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A 22-year-old Michigan man allegedly told police he intentionally ran over and killed a local firefighter because he was “angry with the firefighters collecting money for charity and slowing traffic,” according to court documents obtained by the Lansing State Journal.
Lansing police Detective Lee McCallister said that several firefighters, including Rodeman, told Taylor about the fundraiser they were participating in for the Muscular Dystrophy Association and the International Association of Firefighters.
Taylor alleged in his interview that the firefighters mocked him during the encounter, the AP reported.
Court records state that Taylor then honked and threw an apple core at the firefighters before driving off, turning around, and heading back toward them, hitting Rodeman.
The Lansing 22-year-old, who has a history of mental illness, is charged with murder
Taylor's mother, Karen Taylor, petitioned Ingham County Probate Court twice in the past two years to involuntarily hospitalize him for mental health reasons, the newspaper reported, citing court records. Psychiatrists who evaluated Taylor diagnosed him with psychosis and bipolar disorder and other mental illnesses.
originally posted by: Bluntone22
This guy was an obvious loon but......
I have thought on several occasions that the fire fighters should not be in the road collecting money.
One distracted driver equals one dead fireman.
It was going to happen eventually.
The last time we had one, (if I recall this correctly) it was actually because firearm regulations failed and a person who most obviously shouldn't own any kind of weapon still pretty easily managed to get one and committed mass murder.
originally posted by: NightSkyeB4Dawn
a reply to: Liquesence
Is this another side effect of the Virtual Reality Syndrome, where people start believe the narcissistic world they build in their minds, then find validity and support for their fictitious world on the internet?
Violence and killing have become acceptable means for conflict resolution on the internet. How often do you see the posts that are filled with bravado, and offer violence or killing as their first choice for righting a wrong? How often do you see the post where the poster feels that his rights and safety come before all others, and he/she is justified in their actions of removing the source of their aggravation or fear?
a reply to: Liquesence
So, on the one hand we have (mentally ill) people whose virtual, made-up words bleed into real life and the lines between the two are blurred, and on the other hand we have people who have been conditioned by the virtual and manufactured world to be in control (and are therefore mentally ill by default conditioning), thereby taking things into their own hands to maintain control.
He didn't apparently premeditate anything because it was an act of passion triggered by circumstance and aided by his psychosis.
Taylor's mother, Karen Taylor, petitioned Ingham County Probate Court twice in the past two years to involuntarily hospitalize him for mental health reasons, the newspaper reported, citing court records. Psychiatrists who evaluated Taylor diagnosed him with psychosis and bipolar disorder and other mental illnesses.
originally posted by: roadgravel
He didn't apparently premeditate anything because it was an act of passion triggered by circumstance and aided by his psychosis.
Given he drove off, turned around and returned to run over some one would tend to show premeditation. If the person is so mentally damaged that he couldn't know hitting someone with a vehicle would likely cause death then why was he even allowed to be out in the world and driving no less.