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Bigot boaters circle, yell slurs at boat running Gay Pride flags, suffer instant karma
- Thread starter Fat4all
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Here are the states with legal repercussions for not helping someone in trouble and their exact explanations:
However, some states have laws that do impose a duty to assist people in need. These laws do vary from state to state:
- Wisconsin -- In Wisconsin, if you know that a crime is being committed, and that a victim has suffered or may suffer bodily harm, you have a duty to call police or provide assistance
- Minnesota -- If you are at the scene of an emergency and you know that someone has suffered grave physical harm, or could be hurt, you have a duty to give "reasonable assistance." Reasonable assistance can mean calling or attempting to call police or medical personnel.
- Rhode Island -- If you know that person is a victim of sexual assault, murder, manslaughter, or armed robbery and you were at the scene of the crime, then you need to report the crime to law enforcement. Failure to do so is punishable by up to six months in jail or a fine of $500 to $1,000.
- California -- When you reasonably know or believe that a child under 14 years of age has been a victim of murder, rape, or lewd and lascivious acts, you must notify law enforcement. Failure to do so is excused if you feared for your own safety, or you are related to either the victim or the offender.
- Florida -- In Florida, if you witness a sexual battery, you need to immediately report the offense to law enforcement. Violation of this law is a first degree misdemeanor.
Most people think the willingness to help others in an emergency is a moral choice. It is, but it also has legal consequences, so it is helpful to understand the law in your area so you can make the best choice possible if you are ever in this situation.
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I don't believe the driver shit himself out of fear. I think he is the type to just shit himself.
I want the internet to do its job and find out who these bigots are and give them hell…forever.
This seems too amazing to be real. If it is, fuck, the sweet smell of karma. (In spite of the pictorial presence of Mr Butt Snorkel.)
I personally don't think I would have let people that were directly angry and hostile towards me onto my boat.
I really, really doubt they were legally obligated to stay and rescue them and allow them on the boat. I'd guess they were probably legally obligated to call for help and notify the authorities.
I'm aware of no state law that obligates someone to put themselves into a potientially dangerous and unsafe situation. And those people were certainly acting hostile on video before the boat blew up.
Plus those people had life jackets on.
I really, really doubt they were legally obligated to stay and rescue them and allow them on the boat. I'd guess they were probably legally obligated to call for help and notify the authorities.
I'm aware of no state law that obligates someone to put themselves into a potientially dangerous and unsafe situation. And those people were certainly acting hostile on video before the boat blew up.
Plus those people had life jackets on.
exactly
I would have eventually saved them from the water, but not before I let them swim to my boat and then drove forward a little bit let them swim to my boat and then drove forward a little bit more again.
Repeat that about a dozen times and then I would have grudgingly allowed them to get on my boat.
Repeat that about a dozen times and then I would have grudgingly allowed them to get on my boat.
The denial is strong but I'm hoping that some synapse in their bigoted brains that knows the people that rescued them are the better human beings.
That's probably because the average citizen has a heart and a baseline respect for human decency.
The average cop does not.
Trash people who don't deserve any better, but shame on anyone claiming that they wouldn't have rescued them. It's the right thing to do. Once that's done, it's time to shame them and publicly share the incident - exactly as the rescuers did.
Well, I mean, true, but the Supreme Court already ruled that cops have no duty to save you.
Drowning is high on my list of "most horrifying ways to die", so I'm glad they helped the assholes out.
Also makes it a hell of a lot more embarrassing for them too.
Also makes it a hell of a lot more embarrassing for them too.
I don't understand why they allowed the vape idiot to vape.
These people's patience is incredible.
These people's patience is incredible.
I think there may be more specific laws for maritime situations.
He already proved he's a belligerent idiot. They probably didn't want to force a confrontation.
You don't want to get in a fight with a guy who just shit his pants.
Think again! I bet every alarm was sounding the "THIS TRASH RESCUED YOU JUST TO SHAME YOU" warning!
I don't think I would have picked them up.
It would have taken a lot of convincing from the other people on my boat.
It would have taken a lot of convincing from the other people on my boat.
Oh thank god my state doesn't include that nonsense. Also loving how the reporting a child rape/murder is waived because you're related. Like...wow.
I'd call the police sure but letting them on my boat fuck no.
Should have partied it up as loud and gay as possible. I'd keep them on the boat for an hour just going around celebrating that queer lifestyle for their benefit.
Yeah fuck them. FL has a Stand your ground law. I'd feel threatened if I was them. "they obviously hate me, what's to stop them from throwing my ass off my own boat?" I tell the cops as to why I didn't help them.
The whole "they have an obligation to the people but not a single person" reasoning applies to firefighters and EMTs too and I don't get how that makes sense to anyone.
Generally, citizens don't have a duty to help others either. Citizens are more likely to help me than cops are though.
I'm not sure of FL law pertaining to rendering aid or even maritime law but Stand Your Ground definitely would not apply to people in the water with no means to harm you.
These people are asshole bigots and I can easily see why others would drive off without helping them.
Good on them on being better human beings than the idiots they rescued. Karma is a thing. If I were in their shoes I'd probably bring my boat closer and then as they got closer I would have sped a little further away and when they got closer I would have sped a little bit further away. A few minutes of hilarity earned for having to put up with that bullshit.