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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI'm surprised the driver that plowed into the crowd hasn't been named
The license plate was clearly visible and easily read. License plates are public record and I would imagine someone could easily find it. I think you can plug that number in and for a small fee, get the information right online.
How has the identity remained unknown with the license plate number available? Get a name and find out what his FB page is filled with.
AngryAmish
(25,704 posts)Maybe wait a day or two.
freddyvh
(276 posts)too many speculations online
I have seen tons of right wingers saying it was a false flag
AngryAmish
(25,704 posts)The truth will out. I am going to have another cocktail then a bite of dinner.
MFM008
(19,816 posts)They will. Soon.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,733 posts)might not have been the driver. The car could have been borrowed or stolen, or the license plates stolen. If a name is identified on the basis of DMV records they might not have been involved at all, and there is a danger of unfairly involving an innocent person. Let's wait until the police have identified the person in custody.
meadowlark5
(2,795 posts)I hadn't thought about someone else possibly driving someone elses car.
I guess that's why nothing has been released. I was surprised it wasn't with the plate so visible.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)Now the twitter chatter is saying that name was wrong - and there is a new name.
leftstreet
(36,108 posts)Twitter is saying the current owner is a James Alex Fields
Whether or not he was the driver...
oberliner
(58,724 posts)Glad they caught the guy - that's for sure.
Ninsianna
(1,349 posts)oberliner
(58,724 posts)Lesson learned.
NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)It might not be the registered owner of the car.
cwydro
(51,308 posts)We've become a nation of immediate gratification morons.
BigmanPigman
(51,609 posts)Good, that won't be used as an excuse for pure evil and hatred.
YCHDT
(962 posts)meadowlark5
(2,795 posts)YoungDemCA
(5,714 posts)In fact, they may have put the guy whom they had mistakenly identified on a watchlist regardless, "just in case."
ornotna
(10,803 posts)An Independent
(3 posts)They can be stolen, or someone else driving or even a stolen vehicle. That is a few reasons that could take longer.
lpbk2713
(42,759 posts)Once he is identified they will be targeted.
Warpy
(111,274 posts)and at that point, they'll have to identify him.
In the meantime, everything is from a rumor mill. Take it with a ton of salt.
meadowlark5
(2,795 posts)I've mostly just been reading some here and there online and tuning in to cable news sporadically, but it seems so unusual for the "news" to not be showing pictures or footage of the apprehension of the suspect. No talk, really at all of the "who" just that it's happened.
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meadowlark5
(2,795 posts)I knew someone would find it. I think even if you go to Whitepages.com to try and find a phone number for someone you know, it links to those websites that will pull public records for a price. I've never used them, but knew it could be done.
I guess it just says who owns the car but not definitively that this person was driving it. I guess we'll know soon enough.
lpbk2713
(42,759 posts)He impacted so many lives with just one minute of stupidity.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,733 posts)The car or the plates could have been stolen; the car could have been borrowed; he could have sold it and the title hadn't transferred yet. Let's wait and see who the driver really was.
grossproffit
(5,591 posts)Roland99
(53,342 posts)The car is registered to 20-year-old James Alex Fields of Ohio, according to vehicle registration records reviewed by The Washington Post. Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail Superintendent Martin Kumer told The Post that a man with the same name and age was booked Saturday on suspicion of second-degree murder, malicious wounding, failure to stop for an accident involving a death, and hit and run. Kumer said Fields is being held without bail.
https://everipedia.org/wiki/james-alex-fields-jr/
Registered Republican
csziggy
(34,136 posts)I noticed that in the Twitter feed and checked the photos and videos- no sun/moon roof on the car that hit the people.
Check the videos at this site posted in another DU thread:
http://ir.net/news/politics/126763/breaking-raw-video-footage-car-plowing-anti-kkk-protesters-virginia/
uppityperson
(115,677 posts)Don't post anyone's private or personal information
Don't post private or personal information about any person (including public figures) even if that information is available elsewhere on the Internet.
Henry Krinkle
(208 posts)Maybe it depends on the state, I thought public access to vehicle registrations was discontinued
ages ago because of what happened to Rebecca_Schaeffer...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Schaeffer#Aftermath
meadowlark5
(2,795 posts)You can request it but these are the people who can access the records.
enforcement, insurance companies, attorney and investigative agencies
I read in your wikipedia link that one stalker used a private investigator to get the address. So, here in Colorado at least, it can still be obtained that way.
Henry Krinkle
(208 posts)When I read "public record", it makes it sound like anyone can look it up, request it
and get the info.
meadowlark5
(2,795 posts)I looked to see if license plates are public record and came across this website. I put in my license plate number and state and it found it but I would need to pay $2.95 to get the file. Not sure if it will actually provide it because I don't want to pay for it. But I'm sure people do.
http://vehiclerelatedrecords.com/
Henry Krinkle
(208 posts)From my own personal experience, one could simply go to any RMV (this was in MA), request that info
without providing any ID, and get it within minutes; they also had a reading room of sorts with volumes
of records printed on the old dot matrix paper where one could look up the info on their own.
It was also no problem walking into any police station, give them the plate number and some BS
excuse (hit and run in a parking lot), and the person at the desk would hand it to you.
Granted, this was 35 years ago, but it's wise and unnecessary that that info should be easily accessible.
DeminPennswoods
(15,286 posts)expected he'd have to die for his cause.
Charlottesville police are charging him with criminal homicide. The chief went out his way to thank all the witnesses who provided pictures and video.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)Booked for murder,
20 year old angry looking white boy
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,733 posts)geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)eleny
(46,166 posts)blueinredohio
(6,797 posts)I don't hear a lot on Toledo news about white nationalists, alt right or kkk rallies. Maybe there's not enough of them to do a lot of harm. But sadly if it was him he's only a month older than my grandson now his life is ruined getting involved in something like this. How can anyone think this is okay?
Stuart G
(38,434 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,733 posts)Still no other news about him.