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Ms. Toad

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27. Because your statements sound like you believe it has been.

Reply to LisaL (Reply #24)

Tue Mar 10, 2026, 10:52 PM

7 hrs ago

When I said below that there was no way to know from the publicly available information, your response wasn't an acknowledgement that it hadn't been proven - but an assertion that he was charged with reckless driving. You have repeatedly asserted that reckless driving is serious and needs to be punished, without any apparent awareness nothing in any description I have seen describes reckless driving, and that charges do not mean that he actually was driving recklessly. Taking your assertions as a whole, it seems to me you are conflating charging a crime with the commission of a crime.

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Authorities say a Georgia teacher was killed in a prank gone wrong. A teen is charged with homicide [View all] WhiskeyGrinder 21 hrs ago OP

There has to be accountability exboyfil 21 hrs ago #1

TPing is not vandalism. WhiskeyGrinder 21 hrs ago #2

Yes TPing a house is considered a form of vandalism. Irish_Dem 20 hrs ago #5

A vandalism charge requires some form of damage. TPing, as you say, usually catches a charge of criminal mischief WhiskeyGrinder 20 hrs ago #6

No, damage is not necessary to be classified as vandalism. Irish_Dem 20 hrs ago #7

In not sure what law you are reading. Georgia law does not have a specific crime called vandalism. Ms. Toad 19 hrs ago #13

The teacher didn't die from TPing. LisaL 20 hrs ago #11

He may, or may not have been driving recklessly. Ms. Toad 19 hrs ago #14

Again, he is charged with reckless driving. LisaL 11 hrs ago #22

Simple answer - yes - when the relatives of the victim are asking for mercy. Ms. Toad 11 hrs ago #23

My assertion is that he is charged with reckless driving, which he is. LisaL 11 hrs ago #24

Because your statements sound like you believe it has been. Ms. Toad 7 hrs ago #27

The driver who hit and killed the teacher is charged with felonies. LisaL 20 hrs ago #9

These kids were expressing their love for him. There are such things as accidents, Greybnk48 21 hrs ago #3

And yet we do have very specific rules for driving. LisaL 20 hrs ago #10

We don't know. Ms. Toad 19 hrs ago #15

He is charged with reckless driving. LisaL 12 hrs ago #21

Let me help you out Greg_In_SF 19 hrs ago #12

Every other weekend for next 5 years IbogaProject 21 hrs ago #4

The student driving, at 18, is no LisaL 20 hrs ago #8

I was refering to that high school kid's parents IbogaProject 17 hrs ago #16

They should be banned from using toilet paper. Georgia should have a plentiful supply of corncobs RedWhiteBlueIsRacist 16 hrs ago #17

I doubt the DA ultimately takes this to trial or insists on those charges ScratchCat 16 hrs ago #18

Hopefully they had to pay for all the damages to the house they caused MichMan 14 hrs ago #20

As a confessed former TP-er, it's tragic. Would never pull those pranks today...too allegorical oracle 15 hrs ago #19

I almost ran over my own husband once. KentuckyWoman 11 hrs ago #25

If they hadn't ever pulled the prank, the teacher would still be alive. MichMan 10 hrs ago #26