From the movies I've watched, the passenger can easily attempt to strangle the driver - hence the need for the driver to be prepared to defend himself.
On Thu, Jan 23, 2020 at 10:55 AM Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > So I guess the passenger was carrying some sort of weapon? > > I am skeptical given the vetting process for Lyft and Uber drivers... > > On Thu, Jan 23, 2020 at 11:52 AM Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> > wrote: > > > Depends on which seat the passenger is in. If he's sitting behind the > > driver you shoot right through the seat. Otherwise you'd have to lean > > around, its awkward no matter what. > > First 38 seconds... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33MV7fvdhxI > > > > -Curt > > > > On Thursday, January 23, 2020, 11:43:44 AM EST, Andrew Strasfogel via > > Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > > That wasn't my question. How does the driver shoot someone in the back > > seat? > > > > On Thu, Jan 23, 2020 at 11:31 AM Meade Dillon via Mercedes < > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > Easy. Criminal in back seat brandishes a weapon and demands some > > property > > > which belongs to the driver. Any action the driver takes can be > > justified > > > as self defense. If the criminal actually uses force, the driver's > > > response is also self defense. For instance, criminal puts a knife to > > > driver's neck and asks for money. Now you have capability (knife) and > > > intent (ask for $) and opportunity (close physical proximity). > > > ------------- > > > Max > > > Charleston SC > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jan 23, 2020 at 11:20 AM Andrew Strasfogel via Mercedes < > > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > > > Self defense? How would this have played out with the passenger in > the > > > > back seat? > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jan 23, 2020 at 7:37 AM Mitch Haley via Mercedes < > > > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > The victim, identified in the report as a 51-year-old man, was > found > > > > > unresponsive in the car’s back seat, the report said. He suffered > > > > apparent > > > > > gunshot wounds and was declared dead at the scene. > > > > > > > > > > Police have not determined whether the killing was an act of self > > > defense > > > > > or > > > > > which ride-share service employed the driver. (but they've > apparently > > > > > determined > > > > > that the guy who apparently attacked the driver is a "victim") > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > > > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > > > > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > > > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > -- OK Don "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect." Mark Twain "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves." WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
