Current Events > Woman kills her uber driver because of irrational fear

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Zikten
07/02/23 2:10:36 AM
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https://philstarlife.com/news-and-views/613125-woman-shoots-kills-uber-driver-assuming-being-kidnapped?page=2

He was taking her to where she wanted to go but at some point she noticed a traffic sign about Juarez, Mexico. She decided to assume he was going to Mexico. And she took out a gun and shot him in the head, possibly without ever talking to him about her fear

Why would she think he'd be able to drive across the border without going through a checkpoint? At which point she'd be able to yell for help. Her fear made no sense
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solosnake
07/02/23 2:12:33 AM
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maybe she made it up and actually just murdered the guy

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Zikten
07/02/23 2:12:50 AM
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solosnake posted...
maybe she made it up and actually just murdered the guy
I suppose that's possible too
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MC_BatCommander
07/02/23 2:15:55 AM
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She thought he just magically teleported the car to Mexico? Kentucky isn't exactly right above it. Glad it's murder charges

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Foppe
07/02/23 2:20:13 AM
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America.

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Secret_Asian_Man
07/02/23 2:28:31 AM
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MC_BatCommander posted...
She thought he just magically teleported the car to Mexico? Kentucky isn't exactly right above it. Glad it's murder charges
She's from Kentucky but the actual location of the ride is in Texas.
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Aloc
07/02/23 2:31:19 AM
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Lock her up.

For life.

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ai123
07/02/23 2:32:11 AM
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That's what a gun will enable you to do.

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Ratchetrockon
07/02/23 2:35:28 AM
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I get irrational fears not too that aren't too diff from this tbh so I can relate. it a good thing I don't carry a weapon tho

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Bad_Mojo
07/02/23 2:39:12 AM
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An innocent person is killed and CE uses that death to help their political arguments. Vultures

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boxoto
07/02/23 2:40:19 AM
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RIP to the driver.

I once saw a video uploaded of a woman sitting behind her Uber/Lyft driver, and when he said made some kind of detour she wasn't familiar with, she put a gun to the back of his head.

she didn't shoot, and the driver never knew what was going on, but he came very close to dying.

unfortunately, so many bad things happen to women, and horror stories are passed around, that at the slightest hint things aren't going the way they think they should, a lot of people would rather shoot first and find out what was going on later.

it happens in general, tbh, where people end up dying because of some misunderstanding and not trying to clear it up.

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A_Good_Boy
07/02/23 2:41:49 AM
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Bad_Mojo posted...
An innocent person is killed and CE uses that death to help their political arguments. Vultures
Huh?

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Aloc
07/02/23 2:43:22 AM
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A_Good_Boy posted...
Huh?
a gun advocate is mad people called out the problem.

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Bad_Mojo
07/02/23 2:44:26 AM
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Aloc posted...
a gun advocate is mad people caused out the problem.

I'm far from a gun advocate

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Thompson
07/02/23 2:44:48 AM
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I have no words.

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BurmesePenguin
07/02/23 2:50:14 AM
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solosnake posted...
maybe she made it up and actually just murdered the guy
What logic made you go down this path?

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MistyKnight
07/02/23 2:54:58 AM
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Texas has stand your ground. Guarantee if she's a lily white woman that's her defense and she walks free.

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ai123
07/02/23 6:11:56 AM
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Bad_Mojo posted...
An innocent person is killed and CE uses that death to help their political arguments. Vultures
It's an argument about preventing more deaths.

Are you trying to suggest that people dying as a result of gun violence is somehow an inappropriate argument to use for gun control?

This 'now is not the time' bullshit is too stale for anyone to swallow. It's used by those who consider shooting deaths an acceptable price to pay.

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PenultmateGohan
07/02/23 6:23:57 AM
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The link that TC posted has misspellings and the author of the article didn't even write the name of the town correctly.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/06/25/uber-driver-mexico-kidnapping-arrest-phoebe-copas/70355242007/
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Thermador446
07/02/23 6:28:51 AM
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The fact that the car crashed because she shot the driver proves that thinking is not something she does often.

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Copyright2011
07/02/23 7:13:31 AM
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I only feel like im being kidnapped with LYFT drivers. Ubers decent most of the time.

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Kloe_Rinz
07/02/23 7:19:00 AM
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solosnake posted...
maybe she made it up and actually just murdered the guy
Pretty much this. But of course republicans will call it self defence and a victory for gun owners
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Haejin
07/02/23 7:32:46 AM
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And there's a chance she will walk for because this is Texas and "stand your ground"

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Sega_System
07/02/23 7:39:45 AM
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Bad_Mojo posted...
An innocent person is killed and CE uses that death to help their political arguments. Vultures
Shut the fuck up.

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Steffenfield
07/02/23 7:54:10 AM
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Uber releases safety data: 998 sexual assault incidents including 141 rape reports in 2020.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/30/tech/uber-safety-report/index.html

Not a very trusting service with them.

That doesn't excuse her complete ignorance though.

Anyway, I hope the driver is at peace and in a better place.

Such a tragic story. :(
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Tanthalas
07/02/23 7:58:08 AM
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This is what happens when any idiot can get a gun.

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TetsuoS2
07/02/23 7:58:46 AM
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this is what happens when all the news you get is negative as hell, poor dude.

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Irony
07/02/23 7:58:50 AM
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Electric chair

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Aloc
07/02/23 8:07:23 AM
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Bad_Mojo posted...
I'm far from a gun advocate
Right sure bro sure.

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Ruvan22
07/02/23 9:22:07 AM
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TetsuoS2 posted...
this is what happens when all the news you get is negative as hell, poor dude.

By this, do you mean the shooting? o.0
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meralonne
07/02/23 9:25:29 AM
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ai123 posted...
This 'now is not the time' bullshit is too stale for anyone to swallow. It's used by those who consider shooting deaths an acceptable price to pay.
thoughts and prayers smfh

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indica
07/02/23 9:30:11 AM
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BurmesePenguin posted...
What logic made you go down this path?
Because the facts seem to point that way, I assume, I'm not the person you're quoting.

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EthanSilver
07/02/23 9:32:46 AM
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ai123 posted...
It's an argument about preventing more deaths.

Are you trying to suggest that people dying as a result of gun violence is somehow an inappropriate argument to use for gun control?

This 'now is not the time' bullshit is too stale for anyone to swallow. It's used by those who consider shooting deaths an acceptable price to pay.
Ai, ai
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Alucard188
07/02/23 9:48:56 AM
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This is what a nation full of misinformation fueled paranoia leads to. Dude was just doing his job, and was executed for it. Didn't even bother reaching for her cell phone if she thought she was being kidnapped. Just went to the old click click pow. She deserves to rot.

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BurmesePenguin
07/02/23 11:19:28 AM
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indica posted...
Because the facts seem to point that way, I assume, I'm not the person you're quoting.
What facts indicate that she just wanted to kill someone and ridiculously expected to not go to jail for it? Her explanation doesn't sound unreasonable as a motive and doesn't paint her as innocent of the crime.

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Cobra1010
07/02/23 11:22:52 AM
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You don't normally think about it. But uber driving is a dangerous job.

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mercurydude
07/02/23 11:25:16 AM
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These folks are so goddamn racist that they're gonna invent a Hispanic panic defense that's used the same way as the gay panic defense.

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lilORANG
07/02/23 11:27:38 AM
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If that uber driver had a gun this wouldnt have happened

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Robot2600
07/02/23 11:28:34 AM
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what in the fucking christ.

how fucking stupid do you have to be.

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Smackems
07/02/23 11:31:24 AM
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lilORANG posted...
If that uber driver had a gun this wouldnt have happened
Wasn't she behind him? And he's driving?

How he gonna shoot her first if he doesn't even know it's happening

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Heineken14
07/02/23 11:45:33 AM
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ai123 posted...
That's what a gun will enable you to do.


Nah, I've been told from very reliable people that if someone wants to kill someone, they can do it no matter what. I mean, she could have done this with a hammer and nobody asks for hammer control!

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Robot2600
07/02/23 11:46:46 AM
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Smackems posted...
Wasn't she behind him? And he's driving?

How he gonna shoot her first if he doesn't even know it's happening

he was being sardonic

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BignutzisBack
07/02/23 11:50:17 AM
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Haejin posted...
And there's a chance she will walk for because this is Texas and "stand your ground"

She's Hispanic herself so she'll get no backup from the NRA and Republicans. Her life is over

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Biofighter55
07/02/23 12:06:23 PM
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Even with stand your ground, this is a hard sell to use.

most gun owners down here would call her stupid as fuck

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Nasty_Nitro
07/02/23 12:23:20 PM
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ai123 posted...
That's what a gun will enable you to do.

Yep somehow we refuse to ban guns OR look into people who own guns


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pikakaeru
07/02/23 12:25:09 PM
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Maybe she can be put in an institution if she is truly mentally ill.

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Nasty_Nitro
07/02/23 12:26:37 PM
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legal gun owners should have to do bi monthly mental health checks. If we cant ban guns we should make it inconvenient. Get a feel for who is buying guns and why?

Cuz nutjobs like this do exist. Shes not the only paranoid psycho with a gun. Just the most recent.

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