Special Ed Teacher dead after ICE initiates high speed chase

[James48]

Source: CNN

(CNN) — What was supposed to be a quiet studentless staff planning day for teachers at a Georgia public school turned into a day of mourning when a man fleeing immigration agents crashed a car into a cherished educator’s vehicle.

Linda Davis, a special education teacher in her first year at Herman W. Hesse K-8 School in Savannah, was killed Monday morning on her commute to the school. The driver of the car that hit her, Oscar Vasquez-Lopez, was arrested and charged with first degree homicide, reckless driving, driving without a valid license and failure to obey a traffic control device, according to the Chatham County Police.

The teacher’s death comes as the nation continues to debate the efficacy of the Trump administration’s mass immigration enforcement efforts, which have impacted people of all ages and races through arrests during traffic stops, at protests, workplace sweeps and outside schools.



Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/17/us/linda-davis-ice-savannah-ga?cid=ios_app

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High speed chase For a failure to deport. Not even a felony. Just another Cosplay Cop trying to murder people.

[sheshe2]

1. Ice is responsible for this.

100% responsible.

[pnwmom]

2. They are. That's why my state has a law banning police chases like this.

They put too many innocent lives at risk.

[sheshe2]

3. Good for your State.

Ice isn't even police. They have no training and what we have seen some of them are criminals.

[SomewhereInTheMiddle]

4. Is it better that a non-violent "criminal" get away than to chase and risk collateral damage and loss of life?

I say no YES! [Mistyped and was so informed]

In cases like this the authorities - and I use that term advisedly - should let the suspect go rather than risk causing this sort of death.

Yes, it can be argued that if the suspect had not fled there would not have been a chase and the death would not have occurred. But if ICE had not pursued the death would almost certainly have been avoided as well.

I think there is shared culpability.

And I don't think the capture of one suspect is worth the death of one innocent.

This sucks.

[pnwmom]

5. I think you meant to say "yes." It's better that a non-violent lawbreaker get away than to risk innocent life.

They'll have other opportunities to catch the lawbreaker, but they can't bring a dead person back to life.

[SomewhereInTheMiddle]

6. Thanks! Fixed it. nt