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The headlines of those 1920s news stories describe uncontrollable crowds incensed at drivers after everyday accidents, seeking blood for blood: CROWD MOBS DRIVER AS TRUCK KILLS BOY; Policeman, With Revolver and Nightstick, Protects Man Till Help Arrives CROWD MOBS CHAUFFEUR; Men and Women Beat Operator of Truck Which Crushes Lad to Death MOTOR TRUCKS KILL 2 BOYS AND WOMAN; Driver and Helper Flee From Crowd of 500 When Lad Is Hit in Seventh Street POLICEMAN RESCUES ONE; Points Pistol at Mob and Takes Fugitive to Safety Sometimes the crowds grew massive. Sometimes the mob succeeded. But the plot was the same: a driver killed one or more pedestrians by accident, and then a violent mob of pedestrians attempted to kill a driver.

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The headlines of those 1920s news stories describe uncontrollable crowds incensed at drivers after everyday accidents, seeking blood for blood: CROWD MOBS DRIVER AS TRUCK KILLS BOY; Policeman, With Revolver and Nightstick, Protects Man Till Help Arrives CROWD MOBS CHAUFFEUR; Men and Women Beat Operator of Truck Which Crushes Lad to Death MOTOR TRUCKS KILL 2 BOYS AND WOMAN; Driver and Helper Flee From Crowd of 500 When Lad Is Hit in Seventh Street POLICEMAN RESCUES ONE; Points Pistol at Mob and Takes Fugitive to Safety Sometimes the crowds grew massive. Sometimes the mob succeeded. But the plot was the same: a driver killed one or more pedestrians by accident, and then a violent mob of pedestrians attempted to kill a driver.
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Shauna GM (shauna@social.coop)'s status on Thursday, 13-Apr-2023 13:17:03 JST Shauna GM
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Some accidents we try very hard to avoid. Others we accept as simply inevitable. Which kinds of accidents are which is not a matter of chance, it is driven by underlying power structures.
Back in the 1920s, when a person was killed by a car, people *rioted*.

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