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moniss

(8,941 posts) Mon Mar 2, 2026, 02:45 PM 7 hrs ago

The husband of the Secretary of Education

slams into a vehicle while doing a reported 100mph last July. Notice the difference in treatment to anybody else who would have done the same thing. No questions about drinking or drug use. Not by any cop on the scene. No demands to get out of the car. No lectures. Just Connecticut cops smoothing it all over with the least hassle for the billionaire. Notice how the judge helped make it all go away like nothing ever happened.

As one commenter said it's amazing the cops didn't give the woman a ticket for impeding the path of a billionaire.

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The husband of the Secretary of Education (Original Post) moniss 7 hrs ago OP

A billionaire being treated with kid gloves. Imagine that. MIButterfly 6 hrs ago #1

Kick BlueWaveNeverEnd 6 hrs ago #2

So I guess it's ok for all of us to drive over 100mph now? Americanme 6 hrs ago #3

I saw that on the news. Amazing. Any one of us would be in court for reckless driving. IMO, he looks shit faced, too. Vinca 6 hrs ago #4

They gave him the reckless ticket etc. but the judge moniss 5 hrs ago #6

I don't know; FreeForm73 6 hrs ago #5

He was high as a kite. OGBuzz 5 hrs ago #7

No field sobriety test. Never asked him, "how much have you had to drink today sir?" progressoid 5 hrs ago #8

Wow! A whole $1000 charitable contribution Klondike Kat 4 hrs ago #10

I guess 'Driving While Black' is a lot different from.... 70sEraVet 4 hrs ago #9

MIButterfly

(2,490 posts)

1. A billionaire being treated with kid gloves. Imagine that.

Reply to moniss (Original post)

Mon Mar 2, 2026, 03:07 PM

6 hrs ago

BlueWaveNeverEnd

(13,779 posts)

2. Kick

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Mon Mar 2, 2026, 03:25 PM

6 hrs ago

Americanme

(457 posts)

3. So I guess it's ok for all of us to drive over 100mph now?

Reply to moniss (Original post)

Mon Mar 2, 2026, 03:45 PM

6 hrs ago

If you clip somebody, no big deal, the cops will call you Sir, and let you leave the scene. Good to know.

Vinca

(53,725 posts)

4. I saw that on the news. Amazing. Any one of us would be in court for reckless driving. IMO, he looks shit faced, too.

Reply to moniss (Original post)

Mon Mar 2, 2026, 03:49 PM

6 hrs ago

moniss

(8,941 posts)

6. They gave him the reckless ticket etc. but the judge

Reply to Vinca (Reply #4)

Mon Mar 2, 2026, 03:55 PM

5 hrs ago

put him in a "diversion" program and told him to make a $1,000 donation to charity, keep his nose clean and paperwork up to date and the charges will go away. He very easily could have killed someone.

FreeForm73

(153 posts)

5. I don't know;

Reply to moniss (Original post)

Mon Mar 2, 2026, 03:51 PM

6 hrs ago

Vince looked pretty AFU to me.
But the Peace Officer may have been concerned about a forearm shiver

OGBuzz

(177 posts)

7. He was high as a kite.

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Mon Mar 2, 2026, 04:25 PM

5 hrs ago

progressoid

(53,005 posts)

8. No field sobriety test. Never asked him, "how much have you had to drink today sir?"

Reply to moniss (Original post)

Mon Mar 2, 2026, 04:45 PM

5 hrs ago

McMahon received a misdemeanor summons for reckless driving and following too closely resulting in an accident, which occurred July 24 near the old Exit 41 on the northbound side of the Merritt Parkway in Westport. He was released at the scene on a $500 bond.

In October, a judge granted McMahon an accelerated rehabilitation program for a period of one year on the condition that he make a $1,000 charitable contribution and only drive if properly licensed and insured. The charges will be dismissed on Oct. 15, 2026 if McMahon stays out of trouble....

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/celebrity/articles/video-shows-vince-mcmahon-crashing-232115357.html

Klondike Kat

(935 posts)

10. Wow! A whole $1000 charitable contribution

Reply to progressoid (Reply #8)

Mon Mar 2, 2026, 05:01 PM

4 hrs ago

That's like a whole penny to your average Joe.

We need fines levied like Finland does - the more you make the more you pay.

70sEraVet

(5,419 posts)

9. I guess 'Driving While Black' is a lot different from....

Reply to moniss (Original post)

Mon Mar 2, 2026, 04:56 PM

4 hrs ago

'Driving While Billionaire'.

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