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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: TideGlider who wrote (730946)8/5/2013 12:43:55 PM
From: Brumar89  Read Replies (1) of 1575191
 
It was an assault car.



The racist Huffington Post says it was a "large black car."

Then, according to surveillance video, the man got into a large black car, steered around a vehicle barrier and accelerated mercilessly through the crowd, hitting one person after another as bystanders tried desperately to get out of the way.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/04/venice-beach-crash-video_n_3703376.html




A pothead peddler identified it as a "blue charger:"


... Daniel Jenkins, 19, was selling medical marijuana-related art and souvenirs on the pedestrian walkway and witnessed the incident.
Jenkins said he saw a blue Charger turn off a side street onto the pedestrian walkway going about 35 mph.

"He started basically losing control," Jenkins said.

He said he saw the vehicle hit a woman who sells turtles and a man who appeared to be homeless.

"All the turtles flew everywhere," as did mannequins outside of storefronts, Jenkins said..

.....

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-suspect-arrested-in-venice-crash-that-killed-1-injured-11-20130804,0,2370664.story




This story identifies the assault car as a Dodge Avenger:


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Witnesses described a shocking and horrific scene of a dark Dodge Avenger on the ocean front walk near Dudley Avenue mowing down vendors and pedestrians about 6 p.m. Saturday in an area where cars are prohibited.

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Read more: pasadenastarnews.com




Note the sinister name: AVENGER! Why do we allow assault cars like these to be sold?



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