Another Drunk Driving Murder.

[Racerbvd]

Thoughts...

Loretta Robinson, Grieving Mother, Billed For Cleanup After Son Killed By Undocumented Drunk Driver (VIDEO)
The Huffington Post | Posted: 06/25/2012 9:06 am Updated: 06/25/2012 11:43 am

Outrage, Mother Billed For Accident, Undocumented Immigrant Crime, Crime News

Loretta Robinson stands outside a courtroom, detailing how she had to pay for cleanup after her son was killed by a drunk driver.
A South Carolina woman faced tragedy last June when a drunk driver killed her oldest son.

But the still-grieving mother, Loretta Robinson, is now being billed for the various charges associated with the accident, including a $50 charge to clean her son's blood off the road.

Justin Walker, Robinson's deceased son, was not found at fault for the accident. The accused driver, Anna Gonzalez, tearfully pleaded guilty in court last Tuesday, the Daily Mail reported.

According to MSNBC, the undocumented woman had been living in the United States for 12 years, but never got a South Carolina driver's license. Gonzalez was sentenced to 17 years in prison.

Robinson was on hand in court to express her outrage at the bills she's received since losing her son.

"I had to pay to have the vehicle towed. I had to pay for the vehicle removed and to clean up the street from Justin's blood," Robinson said. According to WYFF, Robinson also paid to have the wrecked car stored for months in case there was a trial.

The South Carolina State Office of Victims Assistance offers a combined total of up to $15,000 for medical, funeral, counseling and wage compensation for the families of victims of crime.

According to NBC Greenville, Robinson received some money from the victim's assistance office, but it did not cover the costs of cleanup or storage.

There has been some recent controversy about the crime rate among undocumented immigrants in the United States.

In March, the Scott Gardiner Act, a bill that would authorize the deportation of any undocumented immigrant convicted of drunk driving, was reintroduced to Congress by Representatives Sue Myrick and Mike McIntyre, News 14 Carolina reported.

"We have to be able, as a country, to figure out a way with people here who are illegal and commit crimes," Robinson told WYFF.
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[TRE Cup]

The system works in mysterious ways. You can argue if smoking pot is a victimless crime or not, but there have been numerous permitted aliens deported after they got busted for pot and other drugs. (if used as part of a commission of a crime , then I get it)

Yet, when a conviction like this happens (as it seems most likely) , it seems that an illegal alien gets to stay rather than get deported ?

[widgeon13]

It's a shame that the laws don't look after the innocent any more. I have no patience or sympathy for illegals or drunk drivers.

[azasadny]

That's just twisted...

[Racerbvd]

An old Girlfriend's daughter use to date an illegal (yea, I wore INS t-shirts any time the daughter was around) and one night, she calls her Mother, turns out they were stopped, he was drunk, and this was the 2nd time that he had been STOPPED for drunk driving.
We get there, the Police LET HIM GO, and the Mother drives the car home
I saw this with my own eyes and still can't believe it...

[Tobra]

If I were in that woman's shoes, I would be suing the AG in civil court for failing to do his job. SCOTUS just ruled it is a federal deal, and they "won" that suit in AZ, so it is on them.

This sort of crap happens all the time, especially in the states with large illegal alien populations.

[Hugh R]

Porwolf posted that he seems to be OK with the AZ decision on a thread he started in PARF. He lives in CA I think. So he's probably OK with this.

He probably thinks the family should be fined for littering.

[sammyg2]

Ironic that just a couple weeks ago people were lining up on this forum to defend rot-ney king who was arrested for dui how many times? 5 or 6? More?

That whole PC thing is pretty darned hard to keep up with, why does it have to be so complicated?

BTW deport each and every one of em and it'll make more sense.

[widebody911]

Originally Posted by Racerbvd

We get there, the Police LET HIM GO, and the Mother drives the car home

Any idea why?

[Racerbvd]

Originally Posted by widebody911

Any idea why?

Because they have been told not to arrest illegals, I saw the Sheriff at a function not long after & asked him. I couldn't believe it when they just let the kid walk, and then finding out that it was the 2nd Time.... An attorney buddy of mine, who has a very good relationship with the town & local LE got a DUI, and he had to spend the night in the slammer, but an illegal gets a pass, the car he was driving (girlfriends) didn't even get impounded