situations while on the job, the fact is that he's willing to risk his life in case it does happen. The possibility of danger is part of the job. Heck, even his normal (non-dangerous) routine is beneficial to society. He deters people from speeding (oops!) and committing other traffic violations and handles any other emergency which may come his way. Hence, he's beneficial to society. He enforces the law.

BluRayHiDef

Once I saw this video, my opinion of the girls was confirmed. They seem like the typical shallow American teenage girls who are all about dying their hair blonde and posing for the camera. I doubt that either of them had any substance to their personalities.

[QUOTE="Baconbits2004"]

[QUOTE="BluRayHiDef"]BluRayHiDef

Because they are people of my generation. I know the people of my generation very well. Shallow, insincere, deceptive, conniving, selfish, inconsiderate, rude, etc. If you don't conform to the majority, you're deemed to be a weirdo and are ostracized. You aren't judged based on your character, but based on insignificant things such as your appearance or your way of dress. I've experienced nothing but the aforementioned characteristics from ninety nine percent of the people of my generation. I'm am a solitary gamer, who finds peace in reclusion from the evil masses of my generation. I detest you all. You may think that you're good, but I know that you're evil. I know what you are. I know what those girls were.

[QUOTE="Baconbits2004"]

[QUOTE="BluRayHiDef"]BluRayHiDef

Because they are people of my generation. I know the people of my generation very well. Shallow, insincere, deceptive, conniving, selfish, inconsiderate, rude, etc. If you don't conform to the majority, you're deemed to be a weirdo and are ostracized. You aren't judged based on your character, but based on insignificant things such as your appearance or your way of dress. I've experienced nothing but the aforementioned characteristics from ninety nine percent of the people of my generation. I'm am a solitary gamer, who finds peace in reclusion from the evil masses of my generation. I detest you all. You may think that you're good, but I know that you're evil. I know what you are. I know what those girls were.

[QUOTE="Baconbits2004"]

[QUOTE="BluRayHiDef"]BluRayHiDef

Because they are people of my generation. I know the people of my generation very well. Shallow, insincere, deceptive, conniving, selfish, inconsiderate, rude, etc. If you don't conform to the majority, you're deemed to be a weirdo and are ostracized. You aren't judged based on your character, but based on insignificant things such as your appearance or your way of dress. I've experienced nothing but the aforementioned characteristics from ninety nine percent of the people of my generation. I'm am a solitary gamer, who finds peace in reclusion from the evil masses of my generation. I detest you all. You may think that you're good, but I know that you're evil. I know what you are. I know what those girls were. Good riddance.

I have respect for the police, but not this guy. What an idiot.

I know this is unrelated but

Cops in America are allowed to be fat? Basic training over there for a police officer must be a cake walk compared to Canada. Only fat cops we have here are the older ones who were in physical shape at one time in there lives.

[QUOTE="BluRayHiDef"]

[QUOTE="Baconbits2004"] There are so many things I find wrong with your logic... the video you posted was of pictures someone gathered of them smiling and being happy with their friends.
Howhow did that video of an 18 year old lead you to the descision that they should die without consiquence?

Baconbits2004

Because they are people of my generation. I know the people of my generation very well. Shallow, insincere, deceptive, conniving, selfish, inconsiderate, rude, etc. If you don't conform to the majority, you're deemed to be a weirdo and are ostracized. You aren't judged based on your character, but based on insignificant things such as your appearance or your way of dress. I've experienced nothing but the aforementioned characteristics from ninety nine percent of the people of my generation. I'm am a solitary gamer, who finds peace in reclusion from the evil masses of my generation. I detest you all. You may think that you're good, but I know that you're evil. I know what you are. I know what those girls were.

When I said I detest you all...you're evil, I wasn't actually referring to the users here specifically. I was referring to anyone who happened to be reading my post and fall under the category of the evil members of my generation.

[QUOTE="BluRayHiDef"]

[QUOTE="Baconbits2004"] There are so many things I find wrong with your logic... the video you posted was of pictures someone gathered of them smiling and being happy with their friends.
Howhow did that video of an 18 year old lead you to the descision that they should die without consiquence?

tagyhag

Because they are people of my generation. I know the people of my generation very well. Shallow, insincere, deceptive, conniving, selfish, inconsiderate, rude, etc. If you don't conform to the majority, you're deemed to be a weirdo and are ostracized. You aren't judged based on your character, but based on insignificant things such as your appearance or your way of dress. I've experienced nothing but the aforementioned characteristics from ninety nine percent of the people of my generation. I'm am a solitary gamer, who finds peace in reclusion from the evil masses of my generation. I detest you all. You may think that you're good, but I know that you're evil. I know what you are. I know what those girls were.

I am not a teenager. I am 21 years old.

I know this is unrelated but

Cops in America are allowed to be fat? Basic training over there for a police officer must be a cake walk compared to Canada. Only fat cops we have here are the older ones who were in physical shape at one time in there lives.

XileLord

How the hell did he get such a light sentence? He killed 2 girls and was at fault for it. He even filed for worker's comp? The nerve of this jackass.

jiggaloj

Because he's a cop, he can get away with almost everything. First-class ticket to being a douchebag with no consequences.

[QUOTE="BluRayHiDef"]Because they are people of my generation. I know the people of my generation very well. Shallow, insincere, deceptive, conniving, selfish, inconsiderate, rude, etc. If you don't conform to the majority, you're deemed to be a weirdo and are ostracized. You aren't judged based on your character, but based on insignificant things such as your appearance or your way of dress. I've experienced nothing but the aforementioned characteristics from ninety nine percent of the people of my generation. I'm am a solitary gamer, who finds peace in reclusion from the evil masses of my generation. I detest you all. You may think that you're good, but I know that you're evil. I know what you are. I know what those girls were. Good riddance.Solid_Snake325

You've merely confirmed what I've said. I've made no insulting remarks to anyone here in this thread, and you decide to call me a whiny loser. Ha, ha. I can understand if you disagree with my argument, but you don't have to be so rude. Not to say that what you've said bothers me (I've been called worse), but it certainly proves my point.

[QUOTE="Solid_Snake325"]Because they are people of my generation. I know the people of my generation very well. Shallow, insincere, deceptive, conniving, selfish, inconsiderate, rude, etc. If you don't conform to the majority, you're deemed to be a weirdo and are ostracized. You aren't judged based on your character, but based on insignificant things such as your appearance or your way of dress. I've experienced nothing but the aforementioned characteristics from ninety nine percent of the people of my generation. I'm am a solitary gamer, who finds peace in reclusion from the evil masses of my generation. I detest you all. You may think that you're good, but I know that you're evil. I know what you are. I know what those girls were. Good riddance.BluRayHiDef

You've merely confirmed what I've said. I've made no insulting remarks to anyone here in this thread, and you decide to call me a whiny loser. Ha, ha. I can understand if you disagree with my argument, but you don't have to be so rude. Not to say that what you've said bothers me (I've been called worse), but it certainly proves my point.

[QUOTE="Baconbits2004"]

[QUOTE="BluRayHiDef"]

Because they are people of my generation. I know the people of my generation very well. Shallow, insincere, deceptive, conniving, selfish, inconsiderate, rude, etc. If you don't conform to the majority, you're deemed to be a weirdo and are ostracized. You aren't judged based on your character, but based on insignificant things such as your appearance or your way of dress. I've experienced nothing but the aforementioned characteristics from ninety nine percent of the people of my generation. I'm am a solitary gamer, who finds peace in reclusion from the evil masses of my generation. I detest you all. You may think that you're good, but I know that you're evil. I know what you are. I know what those girls were.

BluRayHiDef

When I said I detest you all...you're evil, I wasn't actually referring to the users here specifically. I was referring to anyone who happened to be reading my post and who fall under the category of the evil members of my generation.

So you detest yourself?

I don't ask this out of any ill intent, but simply logic. You say that the girls who died were shallow, stereotypical teenagers yet you only have that video to go off of which, in judging people so harshly even after a grave tragedy was bestowed upon them, is a purely shallow act. What you said about those girls was cruel, unnecessary, and, above all else, a baseless accusation based on their appearance and way of dress. I'm a recluse person myself, but I never once even thought about judging someone so harshly, especially after meeting such a tragic end. I've been bullied by my peers and been made fun of on a daily basis when I was in grade and high school, yet I never saw people who I have never known who bear resemblance to those who emotionally abused me as a blemish on society. I never want to see people in a bad light just based off of how they look or act at a glance, but rather what major aspects of their lives dictate who they are. In essence, I try to avoid looking at anyone as bad unless a clear act of evil was carried out by them. Saying these girls deserved to meet this kind of end is horrible, cruel, awful, and downright evil.

That's my two cents. I'm leaving this thread.

[Insulting you for stating that teenage girls deserve to die does not mean i'm evil. Try harder, troll. And I didn't call you a whiny loser, I said you sound like one.Solid_Snake325

This is the problem with most people. They can't separate their personal feelings toward someone who's making an argument they disagree with. Contest my arguments, not me.

[QUOTE="Solid_Snake325"][Insulting you for stating that teenage girls deserve to die does not mean i'm evil. Try harder, troll. And I didn't call you a whiny loser, I said you sound like one.BluRayHiDef

This is the problem with most people. They can't separate their personal feelings toward someone who's making an argument they disagree with. Contest my arguments, not me.