People usually think "oh the worst thing that could happen is a DUI", like man you are putting so many people at risk. And to have no remorse when the worst truly does happen, jesus christ.
You are putting people at risk when you get in a car period. Phones are far more distracting and dangerous, provably, repeatedly so. The problem with this viewpoint is that it's very "Minority Report" wherein, people (Obviously not this case), are being treated like murderers and responsible for every DUI death, even if their DUI involved no dramatics at all, and treating them like that for a DUI is treating them like they've committed a crime they haven't, before they ever have committed it. That's not a good precedent to set. There are already charges in place for someone dying in an accident, intentional or otherwise. The DUI is not a charge of vehicular manslaughter or homicide. The DUI exists solely as a profit revenue for police officers. If you hit someone with a car completely sober, and they die, you are getting the same charge of whichever version of vehicular death you face. If you do it drunk, they are just adding DUI charges. So, if someone doesn't do anything to anyone and is drunk, they get the same DUI and treated the same, because something COULD happen. Well something COULD happen every time you drive, period. If any of you actually cared about the safety of other drivers on the road, we'd ban alcohol outright because clearly that's the problem.
@@Compton3clipseddriving is an expression of personal accountability and freedom of self. People don’t think of it. They just see it as a reality of every day life. It’s not. It’s a privilege and a responsibility.
@@Compton3clipsed I completely agree, alcohol is the route of reckless behaviour with most people. Driving in itself is dangerous and a risk at all times. I don’t drink for personal reasons, but it honestly does me good because I would much rather be the bored designated driver than have someone dead by my hands because I was drinking and fucking stupid. The fact that there’s options like Uber and all that and people STILL choose to dunk drive,, you’re not even stupid at that point, you’re an endangerment.
@@misanthropicservitorofmars2116Fr, people don’t understand how bad that shit ruins your chance at a normal life, charges like that stay with you for years
My best friend was killed by a drunk driver. Maybe just don't drink, but if you must drink, please don't drive. My best friend was a good person. He volunteered at an animal shelter, walked dogs every day after school, had two little sisters who asked when he was coming home for over a year after he died, and his mom has really never been the same.... Please, please don't drive drunk. RIP Chris. We miss you every fucking day.
im so sorry man. i really hope the person who was responsible was punished to the fullest extent. i have no sympathy for anyone who drives drunk at all.
I met a homeless fella who drank and drove once in 2000, he said he got in an accident and killed the passengers with him and has had survival guilt ever since. He said nothing could take back what he did, he tried to justify it in his head because they were elderly but he just still feels so shitty about it, he said he hasn't drank since. He was a really cool guy and honestly he just learned how horrific it can be through his own horrid actions. He said he regrets it more than anything and wishes he never got in the car that night.
I am so sorry for your loss. I hope they got the jail fucking thrown at them. Deplorable monsters like that don't deserve a second fucking chance. Hopefully you're able to heal a bit from the loss of your friend. Wishing you the best.
At age 13, I lost my best friend because of a drunk driver. The drunk driver survived, the 5 other people in the van with my friend survived....she was killed instantly. 23 years later I still think about it. Drinking and driving is one of the worst decisions a person can make.
Eh, I kinda feel like if somebody could be rehabilitated then you should do that instead of just punishing them. She didn't MURDER those people, she got Retardo Style drunk and probably popped some Adderall... Addy and booze is a recipe for destruction
Personally feel that 14-15 feels about right. It’s harsh enough that her life is irrevocably changed, but not so harsh where she could still do SOMETHING with it eventually. I would feel differently for someone much older who should have definitely known better.
@@adriennemoore8170did you really just imply she didn't know better? At age 10 people know drunk driving is bad, don't use her being young as an excuse. She's scum and doesn't deserve a "second chance". This wasn't an accidental thing that happened, two people are dead. Like full blown dead because she was a moron.
@@adriennemoore8170 yeah fuck that, it's a symptom of american culture, drinking and cars, don't give me that crap with how she is young. When I was her age I was stupid too but not a criminal
As a north iraqi kurd, I'd argue execution. Using lethal force on non-combatants, means everybody needs to see your head chopped off in the streets for your actions. If you live in Erbil you will understand why the crime rate here is so low compared to nearby towns like Mosul.
@@wadejohnston4305 Reading comprehension. She couldn't even register that she killed people in the moment because she was almost blackout drunk lol. He's not trying to excuse her.
this whole thing reminds me of the video from a few years ago where that girl was driving drunk as shit with her 14 year old sister and was live streaming the whole time when she fucking wrecked the car. she survived but her sister didn't and the fucked part about it is because she was so blasted i dont think she fully even understood what was happening and in the live stream she held her sisters in her arms shaking her and shit all well her head is split open wide. again all this was being streamed live and the video is out there if you really wanna see it but i dont recommend it.
If you watch the full video, she was laughing on the site and not only were her car totaled but one of the victims legs severed and stuck in the grill of her car. And she wouldn’t perform CPR on the victims, she just called 911 and waited for them to show up so. She should have got the full 28 years in my opinion.
She blew a 0.3% BAL during the arrest -- she's black-out hammered, not forming any new memories. I'm guessing she also took an Adderall or something which is why she's able to speak fluently and isn't falling down.
@@BlooCollaGal yes she was almost 4 times the legal limit and she just laughs about it and talked about drinking in Vegas and when she could go back to school. I was horrified by her behavior, thinking what the victims family must have felt when they were shown this cottage in court 😳
Yeah everything she did is classic shock symptoms. her mind has literally checked out and just isn't accepting what is reality. Her not doing CPR on someone with their leg severed....isn't really something to even consider, you do CPR to pump their heart manually if they have a massive limb amputation wound, all pumping on their chest would do is force the rest of the blood out of their bodies through the wound and make them bleed out faster.
@@JC_dk Dawg, when you're 4X the limit you don't know *what the fuck* is going on, you're DEEP into a blackout. The only way she's able to walk and talk is because she's on some kind of upper -- I'm guessing Adderall.
man, my cousin just died in a random car accident about a month ago. the scariest thing about cars is even when youre doing everything right, somebody Elses mistakes could take your life. drunk and distracted driving is literally like walking around with a loaded gun downtown
I get what you mean but comparing drunk driving to "Carrying a loaded gun around town" is a stupid. That could mean a bunch of different things. Simply having a gun on you does not mean you are going to kill several people.
@@Rotary1999 Isn't it bizarre how people will accept that "riding in a car" is an absolute inevitability of life, that it may be the single most dangerous thing they do, but they will keep doing it... who can't fathom why you'd own a gun and be responsible for your safety lol
Living and working in LA, I cremate people that are killed in car accidents and it’s really hard to explain to people just HOW BAD it can get. I’ve done witness cremations and seeing how grief stricken the families are isn’t something that leaves you. Some of the things I’ve seen keep me up at night. It’s always the worst when the injuries aren’t just blunt force. Sharp force injuries and thermal injuries are gruesome.
Hey thank you for your work. That sounds really traumatic, but people like you are what keep things running even through the worst of it. I hope you have a good support system around you to help you through anything that comes up.
@@BlooCollaGal It gives some families closure. Different belief systems place great importance on the sending off of their loved ones. Now, of course the family isn’t permitted to look into the chamber while the cremation takes place. Typically, the families that opt for a witness cremation will assist in pushing the body into the retort. The decedents are usually in a long cardboard box, though we can cremate some types of wood caskets as well. We also let them push the button to start the process. The family isn’t allowed to stay on the shop floor while the actual cremation is taking place, however. Once the machine has started they are ushered out by the funeral director who directs them into either the chapel or sitting room. Families aren’t permitted to watch the entire cremation (with us at least) as it would be too distressing. The process involves opening the door several times to move/flip the body so they’re cremated properly and all the carbon is burnt off. I’m sure other places handle a witness cremation differently and we’ve even had ours live-streamed for a family that couldn’t all make it into the US. It’s not for everyone, though, and I get the strong reactions. Closure is a powerful thing and everyone grieves differently. I’m just here to do my part.
@@PeppermintCactus Woah, I didn’t even know witness cremations was a thing. Thanks for all you do. Not many have the fortitude for handling things like that. If I wasn’t dealing with some pretty bad CFS issues that past five years, we’d likely be in the same industry.
I'm so lucky. I got a DUI accident a few years ago. Luckily, no one was seriously hurt. the worst was me with a broken toe and my best friend smashed his nose on the airbags. I totaled my car and had to complete veterans treatment court. Which took it off my record and cleared me of all charges after completing their program. That was a massive wake up call for me. My PTSD was out of control and I was using alcohol to cope with it. I am so thankful that I didn't seriously hurt anyone and I was able to get the help that I needed and now Im able to move forward with my life. I'm currently enrolled in college for wildlife biology and conservation, I haven't gotten drunk in over 2 years however I still have a drink on occasion. Usually on the holidays or when I'm with my buddy's from the marine Corps and we are honoring those who are no longer with us. But I still never have more than one drink and I have my girlfriend drive since she doesn't like to drink either. If ypu are going to drink you need to be responsible and take responsibility for your actions. Being drunk is no excuse for anything.
The video of the actual crash scene is genuinely disturbing. There is a full-on severed leg dangling from the car's grill and the girl is just standing there with this confused smirk like, "They came out of nowhere."
She isn't a high school student, she's a college student. Her college actually protested her from continuing to attend school or even graduate. She was let out on bond for a year and in that year she met someone, got pregnant, had a gender reveal AND got married. The bodycam footage of when the police arrived on the scene, there was a literal LEG stuck under her front bumper and you see the cop looking under the car to make sure that no one was stuck underneath. What's worse is that the people she ran over were WALKING home from the same bar she had just left.
A friend's brother was hit by a drunk driver who swung onto the sidewalk, and after several tense hours of coma, brain swelling, and surgical partial skull removal, he passed. We were at band camp at the time, rooming together, and when he got the news (we were drilling on the practice field), I watched him break. It was horrible, and even just being tangential to it, I'm crying for him now just remembering his face. Before that day, he and his single mom were some of the happiest people I knew, but after it, the grief was insurmountable, irrevocable. He got a lot angrier as a person, his mom almost completely dissociated and retracted into herself, and it hurt seeing them hurt. Nobody, regardless of their actions, deserves to go through that. Don't drink and drive.
When they have her a breathalyzer test she registered as a .236 I believe which is near 3 times the legal limit. Most people are comatose at 0.2 so for her to be this coherent she must be a chronic alcoholic which is crazy considering how young she is. But the 0.236 explains why her answers make no sense
Yes this, she is blacked out drunk. She's in range of alcohol poisoning which is why they brought her to the hospital. She for sure had a major drinking problem with a massive tolerance.
@@Mean_Green This. Her answers and reactions aren't shocking given how absolutely wasted she was. Doesn't change how horrible the decisions she made were, no excuse for what she did, but people acting baffled as to why she's answering like nothing's registering, please.
Yeah, pretty sure the standard US limit is 0.08% (it's 0.05% where I live). She's just under triple that. Especially for a female (lower tolerance for alcohol than men), that's pretty goddam smashed. (but she DOES still seem coherent enough to answer questions and stuff. Maybe an alcoholic, with a tolerance built up?)
Great video, there is nothing like a perfect marriage or relationship, I learnt that in everything there is always a solution, 5 years ago I and my wife divorced because we were having some difficulties in our marriage but we are back together ,it was a really bad phase but we got through it
@Emilio Yepez its always difficult to let someone you love go, but in my case I had the help of a spiritual adviser who saved my marriage from collapsing her name is SHELLY RENEE WHITE.
You’re really showing some sincere maturity in your commentary on this one, Tom! It’s truly a tragic situation all across the board. I hope this woman’s initially blasé reaction was just due to shock &/or lingering intoxication (though I’d imagine slamming your car into two human beings and then being hauled off in handcuffs would sober you up pretty quickly and effectively). I hope the families of her victims are able to get some measure of peace with her sentencing, and I really hope she meant those statements of remorse she made in court. Thanks again for the excellent reporting on this terrible and maddeningly avoidable tragedy, Tom. You handled this story with a great deal of maturity and I liked hearing your input. I’d seen another video on this woman prior to yours, but it was mostly bodycam footage and not much more. Thanks again for covering this, and like you said: don’t drink and drive, people! It’s just not worth the risk.
I'm 25 and people are always shocked I don't have a driver's license and I explain that while I'll eventually get one, driving scares the shit out of me! You're basically in a massive bullet
There was this guy I knew who died really young when we were all in high school, they made a whole law for him because the driver got off easy based on the law, only served 7 years. I miss that kid greatly, and everyone in town hates the driver with a burning passion. Keep up the content Tom!
People really don’t realize the consequences of their poor driving until they’re the victim of it. When I was 13, my dad sister and I were driving home when a car swerved in front of us and had a head on collision, thankfully we were fine, but the other guy had his car in his legs. He had dropped his phone and reached to get it. He ended up going into a medically induced coma for 2 weeks and was crippled for months after that. Definitely hope he learned after that, he was actually in one of my classes at school, was only 16 I believe.
People just need to learn how to handle a vehicle most people have no concept of how a car works whatsoever. If your aware of your surroundings and paying attention theres no reason for you to cause an accident. Slow drivers are even more of a hazard because they hold up the flow of traffic and cause other vehicles to stay on the road longer which increases the percentage of risk. Driving might be dangerous but its also so easy to do safely and its a shame theres so many inept drivers
speeding is almost worse than drunk driving really because you're endangering people with a sober mind. with DUIs some people are just dumb and shouldn't drink
What's more dangerous, somebody who speeds and doesn't obstruct the flow of traffic or the jackass that cuts everybody off to go 2mph faster than a fucking semi ( causing traffic to clump up for miles ) ?
Exactly. People just need to calm the F down when driving, especially at weird intersections. Just an example, how dare someone honk at me for not turning right on red. I decide when it's safe for me to go, not you. Let's everybody just be cool, stay safe
14 years? That's it? Wow. If this chick killed my mom, I would be waiting outside of the jail when she got out. Pathetic. And people wonder why crime rates have skyrocketed. She killed 2 innocent women, she should be doing 50 years.
Fun fact; normally people who do this are so black out drunk they don’t remember it happening. Making it infinitely harder to accept what happened. It’s not shock or anything. Most people struggle to feel guilt with things they can’t comprehend they’ve done. She’ll probably never feel bad about murder. Just guilty she lost part of her life as well.
My friend died when she was 13 in a car accident; no one was drunk or on anything, but someone went through a yellow light when they shouldn't have and my friend was the only fatality. It tore her family apart and her mom never recovered from it. Always pay attention when driving, always.
This woman is way too drunk to realize what happened and probably doesn't remember doing it, Tom risked other people's lives while driving on the road like a re.tard intentionally and is sitting here making moral judgments. I thought this kid was gonna grow up by now but apparently not.
Any time you're in a car, you're in a 2-5 ton land-missile. It just feels safer because you have control (or some would say the illusion of control) over your fate. Drive carefully, and drive sober, lest you lose that bit of control.
It'll get to her eventually. Sometimes, it takes a while to realize while being an intoxicated state. Once they start sobering up, they instantly regret it, and It'll haunt her for the rest of her life.
i had a psychology teacher that explained to our class that our brains are not wired for the modern world. he talked about how people are afraid of snakes and spiders like our ancestors were, but we’re not afraid of getting into two ton hunks of metal and going faster than any land animal ever should. or getting into long tubes of metal and denying human capabilities and acting as a bird lol really put things into perspective as to what danger is for me
The fact she drunk drove in the first place already shows she's hugely irresponsible but to then not show any reaction to her actions shows she is heartless too. 14 years is probably too lenient, so she should consider herself very lucky. At least she can still speak to her family unlike her two victims.
Not a regular watcher of your channel but just wanted to say thank you for making this as blunt and as informative as you did, hopefully some of the younger folk who watch your videos actually have a think about what you’ve said!!!
It is nice to see some really grounded and real commentary on this kind of topic from you, which really shows how serious and disturbing the events are. Very scary that she didn’t even get the full sentencing amount(??!!!). I am also 24 and the general declining intelligence of people my age is also very sad
Those 2 people’s lives meant something. I don’t care if anyone couldn’t care, but somewhere in the huge ass world, some place, there are people grieving their hearts out from this, because those 2 people were friends, family, acquaintances, and lovers to them. All the achievements they had ever made up until this point are now gone. Their memories, gone. Their life, gone! For years upon years it’s been enforced to never drinking and drive dude. Now what are people doing nowadays? The same damn thing, never learning. It’s insanity. I expected laws to show no mercy. Break the rule, you get your just-desert (punishment), that simple. She should have gotten those full 28 years, because if you couldn’t do math, those 2 together could’ve had 40+ years ahead of them to fulfill, but no. That have this disgrace of a woman is serving 14. The say prison/jail changes a person. Let’s pray she comes out better.
There are obviously a lot of people just that callous, or self-absorbed, but her reaction to those questions really seem like the responses of someone on drugs, or in shock, unless we’re looking at a straight up sociopath- in which case there is no rehabilitation for that.
14 years is too little, especially when it's someone as remorseful as her. She understands what is being said, drunk or not. She is coherently responding back. Even a drunk person who gets arrested will still be in some sort of shock if they hear the words "You killed two people tonight"
No, you have no idea what you're talking about. I was arrested once and was less drunk than this lady but was so confused I smiled during my mugshot and knocked on the cell asking to be let out. There's a very real possibility this was her first time ever being this drunk and she is nothing like this at all sober. You people have no real world experience and it shows.
Also Holy shit I didn't know Tom wasn't even 21 yet lmao I'm 23 and figured dude was atleast my age or a bit older. Props for being where you're at already
I'm not allowed to drive because of my epilepsy. They suspended my license before I even had one. I would never be able to forgive myself if I was stupid and arrogant enough to get behind the wheel, knowing my conciousness can be altered, and ending someone's life. Some people have no self awareness or sense of personal responsibility.
My hometown is 40 mins from Peoria. I used to drive there all the time back in college. This area in Illinois is FILLED with drunk college students. Central/upper Illinois is filled with alcoholics and drug addicts.
I love the intro and the leafy look, i loved leafyishere videos and honestly he was my fav and i was like yk what im okay with tom taking those reigns so i loved seeing it
Tom made a very good point about looking away for just a second while driving. My sister was driving with her friend riding in the passenger seat (both were only 18). My sister looked away from the road for a second while going around a semi-blind turn and her car veered to the middle of the road as another car veered toward the middle at the same time. Before either person realized what they did they crashed going approx 50mph each (equal to hitting a brick wall at 100mph). My sister and her friend died on impact and the person in the other car ended up spending a long time in the hospital. All from a mistake that lasted less than a few seconds.
To play devil's advocate, it could be that she was so in shock at what happened that she mentally could not process what happened so she focused on her everyday tasks and responsibilities to keep it together. A lot of people kind of operate on denial mode after something traumatic like family members dying or you killing someone. A lot of people even experience delayed realization af ter receiving bad news like Turkey mentioned in his video on EDP and his mom's passing. Obviously, her comments are very distasteful and she should def apologize to those poor surviving family members. I can't remember if her dad mentioned she has a known drinking problem when he said to stop harassing the entire family in different interviews (which I agree with). People always go overboard when it comes to like vigilante justice or harassing people after scandals online where they drag everyone slightly related to said person when said person is an adult. You can have your personal opinions on how she's raised or if anyone in her bubble helped her but again she's an adult with her own responsibilities to bear. Don't harass or spam family members with rude messages. I don't believe she should get a lesser sentence because "boohoo I have issues" because if you kill or harm people because of these issues you need to take responsibility. Especially the killing part. Those are lost lives and I feel there should just be an automatic minimum when you recklessly kill someone via DUI because everyone knows it's wrong to drive under the influence. Just wanted to put out a logical theory on why she acted so weird. I know some people do act like that and genuinely dgaf but like...I think even normal people can act in weird ways after being traumatized after doing something horrible due to their own bad choices.
Hi, as someone who is a resident of Brownsville, TX, and have to see what happened to those pedestrians near the street I live, I certainly gained hatred to those who don't act responsible, especially aware that they're going to drive. That's a responsible act on their part, it pisses me off. This girl made me angry. She reminded me of the guy who had drugs in him and killed those Venezuelans.
Me and my gf were involved in a car accident not long back. Kid on phone crossed the road without looking. Scariest thing I've ever witnessed. Thankfully he was okay afterwards and not a fatality. So the fact that person actually killed two individuals and looks at the situation like its an inconvenience and it doesn't even register shocks me.
My cousin is a cop, and he’s told me about the people that he’s pulled over for dui/dwi and people tell him “it’s my first time doing it” and he tells them “no, this is your first time getting caught doing it. Now you’re going to jail”.
I know a family from my hometown where a guy in my grade’s fam’s car was hit by a drunk driving truck (shipping truck) and the guy’s little sister ended up getting hit in the spine and got paralyzed… girl was in like 8th grade and it was really sad to see. A bunch of my friends little sisters were friends w her so I saw firsthand how it affected the girl and every aspect of her life. She was a fighter and very smart and pushed thru to college, but that will forever be a struggle for her due to careless actions of some guy…
pretty sure we all just watched a manipulative narcissist lay the groundwork for her future legal defense. she couldn't stop herself from smiling, because she thinks she's home free, having already outsmarted the cops, in her mind at least.
I'm glad people aren't taking this as a joke. One of my grad school friends was hit and killed and she was pregnant. My uncle was also killed because a young man was drunk and hit him on his motorcycle. His daughter was born 2 months later fatherless. It's all fun and games untile you've ruined your life and the life's of those that lost a whole ass person.
throughout school, I lost about 7 classmates to drunk driving, either they were the ones drinking and driving or the were victim of one. Even some to fatal road accidents without alcohol. I _wish_ people took driving more seriously
Phew. Yesterday coming out of a supermarket yesterday to see a car run though traffic lights and hit the steel pole. Lucky no pedestrians were waiting to cross (really busy intersection tbh). A lady in her 80s lost consciousness. I ran over and she was out of it, head back, resting on headrest and against the glass with her dentures hanging out…. She is fine, but went to hospital as she has heart conditions. It is awful to take an elder lord person license away BUT hers needs to be revoked now. After the whole ordeal when I came home, it hit me how often my son and I use that intersection both as a driver and pedestrians…….
"I guess not reckless driving. I was doing 60 in a 25." That's reckless driving. That's literally reckless driving. You were arrested for reckless driving, not speeding. Speeding gets you a ticket. Going 35 MPH above the speed limit in a residential area is reckless driving, you get a ticket, and you get arrested.
As someone from central IL hearing Tom not know how to pronounce Peoria is hilarious. Also, sadly its not the first time in this area it has happened, a guy that used to cut our yard was killed in an accident from a drunk driver and they got even less of a punishment. They said the cunt that hit and killed him had no assets or value to pursue and left it at that...
Bruce Rivers does a great further breakdown of what happened. The legal limit there was .08 BAC- she blew a .264 BAC - she was so belligerently drunk as a heavy drinker she wasn't even mentally there.
I had a Xanax addiction ( almost 3 years sober) and I wrecked multiple cars , flipped two , smashed up a couple others. I don’t know why, but fate and intoxication never involved another car outside of small fender benders. It’s not fucking worth it I miss my mustang , 545i and Cadillac DTS every day but am more so beyond grateful I never hurt anyone , and some how I never seriously injured myself either.
I've seen too many people talk about this. And ima tell you as a recovering alcoholic. After you've hit a certain level of drunk that you're blacked out, you don't make sense and don't remember shit. You can be blacked out and still seem functioning if your tolerance is high enough. Trust me, ask me how I know. I'm ashamed to say I've drunk driven without realizing it until the next morning. I've been super fucking lucky I never hit anything/one. I count my blessing fr. So yeah, for you, Tom and anyone else who keeps saying "I don't understand how she doesn't get it". Well you've never gotten to that level of fucked up and good.
when i was a drunk i would wake up and go outside and my car would be parked all weird and i don't remember any of it. a lot of people think that driving drunk is someone deciding to be a POS 100% of the time. there's a very real possibility this was this chick's first time ever being this drunk and she doesn't remember any of it and would have never done that had she not blacked out so fast..
@michaelhernandez7978 exactly. On the one hand, I think it's great that many people have never gotten that drunk before that they don't get it, but then at the same time, they just don't get it and they won't until they do.
my friend jordan was run over off his bike by a drunk and high driver on his 19th birthday, no one ever thinks about the lives they can/will effect by drunk driving. rest in peace jordan.
when I was a little girl riding around with my Nana she would always tell me that "you're going 60 mph down a road with others going the same speed or faster coming directly at you with nothing between you but a line that is PAINTED on the road" 7yr old me definitely never looked at it the same way
I enjoy drinking, I know how to drive, I have no clue on how someone can even think about drunk driving outside of a joke. When I'm driving I need to feel awake and focused, alcohol literally makes you feel the opposite My father always told me, and I never forget this, "your car is a weapon, handle it with care"
Thomas Dark making a Dark video while not expecting it to be Dark, while running a channel with "Dark" in the Name. Imagine trying to Clickbait, but your good heart and nature couldn't allow it.
I lost an uncle, a sister, a crush and a friend to drunk driving, way too many people. I feel like drinking is so popular that a mass denial of drunk driving accidents is occurring.
Isn't she from Illinois? closed case right there. also tom you left out the body cam footage where she was laughing after she killed them 2 people, the only thing she did right was call EMS
People usually think "oh the worst thing that could happen is a DUI", like man you are putting so many people at risk. And to have no remorse when the worst truly does happen, jesus christ.
A DUI can ruin your life. Saying “it’s just a DUI” is an understatement. Those things are tough
You are putting people at risk when you get in a car period. Phones are far more distracting and dangerous, provably, repeatedly so. The problem with this viewpoint is that it's very "Minority Report" wherein, people (Obviously not this case), are being treated like murderers and responsible for every DUI death, even if their DUI involved no dramatics at all, and treating them like that for a DUI is treating them like they've committed a crime they haven't, before they ever have committed it. That's not a good precedent to set. There are already charges in place for someone dying in an accident, intentional or otherwise. The DUI is not a charge of vehicular manslaughter or homicide. The DUI exists solely as a profit revenue for police officers. If you hit someone with a car completely sober, and they die, you are getting the same charge of whichever version of vehicular death you face. If you do it drunk, they are just adding DUI charges. So, if someone doesn't do anything to anyone and is drunk, they get the same DUI and treated the same, because something COULD happen. Well something COULD happen every time you drive, period. If any of you actually cared about the safety of other drivers on the road, we'd ban alcohol outright because clearly that's the problem.
@@Compton3clipseddriving is an expression of personal accountability and freedom of self. People don’t think of it. They just see it as a reality of every day life. It’s not. It’s a privilege and a responsibility.
@@Compton3clipsed I completely agree, alcohol is the route of reckless behaviour with most people. Driving in itself is dangerous and a risk at all times. I don’t drink for personal reasons, but it honestly does me good because I would much rather be the bored designated driver than have someone dead by my hands because I was drinking and fucking stupid. The fact that there’s options like Uber and all that and people STILL choose to dunk drive,, you’re not even stupid at that point, you’re an endangerment.
@@misanthropicservitorofmars2116Fr, people don’t understand how bad that shit ruins your chance at a normal life, charges like that stay with you for years
My best friend was killed by a drunk driver. Maybe just don't drink, but if you must drink, please don't drive. My best friend was a good person. He volunteered at an animal shelter, walked dogs every day after school, had two little sisters who asked when he was coming home for over a year after he died, and his mom has really never been the same.... Please, please don't drive drunk. RIP Chris. We miss you every fucking day.
im so sorry man. i really hope the person who was responsible was punished to the fullest extent. i have no sympathy for anyone who drives drunk at all.
I met a homeless fella who drank and drove once in 2000, he said he got in an accident and killed the passengers with him and has had survival guilt ever since. He said nothing could take back what he did, he tried to justify it in his head because they were elderly but he just still feels so shitty about it, he said he hasn't drank since. He was a really cool guy and honestly he just learned how horrific it can be through his own horrid actions. He said he regrets it more than anything and wishes he never got in the car that night.
I am so sorry for your loss. I hope they got the jail fucking thrown at them. Deplorable monsters like that don't deserve a second fucking chance. Hopefully you're able to heal a bit from the loss of your friend. Wishing you the best.
@@stickyjim9982 what's ncp mean?
@@addie1080 non cognitive person
At age 13, I lost my best friend because of a drunk driver. The drunk driver survived, the 5 other people in the van with my friend survived....she was killed instantly. 23 years later I still think about it. Drinking and driving is one of the worst decisions a person can make.
I hope your better know
14 years is way too lenient a sentence for ending the lives of two people. I'd argue even 14 per person is too lenient.
Eh, I kinda feel like if somebody could be rehabilitated then you should do that instead of just punishing them. She didn't MURDER those people, she got Retardo Style drunk and probably popped some Adderall... Addy and booze is a recipe for destruction
Personally feel that 14-15 feels about right. It’s harsh enough that her life is irrevocably changed, but not so harsh where she could still do SOMETHING with it eventually. I would feel differently for someone much older who should have definitely known better.
@@adriennemoore8170did you really just imply she didn't know better? At age 10 people know drunk driving is bad, don't use her being young as an excuse. She's scum and doesn't deserve a "second chance". This wasn't an accidental thing that happened, two people are dead. Like full blown dead because she was a moron.
@@adriennemoore8170 yeah fuck that, it's a symptom of american culture, drinking and cars, don't give me that crap with how she is young. When I was her age I was stupid too but not a criminal
As a north iraqi kurd, I'd argue execution. Using lethal force on non-combatants, means everybody needs to see your head chopped off in the streets for your actions. If you live in Erbil you will understand why the crime rate here is so low compared to nearby towns like Mosul.
bro, she blew a 0.28 she is BLASTED. can't even register she killed people. never shoulda got behind that wheel.
She's a college student not high school. She knows what she did.
@@wadejohnston4305 Reading comprehension. She couldn't even register that she killed people in the moment because she was almost blackout drunk lol. He's not trying to excuse her.
@@wadejohnston4305 you have no idea how drugs and alcohol work do you
this whole thing reminds me of the video from a few years ago where that girl was driving drunk as shit with her 14 year old sister and was live streaming the whole time when she fucking wrecked the car.
she survived but her sister didn't and the fucked part about it is because she was so blasted i dont think she fully even understood what was happening and in the live stream she held her sisters in her arms shaking her and shit all well her head is split open wide. again all this was being streamed live and the video is out there if you really wanna see it but i dont recommend it.
@@pro3star787 of fuck i remeber that one, i saw the live. seriously heartbreaking
If you watch the full video, she was laughing on the site and not only were her car totaled but one of the victims legs severed and stuck in the grill of her car. And she wouldn’t perform CPR on the victims, she just called 911 and waited for them to show up so.
She should have got the full 28 years in my opinion.
Did she know cpr tho? It can be dangerous if you dont know it
She blew a 0.3% BAL during the arrest -- she's black-out hammered, not forming any new memories.
I'm guessing she also took an Adderall or something which is why she's able to speak fluently and isn't falling down.
@@BlooCollaGal yes she was almost 4 times the legal limit and she just laughs about it and talked about drinking in Vegas and when she could go back to school. I was horrified by her behavior, thinking what the victims family must have felt when they were shown this cottage in court 😳
Yeah everything she did is classic shock symptoms. her mind has literally checked out and just isn't accepting what is reality. Her not doing CPR on someone with their leg severed....isn't really something to even consider, you do CPR to pump their heart manually if they have a massive limb amputation wound, all pumping on their chest would do is force the rest of the blood out of their bodies through the wound and make them bleed out faster.
@@JC_dk Dawg, when you're 4X the limit you don't know *what the fuck* is going on, you're DEEP into a blackout.
The only way she's able to walk and talk is because she's on some kind of upper -- I'm guessing Adderall.
man, my cousin just died in a random car accident about a month ago. the scariest thing about cars is even when youre doing everything right, somebody Elses mistakes could take your life. drunk and distracted driving is literally like walking around with a loaded gun downtown
I'm so sorry for your loss
more like firing off rounds downtown.
I get what you mean but comparing drunk driving to "Carrying a loaded gun around town" is a stupid. That could mean a bunch of different things. Simply having a gun on you does not mean you are going to kill several people.
@@Rotary1999 Isn't it bizarre how people will accept that "riding in a car" is an absolute inevitability of life, that it may be the single most dangerous thing they do, but they will keep doing it... who can't fathom why you'd own a gun and be responsible for your safety lol
@@AdamOwenBrowning I feel like people get more stupid by the day.
Living and working in LA, I cremate people that are killed in car accidents and it’s really hard to explain to people just HOW BAD it can get. I’ve done witness cremations and seeing how grief stricken the families are isn’t something that leaves you. Some of the things I’ve seen keep me up at night. It’s always the worst when the injuries aren’t just blunt force. Sharp force injuries and thermal injuries are gruesome.
Hey thank you for your work. That sounds really traumatic, but people like you are what keep things running even through the worst of it. I hope you have a good support system around you to help you through anything that comes up.
Who wants to WATCH a cremation??
@@BlooCollaGal It gives some families closure. Different belief systems place great importance on the sending off of their loved ones. Now, of course the family isn’t permitted to look into the chamber while the cremation takes place.
Typically, the families that opt for a witness cremation will assist in pushing the body into the retort. The decedents are usually in a long cardboard box, though we can cremate some types of wood caskets as well. We also let them push the button to start the process. The family isn’t allowed to stay on the shop floor while the actual cremation is taking place, however. Once the machine has started they are ushered out by the funeral director who directs them into either the chapel or sitting room.
Families aren’t permitted to watch the entire cremation (with us at least) as it would be too distressing. The process involves opening the door several times to move/flip the body so they’re cremated properly and all the carbon is burnt off. I’m sure other places handle a witness cremation differently and we’ve even had ours live-streamed for a family that couldn’t all make it into the US.
It’s not for everyone, though, and I get the strong reactions. Closure is a powerful thing and everyone grieves differently. I’m just here to do my part.
@@PeppermintCactus Woah, I didn’t even know witness cremations was a thing. Thanks for all you do. Not many have the fortitude for handling things like that. If I wasn’t dealing with some pretty bad CFS issues that past five years, we’d likely be in the same industry.
She ruined other people's lives.
you are so wise
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@@kiryukazuma8089 Ruined was right, those people's families are still alive.
I'm so lucky. I got a DUI accident a few years ago. Luckily, no one was seriously hurt. the worst was me with a broken toe and my best friend smashed his nose on the airbags. I totaled my car and had to complete veterans treatment court. Which took it off my record and cleared me of all charges after completing their program. That was a massive wake up call for me. My PTSD was out of control and I was using alcohol to cope with it. I am so thankful that I didn't seriously hurt anyone and I was able to get the help that I needed and now Im able to move forward with my life. I'm currently enrolled in college for wildlife biology and conservation, I haven't gotten drunk in over 2 years however I still have a drink on occasion. Usually on the holidays or when I'm with my buddy's from the marine Corps and we are honoring those who are no longer with us. But I still never have more than one drink and I have my girlfriend drive since she doesn't like to drink either. If ypu are going to drink you need to be responsible and take responsibility for your actions. Being drunk is no excuse for anything.
Good job getting your life and mental back on track! Keep it up!!!
Bless you and your transformation, my dear 🥹 best of luck, and stay on track!
I'm glad you are making better choices 🩷😌
The video of the actual crash scene is genuinely disturbing. There is a full-on severed leg dangling from the car's grill and the girl is just standing there with this confused smirk like, "They came out of nowhere."
Having squatemalan DNA makes them sociopathic, it's quite obvious if you look.
damn that's dope
@@Pegarexucorn seek help
@@1mclv cry harder
@@Pegarexucorn bad troll
She isn't a high school student, she's a college student. Her college actually protested her from continuing to attend school or even graduate. She was let out on bond for a year and in that year she met someone, got pregnant, had a gender reveal AND got married. The bodycam footage of when the police arrived on the scene, there was a literal LEG stuck under her front bumper and you see the cop looking under the car to make sure that no one was stuck underneath. What's worse is that the people she ran over were WALKING home from the same bar she had just left.
A friend's brother was hit by a drunk driver who swung onto the sidewalk, and after several tense hours of coma, brain swelling, and surgical partial skull removal, he passed. We were at band camp at the time, rooming together, and when he got the news (we were drilling on the practice field), I watched him break. It was horrible, and even just being tangential to it, I'm crying for him now just remembering his face. Before that day, he and his single mom were some of the happiest people I knew, but after it, the grief was insurmountable, irrevocable. He got a lot angrier as a person, his mom almost completely dissociated and retracted into herself, and it hurt seeing them hurt. Nobody, regardless of their actions, deserves to go through that. Don't drink and drive.
Man nowadays people drive like they are Grand Theft Auto Players who just run over shit for the fun of it
I’ve been ubering to work for a couple months now.
These people are nuts bro
When they have her a breathalyzer test she registered as a .236 I believe which is near 3 times the legal limit. Most people are comatose at 0.2 so for her to be this coherent she must be a chronic alcoholic which is crazy considering how young she is. But the 0.236 explains why her answers make no sense
Yes this, she is blacked out drunk. She's in range of alcohol poisoning which is why they brought her to the hospital. She for sure had a major drinking problem with a massive tolerance.
@@Mean_Green This. Her answers and reactions aren't shocking given how absolutely wasted she was. Doesn't change how horrible the decisions she made were, no excuse for what she did, but people acting baffled as to why she's answering like nothing's registering, please.
spoken in true confidence with no idea what you're talking about, man, kids these days..
Yeah, pretty sure the standard US limit is 0.08% (it's 0.05% where I live). She's just under triple that. Especially for a female (lower tolerance for alcohol than men), that's pretty goddam smashed.
(but she DOES still seem coherent enough to answer questions and stuff. Maybe an alcoholic, with a tolerance built up?)
My guess is she was on Adderall or a similar upper at the same time.
You still get just as drunk, but it keeps you awake and doing things.
Great video, there is nothing like a perfect marriage or relationship, I learnt that in everything there is always a solution, 5 years ago I and my wife divorced because we were having some difficulties in our marriage but we are back together ,it was a really bad phase but we got through it
@Emilio Yepez its always difficult to let someone you love go, but in my case I had the help of a spiritual adviser who saved my marriage from collapsing her name is SHELLY RENEE WHITE.
Life is starting to feel like a GTA Online server
Ye people just gotta pay 250k and then they can change their sex
You’re really showing some sincere maturity in your commentary on this one, Tom! It’s truly a tragic situation all across the board. I hope this woman’s initially blasé reaction was just due to shock &/or lingering intoxication (though I’d imagine slamming your car into two human beings and then being hauled off in handcuffs would sober you up pretty quickly and effectively). I hope the families of her victims are able to get some measure of peace with her sentencing, and I really hope she meant those statements of remorse she made in court.
Thanks again for the excellent reporting on this terrible and maddeningly avoidable tragedy, Tom. You handled this story with a great deal of maturity and I liked hearing your input. I’d seen another video on this woman prior to yours, but it was mostly bodycam footage and not much more. Thanks again for covering this, and like you said: don’t drink and drive, people! It’s just not worth the risk.
I'm 25 and people are always shocked I don't have a driver's license and I explain that while I'll eventually get one, driving scares the shit out of me! You're basically in a massive bullet
Thank you. I literally have the same fear. I'm 22 and don't have one, like I know I need it but I don't wanna die lol
I'm 25 too, been driving for 7 yrs, and I'm still occasionally anxious when driving. It's not for everyone fr.
Gay. Man up.
@@ApocEdits gay people experience more men than anyone😂
Yeah I got t boned and didn’t drive for two years. But I’m finally back on the road again. Wish ya boy luck
Those eyes, man. She really has no remorse.
She’s drunk lol
Or you know she hasn’t fully processed killing 2 ppl. The brain does crazy things to protect oneself in traumatic situations
@@anthonyg5001 People love jumping to conclusions.
@@timothy4011 saying she has no remorse is also jumping to conclusions.
she has no idea where she is.
There was this guy I knew who died really young when we were all in high school, they made a whole law for him because the driver got off easy based on the law, only served 7 years. I miss that kid greatly, and everyone in town hates the driver with a burning passion.
Keep up the content Tom!
People really don’t realize the consequences of their poor driving until they’re the victim of it. When I was 13, my dad sister and I were driving home when a car swerved in front of us and had a head on collision, thankfully we were fine, but the other guy had his car in his legs. He had dropped his phone and reached to get it. He ended up going into a medically induced coma for 2 weeks and was crippled for months after that. Definitely hope he learned after that, he was actually in one of my classes at school, was only 16 I believe.
Its crazy what texting and driving can do. Or taking your eyes off the road for one damn second
This video is the best driving safety course I've ever had to date.
i think she was so drunk that she was forgetting parts of the conversation
I’m glad you can look back on speeding with regret. It’s the same as mishandling a gun and people don’t respect that.
Yeah...I drove one day without my adhd meds...never. again. I almost ran a red light, and almost got t-boned.
People just need to learn how to handle a vehicle most people have no concept of how a car works whatsoever. If your aware of your surroundings and paying attention theres no reason for you to cause an accident. Slow drivers are even more of a hazard because they hold up the flow of traffic and cause other vehicles to stay on the road longer which increases the percentage of risk. Driving might be dangerous but its also so easy to do safely and its a shame theres so many inept drivers
speeding is almost worse than drunk driving really because you're endangering people with a sober mind. with DUIs some people are just dumb and shouldn't drink
What's more dangerous, somebody who speeds and doesn't obstruct the flow of traffic or the jackass that cuts everybody off to go 2mph faster than a fucking semi ( causing traffic to clump up for miles ) ?
Look at Tom being a good role model for all his kittens
calling his fans kittens make him sound like a furry who's probably got a secret discord channel to groom minors in
can I get a tone indicator
the drunk driver is always the only survivor.
I cannot stress enough how important vigilance is while driving. I'm a total buzzkill in the car but it MATTERS.
Exactly. People just need to calm the F down when driving, especially at weird intersections.
Just an example, how dare someone honk at me for not turning right on red. I decide when it's safe for me to go, not you.
Let's everybody just be cool, stay safe
Maybe if the officer had subway surfer and a 5 minute hack playing on the screen behind him she might have been able to understand him.
14 years? That's it? Wow. If this chick killed my mom, I would be waiting outside of the jail when she got out. Pathetic. And people wonder why crime rates have skyrocketed. She killed 2 innocent women, she should be doing 50 years.
If this had been a man, he'd probably have gotten life. This amounts to a slap on the wrist and she probably won't even serve the full sentence.
I don't think people realize just how long 14 years are
@@OttarErOsom don't care. She ended 2 lives. She deserves 14 years and more.
@@OttarErOsom I don't think people realize just how long death is
@@OttarErOsom karl marx with the on brand bad take, good job
The funny thing about this is the fact I had a whole presentation about this today
Fun fact; normally people who do this are so black out drunk they don’t remember it happening. Making it infinitely harder to accept what happened. It’s not shock or anything. Most people struggle to feel guilt with things they can’t comprehend they’ve done. She’ll probably never feel bad about murder. Just guilty she lost part of her life as well.
A whaman bean that got drunk and iced people in a accident, where did I heard this before?....
My friend died when she was 13 in a car accident; no one was drunk or on anything, but someone went through a yellow light when they shouldn't have and my friend was the only fatality. It tore her family apart and her mom never recovered from it. Always pay attention when driving, always.
"Well, it wasn't reckless I guess, but I was going *65 in a 20*"
Tom, what!?
He means within the law itd be more of a speeding thing as opposed to what people think of when hearing the term reckless driving
@SpawnIsSleepy ik, but still the structure made me laugh
This woman is way too drunk to realize what happened and probably doesn't remember doing it, Tom risked other people's lives while driving on the road like a re.tard intentionally and is sitting here making moral judgments.
I thought this kid was gonna grow up by now but apparently not.
Driving is a privilege not a right!
Ruined her life? Good.
To be honest, I want her to be a refried bean after what she did.
Any time you're in a car, you're in a 2-5 ton land-missile.
It just feels safer because you have control (or some would say the illusion of control) over your fate.
Drive carefully, and drive sober, lest you lose that bit of control.
My uncle died by a drunk driver and the driver was banned from driving for six months. The driver appealed and it was reduced to three months.
It'll get to her eventually. Sometimes, it takes a while to realize while being an intoxicated state. Once they start sobering up, they instantly regret it, and It'll haunt her for the rest of her life.
i had a psychology teacher that explained to our class that our brains are not wired for the modern world. he talked about how people are afraid of snakes and spiders like our ancestors were, but we’re not afraid of getting into two ton hunks of metal and going faster than any land animal ever should. or getting into long tubes of metal and denying human capabilities and acting as a bird lol really put things into perspective as to what danger is for me
The fact she drunk drove in the first place already shows she's hugely irresponsible but to then not show any reaction to her actions shows she is heartless too. 14 years is probably too lenient, so she should consider herself very lucky. At least she can still speak to her family unlike her two victims.
She was in college, a few months from graduating
I’m willing to bet that she’s in shock. There ain’t no way she could be THIS detached
Not a regular watcher of your channel but just wanted to say thank you for making this as blunt and as informative as you did, hopefully some of the younger folk who watch your videos actually have a think about what you’ve said!!!
It is nice to see some really grounded and real commentary on this kind of topic from you, which really shows how serious and disturbing the events are. Very scary that she didn’t even get the full sentencing amount(??!!!). I am also 24 and the general declining intelligence of people my age is also very sad
"Why don't you like driving? There's no reason to be so paranoid about it"
Other drivers:
Those 2 people’s lives meant something. I don’t care if anyone couldn’t care, but somewhere in the huge ass world, some place, there are people grieving their hearts out from this, because those 2 people were friends, family, acquaintances, and lovers to them.
All the achievements they had ever made up until this point are now gone. Their memories, gone. Their life, gone!
For years upon years it’s been enforced to never drinking and drive dude. Now what are people doing nowadays? The same damn thing, never learning. It’s insanity.
I expected laws to show no mercy. Break the rule, you get your just-desert (punishment), that simple.
She should have gotten those full 28 years, because if you couldn’t do math, those 2 together could’ve had 40+ years ahead of them to fulfill, but no. That have this disgrace of a woman is serving 14.
The say prison/jail changes a person. Let’s pray she comes out better.
Based on her statements and actions, I doubt it
yeah judges go easy on chicks, I'm just happy I dont see people defending her on twitter.
There are obviously a lot of people just that callous, or self-absorbed, but her reaction to those questions really seem like the responses of someone on drugs, or in shock, unless we’re looking at a straight up sociopath- in which case there is no rehabilitation for that.
The “ drunk driving ? Based ?! “ I freaking lost it
14 years is too little, especially when it's someone as remorseful as her. She understands what is being said, drunk or not. She is coherently responding back. Even a drunk person who gets arrested will still be in some sort of shock if they hear the words "You killed two people tonight"
No, you have no idea what you're talking about. I was arrested once and was less drunk than this lady but was so confused I smiled during my mugshot and knocked on the cell asking to be let out.
There's a very real possibility this was her first time ever being this drunk and she is nothing like this at all sober. You people have no real world experience and it shows.
@@michaelhernandez7978 you're just stupid lol. I'm still right and she deserves more than 14 years
The criminal defends the criminal, what a shocker.
@@michaelhernandez7978 not everyone got experience insane drunk driving and getting arrested lol
@@doodleoffice221 haha other people's misfortune is funny lol
@@michaelhernandez7978 true
What!? 14 years for killing 2 people and being intoxicated while driving, wow America has such a broken justice system.
Tom. 60 in a 25 is indeed reckless driving
Also Holy shit I didn't know Tom wasn't even 21 yet lmao I'm 23 and figured dude was atleast my age or a bit older. Props for being where you're at already
I'm not allowed to drive because of my epilepsy. They suspended my license before I even had one. I would never be able to forgive myself if I was stupid and arrogant enough to get behind the wheel, knowing my conciousness can be altered, and ending someone's life. Some people have no self awareness or sense of personal responsibility.
My hometown is 40 mins from Peoria. I used to drive there all the time back in college. This area in Illinois is FILLED with drunk college students. Central/upper Illinois is filled with alcoholics and drug addicts.
I love the intro and the leafy look, i loved leafyishere videos and honestly he was my fav and i was like yk what im okay with tom taking those reigns so i loved seeing it
Tom made a very good point about looking away for just a second while driving. My sister was driving with her friend riding in the passenger seat (both were only 18). My sister looked away from the road for a second while going around a semi-blind turn and her car veered to the middle of the road as another car veered toward the middle at the same time. Before either person realized what they did they crashed going approx 50mph each (equal to hitting a brick wall at 100mph). My sister and her friend died on impact and the person in the other car ended up spending a long time in the hospital. All from a mistake that lasted less than a few seconds.
"I didn't expect this video to get this dark" - TomDark
To play devil's advocate, it could be that she was so in shock at what happened that she mentally could not process what happened so she focused on her everyday tasks and responsibilities to keep it together. A lot of people kind of operate on denial mode after something traumatic like family members dying or you killing someone. A lot of people even experience delayed realization af ter receiving bad news like Turkey mentioned in his video on EDP and his mom's passing. Obviously, her comments are very distasteful and she should def apologize to those poor surviving family members. I can't remember if her dad mentioned she has a known drinking problem when he said to stop harassing the entire family in different interviews (which I agree with). People always go overboard when it comes to like vigilante justice or harassing people after scandals online where they drag everyone slightly related to said person when said person is an adult. You can have your personal opinions on how she's raised or if anyone in her bubble helped her but again she's an adult with her own responsibilities to bear. Don't harass or spam family members with rude messages. I don't believe she should get a lesser sentence because "boohoo I have issues" because if you kill or harm people because of these issues you need to take responsibility. Especially the killing part. Those are lost lives and I feel there should just be an automatic minimum when you recklessly kill someone via DUI because everyone knows it's wrong to drive under the influence. Just wanted to put out a logical theory on why she acted so weird. I know some people do act like that and genuinely dgaf but like...I think even normal people can act in weird ways after being traumatized after doing something horrible due to their own bad choices.
Hi, as someone who is a resident of Brownsville, TX, and have to see what happened to those pedestrians near the street I live, I certainly gained hatred to those who don't act responsible, especially aware that they're going to drive. That's a responsible act on their part, it pisses me off.
This girl made me angry. She reminded me of the guy who had drugs in him and killed those Venezuelans.
"her prime years of childbearing will be over" tf?
Yeah she’s def out of it…she might’ve been high tbh 😭
Drunk
Me and my gf were involved in a car accident not long back. Kid on phone crossed the road without looking. Scariest thing I've ever witnessed. Thankfully he was okay afterwards and not a fatality. So the fact that person actually killed two individuals and looks at the situation like its an inconvenience and it doesn't even register shocks me.
OMG someone who has a sane take instead of trying to burn her on a stake like a witch. Subbed.
My cousin is a cop, and he’s told me about the people that he’s pulled over for dui/dwi and people tell him “it’s my first time doing it” and he tells them “no, this is your first time getting caught doing it. Now you’re going to jail”.
I know a family from my hometown where a guy in my grade’s fam’s car was hit by a drunk driving truck (shipping truck) and the guy’s little sister ended up getting hit in the spine and got paralyzed… girl was in like 8th grade and it was really sad to see. A bunch of my friends little sisters were friends w her so I saw firsthand how it affected the girl and every aspect of her life. She was a fighter and very smart and pushed thru to college, but that will forever be a struggle for her due to careless actions of some guy…
pretty sure we all just watched a manipulative narcissist lay the groundwork for her future legal defense.
she couldn't stop herself from smiling, because she thinks she's home free, having already outsmarted the cops, in her mind at least.
14 years is still way too soft. I say 20+ would be more appropriate. She took two lives. She deserves to lose more than 20 years of her own.
She was like 4x the legal limit, that definitely plays into her lack of understanding
I'm glad people aren't taking this as a joke. One of my grad school friends was hit and killed and she was pregnant. My uncle was also killed because a young man was drunk and hit him on his motorcycle. His daughter was born 2 months later fatherless. It's all fun and games untile you've ruined your life and the life's of those that lost a whole ass person.
throughout school, I lost about 7 classmates to drunk driving, either they were the ones drinking and driving or the were victim of one. Even some to fatal road accidents without alcohol. I _wish_ people took driving more seriously
Phew. Yesterday coming out of a supermarket yesterday to see a car run though traffic lights and hit the steel pole. Lucky no pedestrians were waiting to cross (really busy intersection tbh). A lady in her 80s lost consciousness. I ran over and she was out of it, head back, resting on headrest and against the glass with her dentures hanging out…. She is fine, but went to hospital as she has heart conditions. It is awful to take an elder lord person license away BUT hers needs to be revoked now. After the whole ordeal when I came home, it hit me how often my son and I use that intersection both as a driver and pedestrians…….
Song of storms is a certified slapped, and Tom is a certified goat for using this. Legitimately a man of culture
"I guess not reckless driving. I was doing 60 in a 25."
That's reckless driving. That's literally reckless driving. You were arrested for reckless driving, not speeding. Speeding gets you a ticket. Going 35 MPH above the speed limit in a residential area is reckless driving, you get a ticket, and you get arrested.
I'm glad you covered this
I can fix her I swear
Chris Chan mindset
😏
As someone from central IL hearing Tom not know how to pronounce Peoria is hilarious.
Also, sadly its not the first time in this area it has happened, a guy that used to cut our yard was killed in an accident from a drunk driver and they got even less of a punishment. They said the cunt that hit and killed him had no assets or value to pursue and left it at that...
Bruce Rivers does a great further breakdown of what happened. The legal limit there was .08 BAC- she blew a .264 BAC - she was so belligerently drunk as a heavy drinker she wasn't even mentally there.
The beginning of this video just reinforces my terror of driving
I had a Xanax addiction ( almost 3 years sober) and I wrecked multiple cars , flipped two , smashed up a couple others. I don’t know why, but fate and intoxication never involved another car outside of small fender benders. It’s not fucking worth it I miss my mustang , 545i and Cadillac DTS every day but am more so beyond grateful I never hurt anyone , and some how I never seriously injured myself either.
Rest in peace Travis. Free Gage. Peace and Love from Rhode Island.
I've seen too many people talk about this. And ima tell you as a recovering alcoholic. After you've hit a certain level of drunk that you're blacked out, you don't make sense and don't remember shit. You can be blacked out and still seem functioning if your tolerance is high enough. Trust me, ask me how I know. I'm ashamed to say I've drunk driven without realizing it until the next morning. I've been super fucking lucky I never hit anything/one. I count my blessing fr. So yeah, for you, Tom and anyone else who keeps saying "I don't understand how she doesn't get it". Well you've never gotten to that level of fucked up and good.
when i was a drunk i would wake up and go outside and my car would be parked all weird and i don't remember any of it.
a lot of people think that driving drunk is someone deciding to be a POS 100% of the time. there's a very real possibility this was this chick's first time ever being this drunk and she doesn't remember any of it and would have never done that had she not blacked out so fast..
@michaelhernandez7978 exactly. On the one hand, I think it's great that many people have never gotten that drunk before that they don't get it, but then at the same time, they just don't get it and they won't until they do.
The only time I drink when I need to drive somewhere (taking my kids to little league games, school plays, etc)
my friend jordan was run over off his bike by a drunk and high driver on his 19th birthday, no one ever thinks about the lives they can/will effect by drunk driving. rest in peace jordan.
"I have not drank since that day." ... no shit
when I was a little girl riding around with my Nana she would always tell me that "you're going 60 mph down a road with others going the same speed or faster coming directly at you with nothing between you but a line that is PAINTED on the road" 7yr old me definitely never looked at it the same way
“Which means that her prime years of child bearing would be over” off topic but thats such a weird ass thing to say
I enjoy drinking, I know how to drive, I have no clue on how someone can even think about drunk driving outside of a joke.
When I'm driving I need to feel awake and focused, alcohol literally makes you feel the opposite
My father always told me, and I never forget this, "your car is a weapon, handle it with care"
Thomas Dark making a Dark video while not expecting it to be Dark, while running a channel with "Dark" in the Name. Imagine trying to Clickbait, but your good heart and nature couldn't allow it.
If you got money to drink, you got money to uber home.
true crime looks good on you tom, keep at it homie
some people just dont understand the importance of driving thats why there are so many people that die in car crashes every year
I lost an uncle, a sister, a crush and a friend to drunk driving, way too many people. I feel like drinking is so popular that a mass denial of drunk driving accidents is occurring.
Honestly, her statements weren't very remorseful, she blamed the alcohol more than apologized for what she did.
I just started watching Charlie (penguinz0) last weekend and this was one of the first videos I watched him talk about
Pretty sure she doesn't understand the situation because she's concussed from the accident.
Nice bg music choice, coach 👌 👍
Isn't she from Illinois? closed case right there. also tom you left out the body cam footage where she was laughing after she killed them 2 people, the only thing she did right was call EMS
She’s smirking in the mugshot