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Originally Posted by TotalMILF
This is a tragic and horrible turn of events, indeed. My question to you TFPers is this:
Should the man being followed by the helicopters be liable for the four deaths? Why or why not?
I think he should, but only if one or both of the news teams were acting on behalf of the police. What are your thoughts?
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No, I think it's ridiculous to hold someone responsible for an event they had no direct control over. A bedrock of our penal system is that people knowingly and willingly break the law. This fact has been eroded by all kinds of odd judgments and sentencing, but I'd still prefer to believe that someone has to be the person trying to break the law to be guilty, not just be around an incident.
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