America’s founding documents make it crystal clear that every defendant is entitled to an attorney and the presumption of innocence.
But that doesn’t mean we can’t criticize an attorney for attempting to blame first responders for the death of a young woman and her dog after his client, ex-NFL star Henry Ruggs, allegedly slammed into her car while driving at 156 m.p.h. and with a blood alcohol level, again, allegedly, that was twice the legal limit.
From the Daily Mail:
What a scuzz:
Uhh, uhhhhhm, this seems ill-advised. ~
Henry Ruggs' lawyers say firefighting slow in fatal crash https://t.co/rOOWeDiVph via https://t.co/HxE14ohPfy— IrishTea1 (@IrishTea1) November 12, 2021
Keep in mind, video obtained by TMZ appears to contradict the lawyer’s claim that the fire was survivable at the time firefighters arrived at the scene:
Henry Ruggs sat on a sidewalk near the crash scene and swore and sobbed … new video, obtained by TMZ Sports, shows. https://t.co/bU4CEf4VpO
— TMZ (@TMZ) November 5, 2021
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And the lawyer’s claims diminish the heroic efforts made by people on the scene who tried to rescue her. From KTNV:
“I thought for sure we were going to be able to do something. The fire was so small at the time,” said Rodriguez. “It just grew fast. Really fast. There was one person with a fire extinguisher, a county worker, that didn’t work. It wasn’t enough. It was just so fast.”
She was still breathing.
“Everything we tried just wasn’t working. The fire just grew so fast,” he said. “She was actually still alive. You could hear her breathing. She had her seat belt on and I was trying to cut that away. Trying to grab them by their shoulders and pull them out but that wasn’t working. They were pinned. The seat belt was on, the airbags were in the way and the door was jammed.”
A ticking time bomb. Minutes seemed like hours.
“It had to be more than 10 minutes. It felt like a lifetime.”
Rodriguez had this to say to the family: “I’m sorry. I tried everything I could. My friend as well. I’m sorry.”
The attorney, David Chesnoff, begged people not to prejudge his client:
Henry Ruggs’ Defense Attorney David Chesnoff suggests this before arriving at any conclusions in the former Raiders case #Raiders #8NN https://t.co/4LPFwWfdcT pic.twitter.com/tV7tw1gTCF
— Chris Maathuis (@sports8) November 10, 2021
Again, let’s go to the videotape:
A video of Henry Ruggs III driving extremely fast shortly before the accident that took a woman and her dog’s life has been released 🕊 pic.twitter.com/i3vMQdcoVh
— My Mixtapez (@mymixtapez) November 5, 2021
The woman, 23-year-old Lori Lintor, worked at Target:
Henry Ruggs' Crash Victim was Target Employee, Store Offering Counseling https://t.co/jID8GRVvsP
— TMZ (@TMZ) November 4, 2021
Information on a GoFundMe set up for her family is here:
The family of Tina Tintor — the 23-year-old killed in Henry Ruggs' crash — have received over $94,000 in donations after launching a GoFundMe over the weekend. https://t.co/W2fiKZvmkg
— TMZ (@TMZ) November 9, 2021
Now, ask yourself how much time the media has spent on this story when compared to Aaron Rodgers who didn’t injure anyone:
Aaron Rodgers is getting ripped more by the sports media for his covid vaccine opinions than Henry Ruggs did for getting drunk and killing someone while driving 150 miles an hour.
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) November 5, 2021
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