Man Charged With Involuntary Manslaughter After Running Down Mother And Daughter

Remember when the Washington Post tweeted that a mass killing at the Waukesha Christmas Parade was "caused by an SUV"? The SUV was the prime suspect in the killing of six people and the wounding of many more. The Daily Beast wrote about the "right-wing freakout" over a black man intentionally running down a bunch of white kids at a parade. As for the left-wing? It only took a month for the White House to send its B-team — Jill Biden and Douglas Emhoff — to Waukesha where Dr. Jill Biden visited a hospital and gave a speech about the importance of getting the COVID vaccine. It must just be SUVs, because no one's blaming the car for running down a mother and daughter in a crosswalk with a clearly green light. Mother and daughter killed by reckless driver on the way home from a drake concert.

ABC 15 News reports: A 22-year-old man accused of speeding through a red light and killing a mother and her daughter as they were leaving a Drake concert in Missouri was released on bond, court documents show. Monte Henderson was released from jail Friday morning after posting $20,000, which was 10% of his $200,000 bail, according to court records. Police said Henderson was arrested on two counts of first-degree involuntary manslaughter charges and two counts of armed criminal action in connection to the deaths of Laticha "Lety" Bracero, 42, and Alyssa Cordova, 21, of Chicago, Illinois. -- He's out on bond? Henderson's attorney shared this statement following the charges, "This is a very tragic accident, Monte is very upstanding young man; involved in academics and sports."

Officers said Henderson was running red lights when he sideswiped the front end of another vehicle at North 18th and Olive streets. His Jeep rotated clockwise and hit Bracero and Cordova, who were walking on the crosswalk. The Jeep continued to move until it T-boned another vehicle. According to court documents, data retrieved from the Jeep indicated that the car was traveling at speeds in excess of 70 mph prior to violating the red traffic signal. Monte Henderson is an upstanding young man involved in academics and sports. He's probably an austere religious scholar as well. Involuntary manslaughter? Looks pretty voluntary to us, but we'd have to ask our resident attorney, Aaron Walker. He’s back on the streets after posting $20,000. Choosing to drive that recklessly shows no regard for human life. I hope a judge agrees and takes away his ability to choose for the rest of his life. Not to mention the people he injured in the vehicle he hit. These charges seem a little light, as does the bond.

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