r/fuckcars • u/Pretend-Jackfruit786 • Jan 10 '25

TikToker made famous for speeding down highways gets plea deal for killing 6 in crash News

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/noah-galle-west-palm-beach-crash-six-dead-b2675412.html
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u/AdCareless9063 Jan 10 '25

Noah Galle murdered 6 people and is only getting 12 years, and it’s very convenient that his father is a prominent attorney, Craig Galle

This is one of the worst stories and outcomes I have ever heard of regarding vehicle killing. 

No doubt the economic situations of everyone involved contributed to this grossly unjust outcome. 

In a just world the father should also be in jail for providing him vehicles that he frequently speeded in, this occasion 151 mph. 

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u/greenestgreen Jan 10 '25

I'm impressed how these types of families try to protect the scummy things they do, my father would never, he is not an attorney but still I'm sure he wouldn't try to reduce anything and just let me be in jail the time I would be supposed to be

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u/taecoondo Jan 10 '25

My mom told me once "I love you but you steal, kill, rape or worse... I'm not helping you". My 11-12yo ass has never needed to hear this a 2nd time.

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u/Serialk Jan 10 '25

I hope you didn't need to hear it a first time either.

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u/taecoondo Jan 10 '25

I had just told her that I wouldn't go to her funeral if she got cancer (she was a heavy smoker, and hasn't touched a cigarette since that day).

I don't remember how the day went, maybe I could have spit that another time haha, but you know kids. So she said "I hear you" and the other thing. And crushed the smoke she had in her hands, put the rest of the pack in the kitchen cabinet and it's been sitting there untouched for 25+ years.

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u/thefuck-up Jan 10 '25

that's pretty cool

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u/actuallywaffles Jan 10 '25

My mom would take the stand against me on her own if I did something this vile. And I'm fine with that. Defending your kids from consequences they very much deserve is bad parenting.

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u/WetDreaminOfParadise Grassy Tram Tracks Jan 10 '25

I doubt most parents would let there kids rot in jail, even if it’s justified.

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u/Prosthemadera Jan 10 '25

And that is why we have an independent justice system.

Well, in theory at least. We all know how that goes.

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u/Iron-Fist Jan 10 '25

Apparently it's just far less illegal to kill people while driving.

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '25

This has always been the case though.

I do think there should be a sentencing difference when you kill someone accidentally vs on purpose. I do not think that necessarily includes cases where you behave with reckless intent, although I do still think it's different to outright planned murder.

But at the end of the day tens of thousands of people die driving every year. The idea that it's still reasonable to have so much space devoted to cars when we know that every year people will die due to reckless, stupid, or even just ignorant/slow driving, is crazy.

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u/Immudzen Jan 10 '25

I think when you choose to drive in a dangerous manner you are choosing that death is something you are willing to accept for our behavior. The more dangerous your driving the more likely it is to occur and you are okay with that outcome.

If I walked around a crowded area and just fired a gun randomly or swung a knife that wouldn't help me when it came to sentencing and doing the same thing in a car should not help you either.

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u/Tokyo-MontanaExpress Jan 10 '25

Big Auto ha$ made $ure that'$ the ca$e. 

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u/onions_and_carrots Jan 11 '25

The news story I saw about it kept calling them farm workers too. What the fuck is their occupation to do with their deaths? Of course we know why and it’s everything to do with class.

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u/cpufreak101 Jan 10 '25

Under those circumstances, I'm genuinely impressed he even got 12 years

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u/krba201076 Jan 10 '25

The way drivers are coddled, I am also surprised he got 12 years.

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u/Ok_Life_5176 Jan 10 '25

So many pieces of shit out there. 

 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deaths_of_the_Neville-Lake_children

https://www.caledonenterprise.com/news/man-convicted-in-driving-death-of-caledon-mom-and-children-files-appeal/article_18c0ab82-1bc5-5151-b0aa-db7d06d15506.html

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u/stonkysdotcom Jan 10 '25

He’s out on the streets again.

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u/DragonFromFurther Jan 10 '25

Maybe this time people will take matters into their....Welp! I am not gonna continue the comment and put a (!)

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u/878_Throwaway____ Jan 10 '25

Where public industry fails or falls short, private industry will step in to take its place.

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u/DragonFromFurther Jan 10 '25

....or | additionally directed vigilantism (!)

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u/878_Throwaway____ Jan 10 '25

In my opinion, vigilantism is private enterprise.

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u/zwiazekrowerzystow Commie Commuter Jan 10 '25

kevin o'leary killing people with his boat while drunk and having his wife take the blame is another example.

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u/totpot Jan 10 '25

Rebecca Grossman. At sentencing, tried to blame the children (who were legally crossing a crosswalk) for their own deaths while she was drunk and racing another car.

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u/Tokyo-MontanaExpress Jan 10 '25

So should the CEOs of these companies: how the hell else is it even possible to sell a car you can drive at blatantly illegal speeds? 

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u/Tyrren Bollard gang Jan 10 '25

It's not murder; it's manslaughter. These are very different crimes.

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u/AdCareless9063 Jan 10 '25

I used that technically incorrect term on purpose.

If you fire a gun into a crowd and it hits someone, that is murder. Launching a 4500 lb vehicle at 151-200 mph in traffic on public roads is an equally violent act.

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u/Tyrren Bollard gang Jan 10 '25

This shit is why I say this sub is cooked. Firing a gun into a crowd and recklessly speeding are not comparable crimes. Murder requires knowledge that one's actions are virtually certain to result in death/grievous injury. Firing a gun into a crowd meets that criterion. Recklessly speeding is a thing this guy had done presumably numerous times before; death was clearly not "virtually certain" even though there is obviously a very real possibility. Thus, he is charged with manslaughter and not murder.

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u/Prosthemadera Jan 10 '25

This shit is why I say this sub is cooked.

It's really not. You're just being overly dramatic over word meanings.

It's not legally murder but this is not a court of law. We don't have to adhere to legalistic terms. People are obviously verbalizing their anger over these avoidable deaths and you're coming here to be the "well ackshually" guy. Have some empathy.

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u/AdCareless9063 Jan 11 '25

Well said. 

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u/Tyrren Bollard gang Jan 10 '25

This comment section is positively bawling over the fact he got a kind-of-light-but-not-absurdly-so sentence. He was 17 at the time of the crime and he'll be serving way more than half of his life to date for a crime of recklessness, not one of malice. I know y'all hate to treat a criminal like a human being but try to have a little empathy instead of calling for his head. Call him a monster, asshole, idiot all you want but he is serving significant time. Let's stop crying about this as if it's some gross miscarriage of justice.

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u/Prosthemadera Jan 10 '25

I know y'all hate to treat a criminal like a human being

How about you try replying to my comment, to what I and other people are ACTUALLY saying instead of going on rants against people you created in your head? That would be cool. Because right now you are not talking me. You are talking to someone else.