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Both of those elements are combined in today’s case in point, a recent Colorado event in which a simple trip to do errands resulted in horrific loss of life in broad daylight. Details remain unclear regarding what presents as a summer road-rage incident, but it is certain that a child was murdered after watching his mother shot by an unhinged motorist. It will be some time, if ever, before the antecedents of the violence are known to any level of certainty. Did the victim driver commit some actual traffic infraction, or give offense in some way, or was the assailant enraged by mere perceived discourtesy, or was it nothing at all? Did the victim, as the coverage states, “get into an argument” and then re-engage with her attacker, or was she followed, repeatedly accosted, then attacked? What focused the offender on the children, to target them so pointedly in his rage, shooting down the mother before turning his rage to the minor children?
Note as well the attack expanding to include nearby witnesses to the violence, adding even further questions. In examining violent crime for more understanding of its roots, we often come across elements of what has been referred to as “victim-initiated conflict,” in which the eventual victim takes an active role in starting and maintaining conflict that finally results in violence, but we must also be scrupulous to avoid false attribution of blame to those who may turn out to be quite literally innocent. In this case, many relevant facts are as yet unknown, though we may find remarkable the reports that the suspect appeared to be laying the foundation for a defense of “diminished capacity” based on claimed mental illness and medication use practically in real time at the moment of his arrest.
The competence of a subject aware and oriented enough to be angling for less jail time while still on-scene will be a contested issue at trial, to be sure. In terms of lessons, the basics of threat mitigation while driving apply as ever: Drive courteously, apologize freely (and even undeservedly!), and remain aware of the behavior of surrounding drivers so that we may detect the threat of a road-rager at the earliest possible moment. In the worst-case scenario described here, violence exploded completely outside of the conscious awareness of the victims, who had no inkling that they had entered the orbit of a relentless killer or that they would be subject to his specifically focused rage, until it was far too late….
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A mentor of mine, Hiram Harper, used to say we should always be kind to others. Kind to a fault. Do all in our power to treat others with respect. Right up to the point where we could be harmed, then be accurate. Today, people will fly off the handle for little or no reason, no point in giving them a reason to. So I agree with Hiram, be kind as possible and if that doesn't work and they want to press an attack, be accurate.
Regardless of the other issues involved in this incident, I think that the current popular culture of"gansta" rap, with its attendant nihilistic love of violence, first person shooter games that reward killing, and a general demand that the world better see things my way (or else suffer the consequences) helps create these events.
With road rage occurring with more frequency more people are arming themselves.It's more prudent to not cause a shooting by not inflaming the situation.Drive away.
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