In February, jurors found Andrew Buen guilty of criminally negligent homicide in the 2022 death of Christian Glass. Prosecutors alleged that Buen needlessly escalated a standoff with Glass, who showed signs of a mental health crisis and refused orders to get out of his SUV near Silver Plume, a small, former mining town along Interstate 70 in the Rocky Mountains west of Denver.
His parents and the agencies involved reached a $19 million settlement that also made changes to how officers are trained to respond to people in mental health crises.
3 years. What the fuck.
At the same time going to prison as a cop is usually a life sentence. You dont live long.
I see this posted a lot. Is this actually true?
I doubt it. They probably just hang with the neo Nazis.
I dunno. Nobody else factchecks. Why should I?
Y’all have no sense of humor.
It’s not true at all though. They are mostly just placed in protective custody for the duration of their sentence.
Then why say it?
Precisely because others don’t.
Here’s hoping it’s slow and painful then. More likely, however, Trump will pardon the murderer.
Every single one of the cops involved should have been put in jail, and their certifications permanently revoked. A law Colorado finally has, but is rarely used. Especially the Deputy that remotely authorized the use of force watching remotely on their bodycams.
a little justice
just a little
As a treat
What’s going on here, has the US been turned on its head? The US isn’t a place where justice exists.
I’m shocked the state decided to prosecute. But 3 years is low.
I mean this happens all the time in black and other minority communities, has even been on the news several times over the last few years, and literally nothing happens. I guess he just pissed off the wrong white family with enough resources or pull to do something about it. It’s terrible what happened to this guy but it’s been equally tragic every time it happened to a non-white person, and it’s unfortunate that this gets so more coverage
I’ve never seen data on it, but from what I’ve heard it’s unlikely that he would survive for more than 1yr regardless of sentence duration.
I hear that all the time about cops, child molesters, etc., but they just put them in a separate unit with others of their kind, away from the general population. He’ll be fine, and he’ll be out in less than two years, with good behavior. He’ll probably miss only one Christmas with his family.
Then ICE will hire him.
Never was.
Pardon?
mental health crisis
And that guy was in a car? And everybody is ok with it?
If you don’t want people driving who aren’t in a mental state where they should be driving, then you need good viable alternatives to driving. Otherwise people will continue to suck it up and drive when they are tired, sick, stressed, had a single beer, etc.
I totally misread ‘good viable’ as good vibes, and immediately agreed despite having no substantive idea what that would be. Fleet of Magic School buses driven by assorted Ms. Frizzle’s? Cheech and Chong’s Uber service? Limo service where you get to answer suggestive Family Feud surveys with Steve Harvey? I don’t know, but I’m totally down for good vibes alternatives to driving.
then you need good viable alternatives to driving.
Correct.
And still some won’t care. Worked at a bar for a bit. After work one night with a bunch of coworkers drinking. One had had too much but wanted to drive home. It would have been trivial for myself and one other sober person to get both her and her car home safely. She was still fumbling for some reason she needed to drive as we’d negated every excuse she had so far. Then in a small moment when we were distracted, she full on sprints away giggling and drove home. It was like one of those scenes about the troubles of parenting where you set the infant down swaddled, buckled in a carrier, and seemingly safe. The parent looks away for half a second. Cut back to the infant playing with a bottle of acid sitting in the knife drawer with their head inside the mouth of a lion that is now inexplicably in your house.
So will that be cash or check?
That’s what you take issue with and not murder?
He likely did not start driving the car in a mental health crisis. Oftentimes mental health issues are not persistent.
Regardless, you seem to have missed the main issue somehow. Maybe try reading the article again.
More than 50% of all people in the world will experience at least one mental health crisis in their lives.
“A mental health crisis is when someone’s behaviors prevent them from functioning or indicate they might harm themselves or others.”
So anything from anxiety and depression to suicidal thoughts with specific symptoms can fit the definition of a mental health crisis.
Thus why your comment is ridiculous.
I could see calling panic attacks a “mental health crisis”.
I had them years ago. I would feel one coming on during my drive home and so I would pull off into a parking lot, park the car, lay the driver’s seat all the way back, and blast the air conditioner while focusing on my breathing until I felt safe to drive again.
I’m glad no one ever called the cops on me.
I’m not sure what you’re trying to say here.
They are smarter than you and have better opinions than you. They really need you to know this.
Lots of people live in their cars, it’s the only asset I own so one missed paycheck and it’s gonna be my house too
Cut your utility bills with this one weird trick
