Why Isn' He In Prison?

In Aurora, CO (Denver suburb) recently, an innocent 17-year-old died of ignorance and apathy. Not on his part, but on the part of the Aurora “authorities,” who didn’t recognize the danger in allowing the driver of the SUV that killed him to even BE on the road. It seems he is a “serial traffic offender” and will NOW face charges in numerous OTHER traffic offenses—AFTER this child was KILLED. According to news accounts, the SUV was going about 80 when he ran a red light and killed this boy. Why he was even allowed to BE driving is a mystery. It was a similar story in Thornton, CO some time ago when a teen who had a long history of DUIs was being chased by cops and killed a child to end the chase. So it’s not JUST Aurora authorities. Such stupidity seems to be wider than that. Such drivers are a “clear and present danger” to other drivers. So why are they still out there? Somebody’s “dropped the ball.”

They SAY this latest killer will face charges in his other traffic offenses—now—after he has KILLED a child. Why not BEFORE somebody dies? But that’s the way it is in politics; somebody usually has to die before they get off their butts and DO something about a bad situation. I was INVOLVED in such a situation a long time ago (as a paramedic) and fortunately was able to get something done AFTER somebody died. This seems to be a pattern: politicians ignoring a bad situation until somebody DIES because of it; then they “do something” with great fanfare, taking all the credit for closing the barn door AFTER the horse is gone and somebody died while they IGNORED it, before. My own experience was in West Palm Beach, FL, which tells me this situation is not confined to Aurora. It is "systemic" and is probably world-wide. (9 News Denver)