She was driving drunk 25+ mph over the limit on the wrong side of the road. She killed a guy and she went to the hospital. While she was there - she tried to get an IV to dilute her blood alcohol concentration with an IV.

She got 15 years for pleading guilty to vehicular homicide, but will not serve any of the time after her sentence was suspended.

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[–] culpritus@hexbear.net 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Every time I see a scene in a US made film that involves characters in a moving vehicle, I'm immediately expecting the violent car crash trope to happen. That's how normalized the violence of cars is in the USA.

[–] Magician@hexbear.net 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Every time I see a character standing in a street, I expect them to get hit by a car, and I'm usually right. It's like unspoken language in US media.

[–] PapaStevesy@midwest.social 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nah, it's just lazy writing/directing.

[–] Magician@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago

I know, but there's a lot of expectation to seeing a character with their back to the street talking to the camera before getting hit. I think it's telling as a trope in filmmaking