It was not immediately clear why the sedan smashed into an SUV that was part of the motorcade. The driver was surrounded by agents who had their guns drawn.

It was not immediately clear why the sedan smashed into an SUV that was part of the motorcade. The driver was surrounded by agents who had their guns drawn.

A sedan smacked into a Secret Service vehicle that was part of President Joe Biden’s motorcade in Delaware on Sunday night.

Following the crash, U.S. Secret Service agents whisked Biden into a vehicle.

Agents quickly surrounded the sedan with guns drawn and aimed at its driver, who had his hands up. The cause of the crash was not immediately clear.

Special Agent Steve Kopek, a Secret Service spokesperson, said the vehicle that struck was securing Biden’s motorcade route.

  • TechNerdWizard42@lemmy.world
    739·
    1 year ago

    And after you’re disoriented from an accident, you know none of that. All you know is something happened. Now you’re covered with airbag powder, your ears are ringing, blood maybe, and now an armed gang surrounds your car and starts screaming at you.

    No that’s not COOL. That’s a dystopia. If you arm your civilians to the teeth, the violent reactions required for any situation escalate dramatically.

    • Crowfiend@lemmy.world
      272·
      1 year ago

      Bruh it wasn’t just an accident. This was the presidential motorcade and secret service. Literally everybody in a 10-block radius knew who was there, and whether they had permission to be there.

      This person drove their car into the motorcade, and then kept going. Secret service’s job is to protect the president, and as far as anybody knew, this was someone after the president. They weren’t harassing some idiot that was driving drunk, they were pursuing and engaging a very real potential threat to the leader of the nation.

      I like how through these comments, you’ve called other users “stupid Americans” and you don’t even know anything about the event in question. Good job kid.

      • lagomorphlecture@lemm.ee
        14·
        1 year ago

        I remember when I lived in Denver and Dubya was president. I225 was completely shut down and I was stuck in a huge traffic jam on the dam road just trying to get around that big old empty highway to get home. One does not simply drive into the presidential motorcade. I mean maybe a massive screwup happened but it seems incredibly unlikely that this guy didn’t do it on purpose.

    • lingh0e@sh.itjust.works
      4·
      1 year ago

      This you?

      No that’s called actions having consequences. Sometimes when you’re a victim, it’s because you’re a dipshit and you deserve it. Not everything is 100% black and white and “victim blaming” should absolutely happen when it is deserved.