Episode 613 • • 1:18:54 - 1:19:52
613: Carbon Overload
Alameda County, Police Speeding Fatality and Legal Immunity
An Alameda County Sheriff's deputy, Jonathan Hamm, struck and killed a pedestrian while driving 18 miles per hour over the speed limit in Hayward, California. Despite the deputy traveling at 53 mph in a 35 mph zone at 4:30 AM, the District Attorney decided not to file criminal charges. The hosts contrast this lack of prosecution with the severe penalties a private citizen would face in a similar incident.