“How does anyone course-correct their life when there is such minimal consequence for such deadly and socially abhorrent behavior?”
“We have to do better,” she concluded.
Minnesota has experienced other painful roadway loss in the past year or so. Too many lives have been cut short by irresponsible people who demonstrate criminal disregard for publicly shared spaces and the individual dreams and aspirations of others. Just to name a couple:
Natalie Gubbay, 26, was killed by a motorist last month while she was waiting at a stoplight. She was still fairly new to Minneapolis, having moved here in 2022 to take a research position associated with the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Now she’s gone. The victim of an unlicensed motorist, who was pushing 100 miles per hour with an open container when police say he caused a chain-reaction seven-car pileup.
Thompson, the driver of that killer vehicle, was convicted on federal drug charges last month but still awaits sentence. His state case, which was upgraded from criminal vehicular homicide to murder, is scheduled for trial in February 2025.
