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Posted on 05/10/2024 11:10:24 AM PDT by Leaning Right
A DEA agent accused of killing a cyclist in Salem while on duty had his case presented before a federal appeals court today in Seattle.
At the center of today’s hearing was whether the agent could claim immunity from state prosecution because he was an on-duty federal agent.
On March 28, 2023, Marganne Allen was riding her bike home from work in southeast Salem.
Video from that day shows a black pickup truck running a stop sign moments before striking and killing the cyclist.
(Excerpt) Read more at kptv.com ...
Any meaning might be appropriate.
In the vid, the government admitted the agent made the wrong decision.
Oh.
Kick the case back to an Oregon court.
Above the law
Licensed to kill.
In Oregon it's legal for a bicyclist to run a stop sign, provided there's no conflicting traffic.
Oregon law allows cyclists to treat a stop sign like a yield sign and a stop light like a stop sign. So there is no strict requirement for a cyclist to stop at a stop sign.
When they enacted that law, the incidence of bicyclists being struck by cagers (motorists) while negotiating an intersection dropped by 18%.
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