An Oklahoma judge was arrested in Austin, Texas, last week after authorities say he opened fire on parked vehicles while out driving, striking at least one of them, and intentionally crashed into a woman’s vehicle, telling officers later that she had cut him off.

Brian Lovell, an associate district judge in Garfield County, Oklahoma, was arrested Sept. 11 on a misdemeanor count of reckless driving. A felony count of engaging in deadly conduct with a firearm was forwarded to a grand jury for consideration.

Lovell was released on $10,000 bond and ordered to undergo a mental health evaluation.

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    Oh, he got cut off.

    In that case shooting up some cars and ramming another seems pretty ok. I mean, what else are you going to do?

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      Driving in the states must be nerve wracking knowing there’s a good chance any given car on the road is armed.

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        And that there are no proper driving lessons or exams like in some European countries.

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          some European countries.

          Wait wait wait. Are you saying that some, as in more than one, Euro county doesn’t have a licensing exam? Iirc, Texas is the only state without one over here and they’re notably worse drivers than everyone else I encounter.

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            Wait what? Texas definitely has both a written exam and a driving test. Is it more extensive in other states or something?

            Eta: Texas doesn’t require you to take a driver’s ed course if you’re over 18 years old, but you still have to pass both the written exam and driving test. Maybe that’s what you were remembering?

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            Not sure about that, specifically. I do know that some countries (e.g., The Netherlands) have way stricter exams than for instance Hungary.

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            The sad truth of it is, because of the way our, that is to say America’s, cities and infrastructure are all laid out, it’s almost impossible to live in this country without a car. Consequently, they’ll give a driver’s license to damn near anybody who can operate the pedals, regardless of the State. Passing the eye exam is usually more important than the driving or written ones.

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      Yeah, I got cut off in my F150 once last week, and afterwards I was consumed by an overwhelming feeling of indifference, after which I drove the rest of the way home.

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    Lovell told police there were two handguns in his vehicle, but he said “he did not know why he would have shot his gun and could not recall any part of the shooting incident,” according to the affidavit.

    That’s some use of legal language. “I don’t recall murdering those women. I know they ended up dead, but I don’t know how. What would I have to gain?”

    This fuck presided over cases that affected peoples’ lives. Sigh…

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    Brian Lovell, an associate district judge

    …jury and executioner too, apparently.

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      Oklahoma. You decide.

      Spoiler: I don’t know, but it’s almost certain that he is.

      Second spoiler: I lived in a state that borders Okie. They’re all repubs.

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    I feel so much safer knowing he might show up and protect me from a grocery store robbery.

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    Can i get some bike paths, i dont wanna be on the road with these people in cars anymore.

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      I guess the paths will now need some kind of bulletproof and carproof protection. thisiswhywecanthavenicethings.jxl

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    This should be a !byebyejob moment (do we have one of those in the fediverse? I guess I don’t know how to link properly yet lmao)