Underage Drinkers Against Drunk DrivingTM
Memorial to Double Victims
Victims of the government-imposed drinking age
Victims of the government’s refusal to eliminate drunk driving

Intimidating folks younger than 21 years from drinking alcoholic beverages, instead of eliminating inebriated driving through tougher D.W.I. measures (which would apply to the hypocritical lawmakers themselves, and many older voters who “can driver better drunk than teenagers can sober!”), obviously didn’t keep these outvoted discrimination victims safe.
Ironically, the families of double victims often team up with M.A.D.D. to promote more injustice against responsible people younger than 21 years.

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The hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving keep saying that every one of these crimes was 100 percent preventable, which is true. So why weren’t they prevented? Because the drinking age is an attack on persons younger than 21, but serious efforts to stop D.W.I. crimes would affect persons who matter.

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Sophia Delott, 17
Abstaining from alcohol keep this high school football player safe. She was riding her bicycle in a designated bicycle lane on the Indian Rock Causeway Bridge near East Gulf Boulevard in Indian Rocks Beach, Florida on 28 June 2019 at 22:33 local time when a suspected drunk driver, age 69, in a 2014 BMW 320i veered into the bicycle lane and killed her at age 17. He tested 0.064% BRAC four hours after the crash; but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
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Neil Singhal, 69
born 14 December 1949


Don’t call the 21 law a stupid law. Enemies of liberty can see the obvious flaws in their absurd excuses. Don’t blame stupidity or even depraved indifference. The 21 law is a calculated, premeditated, malicious attack on your unalienable right to liberty, one of many malicious attacks enforced by the police forces of the hostile government.

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Olivia Kate Pugh, 17
14 February 2006 - 10 December 2023
Abstaining from alcohol did not keep this young woman safe. She was crossing Ben King Road in Kennesaw, Georgia, with other pedestrians in a marked crosswalk 8 December 2023 at approximately 20:20 local time.

Along came a red 2017 General Motors Corporation Acadia sport utility vehicle (S.U.V.) whose driver, 68 years old, was originally charged with D.W.I. Alcohol – Less Safe, Obstruction, Serious Injury by Vehicle, and Failure to Yield to Pedestrian. He was subsequently charged with vehicular homicide and failure to yield to a pedestrian, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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Jerome L. Cox, 68

Link to this memorial.

Rights are not gifts from the government.

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Alexis Rumer, 19
This woman never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep her safe. It was her mother’s second time losing a daughter in a drunk driving crash. On 12 September 2016, just before midnight local time, this woman was driving at the intersection of North Reems Road and West Waddell Road in Surprise, Arizona when she was struck by another vehicle. This woman’s passenger, age 22, was seriously hurt in the crash. The other driver, age 66, was fleeing from police. Police were trying to stop him based on a report of an intoxicated driver. He had just left a bar where he was drunk and disorderly. It was not necessary to prove intoxication because the State was able to prove more serious charges. He was convicted of second-degree murder and aggravated assault, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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Roger Couillard, 66

Link to this memorial.

Unalienable rights, by definition, supersede the Rule of Law whenever the two things conflict with each other. Liberty is the freedom to do as you wish, as long as you do not violate anybody’s rights. Enemies of liberty want to add four more words, “or break any laws,” to make your unalienable right to liberty nothing more than the freedom to do as you are told: pay taxes, attend school, and register for the draft. Drinking alcoholic beverages under age does not violate anybody’s rights.

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Christopher Gerald Willis, 20
28 April 1988 - 27 September 2008
This man never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep him safe. At 16:42 CDT on 27 September 2008, he was driving his motorcycle south on Hillcrest Road in Mobile, Alabama when a drunk driver, 63 years old, 0.365% BAC cut him off. The drunk driver was later convicted of murder, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
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Leon Joseph Smith, 63
born in 1945

Link to this memorial.

Know your enemy: Most enemies of liberty really are so far gone, they figure they need only vomit forth their absurd reasoning and you will be okay with this unforgivable hate crime they are perpetrating against you. Many expect you to be grateful. Yes, they really are that crazy.

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Katey June Kirkland
4 July 2004 - 7 August 2022
This woman never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep her safe. She was in her bedroom in White Settlement, Texas just before 18:00 local time 7 August 2022 when a suspected drunk driver, 63, with three prior D.W.I.’s, crashed his pickup truck into the house, killing her at age 18 and seriously injuring her father; but at least the suspect wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
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Donald Gruber, 63

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Know your enemy: Even as some victims resort to counterfeiting the official identification documents of the enemy government, and other victims literally flee the country, especially during spring break, for the sole purpose of drinking the beverages of their choice where the law enforcement goons of the enemy government cannot touch them, yet many enemies of liberty honestly think the 21 law does not incite hostility. Yes, they really are that crazy.

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Shanice Patrice Carter, 18
20 April 1988 - 26 March 2007
This woman never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep her safe. The driver who allegedly crossed onto the wrong side and killed her at age 18 on 27 March 2007 faces felony charges including drunk driving (0.16%). He is 63 years old. The crash filled four persons, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
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Roberto Vellanoweth, 63

Link to this memorial.

Drawing the line: Everyone has a right to abstain from alcoholic beverages and other drugs. Property owners have a right to use their money and real estate in ways that encourage abstinence, such as holding forth alcohol-free parties. Parents have a right to govern their child who lives in their house. Enemies of liberty have a right to hold and express wrong opinions. Legislators have a right to manufacture any documents they wish, but they cannot acquire authority by manufacturing documents, no matter what is inscribed thereon; nor can they delegate, by manufacturing documents, any authority they do not have. Nobody has a right to use gun-toting goons in bulletproof vests to intimidate anybody else into obeying underage drinking laws without the latter’s consent.
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Mikey Stroz, 16
23 October 2004 - 19 June 2021
Abstaining from alcohol did not keep this young man safe. He was a passenger in his family’s 2015 Honda Accord, on his way home to Florida with his family 19 June 2021, heading south on U.S. 431 near Oak Grove Road in Madison County, Alabama, just south of New Hope. He was killed in a head-on crash. The other driver, 61 years old, was driving drunk (0.119% BAC four hours later), driving left of center, and struck them head on. He pled guilty to one count of murder and two counts of aggravated assault, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 to drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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Byron Craig Mayo, 61
born in 1960

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“Have we reached the ultimate stage of absurdity where some people are held responsible for things that happened before they were born, while other people are not held responsible for what they themselves are doing today?” – Thomas Sowell

Innocent persons younger than 21 are being punished for crimes committed by their ancestors half a century ago and drunk drivers are still getting a slap on the wrist.

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Jacob Clemmons, 20
26 August 1987 - 14 April 2008
This man never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep him safe. On 14 April 2008, he was riding in a car when a driver, 60, drove drunk and ran a stop sign at County Road 68 and North Holly Street in Loxley, Alabama, and crashed into him. She pleaded guilty to manslaughter, but at least she wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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Carolyn Middleton, 60

Link to this memorial.

Know your enemy: They would rather have all these innocent double victims perish than prevent 100% preventable D.W.I. crimes. Yes, they really are that selfish and that wicked.

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Maggie Lowe, 19
This woman never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep her safe. At 14:38 local time 18 June 2023 she was in a black pickup truck with her mother going south on the Baldwin Beach Express near County Road 48 in Robertsdale, Alabama when the vehicle was hit in the rear.

Investigators say a man, 60 years old, driving a black Trailblazer was going south and struck the pickup truck, causing it to cross the median and strike a northbound GMC Yukon. The Trailblazer driver has been chaged with D.W.I. and four counts of manslaughter, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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David Arthur Colburn, Senior, 60
born 15 September 1962
Mni BCSO99MNI013744

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The cases on this memorial are documented with links to independent sources that give details. When MADD offers statistics, you are expected to take their word for it. They cleverly omit mentioning how some “teenagers killed in DWI crashes” were doing nothing wrong and were killed by older drivers who can freely buy all the booze they want.

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Ashley Rose Griffin
6 May 1988 - 4 April 2007
This woman never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully in North Carolina, and abstaining did not keep her safe. On 4 April 2007, a drunk pickup truck driver crossed onto her side of South Point Road near Belmont and struck her head-on, killing her at 18, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving. He was 60 years old. Add another “teenager killed in a drunk driving crash” to the official tally that fuels political debate, guides the legislative process and promotes prejudice against teenagers.
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Facts are stubborn things, and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence. — John Adams

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Russell Logan, 16
11 September 2005 - 10 February 2022
Abstaining from alcohol did not keep this young man safe. He was walking home from a lacrosse game at Starr’s Mill High School on Thursday evening, 10 February 2022 at approximately 22:00 local time when he was killed by a man driving a 2000 Pontiac Grand Prix who drove up onto the sidewalk on Brechin Drive in Senoia, Georgia. The suspect fled the scene. He was charged with vehicular homicide, D.W.I., reckless driving and leaving the scene of an accident, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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Robert Lee Stevenson, 60

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There is nothing so powerful as truth, and often nothing so strange. — Daniel Webster

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Nels Keith Jacobson, 18
8 January 1987
- 10 June 2005
This man never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep him safe. On 10 June 2005, he was a passenger in a car that was struck head-on by a drunk (0.16%) driver, 58, with a prior D.W.I. arrest. Friends helped her out to her vehicle because she was too drunk to walk, but at least she wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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Katherine Arrowood
4 June 1947 - 1 December 2019

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MADD supports suffering convicted drunk drivers to get reinstated and start driving lawfully again, sooner, if they get ignition interlocks installed in their cars. Would MADD support suffering folks younger than 21 to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully if they get ignition interlocks installed in their cars? I mean, if interlocks are so effective, right? Nay, their hatred runs too deep. This life-saving technology is for the benefit of criminals only.

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Alexis Catherine Hughan, 15
27 January 2006 - 31 December 2021
Abstaining from alcohol did not keep this young woman safe. On 31 December 2021 at approximately 12:30 local time, she was crossing West Sixth Street at the intersection of Washington Street in Jamestown, New York when the driver of a car hauler struck her, killing her and fleeing the scene.

The suspect, 58 years old, was charged with driving while ability impaired by drugs and leaving the scene of a personal injury accident, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving. While he was out on bond, he caused another deadly crash 3 December 2022 in Arkwright, New York, where he ran a stop sign, but he was sober. He pleaded guilty of second-degree manslaughter for the first crash and aggravated vehicular homicide for the second fatal crash.

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Randall J. Rolison, 58

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Imagine how many lives could be saved if all parents required their sons and daughters to watch
Without Further Comment—High School Edition
before borrowing the car on prom night.

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Edoardo Tovias, 20
This man never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep him safe. On 2 February 2020 at approximately 19:45 local time, he was driving south on Bammel North Houston in Houston, Texas, when the driver of a Ford F-150 pickup truck, age 57, with three prior D.W.I.’s, going north on Bammel North Houston, ran a red-phase traffic control signal at Champion Forest, turning left, and crashed into the victim. Police said the suspect showed signs of intoxication. He has been charged with murder, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
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Jeffrey Davis, 57

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Imagine how many lives could be saved if all parents required their sons and daughters to watch
Without Further Comment—College Edition
before co-signing any car loan.

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Josie Michelle Jones, 20
14 February 1988 - 5 August 2018
This woman never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep her safe. She was driving on the Foley Beach Express at the intersection of County Road 20 in Foley, Alabama 5 August 2018 when she was hit head-on. She was flown to Sacred Heart Hospital where she and her unborn baby died.

The other driver, 57 years old, was driving drunk (0.251% B.A.C.,) and driving on the wrong side of the road, but at least she wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.



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Debra Kay Estep, 57
born in 1960
Alabama Department of Corrections number 00323851

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Lawmakers refuse to get inebriated drivers off the road, and offer the resulting bloodshed as an excuse to trample young persons’ unalienable right to drink the beverage of their choice. Excuse rejected.

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James Roberts, 18
This man never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep him safe. On 21 November 2009 at 22:00 EST, he was driving a car eastbound on Interstate 64 near the Teays Valley exit ramp in Putnam County, West Virginia when an allegedly drunk (0.079% BAC) driver, 57, driving a tractor trailer crashed into him. The suspect is charged with D.W.I. causing death, three counts of leaving the scene of an accident causing injury, one count of D.W.I. in a commercial vehicle and leaving the scene of an accident causing death, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving. (Although 0.08 is the usual blood-alcohol limit cited in a D.W.I., the legal limit is 0.04 for commercial vehicles.)
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Breazeale Norris, 57

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“Enforcing the legal drinking age of 21 reduces traffic crashes, protects young people’s maturing brains, and keeps young people safer overall.”
MADD
...Yeh, right!

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Yuridia Martinez, 17; Kolby Crum, 18; Rachel Freeman, 17
Abstaining from alcohol did not keep these students safe. They were on a sidewalk, practicing for the Moore High School track team just after school on 3 February 2020 in Moore, Oklahoma when an impaired driver suspected of being high on marijuana crashed a pickup truck into them, killing them and injuring four other students. He then fled the scene and crashed again. He was trying to re-start the truck when two football players seized the key and ran. After he got out, a witness said, “I can’t say if he was drunk, or maybe pills of some sort,” but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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Max Leroy Townsend, 57

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A special message to MADD members appears at the bottom of this memorial page.

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Tiana Johnson, 15

Wazir Chand, 15
Abstaining from alcohol did not keep these high school students safe. They were waiting at a school bus stop just before 7:00 local time on 22 March 2022 when a 2018 Alfa Romeo Stelvio sport utility vehicle (S.U.V.) went out of control up onto the sidewalk and killed them.

The driver, 57 years old, was allegedly on Temazepam, a sedative used to treat insomnia. He pleaded guilty to two counts of D.W.I. manslaughter, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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Angel Antonio Lopez, 57
born 20 April 1964

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<sarcasm>No wonder MADD pushes for tough laws against underage drinking. Look at all the people ages 15-20 getting killed in D.W.I. crashes.</sarcasm>


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Samantha Kristine Maier, 15
8 January 1992 - 5 May 2007
Abstaining from alcohol did not keep this young woman safe. On 5 May 2007, she was riding in a Chevrolet Blazer on U.S. 51 in the Town of Arlington, Wisconsin when a drunk driver, 57, 0.288% BAC crossed over onto their side and struck them head on, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
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Mark S. Hamele, 57
27 March 1950 - 22 May 2007

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“Without efforts to prevent underage drinking, there could be an increase in the number of drunk driving deaths and injuries among these inexperienced drivers.”MADD on the Wayback Machine

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Brandon Genon Carter, 20
30 September 1998 - 2 June 2019
This man never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep him safe. On 2 June 2019 at approximately 21:00 local time, he was riding his Kawasaki ZX900 motorcycle southbound on U.S. 1 near Moses Creek Boulevard in St. Augustine, Florida when he crashed into a northbound 1992 Jeep Wrangler whose drunk driver, 56, was trying to make a U-turn, but at least the suspect wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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Kevin Lee Adams, 56
born 22 July 1963

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“Motor vehicle crashes are a leading cause of death for teens (15 to 18 years old) in the United States.”
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
— So get the inebriated drivers off the road!

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Christian Tidwell, 19
This soldier never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep him safe. On 6 January 2007, at the intersection of South Third and Horn Lake Road in Memphis, Tennessee, an intoxicated driver, 56, with two prior D.W.I.’s crashed his Ford F-150 into the vehicle the soldier was driving, killing him at 19 and injuring his passenger, but at least the suspect wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
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Ricky Willis, 56

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Know your enemy: Even if you got accepted at a very demanding college, many enemies of liberty assume you’re too stupid to figure out why they’d rather impose the drinking age on you than impose tougher D.W.I. laws on themselves. Yes, they really are that crazy. (In some States, the drinking age was raised “to save lives on the road,” and they didn’t even have an open container law, because it would apply to persons who matter.)

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Jesaun Benson-Garrett, 19
This man never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep him safe. He was driving his Nissan Sentra on Interstate 880 northbound near Hegenberger Road and just south of 66th Avenue in Oakland, California on 12 August 2018 at 2:24 local time when he was involved in a collision. Then the driver of a white Lexus sedan, age 56, with 3 prior D.W.I.’s came along and plowed right into him, killing him at age 19. The driver of the Lexus sedan was charged with murder, D.W.I. and a misdemeanor charge of driving on a suspended license, , but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
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Maury Butler, 56

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Never underestimate the hostility your government incites by perpetrating an unforgivable hate crime against persons younger than 21 years instead of getting the inebriated drivers off the road.

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LaDarius Favorite, 15
Abstaining from alcohol did not keep this guy safe. He and his 13-year-old cousin were both killed. At 0:05 CDT on Sunday, 6 April 2008, they were riding in a Mazda 626 on the Interstate 10 Service Road at west of Louisiana Highway 3246 in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, returning from the movies. A Toyota Pickup truck, traveling at a high rate of speed, crashed into the rear of the Mazda 626. The impact forced the Mazda to rotate and rollover several times prior to coming to rest in a ditch to the right of the road. The Toyota continued east, exited the roadway to the left and stopped in a ditch on the left side of the road. The driver of the Toyota, Mr. Chris Michael Bourgeois (Male/Age 56) of Peachtree, Georgia, was not injured and refused medical attention. He was placed under arrest and booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Jail. Mr. Bourgeois is charged with Driving While Intoxicated (1st Offense), Reckless Operation, Vehicle Homicide (2 counts) and Vehicular Negligent Injuring (2 counts), but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

WAFB Channel 9 ... Wayback Machine
WTBS Channel 3 ... Cached ... Wayback Machine
WAFB Channel 9 ... Wayback Machine
Obituary for LaDarius Lakeith Favorite

Chris Michael Bourgeois, 56

Link to this memorial.

A 30-day minimum jail sentence for first offense D.W.I. would have deterred some of the killers shown on this memorial; but the drinking age applies to persons younger than 21 years, while the jail sentence would apply to persons who matter.

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Nehemiah L. Thompson
30 November 1983 - 19 June 2004
KILLED BY A DRUNK COP

This man never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not did not keep him safe. On 19 June 2004 at 3:15 local time, he was driving a Ford Taurus at the intersection of Warren and Burns in Detroit, Michigan when a drunk Detroit, Michigan cop, 55, drove the wrong way down a one-way street and killed him at age 20, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
Well, that’s one way to prevent underage drinking. Before reporting an underage drinking party, consider what could happen, God forbid, after the alcoholic beverages fall into the hands of a cop.


WXYZ Channel 7 on the Wayback Machine
WXYZ Channel 7 from the Wayback Machine
WDIV Channel 4 from the Wayback Machine
Detroit Free Press on the Wayback Machine
Find A Grave entry for Nehemiah L. Thompson

James McKenzie Agee
born 8 August 1948

Link to this memorial.

Inebriated drivers made a bad choice, but nobody ever chose to be younger than 21 years. What were these double victims supposed to do, build a time machine? Abstaining from alcohol did not keep them safe.

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Marissa Burke, 17

Abstaining from alcohol did not keep this young woman safe. She was walking home from Deer Park High School in Deer Park, Texas on 14 November 2023 at approximately 15:30 local time, when a suspected drunk driver, 55, with three prior D.W.I.’s, was headed north in the 2100 block of Georgia Avenue, swerved across two southbound lanes and struck a metal light pole, knocking it down, slamming the girl down and crushing her head. She was rushed to Memorial Herman Hospital in Houston, Texas where she was on life support but died 17 November 2023.

The suspect ran an addiction recovery program. The Harris County District Attorney’s Office has charged the suspect with murder, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.


Victim on life support:
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Suspect ran an addiction recovery program:
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MSN ... Wayback Machine (slow)

Suspect charged with murder:
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KTRK Channel 13

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AuburnPub
WFAA Channel 8
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Leland Benfrank Smith, 55
born 3 January 1968

Link to this memorial.

Know your enemy: Abolitionists ran into the same problem. The place is overrun with crazy, deranged, depraved, degenerate, selfish, greedy potholes. It is not your job to persuade them because that is impossible while they refuse to shut off their crazy switch, their stupid switch and their wicked switch. It makes no difference how strong your arguments are or how well you prove your case. They don’t give a fire truck. You can’t fix crazy.

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Mia Howard, 17
25 June 2004 - 22 September 2021
Abstaining from alcohol did not keep this young woman safe. She was driving on her side of Middlebelt near Goddard in Romulus, Michigan on 22 September 2021 just before 20:36 local time when the crash happened. The other driver, age 55, was driving drunk, (0.14% BAC,) driving left of center, speeding, and yacking on the phone, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving, who by the way, wasted no time in cashing in on this crime. ... Wayback Machine. The innocent driver's cousin, age 15, was injured in the crash.

MADD cashes in ... Wayback Machine.
WJBK Channel 2 on YouTube
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Michigan Department of Corrections ... Wayback Machine
WJBK Channel 2 ... Wayback Machine
News-Herald ... Wayback Machine
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News-Herald ... Wayback Machine
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Times-Herald
Robert Merritt, 55
born 12 September 1966

Link to this memorial.

Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves; and, under a just God, can not long retain it.Abraham Lincoln

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Brian DeLong, 17
2 July 1988 - 1 October 2005
Abstaining from alcohol did not keep this guy safe. He was killed and his 3 teenage friends were badly hurt on 1 October 2005 when they were struck from behind as they were walking down the Route 3 in Richland, New York. The criminal, age 55, 0.23% BAC, was charged with D.W.I. and entered a plea bargain for criminally negligent homicide. A survivor says the driver’s headlights weren’t even on.

WWNY Channel 7 on the Wayback Machine
WSTM on the Wayback Machine
WSTM on the Wayback Machine
Find A Grave entry for Brian M. DeLong

Terrance Wilson, 55
Link to this memorial.

The god who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time: the hand of force may destroy, but cannot disjoin them.Thomas Jefferson

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Hannah Nichea Hupke, 17
19 September 1987 - 9 June 2005
Abstaining from alcohol did not keep this young woman safe. An inverted sign told her to go the wrong way on U.S. 65/69 near Carlisle, Iowa on 9 June 2005, so the drunk driver, who was 55 and had 0.184% BAC, only got probation, but at least he wasn’t drinkinmg under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
KCCI-TV Channel 8 on the Wayback Machine
Find A Grave entry for Hannah Hupke
Sioux City Journal ... Cached
Facebook Group

Michael Vesey, 55

Link to this memorial.

Remember, these cases are only the tip of the iceberg, because these are the ones with enough detail, easily located on the web, including a picture of the double victim.

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Paula Fay Perdue, 15
8 November 2004 - 6 July 2020

Albert DeWayne Riley, 17
9 April 2003 - 7 July 2020
Abstaining from alcohol did not keep these two students safe. They were killed and two others were injured on 6 July 2020 at approximately 16:00 local time on U.S. 84 at the intersection of Alabama 123, eight miles (13 km) west of Dothan in Wicksburg, Alabama when the driver of a 2010 Ford F150 pickup truck, age 55, struck their Nissan Altima from behind. He was charged with murder and D.W.I., but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

The drunk driver plea-bargained and pleaded guilty to two counts of manslaughter. He died in prison.
WTVY Channel 4 ... Cached ... Wayback Machine
WTVY Channel 4 ... Wayback Machine
WTVY Channel 4 ... Wayback Machine
Obituary for Paula Fay Perdue ... Cached ... Wayback Machine
Obituary for Albert DeWayne Riley ... Cached
Southeast Sun ... Cached
AL.com ... Cached ... Wayback Machine
WDHN Channel 18 (charged with murder) ... Wayback Machine
WSFA Channel 12 ... Wayback Machine
WDHN Channel 18 (died in prison) ... Wayback Machine
WDHN Channel 18 (pleads guilty to manslaughter) ... Wayback Machine
WDHN Channel 18 on YouTube
Anthony Miguel Bishop, 55

Link to this memorial.

Let’s see now, they had to raise the drinking age in the 1980’s to save lives on the road. Then they abolished the 55-m.p.h. speed limit, because that was inconvenient to persons who matter.

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Victoria Lemus, 16
Abstaining from alcohol did not keep this young woman safe. She was riding in a red Kia Sedona on 1 July 2008 when a drunk driver, 55, (0.08% BAC and testing positive for cocaine) in a silver Chrysler 300M ran a red-phase traffic control signal at the intersection of Fifth and E Streets in San Bernardino, California and struck the Kia, killing her at 16, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

The Press-Enterprise on the Wayback Machine
Los Angeles Daily News ... Wayback Machine
Long Beach Press Telegram ... Wayback Machine
San Bernardino Sun ... Wayback Machine
California Injury Blog ... Cached

Dwight Dalton Davis, 55

Link to this memorial.

Don’t call the 21 law a stupid law. Enemies of liberty can see the obvious flaws in their absurd excuses. Don’t blame stupidity or even depraved indifference. The 21 law is a calculated, premeditated, malicious attack on your unalienable right to liberty, one of many malicious attacks enforced by the police forces of the hostile government.

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Kayla Estrella Bowen
12 April 2004 - 16 December 2021
Abstaining from alcohol did not keep this young woman safe. She was driving a 2015 Nissan Sentra east on Lakehurst Road near Rancocas Lane in Pemberton Township, New Jersey on 16 December 2021 at 21:19 local time when woman 54 years old in a 2010 Chrysler 300 struck her. Virtua Health paramedics pronounced the Nissan driver dead at the scene. Investigators say the Chrysler driver was driving without her headlights on, driving drunk (0.188% BAC), driving west in the eastbound lanes and driving faster than 90 miles per hour, but at least she wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

The Trentonian ... Wayback Machine
MSN ... Cached
Burlington County Times ... Cached ... Wayback Machine
Obituary for Kayla Estrella Bowen ... Cached ... Wayback Machine
Burlington Daily Voice ... Cached ... Wayback Machine
Pascack Valley Daily Voice ... Cached ... Wayback Machine
Pine Barrens Tribune ... Cached ... Wayback Machine
Press release from the Office of the Burlington County Prosecutor ... Cached ... Wayback Machine
Shore News Network ... Cached ... Wayback Machine
MidJersey.news ... Cached ... Wayback Machine
Wanda Sprague, 54

Link to this memorial.

Rights are not gifts from the government.

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Amanda Morgan Moreno, 17
31 December 2000 - 27 September 2018
Abstaining from alcohol did not keep this young lady safe. She was a passenger in a Nissan Altima on Dysart Road in Avondale, Arizona on the afternoon of 27 September 2018.

A drunk driver, 54 years old, with a prior D.W.I., was driving drunk and had taken Oxycodone, and was driving without a required ignition interlock when he caused a four-vehicle crash. The Altima went up in flames with this double victim trapped inside. This double victim died and three other persons were injured in the crash, but at least the defendant wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

West Valley News ... Wayback Machine
West Valley News ... Wayback Machine
KSAZ Channel 10 ... Wayback Machine
KNXV Channel 15 ... Wayback Machine
Memorial ... Wayback Machine
Obituary for Amanda Morgan Moreno on Dignity Memorial website ... Wayback Machine
Tollie Matthews, 54

Link to this memorial.

Unalienable rights, by definition, supersede the Rule of Law whenever the two things conflict with each other. Liberty is the freedom to do as you wish, as long as you do not violate anybody’s rights. Enemies of liberty want to add four more words, “or break any laws,” to make your unalienable right to liberty nothing more than the freedom to do as you are told: pay taxes, attend school, and register for the draft. Drinking alcoholic beverages under age does not violate anybody’s rights.

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Lindy Rae Simmons
24 October 2001 - 17 December 2021
Christopher Simmons
18 October 2004 - 17 December 2021
Kamryn Simmons
27 January 2006 - 17 December 2021
Abstaining from alcohol did not keep these three siblings safe. They were in a 2017 Cadillac XT5 SUV headed south on Interstate 49 near Louisiana 29 on 17 December 2021 at approximately 21:00 local time when a drunk driver, 54, struck and killed them, also injuring two other passengers. The drunk driver also died. He was driving drunk, reportedly about 0.22% BAC, and going the wrong way on the interstate, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
Louisiana State Police ... Cached
The Advocate ... Cached ... Wayback Machine
Obituary for Kamryn Simmons ... Wayback machine
Obituary for Christopher Simmons ... Wayback Machine
Obituary for Lindy Simmons ... Wayback Machine
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International Business Times ... Cached ... Wayback Machine
The U.S. Sun ... Cached ... Wayback Machine
Houma Times ... Cached ... Wayback Machine
YouTube
John Christopher Lundy, 54
17 September 1967 - 17 December 2021

Link to this memorial.

Know your enemy: Most enemies of liberty really are so far gone, they figure they need only vomit forth their absurd reasoning and you will be okay with this unforgivable hate crime they are perpetrating against you. Many expect you to be grateful. Yes, they really are that crazy.

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Katelyn Ann Contraros, 19
4 November 1985 - 31 October 2005
This woman never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep her safe. She was driving on Route 111 in Windham, New Hampshire on 30 October 2005 when a drunk driver, 53, crossed onto her side and slammed into her head-on, killing her at age 19, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
Obituary for Katelyn Ann Contraros
Obituary for Katelyn Ann Contraros
Londonderry News ... Wayback Machine
Seacoast Online ... Cached ... Wayback Machine
Lowell Sun

Jack Webb, 53

Link to this memorial.

Know your enemy: Even as some victims resort to counterfeiting the official identification documents of the enemy government, and other victims literally flee the country, especially during spring break, for the sole purpose of drinking the beverages of their choice where the law enforcement goons of the enemy government cannot touch them, yet many enemies of liberty honestly think the 21 law does not incite hostility. Yes, they really are that crazy.

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Kennedy Maria Segars, 18
14 May 2000 - 14 October 2018
This woman never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep her safe. She was on her way to visit her mother when she stopped her 2016 black Honda Civic at a red-phase traffic control signal at the intersection of Klondike Road and Mall Parkway in Stonecrest, Georgia 13 October 2018, when she was rear-ended by a black Mercedez Benz at 46 miles per hour (76 km/h).

The other driver, 52 years old, was driving drunk, (0.196% B.A.C.,) and speeding, and according to a news release by the DeKalb district attorney, there was no indication he ever tried to stop; but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

Atlanta Journal-Constitution ... Wayback Machine
WXIA Channel 11
WXIA Channel 11
WXIA Channel 11
WXIA website blocks Wayback Machine caching.

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On Common Ground News ... Wayback Machine
Montgomery Advertizer ... Wayback Machine
Obituary for Kennedy Segars on the Levett Funeral Home website ... Wayback Machine
Georgia Department of Corrections (cached page, it appears distorted)
Reginald Stubbs, 52
born in 1966
Georgia Department of Corrections number 1002948061

Link to this memorial.

Drawing the line: Everyone has a right to abstain from alcoholic beverages and other drugs. Property owners have a right to use their money and real estate in ways that encourage abstinence, such as holding forth alcohol-free parties. Parents have a right to govern their child who lives in their house. Enemies of liberty have a right to hold and express wrong opinions. Legislators have a right to manufacture any documents they wish, but they cannot acquire authority by manufacturing documents, no matter what is inscribed thereon; nor can they delegate, by manufacturing documents, any authority they do not have. Nobody has a right to use gun-toting goons in bulletproof vests to intimidate anybody else into obeying underage drinking laws without the latter’s consent.
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Adam Troy Klingensmith
26 May 1992 - 28 December 2007
Abstaining from alcohol did not keep this young man safe. He was helping an elderly woman whose car broke down, at 22:30 local time on 28 December 2007 in Shreveport, Louisiana when he was struck and killed. Police suspect alcohol was involved but have not filed drunk-driving charges because so much time elapsed between the crash and the arrest, “accident” investigator Sgt. Tom Oster said.

The suspect has 3 prior D.W.I.’s. He drove 9 blocks with the victim’s body on his car, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.


KTBS-TV Channel 3 on the Wayback Machine
Obituary for Adam Klingensmith ... Cached ... Wayback Machine
ShreveTalk ... Cached ... Wayback Machine
KSLA Channel 12 ... Cached ... Wayback Machine
KTBS Channel 3 ... Wayback Machine
KTBS Channel 3 ... Cached ... Wayback Machine
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Appeal paper (.pdf, Cached)

Jimmy Ray White, 52

Link to this memorial.

“Have we reached the ultimate stage of absurdity where some people are held responsible for things that happened before they were born, while other people are not held responsible for what they themselves are doing today?” – Thomas Sowell

Innocent persons younger than 21 are being punished for crimes committed by their ancestors half a century ago and drunk drivers are still getting a slap on the wrist.

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Carlos Morales Sardiñas, 18
This man never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep him safe. On 22 June 2020, just before 2:00 local time, he was driving a Toyota Corolla at the intersection of Northwest 58th Street and Northwest 87th Avenue in Miami, Florida when an allegedly drunk driver, 51, ran a red-light and T-Boned the Toyota Corolla. The suspect is charged with DUI manslaughter, vehicular homicide, DUI causing serious bodily injury, and reckless driving causing serious bodily injury, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
WTVJ Channel 6 ... Cached ... Wayback Machine
Telemundo 51 (español). Cached ... Wayback Machine
MSN
WPLG Channel 10 ... Cached ... Wayback Machine
Miami-Dade Jail inmate search for Christian J. Diaz-Flores (cached)

Christian J. Diaz-Flores, 51
born 8 February 1970

Link to this memorial.

Know your enemy: They would rather have all these innocent double victims perish than prevent 100% preventable D.W.I. crimes. Yes, they really are that selfish and that wicked.

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Elizabeth Renee Dunlap
19 September 2001 - 22 February 2019
Abstaining from alcohol did not keep this young woman safe. She was walking to school, crossing Main Street with the “Walk” signal in the crosswalk at Grant Street, in front of Downers Grove North High School in Downers Grove, Illinois on 19 February 2019 at 10:55 local time when a drunk (0.31% BAC) driver, age 51, ran the red-phase traffic control signal and struck her, killing her at age 17. He was sentenced to 7 years in prison. He was driving drunk and high on crack cocaine and driving in the wrong lane. He pleaded guilty to D.W.I. and reckless homicide, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what matters really to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
WMAQ Channel 5 ... Cached ... Wayback Machine
Obituary for Elizabeth Renee Dunlap ... Cached
DuPage County press release on the Wayback Machine ... Cached
Chicago Tribune ... Cached ... Wayback Machine
Illinois Department of Corrections ... Cached ... Wayback Machine
Enterprise Newspapers ... Cached ... Wayback Machine
Chicago Sun Times ... Cached ... Wayback Machine
AP News ... Cached ... Wayback Machine
WGN Channel 9 ... Cached ... Wayback Machine
Joseph Kucharski
born 9 August 1967

Link to this memorial.

The cases on this memorial are documented with links to independent sources that give details. When MADD offers statistics, you are expected to take their word for it. They cleverly omit mentioning how some “teenagers killed in DWI crashes” were doing nothing wrong and were killed by older drivers who can freely buy all the booze they want.

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Andrew Keating, 15
26 October 1989 - 2 July 2005
Abstaining from alcohol did not keep this guy safe. He was walking his bike across the street at St. Louis Avenue and West 115th Street in Chicago, Illinois at 22:30 on 30 June 2005 when he was run over. The driver, age 51, was drunk, had a suspended license and no insurance, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
WLS-TV Channel 7 on the Wayback Machine
Chicago Tribune ... Cached ... Wayback Machine
Find A Grave entry for Andrew S. Keating

Johnny Leland, 51

Link to this memorial.

Facts are stubborn things, and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence. — John Adams

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Sharmelia Jeffries,
4 Feb. 1986 -
2 Dec. 2003
Abstaining from alcohol did not keep this young woman safe. On 2 December 2003 she was walking to the bus stop after school at 19th Street and Martin Luther King Boulevard in Oak Park, California minding her own business when a drunk (0.17% BAC) driver, 50, with a suspended license and three prior D.W.I.’s struck her and killed her, then kept driving, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving. Strangely, the double victim’s mother joined so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving. ... Cached to push for more injustice against persons younger than 21 years.

Find A Grave entry for Sharmelia E. Jeffries
KXTV Channel 10 on the Wayback Machine
KCRA Channel 3 on the Wayback Machine
KCRA Channel 3 on the Wayback Machine
Sacramento County District Attorney on the Wayback Machine

Kenneth Bartholomew, 50
Three Prior D.W.I.’s

Link to this memorial.

There is nothing so powerful as truth, and often nothing so strange. — Daniel Webster

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Danielle Deneen Woodruff, 17
22 January 1991 - 14 January 2009
Abstaining from alcohol did not keep this young woman safe. She was driving a 1990 Ford east on Route 20 west of Plantz Road, east of Marysville, California at 17:55 Pacific Standard Time on 14 January 2009 when a drunk driver, 50, in a 1993 Mercury crossed onto her side and struck her head on, but an least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving. Another “teenager killed in a drunk driving crash” to add to the misleading statistics.

Appeal-Democrat on the Wayback Machine
Appeal-Democrat on the Wayback Machine
Appeal-Democrat ... Cached
Appeal-Democrat ... Sacramento Bee ... Cached
KXTV-TV Channel 10 on the Wayback Machine
Find A Grave entry for Danielle Deneen Woodruff

Lorenzo Flores-Aguilar, 50

Link to this memorial.

MADD supports suffering convicted drunk drivers to get reinstated and start driving lawfully again, sooner, if they get ignition interlocks installed in their cars. Would MADD support suffering folks younger than 21 to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully if they get ignition interlocks installed in their cars? I mean, if interlocks are so effective, right? Nay, their hatred runs too deep. This life-saving technology is for the benefit of criminals only.

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Davieonne Dwayne Kelly, 20
This man never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep him safe. On 19 November 2011 at 1:50 local time, he was driving a 1992 Toyota Camry with 2 passengers aboard. He was headed north on Interstate 15, north of Lilac Road when it was struck in the rear with a 2003 Nissan Altima, causing the Toyota to crash through a guardrail and fall down an embankment.

The Nissan driver, 49 years old, was driving drunk (0.13% to 0.14% B.A.C.,) and speeding, but at least she wasn’t drinking under age. or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

Patch ... Wayback Machine
Chicago Tribune ... Wayback Machine
Orange County Weekly ... Wayback Machine
San Diego Union Tribune (conviction reversed) ... Wayback Machine
KFMB Channel 8 (crash) ... Wayback Machine
KFMB Channel 8 ... Wayback Machine
Katherine Ann Heinzel, 49

Link to this memorial.

Imagine how many lives could be saved if all parents required their sons and daughters to watch
Without Further Comment—High School Edition
before borrowing the car on prom night.

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Sarah Mullenbach, 17
27 February 1987 - 3 July 2004
Abstaining from alcohol did not keep this young woman safe. On 3 July 2004 at 18:30 CDT, as she was driving home from a friend’s house, a drunk driver, age 49, 0.27% BAC was on his way home from a bar. He had spent most of the day drinking beer at Riverfest. His car veered over the centerline of U.S. 53 in LaCrosse, Wisconsin and hit her car head-on, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
Journal Sentinel on the Wayback Machine... Cached
News 8000 ... Cached ... Wayback Machine
Find A Grave entry for Sarah Mullenbach
Memorial website

Link to this memorial.

Imagine how many lives could be saved if all parents required their sons and daughters to watch
Without Further Comment—College Edition
before co-signing any car loan.

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Kimberly S. Hobbs, 16
12 July 1990 - 29 November 2006

Did you know what the statistics on “teenagers killed in drunk driving crashes.” really mean? This girl was riding to her grandmother’s house after school on 28 November 2006. She was killed, and the girl driving, also 16, was seriously hurt by a drunk, age 49, BAC 0.23%, who drove his S.U.V. onto their side of Neely Store Road in Rock Hill, South Carolina and struck them head-on.
Memorial page ... Wayback Machine
Obituary for Kimberly Susan Hobbs
Find A Grave entry for Kimberly Susan Hobbs
Herald Online (Paywall) The Herald has coverage available behind a paywall on Newspapers.com but sadly, the free material has almost disappeared from the Internet.

William Clifford Brown, 49

Link to this memorial.

Lawmakers refuse to get inebriated drivers off the road, and offer the resulting bloodshed as an excuse to trample young persons’ unalienable right to drink the beverage of their choice. Excuse rejected.

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Dana Ambrose
28 May 1981 - 8 October 2000
KILLED BY A DRUNK COP

This woman never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep her safe. On 7 October 2000 at 23:50 local time, she was driving a blue 2000 Honda Civic ewa-bound on School Street in Honolulu, Hawai‘i when a mauka-bound drunk cop sped through a red-phase traffic control device at the intersection of Pali Highway, striking the driver side of the Honda and killing her at 19, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
Well, that’s one way to prevent underage drinking. Before reporting an underage drinking party, consider what could happen, God forbid, after the alcoholic beverages fall into the hands of a cop.

Star Bulletin (defendant requests change of venue). ... Wayback Machine
Star Bulletin (Judge rejects complaint about traffic control light).
Star Bulletin (Defendant complains that police mishandled evidence) ... Wayback Machine
Star Bulletin (Defendant’s suit about released information is dismissed) ... Wayback Machine
Star Bulletin (Defendant was D.W.I.) ... Wayback Machine
Star Bulletin (Expert says defendant was severely impaired) ... Wayback Machine
Star Bulletin (Defendant asks for public defender) ... Wayback Machine
Star Bulletin (sentenced to 20 years) ... Wayback Machine
Hawaii News Now (Trial begins) ... Cached ... Wayback Machine
Hawaii News Now (Guilty of manslaughter). ... Cached ... Wayback Machine
Clyde Arakawa, 48

Link to this memorial.

“Enforcing the legal drinking age of 21 reduces traffic crashes, protects young people’s maturing brains, and keeps young people safer overall.”
MADD
...Yeh, right!

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Kortlynn Smith, 19

Melissa Marie Frilot, 19
These women never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep them safe. On 23 December 2016 at 23:15 local time, they were traveling on Highway 9 in Inman, South Carolina when a drunk (0.245% BAC) driver, 48, crashed into them head on. He was charged with two counts of felony D.W.I. with death, felony D.W.I. with great bodily injury, having an open container in his vehicle, failure to register his vehicle and being uninsured, according to the Spartanburg County Detention Center records, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
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Hollis Brock, 48

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A special message to MADD members appears at the bottom of this memorial page.

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Clint A. Erickson, 18
5 October 1987 - 29 January 2006
This man never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep him safe. He was riding in a Honda Civic just before midnight on 28 January 2006 when when a drunk (0.195% BAC) driver, 48 years old, in a Ford Econoline van ran a red-phase traffic control signal at the intersection of Highway 100 and Beloit Road in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and crashed into him, but at least the suspect wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving. The driver and the other passenger, both 17, were hurt.
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Terry Kletzien, 48

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<sarcasm>No wonder MADD pushes for tough laws against underage drinking. Look at all the people ages 15-20 getting killed in D.W.I. crashes.</sarcasm>


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Hannah Nichole Jacks, 19 (right)
16 November 2002 - 13 November 2022
and her father, both killed.
This woman never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep her safe. She and her father were in a Honda Insight 13 November 2022 at approximately 21:00 local time, traveling east on Gilman Springs Road near Bridge Street in San Jacinto, California when they were struck head on by a Chevrolet Silverado, whose driver, with three prior D.W.I.’s, driving after revocation, was determined to be under the influence of an alcoholic beverage at the time of the crash and was charged with two counts of murder, one count of causing injury to his own passenger, and D.W.I., but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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Scott Brandon Bales, 47
born 6 November 1975

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“Without efforts to prevent underage drinking, there could be an increase in the number of drunk driving deaths and injuries among these inexperienced drivers.”MADD on the Wayback Machine

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Tiana Britney-Lee Lozzi, 20
13 September 1997 - 28 August 2018
This woman never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep her safe. She was a student at North Shore Community College in Danvers, Massachusetts. On 28 August 2018 at 16:00, she was riding in a 2004 Nissan Murano on Route 11 in Gilford, New Hampshire, when a drunk driver, 47, in a 2002 Toyota Tundra crossed the center line and struck the Nissan head on, killing her and injuring other persons. He was indicted on a charge of negligent homicide-D.W.I., two counts of second degree assault, and one charge of aggravated D.W.I. with serious bodily injury, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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Richard James Conrod, 47

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“Motor vehicle crashes are a leading cause of death for teens (15 to 18 years old) in the United States.”
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
— So get the inebriated drivers off the road!

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Rebecca Siebenmorgen, 19
9 February 1986 - 1 October 2005
This woman never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep her safe. She was on her Yamaha motorcycle headed north on Highway 1 about 10 km south of Half Moon Bay at 18:00 on 1 October 2005, when a Ford Ranger pickup truck drifted across the center line and hit her head-on. The driver, Mark Eugene Henderson, 47, fled the scene. He was charged with five felonies, including second-degree murder and vehicular manslaughter under the influence of drugs, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
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Know your enemy: Even if you got accepted at a very demanding college, many enemies of liberty assume you’re too stupid to figure out why they’d rather impose the drinking age on you than impose tougher D.W.I. laws on themselves. Yes, they really are that crazy. (In some States, the drinking age was raised “to save lives on the road,” and they didn’t even have an open container law, because it would apply to persons who matter.)

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Bradley Duncan Norris
4 Oct. 1988 - 30 Sep. 2008
This man never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep him safe. On 30 September 2008 at 13:43 CDT he was heading south on Interstate 540 near the Bobby Harper Tunnel in Washington County, Arkansas when a drunk driver, 47, (0.16% BAC) going the wrong way, struck him head on. But at least the suspect wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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Richard A. Meinke
born 21 Oct. 1960

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Never underestimate the hostility your government incites by perpetrating an unforgivable hate crime against persons younger than 21 years instead of getting the inebriated drivers off the road.

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Kaleb Adam Garza, 19
15 February 1999 - 25 March 2018
This man never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep him safe. He was riding in a Hyundai Sonata headed north on Highway 43 just north of Wasco Avenue in Bakersfield, California on 25 March 2018 at approximately 20:30 local time. He and some of his family members were returning home from his sister’s quinceañera practice.

Maria Rodriguez, 47, was driving a Chevrolet Silverado south on Highway 43 when she crossed into the northbound lanes and struck the Hyundai head-on, killing herself, this man, his sister, 14, brother, 11 and father, 40, and injured this man’s brother, 17.

She was driving drunk and driving left of center, and she caused a crash that killed herself and four innocent persons while seriously injuring another innocent person, but at least she wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving. Ironically, this man’s mother got involved with M.A.D.D. to push for more unforgivable injustice to persons younger than 21 years.

Obituary for Kaleb Adam Garza
KERO Channel 23 (toxicology, M.A.D.D.)
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A 30-day minimum jail sentence for first offense D.W.I. would have deterred some of the killers shown on this memorial; but the drinking age applies to persons younger than 21 years, while the jail sentence would apply to persons who matter.

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Heidi Jeanne
Strodtman, 19
8 July 1987-21 April 2007
This woman never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep her safe. On 21 April 2007, she was killed when her car was hit head-on by a pickup truck going the wrong way. The pickup truck driver, 47, 0.235% BAC, faces drunk driving and manslaughter charges, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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Find A Grave entry for Heidi Jeanne Strodtman

Donald R. Thompson, 47
born 9 October 1959

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Inebriated drivers made a bad choice, but nobody ever chose to be younger than 21 years. What were these double victims supposed to do, build a time machine? Abstaining from alcohol did not keep them safe.

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Grace Chamberlain and Andrew Hopkins, both 18
ELEVEN PRIOR D.W.I.’S
This man and this woman never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep them safe. On 2 March 2006, they were in a Dodge Shadow, Hopkins at the wheel, when a drunk driver with eleven prior D.W.I. convictions crossed onto their side of Tavern Road in Burton, Ohio and struck them head-on with a pick-up truck. He tested 0.26% BAC. He was driving drunk, driving left of center, speeding, driving under suspension and leading police on a chase, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving. The criminal died 12 May 2022 at age 63 at a hospital near the prison.

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James Cline
born 1 Novemver 1958
Link to this memorial.

Know your enemy: Abolitionists ran into the same problem. The place is overrun with crazy, deranged, depraved, degenerate, selfish, greedy potholes. It is not your job to persuade them because that is impossible while they refuse to shut off their crazy switch, their stupid switch and their wicked switch. It makes no difference how strong your arguments are or how well you prove your case. They don’t give a fire truck. You can’t fix crazy.

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Stephanie Currie, 16

Jordan Michalak, 16

Erica Haudek, 15

Devon Spurlock, 19
Abstaining from alcohol did not make these four teenagers safe. They were in a red Chevy Cobalt on Gratiot Avenue near Masonic Boulevard in Roseville, Michigan on 16 March 2009 at 20:30 EDT, waiting at a red-phase traffic control signal, when a drunk driver, 47, in a full-sized van, spun out of control, struck a light pole and then struck them. Media offer conflicting reports of her blood-alcohol content as 0.20% and 0.23%.


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Frances Patricia Dingle, 47

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Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves; and, under a just God, can not long retain it.Abraham Lincoln

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Joshua Moren, 18
This man never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep him safe. He was riding his motorcycle on Route 47 toward Wildwood, New Jersey on 21 June 2008 at approximately 15:45 local time, when he was killed in a head-on crash with a sport utility vehicle (S.U.V.)

The S.U.V. driver was driving drunk (0.370% B.A.C.,) and was seen weaving between northbound and southbound lanes, but at least she wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving. The drunk (0.370% BAC) driver, 47, born 17 May 1961, got 9 years and died in prison. Another “teenager killed in a drunk driving crash.”



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The god who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time: the hand of force may destroy, but cannot disjoin them.Thomas Jefferson

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Che Andrew Skaggs, 16
26 March 1991 - 9 February 2008
Abstaining from alcohol did not keep this guy safe. He wasn’t even on the roadway when a driver struck and killed him at 4503 Claibornes Road near Mebane, North Carolina on 11 February 2008. The suspect drove down the road, called 9-1-1 then went into Three Points Grill, ordered a cheeseburger, then drove back to the crash scene.

The suspect was charged with drunk driving. (0.23% BAC) and went to prison for Death By Vehicle Felony and Failure To Stop For Accident, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving. His parole ended 25 August 2012. Another teenager killed in a drunk driving crash to add to the official tally.


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Scott S. Belling, 47
born 23 August 1960

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Remember, these cases are only the tip of the iceberg, because these are the ones with enough detail, easily located on the web, including a picture of the double victim.

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Hunter Gibson, 20
This man never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not did not keep him safe. He was driving his Suzuki motorcycle on the Sun Valley Parkway near Buckeye, Arizona on 4 March 2022 at 20:00 Mountain Standard Time when he was rear ended by a speeding driver, age 46, who tested 0.113% BAC and who was going approximately 100 miles per hour (161 km/h), but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving. The victim was thrown 365 feet (one-ninth of a kilometer) and was pronounced dead at the scene. M.A.D.D. wasted no time enlisting his mother to help them cash in and raise money to spend pushing an unforgivable hate crime against innocent, responsible alcohol drinkers younger than 21 years: CLICK ... Wayback Machine.

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Robert Nelson, 46

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Let’s see now, they had to raise the drinking age in the 1980’s to save lives on the road. Then they abolished the 55-m.p.h. speed limit, because that was inconvenient to persons who matter.

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Jeffrey James Malone, Jr., 19
25 March 2002 - 8 December 2021
This man never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep him safe. On 8 December 2021, he was walking his younger sister home from school when they were both struck and killed on Panama Lane in Bakersfield, California by a driver, 46, with three prior D.W.I.’s.

Investigators say the driver was on medication. She was charged with second-degree murder, gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, driving under suspension and failure to have insurance, but at least she wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

Dignity Memorial obituary for Jeffrey James Malone
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Lisa Gwen Core, 46
born 28 July 1975
Kern County inmate number SO2308940

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Don’t call the 21 law a stupid law. Enemies of liberty can see the obvious flaws in their absurd excuses. Don’t blame stupidity or even depraved indifference. The 21 law is a calculated, premeditated, malicious attack on your unalienable right to liberty, one of many malicious attacks enforced by the police forces of the hostile government.

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Meghann Marie Smith
26 September 1990 - 26 October 2008
This woman never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep her safe. On 26 October 2008 at 03:50 CDT, she was watching her boyfriend change a flat tire in the 12000 block of West Davis Street (Hwy 105 West) in Conroe, Texas, when a drunk driver, 46, failed to maintain a single lane and struck her, then fled the scene; but at least the suspect wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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Find A Grave entry for Meghann Marie Smith

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Rights are not gifts from the government.

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Damion Ra’Mel Ford, 17
15 February 2003 - 12 February 2021
Eric Dwayne McKenny, 18
24 September 2002 - 21 February 2023
Abstaining from alcohol did not keep these guys safe. Eric McKenny never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully. Damion Ford was driving a 2005 Toyota Camry northward on Mississippi 43 south of Mendenhall on 21 February 2021 at approximately 7:30 local time. They were en route to Mendenhall High School with two other students when they were hit head-on with a 2008 General Motors Corporation (G.M.C.) Canyon.

The driver of the Canyon, 46 years old, was driving south, crossed over into the northbound lanes and crashed into them, killing them and injuring two other passengers. He was driving high on methamphetamine and driving on the wrong side of the road, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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Joseph Lee Franklin, 46
born 30 October 1974
Mississippi Department of Corrections ID Number 134588

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Unalienable rights, by definition, supersede the Rule of Law whenever the two things conflict with each other. Liberty is the freedom to do as you wish, as long as you do not violate anybody’s rights. Enemies of liberty want to add four more words, “or break any laws,” to make your unalienable right to liberty nothing more than the freedom to do as you are told: pay taxes, attend school, and register for the draft. Drinking alcoholic beverages under age does not violate anybody’s rights.

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Christopher Hackett, 16
16 May 2006 - 4 August 2022
Abstaining from alcohol did not keep this Archbishop Stepinac High School student safe. On 3 August 2022, he was riding an electric scooter on McLean Avenue in Yonkers, New York when a drunk driver, 46, crashed into him and fled the scene, but at least the suspect wasn“t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving. He got 1 and 1/2 to 4 and 1/2 years under a plea deal.

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Stephen Dolan, 46

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Know your enemy: Most enemies of liberty really are so far gone, they figure they need only vomit forth their absurd reasoning and you will be okay with this unforgivable hate crime they are perpetrating against you. Many expect you to be grateful. Yes, they really are that crazy.

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Talhia Heroux, 18


Ashley Britsch-Knetzger, 18
These women never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep them safe. Their car had the green light on 3 June 2008 in Ashwaubenon, Wisconsin. The other driver, 45, has been charged with two counts of homicide by intoxicated use of a motor vehicle, but at least she wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
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Anrietta “Monique” Geske, 45
born in 1963
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Know your enemy: Even as some victims resort to counterfeiting the official identification documents of the enemy government, and other victims literally flee the country, especially during spring break, for the sole purpose of drinking the beverages of their choice where the law enforcement goons of the enemy government cannot touch them, yet many enemies of liberty honestly think the 21 law does not incite hostility. Yes, they really are that crazy.

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Koby Draper, 15
24 August 1999 - 22 April 2015
Abstaining from alcohol did not keep this guy safe. He was riding in a Nissan Altima, his mother at the wheel, on 22 April 2015 at approximately 20:45 local time. She was going north on U.S. 183 north of Liberty Hill, Texas, about to make a left-hand turn and had to stop to let oncoming traffic pass first, when a drunk driver, age 45, with two prior D.W.I.’s, hit them from behind with his truck. The boy and his younger sister were killed.

The truck driver was convicted of two counts of murder and three counts of aggravated assault D.W.I., but at least he wasn’t drinking under age or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
Texas prison inmate information about John Canche Alvarado ... Cached (as of 19 March 2022) ... Wayback Machine (as of 20 May 2022)
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John Canche Alvarado, 45

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Drawing the line: Everyone has a right to abstain from alcoholic beverages and other drugs. Property owners have a right to use their money and real estate in ways that encourage abstinence, such as holding forth alcohol-free parties. Parents have a right to govern their child who lives in their house. Enemies of liberty have a right to hold and express wrong opinions. Legislators have a right to manufacture any documents they wish, but they cannot acquire authority by manufacturing documents, no matter what is inscribed thereon; nor can they delegate, by manufacturing documents, any authority they do not have. Nobody has a right to use gun-toting goons in bulletproof vests to intimidate anybody else into obeying underage drinking laws without the latter’s consent.
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Allison Joy
Angerman
21 February 1986 - 1 July 2006
This woman never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep her safe. She was waiting at a red-phase traffic control signal on Eglin Parkway in Fort Walton Beach, Florida on 30 June 2006 when she was struck head-on and killed. The other driver, age 44, was driving left of center, fleeing a police chase and was drunk (0.223% BAC) and high on marijuana, but at least she wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the bhate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving. Two people in another car were hurt. She got 45 years.


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Sharon Elaine Martin
born 1 January 1962
Florida Department of Corrections number 692121

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“Have we reached the ultimate stage of absurdity where some people are held responsible for things that happened before they were born, while other people are not held responsible for what they themselves are doing today?” – Thomas Sowell

Innocent persons younger than 21 are being punished for crimes committed by their ancestors half a century ago and drunk drivers are still getting a slap on the wrist.

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Kassie Nichole Lee, 20
This woman never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep her safe. She was driving a 2002 Dodge Neon on Highway 105 in Hardin County, Texas in March 2007 when a drunk driver, 44, in a 1999 Dodge Dakota crossed onto her side and struck her head-on, but at least she wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called MothersAgainst Drunk Driving.

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Kimberly Gore Brown, 44

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Know your enemy: They would rather have all these innocent double victims perish than prevent 100% preventable D.W.I. crimes. Yes, they really are that selfish and that wicked.

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Curtis Jacobs, 19
This man never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep him safe. He was riding a bicycle on Quincy Street, near Holland in Olive Township, Michigan on 27 June 2009 at 08:30 EDT when a drunk (0.18% BAC) driver, 44, with four prior D.W.I. convictions ran the stop sign at U.S. 31 and struck him, then fled the scene, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
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Kevin Lee Babcock
born 24 February 1965

Four Prior D.W.I.’s

Link to this memorial.

The cases on this memorial are documented with links to independent sources that give details. When MADD offers statistics, you are expected to take their word for it. They cleverly omit mentioning how some “teenagers killed in DWI crashes” were doing nothing wrong and were killed by older drivers who can freely buy all the booze they want.

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Gregory Glen Kuehnel, Jr., 18
2 July 2004 - 26 June 2023
This man, a student at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not did not keep him safe. He was a passenger in a 2023 Dodge Charger, in a crash with a 2021 Ford Bronco that happened at 23:31 local time 24 June 2023 at the intersection of Illinois Route 3 and Illinois Route 143 in Wood River, Illinois.

The Bronco driver, Dustin L. Gilliland, 44, has been charged with aggravated D.W.I., reckless homicide, and driving under suspension, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

Ironically, the obituary suggests donating to that organized hate group so they can spend the money pushing their favorite unforgivable hate crime against persons younger than 21 years.


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Facts are stubborn things, and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence. — John Adams

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Cameron Charles Tessin, 18
30 June 1988 - 21 December 2006
This man (who had been a student at Washington State School for the Blind) never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not did not keep him safe. On 21 December 2006, he was killed when the car he was riding in was struck head-on by a pickup truck. Investigators say the driver, 44, who already had two D.W.I. convictions., was drunk. He pleaded guilty to one count of vehicular homicide and one count of vehicular assault and was sentenced to just under 13 years in prison but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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There is nothing so powerful as truth, and often nothing so strange. — Daniel Webster

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Jonathon James Kramnic, 17
29 June 1992 - 22 November 2009
Abstaining from alcohol did not keep this guy safe. He was driving a Toyota Camry westbound on County Road 35 in St. Michael, Minnesota on 21 November 2009 at 18:25 CST. Witnesses told police a black Chevrolet Silverado truck, without its headlights on, hit his car head-on.

That driver, 44, with a prior D.W.I. involving injury and another D.W.I. pending, faces charges pending results of a blood test. Authorities said they smelled alcohol on him.


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Todd Lifto, 44
One Prior D.W.I.

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MADD supports suffering convicted drunk drivers to get reinstated and start driving lawfully again, sooner, if they get ignition interlocks installed in their cars. Would MADD support suffering folks younger than 21 to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully if they get ignition interlocks installed in their cars? I mean, if interlocks are so effective, right? Nay, their hatred runs too deep. This life-saving technology is for the benefit of criminals only.

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Alisha Rae Garcia, 17
12 February 1989 - 11 November 2006
Alisha García, 17, was killed; Arissa García, 15, was seriously hurt, and four other family members were killed on 11 November 2006 near Santa Fe, New Mexico. They were struck by a pickup truck whose driver was 44 and already had three D.W.I. convictions. He was driving drunk, 0.32%, and going the wrong way on Interstate 25, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

Without efforts to prevent underage drinking, there could be an increase in the number of drunk driving deaths and injuries among these inexperienced drivers.

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Dana Pabst, 44

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Imagine how many lives could be saved if all parents required their sons and daughters to watch
Without Further Comment—High School Edition
before borrowing the car on prom night.

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Constance Faith Mazzarese, 16
Abstaining from alcohol did not keep this young woman safe. She was riding a bicycle on the shoulder of Route 369, between the white fog line and the edge of the pavement in the Town of Fenton, New York on 22 June 2019 just after 22:00 local time, when a drunk (0.19% BAC) driver, 44, with three prior D.W.I.’s, crashed his 2005 Ford Escape SUV into her, killing her at age 16. He was charged with first-degree vehicular manslaughter, leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death, driving while intoxicated and aggravated unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
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Imagine how many lives could be saved if all parents required their sons and daughters to watch
Without Further Comment—College Edition
before co-signing any car loan.

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Mayada Jafar, 15, and cousin
Athear Jafar, 16
This should help you understand statistics on “teenagers killed in drunk driving crashes.” These were two of Allah’s obedient teetotallers. They died on the scene after being hit from behind by a blue 2005 Kia Optima that swerved onto the shoulder where the girls were walking along Kinnelon Road in Kinnelon, New Jersey on 20 April 2006. The victims were propelled into the air. The drunk driver, age 44, tested 0.305% BAC, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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Eugene C. Baum, Jr., 44

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Lawmakers refuse to get inebriated drivers off the road, and offer the resulting bloodshed as an excuse to trample young persons’ unalienable right to drink the beverage of their choice. Excuse rejected.

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Jenilyn (Addis) Franklin
6 June 1988 - 26 September 2006
and the groom, 21
The bride never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not did not keep her safe. 58 days after their wedding, they were riding a motorcycle on U.S. Highway 411 near Sevierville, Tennessee 26 September 2006 just after 16:30 local time when a the driver of a Ford F-150 pickup truck crossed onto their side and struck them head on. The driver, age 43, had three prior D.W.I.’s, was a habitual traffic offender, was driving drugged, violating his probation, and driving under suspension, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

Sadly, the victim’s family asked people not to send flowers to the funeral, but to make memorial donations to M.A.D.D., which spends money promoting an unforgivable hate crime against persons younger than 21. M.A.D.D. even exploits this deadly crime for their own gain: CLICK HERE. M.A.D.D. should be telling lawmakers to impose tougher D.W.I. laws, even though such laws would apply to the hypocritical lawmakers themselves; instead of maliciously violating the unalienable right of innocent persons younger than 21 years to enjoy liberty.

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Larry Bruce Williamson
born 19 January 1963
Tennessee Department of Corrections ID number 00431278

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“Enforcing the legal drinking age of 21 reduces traffic crashes, protects young people’s maturing brains, and keeps young people safer overall.”
MADD
...Yeh, right!

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Twins Elleana Lee Gaddis & Isabella Lee Gaddis, 17

Brianna Lynn Foster, 18
These ladies never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep them safe. They were going east in a Kia sedan at 2:06 local time 16 August 2021 on Interstate 26 at mile 14.5 in Inman, South Carolina.

A suspected drunk driver, 43 years old, going the wrong way in a 2005 Hummer, leading police on a chase, struck them head on, but at least she wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.


Because the double victims killed in South Carolina were from Indiana, media in both States covered the story.
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Melissa Ann Parker, 43

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Jessica Talamante, 15
Abstaining from alcohol did not keep this young lady safe. She was walking with her mother’s fiancé at the intersection of East Plaza Boulevard and Harbison Avenue in National City, California, 22 June 2022 at approximately 22:20 local time when an allegedly drunk driver, 43, with a prior wet reckless conviction, driving a 2020 Toyota Prius struck and killed them both.

The suspect has been charged with two counts of gross vehicular manslaughter, D.W.I., and two counts of first-degree murder, but at least she wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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Tayishe Ann Baltys, 43
born 29 September 1978

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<sarcasm>No wonder MADD pushes for tough laws against underage drinking. Look at all the people ages 15-20 getting killed in D.W.I. crashes.</sarcasm>


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Elena Bright Shapiro, 20
14 November 1988 - 11 September 2009
This woman never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep her safe. On 11 September 2009 at 20:30 EDT, she was driving on Strickland Road near Lead Mine Road in Raleigh, North Carolina when a drunk driver, 42, 0.19% BAC, with a prior D.W.I. conviction, crashed into her and killed her, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving. He got 3 years, and now he is practicing again in Raleigh.
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Dr. Raymond Dwight Cook, 42
One Prior D.W.I.

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“Without efforts to prevent underage drinking, there could be an increase in the number of drunk driving deaths and injuries among these inexperienced drivers.”MADD on the Wayback Machine

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Chloë Allison Duncan
28 December 1996 - 26 April 2016
This woman never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep her safe. She was riding as a passenger on a motorcycle on Highway 14 at Lexington Road near Landrum, South Carolina on 26 April 2016 at 17:30 local time when a Chevy truck crashed into the rear of the motorcycle. The truck driver had alcohol, Valium and Xanax in his system, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
Travelers Rest Tribune (Obituary for Chloë Allison Duncan)
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Harley Simms Beck, 42

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“Motor vehicle crashes are a leading cause of death for teens (15 to 18 years old) in the United States.”
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
— So get the inebriated drivers off the road!

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Jacob Brock and Jennifer Kois, both 19
This man and this woman never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep them safe. They were killed at age 19 on 22 March 2007, and the other driver, 42, who blew a 0.29%, faced first-degree murder charges. He pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide, first-degree assault and vehicular eluding, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
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Patrick Strawmatt, 42

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Know your enemy: Even if you got accepted at a very demanding college, many enemies of liberty assume you’re too stupid to figure out why they’d rather impose the drinking age on you than impose tougher D.W.I. laws on themselves. Yes, they really are that crazy. (In some States, the drinking age was raised “to save lives on the road,” and they didn’t even have an open container law, because it would apply to persons who matter.)

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Kaleb Michael Foster, 17
22 July 2002 - 24 May 2020

Fernando Flores, 15
26 February 2005 - 24 May 2020

Jack Thomas Sarver, 15
1 February 2005 - 24 May 2020
Abstaining from alcohol did not keep these guys safe. Students at Durant High School in Durant, Oklahoma, they were in a car waiting at a red-phase traffic control signal on 25 May 2020 when they were struck. A 14-year-old boy was also killed with them.

The drunk driver who hit them, 42 years old, was driving drunk (0.295% BAC), driving on a revoked license, and was convicted in federal court of murder in Indian Country, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsible, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
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Bradley Shawn Pittman, 42
born 12 December 1977
Federal Bureau of Prisons Register Number 41104-509

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Never underestimate the hostility your government incites by perpetrating an unforgivable hate crime against persons younger than 21 years instead of getting the inebriated drivers off the road.

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Lily Noel Fairfield, 16
26 September 2005 - 10 November 2021
Abstaining from alcohol did not keep this young lady safe. She was on her way to North Oldham High School at 8:20 local time on 10 November 2021, in the 6200 block of Highway 42 west in La Grange, Kentucky, riding as her sister’s passenger in a 2016 Mazda 3 when a wrong-way driver, 42, in a 2011 Dodge Ram crashed into them head on, killing her and breaking her 19-year-old sister’s back. In a police report, LMPD officers say the Dodge Ram driver’s eyes were glassy, her speech was slurred and she admitted to taking a narcotic. She was on her way to court for a D.W.I. from three days before, but at least she wasn’t drinking under age or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
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Theresa Devine, 42

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A 30-day minimum jail sentence for first offense D.W.I. would have deterred some of the killers shown on this memorial; but the drinking age applies to persons younger than 21 years, while the jail sentence would apply to persons who matter.

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Bailey Elizabeth Lentz-Veitch, 16
5 September 2006 - 5 February 2023
Abstaining from alcohol did not keep this young lady safe. She was walking home from dairy Queen along East Crawford Avenue in Connellsville Township, Pennsylvania 5 February 2023 just after 19:30 local time when she was struck with a pickup truck in front of Geibel Catholic High School.

Allegedly, a drunk driver, 42 years old, was driving the pickup truck and veered across the road, striking the double victim. Police say the suspect showed multiple signs of impairment and refused a blood test. He is charged with homicide by vehicle while DUI, homicide by vehicle, aggravated assault by vehicle while DUI, aggravated assault by vehicle, accidents involving death or personal injury, DUI, reckless driving, careless driving and other driving violations, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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Mark Lucic, 42

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Inebriated drivers made a bad choice, but nobody ever chose to be younger than 21 years. What were these double victims supposed to do, build a time machine? Abstaining from alcohol did not keep them safe.

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Katlynn Bossler, 15
29 June 1994 - 19 July 2009
Abstaining from alcohol did not keep this young woman safe. On 19 July 2009 at 22:30 EDT, she was outside her home on Francis Scott Key Highway in Keymar, Maryland, talking to some friends who were in a 1998 Chevy Prizm that pulled up, when a man, 42 years old, driving a 1992 Ford F-150 pickup and reeking of alcoholic drink crossed onto the wrong side and struck the Prizm, which struck her.

After consultation with the Carroll County State’s Attorney’s Office, troopers charged the guy with negligent manslaughter by automobile, negligent automobile homicide while under the influence, negligent homicide by automobile while impaired, driving a vehicle while under the influence, driving a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol per se, driving while impaired by alcohol, negligent driving, reckless driving, failure to obey a traffic control device, failure to exercise due care to avoid a pedestrian collision, and consuming an alcoholic beverage in the passenger area of a motor vehicle on a highway. But at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

He plea-bargained and faces 12-18 months for negligent homicide. Another “teenager killed in a drunk driving crash” to add to the official tally.

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Kevin Paul Smith, 42
born 30 October 1966

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Know your enemy: Abolitionists ran into the same problem. The place is overrun with crazy, deranged, depraved, degenerate, selfish, greedy potholes. It is not your job to persuade them because that is impossible while they refuse to shut off their crazy switch, their stupid switch and their wicked switch. It makes no difference how strong your arguments are or how well you prove your case. They don’t give a fire truck. You can’t fix crazy.

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Chance Quesnell
18 April 1998 - 27 October 2018
This woman never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep her safe. Troopers say she was driving a Kia Optima with her passenger, southbound on Highway 2 north of Mead, Washington and just south of Route 206 on 27 October 2018 at 3:57 local time when the driver of a Ford F-350, age 41, crossed the center line and hit them head on. Authorities said that alcohol and other drugs were involved in the crash, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
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Christopher Mcilveen, 41

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Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves; and, under a just God, can not long retain it.Abraham Lincoln

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Richard Allan Billingsley II
23 December 1996 - 4 August 2015
This man never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep him safe. On 4 August 2015 at 23:32 local time, he was a passenger in a 2005 Mazda Tribute that became disabled on Louisiana 42 west of Louisiana 44 in Prairieville, Louisiana. The driver activated the emergency flashers and the victim emerged to push the car off the traveled portion of the roadway when a drunk (0.143% BAC) driver, 41, in a Chevrolet Silverado crashed into him, killing him at 18. The drunk driver pled guilty to vehicular homicide, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

Obituary for Richard Allan Billingsley II
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Thomas Bowers
born 8 August 1973

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The god who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time: the hand of force may destroy, but cannot disjoin them.Thomas Jefferson

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Amanda Marie Laurenson, 17
16 December 1986 - 3 April 2004
This girl was driving a white Acura RSX, turning onto Crabapple Drive from Blom Boulevard in the Southern Hills neighborhood of Shreveport, Louisiana on 3 April 2004 when a drunk driver, 41, 0.13% BAC, with a prior D.W.I. conviction, driving 112 km/h broadsided her and killed her. The drunk driver was speeding straight through the intersection, left of center.
This entry is included despite the double victim’s being on the telephone at the time of the crash, because an appeals court ruled ... Cached the defendant was entirely responsible for the crash.


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William Alexander Gourdine, 41

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Remember, these cases are only the tip of the iceberg, because these are the ones with enough detail, easily located on the web, including a picture of the double victim.

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Adrienne Taylor Keil, 17
This girl was walking down the 5500 block of Penn Avenue in Friendship, Pennsylvania on 27 January 2007 at 21:15 local time when a drunk driver, age 41, 0.153% BAC, high on crack cocaine and marijuana, already under suspension for a prior D.W.I., drove a 1994 grey Dodge Caravan over the curb, onto the sidewalk, killing the girl and a man who was walking by.
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Angelo Rodriguez, 41

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Let’s see now, they had to raise the drinking age in the 1980’s to save lives on the road. Then they abolished the 55-m.p.h. speed limit, because that was inconvenient to persons who matter.

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Jason Honey, 16
9 May 1989 - 22 January 2006
This boy was driving north on Route 534 near Ken Mar Acres and Dorshimer Road in Jonas, Pennsylvania on 19 January 2006 at 22:45 EST. He was killed when a southbound drunk (0.24% BAC) driver, 41, with two prior D.W.I. convictions, crossed over into the northbound lane and struck him head-on. She got three to seven years. Another “teenager killed in a drunk driving crash” to add to the statistics that fuel political debate, guide the legislative process and promote prejudice against teenagers.
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Mary Katherine Diresse, 41
Two Prior D.W.I.’s

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Don’t call the 21 law a stupid law. Enemies of liberty can see the obvious flaws in their absurd excuses. Don’t blame stupidity or even depraved indifference. The 21 law is a calculated, premeditated, malicious attack on your unalienable right to liberty, one of many malicious attacks enforced by the police forces of the hostile government.

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Jacoby Arruda, 15
Abstaining from alcohol did not keep this young man safe. On Christmas Day, 25 December 2023 at aproximately 23:10 local time, he was riding in an Infinity QX50 going west on Veterans Memorial Bridge, which connects Somerset, massachusetts with Fall River, Massachusetts, when the machine was struck head-on with a 2023 Land Rover going the wrong way. He and his grandfather were killed, other persons were injured.

The driver of the Land Rover, Adam Gauthier, 41 years old, faces two counts each of manslaughter while driving under the influence of alcohol, motor vehicle homicide while driving drunk and one count each of drunken driving in a crash causing serious bodily injury, drunken driving and driving the wrong way on a state highway, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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Rights are not gifts from the government.

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Lauren Teresa Berglund, 20
31 January 1987 - 14 May 2007
This woman never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep her safe. She was walking home on Route 9 in Boulder Creek, California on 14 May 2007 when she got hit. The suspect is 40, tested 0.20%, was driving on a suspended license, already had two D.W.I. convictions, and allegedly crashed into a guard rail several times before hitting her, But at least the suspect wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
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April Dawn Jackson Reynolds, 40

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Unalienable rights, by definition, supersede the Rule of Law whenever the two things conflict with each other. Liberty is the freedom to do as you wish, as long as you do not violate anybody’s rights. Enemies of liberty want to add four more words, “or break any laws,” to make your unalienable right to liberty nothing more than the freedom to do as you are told: pay taxes, attend school, and register for the draft. Drinking alcoholic beverages under age does not violate anybody’s rights.

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Ciara Nicola Gee
19 November 2000 - 18 July 2021
This woman never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep her safe. She was in a Toyota Echo with 3 other persons on Route 9 near Texas Road in Old Bridge, New Jersey on 18 July 2021 at 4:28 local time, when an inebriated driver, 40, (born 10 May 1981) smashed his Ford Expedition into the rear of the Toyota, killing her at age 20 and injuring her father. He got 8 years. But at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
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Know your enemy: Most enemies of liberty really are so far gone, they figure they need only vomit forth their absurd reasoning and you will be okay with this unforgivable hate crime they are perpetrating against you. Many expect you to be grateful. Yes, they really are that crazy.

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Isabela Stabel, 20
This woman never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep her safe. On 22 August 2020 at approximately 20:45 local time, she was a passenger in the rear seat of a Hyundai Elantra at Main Street and Culver Drive in Irvine, California when it was struck by a Ford F-150 pickup truck. The alleged driver of the pickup truck, 40, with a prior D.W.I. conviction, was charged with second-degree murder, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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Antonio Calixto Navarrete, 40

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Know your enemy: Even as some victims resort to counterfeiting the official identification documents of the enemy government, and other victims literally flee the country, especially during spring break, for the sole purpose of drinking the beverages of their choice where the law enforcement goons of the enemy government cannot touch them, yet many enemies of liberty honestly think the 21 law does not incite hostility. Yes, they really are that crazy.

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Jakob Lloyd, 19
This man never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep him safe. On 9 July 2023, he and his father were in Florida for his college orientation. They were in a sport utility vehicle facing a green-phase traffic control signal, making a left-hand turn from Lake Underhill Road onto Rouse Road near the University of Central Florida just before 13:00 local time when, allegedly, a drunk driver, 40, with two prior D.W.I. convictions, driving a Jeep Grand Cherokee, ran a red-phase traffic control signal and struck them, killing both men. The suspect was charged with driving under suspension causing death or serious injury, driving under the influence with two prior convictions, two counts of DUI manslaughter, two counts of homicide-negligent manslaughter vehicular killing of human, and violation of probation but at least she wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
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Leslie Madeleine Gehret, 40

Link to this memorial.

Drawing the line: Everyone has a right to abstain from alcoholic beverages and other drugs. Property owners have a right to use their money and real estate in ways that encourage abstinence, such as holding forth alcohol-free parties. Parents have a right to govern their child who lives in their house. Enemies of liberty have a right to hold and express wrong opinions. Legislators have a right to manufacture any documents they wish, but they cannot acquire authority by manufacturing documents, no matter what is inscribed thereon; nor can they delegate, by manufacturing documents, any authority they do not have. Nobody has a right to use gun-toting goons in bulletproof vests to intimidate anybody else into obeying underage drinking laws without the latter’s consent.
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Roxana Saenz, 18
This woman never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep her safe. On 23 June 2020 at approximately 20:15 local time, she was driving a Honda Civic at Candelaria and Richmond NE in Albuquerque, New Mexico, when she was struck, head on, by a Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck. She was found dead at the scene. Investigators say the other driver, age 40, was driving 60 miles per hour in a 40 mile-per-hour zone, and that she told them she had drunk a 12-pack. They say she could not perform the field sobriety test. She was charged with vehicular homicide by D.W.I., but at least she wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
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Bernadette Etsitty, 40

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“Have we reached the ultimate stage of absurdity where some people are held responsible for things that happened before they were born, while other people are not held responsible for what they themselves are doing today?” – Thomas Sowell

Innocent persons younger than 21 are being punished for crimes committed by their ancestors half a century ago and drunk drivers are still getting a slap on the wrist.

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Juan Carlos Dominguez Palomino, 17
12 June 1996 - 24 March 2014
On 24 March 2014 shortly after 0:00 local time, this guy was on Dayton Street in Aurora, Colorado, facing a green-phase traffic control signal, and he entered the intersection and was struck by a blue Camaro on East Colfax Avenue. The Camaro driver, age 40, with three prior D.W.I.’s,was driving drunk, driving without a license, running a red-phase traffic control signal, speeding and leading police on a chase, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
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Ever M. Olivos-Gutierrez, 40

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Know your enemy: They would rather have all these innocent double victims perish than prevent 100% preventable D.W.I. crimes. Yes, they really are that selfish and that wicked.

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Lacey Jo Martin
6 January 2005 - 10 November 2021
This girl spent 12 days in intensive care at the Oklahoma University Medical center before she died. She, her brother and two others were headed home to Elk City, Oklahoma on 29 October 2021 at 23:22 local time. She was a back-seat passenger in a 2013 Chevy Cruze going west on U.S. Highway 66 near the Kilpatrick Turnpike when they were struck by a 2017 Ford Edge driven by a suspected drunk (0.12% BAC) driver, 40. The Chevy was forced across the median and entered the eastbound lanes where it struck a 2006 Mitsubishi Galant. The Chevy flipped onto its driver side before coming to a stop.
Obituary for Lacey Jo Martin
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Cassandra Bray, 40

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The cases on this memorial are documented with links to independent sources that give details. When MADD offers statistics, you are expected to take their word for it. They cleverly omit mentioning how some “teenagers killed in DWI crashes” were doing nothing wrong and were killed by older drivers who can freely buy all the booze they want.

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Dilcia Peña, 16
KILLED BY A DRUNK COP

A drunk (0.16%) cop ran over and killed this girl, her sister and nephew as they were crossing the street in Brooklyn, New York on 4 August 2001, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
Well, that’s one way to prevent underage drinking. Before reporting an underage drinking party, consider what could happen, God forbid, after the alcoholic beverages fall into the hands of a cop.



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Joseph Gray, 40

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Facts are stubborn things, and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence. — John Adams

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Joshua James Milana, 20
29 september 1986 - 10 June 2007

Morgan Brooke Hohnbaum, 18
23 July 1988 - 10 June 2007
This man and this woman never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully. On 10 June 2007 at 01:00, at the intersection of North 84th Street and Havelock Avenue in Lincoln, Nebraska, their motorcycle was cut off by a left-turning drunk driver with a prior D.W.I. conviction, age 39, who was driving on a suspended license and blew 0.15%, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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Brett Griffin, 39
born 23 February 1968

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There is nothing so powerful as truth, and often nothing so strange. — Daniel Webster

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Marissa Renee Murrow, 19
24 January 2001 - 3 October 2020
This woman never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep her safe. On the morning of 3 October 2020, just after 0:00 local time, she was driving her 2014 Ford Focus southbound on the Kilpatrick Turnpike, just before SW 15th Street in Canadian County, Oklahoma, when a drunk driver, 39 years old, with four prior D.W.I.’s, struck her head on.

The criminal was driving drunk, violating the terms of a deferred sentence for D.W.I. out of Louisiana, and going the wrong way in the southbound lanes; and he was convicted of leaving the scene of a crash involving death, and second-degree murder, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving; so rather than join them, the double-victim’s parents founded Victims of Impaired Driving.

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Malcolm D. Penney, 39
born 1 September 1981
Oklahoma Department of Corrections number 644578

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MADD supports suffering convicted drunk drivers to get reinstated and start driving lawfully again, sooner, if they get ignition interlocks installed in their cars. Would MADD support suffering folks younger than 21 to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully if they get ignition interlocks installed in their cars? I mean, if interlocks are so effective, right? Nay, their hatred runs too deep. This life-saving technology is for the benefit of criminals only.

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Aden Alexander Uriostegui
11 October 2001 - 19 May 2021
This man never got a chance to drink alcohol lawfully. On 19 May 2021 at 22:09 local time, he was walking home work. He was crossing the street in a crosswalk, at the intersection of Tustin Street and Heim Avenue in Orange, California, when the driver of a Ford F-250 pickup truck, going south on Tustin Street, failed to stop when facing a red-phase traffic control signal, and struck him, killing him at age 19. The driver, age 39, was arrested for D.W.I., driving under suspension for a prior D.W.I., and the D.W.I. charge was upgraded to murder, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
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Sitani Pimoni
born 4 May 1982

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Imagine how many lives could be saved if all parents required their sons and daughters to watch
Without Further Comment—High School Edition
before borrowing the car on prom night.

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Clayton Dean Patterson-Schauf, 19
This man never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep him safe. He was driving a Chrysler PT Cruiser on Highway 254 in northeastern Sedgwick County, Kansas at 2:45 local time on 25 September 2021 when he was struck head-on by a GMC Sierra pickup truck going the wrong way. The pickup truck driver, 39, was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving and involuntary manslaughter,
but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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Jose Rios-Cruz, Jr., 39

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Imagine how many lives could be saved if all parents required their sons and daughters to watch
Without Further Comment—College Edition
before co-signing any car loan.

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Jaelyn Ryanna Collins
15 April 2003 - 27 June 2021
This woman never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep her safe. Tennessee Highway Patrol says she was riding in a car with a friend driving, going north on Maynardsville Pike in Knox County, Tennessee on 27 June 2021 just before 20:00 local time, when a drunk driver, age 39, going south, texting while driving, crossed into the northbound lane and struck them head on, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving. The friend driving was seriously injured in the crash.

Strangely, the victim’s mother reportedly is teaming up with MADD, which only wants persons younger than 21 to be victimized more.

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Roger Barnhart, 39
born 24 October 1981

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Lawmakers refuse to get inebriated drivers off the road, and offer the resulting bloodshed as an excuse to trample young persons’ unalienable right to drink the beverage of their choice. Excuse rejected.

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Left to right: Michaila Paige Bowling, 30 December 2002 - 20 November 2021; Hali D. Coss, 14 May 2003 - 20 November 2021; Lily Beth Dufrene, 19 November 2002 - 20 November 2021
These women never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully. They were en route to a birthday party just after 0:00 local time on 20 November 2021. They were riding in a sport-utility vehicle (S.U.V.) south on Highway 20 in Chackbay, Louisiana when the driver of a 2019 Ford F-150 pickup truck, with three prior D.W.I.’s crossed the center line and struck the S.U.V. head on. The S.U.V. burst into flames and all three women died at the scene. The suspect was charged with driving without his seatbelt buckled, failing to drive on the right-hand side of the road, D.W.I. fourth offense, and three counts of vehicular homicide, and was sentenced to 85 years in prison, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving. Strangely, two of the obituaries suggest donating to MADD to promote its unforgivable hate crime against persons younger than 21 years.
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Joey Paul Clement
born 13 June 1982

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“Enforcing the legal drinking age of 21 reduces traffic crashes, protects young people’s maturing brains, and keeps young people safer overall.”
MADD
...Yeh, right!

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Isaac James Oldham, 18
2 February 2001 - 26 September 2019
This man never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep him safe. On 26 September 2019 at approximately 20:00 local time, he was riding his new Kawasaki motorcycle at Shelbyville Road and Five Points Road on the southeast side of Indianapolis, Indiana when a drunk driver, 39, 0.175% BAC, operating an SUV, ran a STOP sign and crashed into him. The victim died at the scene.
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Sara L. Storey
born in February 1980

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A special message to MADD members appears at the bottom of this memorial page.

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Nicholas Eason, 18
This man never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep him safe. He moved from Missouri to Florida to take care of his ailing mother. He was riding a moped on westbound U.S. 92 near Marsh Road in Volusia County, Florida at about 1:30 local time on 3 April 2016 when he was struck by a 2000 Nissan Xtera and was thrown onto the hood of the sport utility vehicle (S.U.V.), authorities said. He was taken to Halifax Medical Center, but did not survive. The driver, age 39, was charged with D.W.I., has a prior D.W.I. conviction, but at least the suspect wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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Craig Howitt, 39
born 9 April 1976

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<sarcasm>No wonder MADD pushes for tough laws against underage drinking. Look at all the people ages 15-20 getting killed in D.W.I. crashes.</sarcasm>


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Matthew Kato, 17
Abstaining from alcohol did not keep this guy safe. He was killed about 21:00 on 21 July 2004 when a car traveling at high speed westbound on Lehigh Station Road collided with his car, which was turning onto Lehigh Station off Beckwith Road in Henrietta, New York. The other driver, 39, (born 10 August 1964) pleaded guilty to felony charges of second-degree manslaughter and second-degree vehicular assault and a misdemeanor of driving while intoxicated, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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“Without efforts to prevent underage drinking, there could be an increase in the number of drunk driving deaths and injuries among these inexperienced drivers.”MADD on the Wayback Machine

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Jonathan Baugh, 17
31 October 1988 - 17 October 2006
Abstaining from alcohol did not keep this guy safe. he was killed 17 October 2006. The drunk driver, 39, was going the wrong way on U.S. 30. He pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide, a Class C felony that carries a 10-year maximum sentence; operating while intoxicated, second offense, an aggravated misdemeanor that carries a maximum sentence of two years; serious injury by vehicle, a Class D felony with a maximum sentence of five years and driving with a revoked license, a serious misdemeanor that has a maximum sentence of one year in prison for Story county, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
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Phillip Ray Stephens, 39
born 3 December 1968

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“Motor vehicle crashes are a leading cause of death for teens (15 to 18 years old) in the United States.”
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
— So get the inebriated drivers off the road!

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Christopher Neil Brown, 17
27 March 1990 - 28 January 2008
As this boy was driving home from work at a sandwich shop, on 26 January 2008 at 22:00 local time, he approached the intersection of State Avenue and 86th street in Kansas City, Kansas, he was struck from behind by a driver, 39, who was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter D.W.I., but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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Eric Snitz, 39
born 5 March 1968

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Know your enemy: Even if you got accepted at a very demanding college, many enemies of liberty assume you’re too stupid to figure out why they’d rather impose the drinking age on you than impose tougher D.W.I. laws on themselves. Yes, they really are that crazy. (In some States, the drinking age was raised “to save lives on the road,” and they didn’t even have an open container law, because it would apply to persons who matter.)

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Jonathan Z. Martin, 15
16 August 1991 - 30 March 2007
Another victim to add to the statistics on “teenagers killed in drunk driving crashes.” This boy was driving a golf cart on County Road 47 in Parishville, New York on 30 March 2007 when he was struck. The driver, age 39, with a prior DWAI and a prior D.W.I. conviction tested 0.18%.

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Richard Hayes, 39
born 6 July 1967

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Never underestimate the hostility your government incites by perpetrating an unforgivable hate crime against persons younger than 21 years instead of getting the inebriated drivers off the road.

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Emillianne Audler, 20
27 December 2002 - 10 July 2023
This woman never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep her safe. She was on her way to work, along Ellis Street near Fairview Street in Madera County, California, 10 July 2023 just before 4:00 local time when she was struck head-on by a truck. The driver of the truck, 38, with two prior D.W.I.’s, was charged with murder, D.W.I., D.W.I. with a blood alcohol concentration over 0.08%, throwing a lighted object on the highway, no evidence of financial responsibility, driving under suspension for D.W.I., prohibited use of a wireless device, and D.W.I. with two priors, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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Michael James Messer, 38
born 4 March 1985

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A 30-day minimum jail sentence for first offense D.W.I. would have deterred some of the killers shown on this memorial; but the drinking age applies to persons younger than 21 years, while the jail sentence would apply to persons who matter.

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Caitlyn Ashley Baker, 19
30 November 1990 - 15 December 2010
This woman never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not did not keep her safe. On 15 December 2010 at approximately 19:30 local time, she was driving her vehicle east on M-21 near Cumberland Avenue in Lowell Township, Michigan when she was struck by an oncoming Toyota. Police say her texting was not a contributing factor.

The Toyota driver, 38, 0.22% B.A.C., was driving drunk, and driving left of center, but at least she wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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Marilyn Sue Fitzgerald, 38

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Inebriated drivers made a bad choice, but nobody ever chose to be younger than 21 years. What were these double victims supposed to do, build a time machine? Abstaining from alcohol did not keep them safe.

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Carl Edward Spivey III, 18
17 October 2003 - 12 March 2022
This man never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep him safe. On 12 March 2022 he was driving on Lake Olympia Parkway in Missouri City, Texas, en route to a friend’s house when a suspected drunk driver, age 38, driving a Mazda, tried to turn into Sunshine Lane, failing to yield the right of way and striking him. Cops say she was reeking of alcohol, and that she is charged with murder, but at least she wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
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Ashley Maslak, 38

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Know your enemy: Abolitionists ran into the same problem. The place is overrun with crazy, deranged, depraved, degenerate, selfish, greedy potholes. It is not your job to persuade them because that is impossible while they refuse to shut off their crazy switch, their stupid switch and their wicked switch. It makes no difference how strong your arguments are or how well you prove your case. They don’t give a fire truck. You can’t fix crazy.

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Citiali Mora and Nelly Amaya-Ramirez, both 16
Abstaining from alcohol did not keep these young ladies safe. On 3 August 2020 at approximately 19:00 local time, they were in a marked crosswalk at the corner of East Katie Avenue and South Maryland Parkway in Las Vegas, Nevada, on their way to a bus stop after leaving a shopping mall, when they were hit with a 2012 Mercedez-Benz that was going south on Maryland Parkway, approaching that intersection.

The driver of the Mercedez Benz, 38 years old, was impaired by alcohol, P.C.P., marijuana and methamphetamine. She pleaded guilty to D.W.I. resulting in death, and reckless driving, but at least she wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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Ebone Laneice Whitaker, 38
Nevada Department of Corrections inmate number 1239824

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Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves; and, under a just God, can not long retain it.Abraham Lincoln

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Cooper Edward Campbell, 15
This boy was a passenger in a limousine near mile 14 on the Maine Turnpike on the night of 28 April 2008 when a wrong-way driver, 38, with two prior drunk driving convictions struck the limo head on. The wrong-way driver has been charged with drunk driving and two counts of manslaughter.

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Obituary for Cooper Edward Campbell
WMTW-TV Channel 8

Donna Bartlett, 38

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The god who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time: the hand of force may destroy, but cannot disjoin them.Thomas Jefferson

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Anthony Mayoral, 15
This guy was riding in a 1999 Chevy Astro minivan on Interstate 37 near Three Rivers, Texas with his family on a trip to Mexico at 03:00 CST on 21 December 2006. A drunk driver, Horace Mark Ryman, 38, rear-ended the van with a 2006 Chevrolet Z71, sending the van tumbling into the median. Henry Mayoral, 17, was also injured in the crash. Their mother and grandmother were both killed.

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Remember, these cases are only the tip of the iceberg, because these are the ones with enough detail, easily located on the web, including a picture of the double victim.

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Angel Racheal Careathers
4 March 1997 - 13 April 2017
Zachariah Armani Garrison
8 September 1996 - 13 April 2017
This engaged couple never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep them safe. They were sitting in their car, parked on the Pickford Avenue side of Peterson Playfield in Detroit, Michigan, on 13 April 2017 when a speeding driver, 37, lost control of his Camaro and went flying, landing on their vehicle with two girls in the back seat, ages 15 and 17, also seriously injured. The Camaro driver pleaded no contest to two charges of second-degree murder, two counts of operating under the influence causing death and two counts of operating under the influence causing serious injury, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for anybody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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Robert Anthony Chaney
born 4 January 1980

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Let’s see now, they had to raise the drinking age in the 1980’s to save lives on the road. Then they abolished the 55-m.p.h. speed limit, because that was inconvenient to persons who matter.

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Tiffany Ann Woodham, 19
2 March 1993 - 4 November 2012
This woman never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep her safe. She was on her way to the hospital, having a baby, at 22:19 local time on 4 November 2012. She was sitting in the left backseat of a 2010 Chrysler van, which was stopped at a red-phase traffic control signal at the intersection of US Highway 27 and Cypress Gardens Boulevard in Winter Haven, Florida. A drunk (0.131% BAC) driver, 37, in a Dodge pick-up truck, rear-ended the Chrysler just as the light turned green. The woman was rushed to hospital but she and her baby died. The suspect has been charged with two counts of vehicular homicide, two counts of D.W.I. manslaughter, two counts of D.W.I. involving serious bodily injury, D.W.I. crash involving property damage and D.W.I., but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages resposibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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Obituary for Tiffany Ann Woodham Cached ... Wayback Machine
Find A Grave for Tiffany Ann Woodham
Florida Department of Corrections search page for Thomas Jeremy Dick ... Cached ... Wayback Machine

Thomas Jeremy Dick, 37
born 14 July 1975
Florida Department of Corrections number H46816

Link to this memorial.

Don’t call the 21 law a stupid law. Enemies of liberty can see the obvious flaws in their absurd excuses. Don’t blame stupidity or even depraved indifference. The 21 law is a calculated, premeditated, malicious attack on your unalienable right to liberty, one of many malicious attacks enforced by the police forces of the hostile government.

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Henry Alexander Rivera, 18
2 February 1989 - 27 May 2007
and Pedro Hernandez, 20
12 September 1986 - 27 May 2007
These men never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep them safe. They were killed 27 May 2007 at approximately 1:00 local timein a head-on crash in Brighton, New York. A girl, 16, was hurt also.

The other driver, Herman H. Bank, 37, born 15 December 1969, was going the wrong way on Interstate 590, and was found guilty of second-degree manslaughter, first-degree vehicular manslaughter, and second-degree vehicular assault, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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Rochester Democrat & Chronicle ... Cached ... Wayback Machine
Rochester Democrat & Chronicle ... Wayback Machine
Find A Grave entry for Henry Alexander Rivera
Find A Grave entry for Pedro Hernandez
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New York Department of Corrections inmate search ... Cached

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Rights are not gifts from the government.

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Juan Jose Tavarez-Santelises, 20
This man never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep him safe. On 6 December 2019 at approximately 1:00 local time, he was in a minivan on southbound Interstate 95 in Bristol Township, Pennsylvania when the rear of the vehicle was stricken with a Mazda CX-5 that was going 106 miles per hour (171 km/h). The impact made the minivan veer off the roadway and crash into a concrete barrier, killing both this man and a woman, age 35, in the back seat, who both burned to death. The double victim’s father and brother, were burned but survived.

The Mazda driver, age 37, tested 0.151% BAC and was convicted of two counts each of third-degree murder, aggravated assault – serious bodily injury, recklessly endangering another person, homicide by vehicle while driving under the influence (D.W.I.), aggravated assault by vehicle while D.W.I., homicide by vehicle, and aggravated assault by vehicle. The trial court separately found him guilty of D.W.I. – general impairment, D.W.I. – high rate of alcohol, and summary offenses of driving within single lane, following too closely, driving vehicle at safe speed, and reckless driving (collectively, “non-jury offenses”), but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

Daily Voice (convicted) ... Wayback Machine
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Kevin R. Peters, 37
born 27 November 1982
Pennsylvania Department of Corrections inmate number QM5375

Link to this memorial.

Unalienable rights, by definition, supersede the Rule of Law whenever the two things conflict with each other. Liberty is the freedom to do as you wish, as long as you do not violate anybody’s rights. Enemies of liberty want to add four more words, “or break any laws,” to make your unalienable right to liberty nothing more than the freedom to do as you are told: pay taxes, attend school, and register for the draft. Drinking alcoholic beverages under age does not violate anybody’s rights.

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Matthew William Eskeli, 20
14 February 1999 - 2 July 2019
This man never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep him safe. He was driving a 2012 Ford Focus eastbound on Interstate 70 through Clark County, Ohio 2 July 2019 at approximately 2:33 local time, when he was struck with a 2008 BMW M3, killing him and injuring two passengers.

The BMW driver, 37 years old, struck the side of the Focus and forced the Focus off the right-hand side of the roadway, where the Ford struck an exit sign (Exit 59, going onto U.S. Highway 41) and a light pole and rolled over, resting on its side. The BWM driver continued eastward for a short distance until his machine became disabled. He was convicted of aggravated vehicular homicide and aggravated vehicular assault, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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Ohio Department of Rehabilitation & Correction ... Wayback Machine
Mark J. Terrell, 37
born 12 November 1981
Ohio Department of Rehabilitation & Correction number A767233

Link to this memorial.

Know your enemy: Most enemies of liberty really are so far gone, they figure they need only vomit forth their absurd reasoning and you will be okay with this unforgivable hate crime they are perpetrating against you. Many expect you to be grateful. Yes, they really are that crazy.

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Christopher Matthew Daniels, 19
This soldier never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep him safe. At 19:00 on 13 October 2008, he was riding his bicycle in Benton, Arkansas when a drunk (0.08% BAC) driver, 37, high on cocaine, negligently crashed into him, killing him at age 19; but at least the suspect wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving. He got three years. Another “teenager killed in a drunk driving crash” to add to statistics.
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Kirk Shelnut, 37

Link to this memorial.

Know your enemy: Even as some victims resort to counterfeiting the official identification documents of the enemy government, and other victims literally flee the country, especially during spring break, for the sole purpose of drinking the beverages of their choice where the law enforcement goons of the enemy government cannot touch them, yet many enemies of liberty honestly think the 21 law does not incite hostility. Yes, they really are that crazy.

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Mohammad Zidan, 18
This man never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep him safe. On 25 August 2023, at approximately 23:59 local time, he was changing places with a sick driver of a 2021 Nissan Titan along Interstate 55 northbound near the Ruddock exit in Saint John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana. While stopped in the emergency breakdown lane, they were struck with a 2002 Chevrolet Avalanche pickup truck.

The Avalanche driver, Lawrence Stephon Darensburg, 37, born 27 September 1985, Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections ID Number 23001504, was charged with vehicular homicide, felony hit-and-run, driving while impaired (second offense) unlicensed driving, speeding and a safety belt violation; but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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Drawing the line: Everyone has a right to abstain from alcoholic beverages and other drugs. Property owners have a right to use their money and real estate in ways that encourage abstinence, such as holding forth alcohol-free parties. Parents have a right to govern their child who lives in their house. Enemies of liberty have a right to hold and express wrong opinions. Legislators have a right to manufacture any documents they wish, but they cannot acquire authority by manufacturing documents, no matter what is inscribed thereon; nor can they delegate, by manufacturing documents, any authority they do not have. Nobody has a right to use gun-toting goons in bulletproof vests to intimidate anybody else into obeying underage drinking laws without the latter’s consent.
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Marlon Tate, 18

Victim’s brother writes memorial note.
This man never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep him safe. He was driving a Nissan Altima southbound on Kostner Avenue in Garfield Park, in Chicago’s West Side on 31 January 2008 at 23:00 CST, when he was rear-ended, causing his car to strike a pole and then a tree. He died at 00:13 on 1 February 2008 at John H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County. The other driver, 37, has been charged with DUI, speeding and reckless driving.
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“Have we reached the ultimate stage of absurdity where some people are held responsible for things that happened before they were born, while other people are not held responsible for what they themselves are doing today?” – Thomas Sowell

Innocent persons younger than 21 are being punished for crimes committed by their ancestors half a century ago and drunk drivers are still getting a slap on the wrist.

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Jenna Marie Moran, 16
14 February 1992 -
25 September 2008
This girl was driving home from school in a 1992 Nissan Maxima at 14:20 EDT on 24 September 2008, westbound on Hexam Road near Flycatcher Road in Brooksville, Florida when an eastbound 2007 Mitsubishi pickup truck driven by a drunk driver, 37, crossed the center line into her path and struck her. He was convicted of D.W.I. manslaughter and got 5 years, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

Memorial Video on YouTube
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William Curt Brooks, 37
born 15 December 1970

Link to this memorial.

Know your enemy: They would rather have all these innocent double victims perish than prevent 100% preventable D.W.I. crimes. Yes, they really are that selfish and that wicked.

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Riordan Powell, 16, left, and his mother
Both were killed in the crash.
Abstaining from alcohol did not keep this guy safe. On 12 December 2023 at 13:45 local time, he was riding in a Mazda CX-5 with his mother driving eastward on Miramonte Boulevard, turning left onto Main Street in Broomfield, Colorado, when they were hit with a 2000 Toyota Tundra pickup truck. The impact killed both persons in the Mazda.

The pickup truck driver, 37 years old, with 3 prior D.W.I.’s allegedly had been seen crossing the double yellow line to pass vehicles, was speeding, driving drunk (0.249% B.A.C.,) and driving under revocation, and has been charged with with two counts of vehicular homicide and two counts of D.W.I. – fourth or subsequent offense, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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Jose Menjivar, 37
born 4 July 1986
Broomfield City and County Detention Facility inmate ID 933536

Link to this memorial.

The cases on this memorial are documented with links to independent sources that give details. When MADD offers statistics, you are expected to take their word for it. They cleverly omit mentioning how some “teenagers killed in DWI crashes” were doing nothing wrong and were killed by older drivers who can freely buy all the booze they want.

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Charles Christopher Goode, 18
This man never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep him safe. On 5 January 2018 at 22:22 local time, he was walking west along the 3600 block of Knights Station Road in Lakeland, Florida when he was struck by a 2016 Hyundai Santa Fe driven by a drunk (0.181% BAC) driver, 36, who also was traveling westbound. The investigation revealed that the driver was also going 58 - 69 miles per hour in a 40 mile-per-hour zone. This Google image of the area shows there was no sidewalk.
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Rodney Steven Schmitz, 37
born 7 July 1981

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Facts are stubborn things, and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence. — John Adams

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Corbin White, 18
This woman never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep her safe. She was the passenger of a 2006 Toyota Scion that was stopped on Main Street and MacArthur Boulevard in Santa Ana, California at a red light when a 2006 BMW sedan slammed into it around 02:00 PST on 3 January 2010. The impact pushed the Scion into the intersection, causing it to collide with a Chevrolet Malibu that was going to make a left turn from westbound MacArthur to southbound Main, according to police. The suspect, 36, has been charged with one felony count of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and one felony count of fleeing an accident scene, according to court records.

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There is nothing so powerful as truth, and often nothing so strange. — Daniel Webster

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Matthew Bray, 17
18 June 1990 - 20 April 2008
This boy was riding his bicycle westbound on Hogback Road in Palmyra, New York on 20 April 2008 at 20:15 EDT when he was struck from behind. The driver, 36, already had three D.W.I. convictions, and faces charges of driving drunk (0.16% BAC), driving under suspension and fleeing the scene.
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Anibal Fontanez, 36

Link to this memorial.

MADD supports suffering convicted drunk drivers to get reinstated and start driving lawfully again, sooner, if they get ignition interlocks installed in their cars. Would MADD support suffering folks younger than 21 to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully if they get ignition interlocks installed in their cars? I mean, if interlocks are so effective, right? Nay, their hatred runs too deep. This life-saving technology is for the benefit of criminals only.

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Tyler J. Shaw
30 June 1997 - 30 April 2018
This man never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep him safe. He was in his 2008 Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck, waiting at a stop sign at the Exit 1 on-ramp of Interstate 89 on Logging Hill Road in Bow, New Hampshire on 30 April 2018 at 21:21 local time, when a drunk (0.16% BAC) driver, age 35, with two prior D.W.I.’s, drove a 2017 Nissan Altima into him at 60 miles per hour (96 km/h), killing him 61 days short of his 21st birthday.

The killer pled guilty to negligent homicide and aggravated D.W.I., but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
The New Hampshire drinking age was raised from 18 to 20 on 24 May 1979. It was raised again on 1 June 1985 to 21. They still did not have an open container law, because that would apply to persons who matter. It was still lawful to drink alcoholic beverages while driving, if you were 21 years or older, but unlawful to drink alcoholic beverages responsibly if you were younger than 21 years. It wasn’t until 16 August 2021 that Governor Sununu signed a bill allowing judges to mete out longer prison sentences to killers with prior D.W.I.’s. The law is named after the victim in this case, who coincidentally was killed at 21:21 local time. It applies only after the drunk driver kills somebody. And only recently did Congress start considering bills to require ignition interlocks on all new cars, because that affects persons who matter.

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New Hampshire Department of Corrections inmate search results page for Joseph Anthony Leonard (Cached)

Joseph Anthony Leonard, 35

Link to this memorial.

Imagine how many lives could be saved if all parents required their sons and daughters to watch
Without Further Comment—High School Edition
before borrowing the car on prom night.

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Hannah Alyce Goman
1 October 2001 - 19 February 2022
This woman never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep her safe. On 19 February 2022 at 0:45 local time, she was a passenger in a Toyota Camry in the southbound lanes of U.S. Highway 61 in Winona, Minnesota at the intersection of Minnesota Highway 43, when it was hit by a Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck.

The Minnesota State Patrol says the pickup driver, 35 years old, was going the wrong way and had alcohol in his system at the time of the crash. He was booked on charges of D.W.I.– Fourth Degree Driving While Impaired and Criminal Vehicular Operation, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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Adam Samuel Anderson, 35

Link to this memorial.

Imagine how many lives could be saved if all parents required their sons and daughters to watch
Without Further Comment—College Edition
before co-signing any car loan.

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Iyana Harris-Smith, 20
This woman never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep her safe. Just shy of her 21st birthday, she was stopped at red light at West FM 1960 and North Eldridge Parkway in Harris County, Texas at 2:00 local time on 25 October 2021 when a truck ran into the back of her car. The driver of the truck, age 35, has been charged with intoxication manslaughter, But at least the suspect wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving. The suspect jumped bail.

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Rogelio Diaz-Garcia, 35
Link to this memorial.

Lawmakers refuse to get inebriated drivers off the road, and offer the resulting bloodshed as an excuse to trample young persons’ unalienable right to drink the beverage of their choice. Excuse rejected.

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Jacob Robert Rauguth, 19
29 July 1997 - 2 July 2017
This man never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep him safe. On 2 July 2017, he and two passengers were in a Pontiac Grand Am going east on Moon Road in Saline, Michigan headed home from Brecon Village when a drunk (0.333% BAC) driver, age 35, with a prior D.W.I., in a Mercury Mountaineer ran a stop sign on Bemis Road and crashed into them.

The drunk driver was found guilty of operating with a high blood-alcohol content causing serious injury, with a prior conviction, and operating with a high blood-alcohol content causing death with a prior conviction, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving. Strangely, the double victim’s obituary suggests donating to so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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Matthew Albert Stoy, 35
born 22 August 1982

Link to this memorial.

“Enforcing the legal drinking age of 21 reduces traffic crashes, protects young people’s maturing brains, and keeps young people safer overall.”
MADD
...Yeh, right!

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Valerie Talamantes, 19
This woman never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep her safe. On 29 December 2007, she was wastbound on Montana Avenue, waiting at a red-phase traffic control signal at the intersection of Hawkins Boulevard in El Paso, Texas, when she was hit by a driver, Edison Bayas, 35, with a 0.27% BAC. The killer pled guilty to intoxication manslaughter and was sentenced to 15 years in prison, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger then 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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A special message to MADD members appears at the bottom of this memorial page.

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Ian Kinney, 19
This man never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep him safe. On 22 July 2008 at 18:00 PDT, he was driving a 1996 Lexus on Highway 78 near Ramona, California when a drunk driver, 35, 0.19% BAC in a pickup truck going east crossed over onto the westbound side to pass vehicles and struck him. This double victim’s girlfriend was also badly hurt, and a passenger in the drunk driver’s truck was also killed.

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Shannon Shimp, 35

Link to this memorial.


<sarcasm>No wonder MADD pushes for tough laws against underage drinking. Look at all the people ages 15-20 getting killed in D.W.I. crashes.</sarcasm>


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Artavis Dequan Gilbert-Brown
24 January 1992 - 12 July 2009

Antonio DanQuinton McFadden
Born 16 August 1989 - 11 July 2009
On 11 July 2009 at 00:41 EDT, these guys were riding in a Mazda Four-door driven by the victims’ grandmother, which was stopped at a traffic light on the U.S. 15 Bypass at the intersection of South Fifth Street, south of Hartsville, South Carolina, when a drunk driver, 35, with a prior felony D.W.I., driving a Chevy Blazer traveling south on the bypass slammed into the rear of the car. McFadden died at the scene. Brown died Sunday at Palmetto Richland Memorial Hospital in Columbia. The drunk driver did no jail time for his prior felony D.W.I. The victims’ grandmother was also killed in the crash.
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Dennis Smith, 35
Prior Felony D.W.I.

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“Without efforts to prevent underage drinking, there could be an increase in the number of drunk driving deaths and injuries among these inexperienced drivers.”MADD on the Wayback Machine

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Min Soon Chang, 18
10 October 1987 - 18 November 2005
This man never got a chance to drink alcohol lawfully. At 00:40 on 18 November 2005, he was killed in a head-on crash at mile 36 on Interstate 485 in North Carolina.

The other driver was 35, already had two D.W.I. convictions, had just polished off a six pack, was speeding and was going the wrong way. But at least the suspect wasn’t drinking under age or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.


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Charlotte Observer on the Wayback Machine
Find A Grave entry for Min Soon Chang

Jorge Hernández Soto, 35

Link to this memorial.

“Motor vehicle crashes are a leading cause of death for teens (15 to 18 years old) in the United States.”
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
— So get the inebriated drivers off the road!

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Sidney Michaela Dowdy, 17
25 August 2000 - 6 May 2018
and her younger sister. Both were killed.
Abstaining from alcohol did not keep this young lady safe. On 6 May 2018 at approximately 17:30 local time, she was in a Buick in a left-turning lane on Woodbine Road in Pace, Florida, about to turn left onto Dunning Drive when the Buick was struck head on with a 2008 Ford F-150 pickup truck. She and her sister, 7 years old, were killed; and their mother, 39 years old, and another passenger, 18 years old, were seriously hurt.

The F-150 driver, 35 years old, was found guilty of two counts of D.W.I. manslaughter and one count of fleeing law enforcement with no regard for serious bodily injury or death, for which he was sentenced to life in prison, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

Pensacola News Journal ... Wayback Machine
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WKRG Channel 5 on YouTube
Florida Department of Corrections ... Wayback Machine
Obituary for Sidney Michaela Dowdy (Trahan Family Funeral Home) ... Wayback Machine
Kailen A. Kelly, 35
born 20 January 1983
Florida Department of Corrections number D01303

Link to this memorial.

Know your enemy: Even if you got accepted at a very demanding college, many enemies of liberty assume you’re too stupid to figure out why they’d rather impose the drinking age on you than impose tougher D.W.I. laws on themselves. Yes, they really are that crazy. (In some States, the drinking age was raised “to save lives on the road,” and they didn’t even have an open container law, because it would apply to persons who matter.)

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Jessica Alexis Fraire, 17
29 March 1991 - 4 November 2008
Abstaining from alcohol did not keep this young woman safe. On 31 October 2008 at 21:40 local time, she was walking along Sacramento Avenue in West Sacramento, California. She was killed by a drunk driver, Jennifer Moran, who was 35 years old, and who drove off the roadway. Another pedestrian was injured. The drunk driver fled the scene and abandoned the truck.

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Find A Grave entry for Jessica A. Fraire

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Never underestimate the hostility your government incites by perpetrating an unforgivable hate crime against persons younger than 21 years instead of getting the inebriated drivers off the road.

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Joviane Waltrick, 16
1 October 1980 - 3 January 1997
This girl was killed when the driver of a Ford Taurus, age 35, triggered a five-car pile-up at DuPont Circle in Northwest Washington, D.C. on 3 January 1997. Four other persons were injured. Police suspected the Taurus driver had been drinking and was intoxicated, but could not administer an alcohol breath test because that driver, Gueorgui Makharadze, 35, enjoyed diplomatic immunity at the time, which was later waived by President Eduard Shevardnadze of the Republic of Georgia. Sentenced to 7-21 years, he was transferred to a prison in the Republic of Georgia in 2000 and he served only 3 years in prison total.
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Gueorgui Makharadze, 35

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A 30-day minimum jail sentence for first offense D.W.I. would have deterred some of the killers shown on this memorial; but the drinking age applies to persons younger than 21 years, while the jail sentence would apply to persons who matter.

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Desiderio Lopez, 44 and daughter Danielle Lopez, 16
This will help explain statistics on “teenagers killed in drunk driving crashes.” They were killed 14 April 2007 in a crash on Sierra Avenue in Fontana, California. The other driver, Juan Venegas Macias, 35, of Pedley was arrested on felony D.W.I. charges and vehicular manslaughter, police said. .

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Inebriated drivers made a bad choice, but nobody ever chose to be younger than 21 years. What were these double victims supposed to do, build a time machine? Abstaining from alcohol did not keep them safe.

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William Joseph LaBier III, 20
14 December 1969 - 23 April 1990
7 PRIOR D.W.I.’S
This man never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep him safe. He was driving on Route 105 in North Sheldon, Vermont on 23 April 1990 at 7:20 local time when he was struck head-on by a a guy who was driving drunk, driving left of center and driving a stolen pickup truck, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving. The drunk driver went to prison for almost 20 years, got released, and got busted for drunk driving again a month later.
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Douglas A. Gardner, 34

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Know your enemy: Abolitionists ran into the same problem. The place is overrun with crazy, deranged, depraved, degenerate, selfish, greedy potholes. It is not your job to persuade them because that is impossible while they refuse to shut off their crazy switch, their stupid switch and their wicked switch. It makes no difference how strong your arguments are or how well you prove your case. They don’t give a fire truck. You can’t fix crazy.

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Jacob Lewis, 20
MADD made sure this man would never get a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully. They pushed for the 21 law. He was pushing his sister’s disabled car off the Southwest Freeway in Houston, Texas on 22 April 2023 after the Taylor Swift Era’s Tour concert, when the suspected drunk driver, 34, allegedly crashed into him and killed him at age 20, but at least the suspect wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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Alan Bryant Hayes, 34

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Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves; and, under a just God, can not long retain it.Abraham Lincoln

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Natalie Housand, 20
This woman never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep her safe. The drunk driver who killed her in a head-on collision on 19 December 2004 on North Carolina Route 904 was 34.
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Jose Lopez, 34

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The god who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time: the hand of force may destroy, but cannot disjoin them.Thomas Jefferson

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Onterrio Travon “Terry” Sharp
2 August 1988
- 25 December 2008
SIX PRIOR D.W.I.’S
This man never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not did not keep him safe. On 25 December 2008, at about 21:15 EST, he was driving a Mirage on Tecumseh Lane in Evansville, Indiana when a drunk (0.21% BAC) driver, 34, with six prior D.W.I. convictions, leading police on a chase, crossed the median, with his headlights off, and struck him head on, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.


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Daniel Joe English II, 34
born in June 1974
Indiana Department of Correction ID number 138267

Six Prior D.W.I.’s

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Remember, these cases are only the tip of the iceberg, because these are the ones with enough detail, easily located on the web, including a picture of the double victim.

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Arianna Mae Vos, 19
27 June 2002 - 22 May 2022
This woman never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not did not keep her safe. On 22 May 2022 at approximately 3:15 local time, she was a passenger in a Nissan sport utility vehicle (S.U.V.) going south in the southbound lanes of Highway 169 and Delaware Avenue in Saint Lawrence Township, Minnestota when it was struck head-on by a Ford S.U.V.

The driver of the Ford, age 34, was driving drunk (0.113% B.A.C.), high on marijuana, on the wrong side of the road, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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Michael Merland Morse, 34
born 8 October 1987
Minnesota Department of Corrections ID 267521

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Let’s see now, they had to raise the drinking age in the 1980’s to save lives on the road. Then they abolished the 55-m.p.h. speed limit, because that was inconvenient to persons who matter.

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Erika Xiomara Cruz, 18
22 August 2002 - 24 February 2021
This woman never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep her safe. On 22 February 2021 at approximately 22:22 local time, she was apparently in a Volkswagen Passat going east on 12 Street Southeast in Winona, Minnesota when a northbound Ford F-150 pickup truck on 8th Avenue Southeast T-boned the Volkswagen, killing her at age 18.

The pickup truck driver, 34, tested 0.25% BAC, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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Sterling Royce Haukom, 34

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Don’t call the 21 law a stupid law. Enemies of liberty can see the obvious flaws in their absurd excuses. Don’t blame stupidity or even depraved indifference. The 21 law is a calculated, premeditated, malicious attack on your unalienable right to liberty, one of many malicious attacks enforced by the police forces of the hostile government.

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Scott Allen Crouch, Jr.
April 15 1989
- December 19 2007
Photo from Virtual Memorials
This man never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep him safe. He had a green light at the intersection of Eastern and Whitney Avenues in Sacramento, California at 22:50 PST on 19 December 2007, when a drunk driver, 34, 0.15% BAC, slammed her SUV into him, killing him at age 18, but at least she wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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Bethann Colyer, 34

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Rights are not gifts from the government.

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Garrett Michael Hayward, 18
This man never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep him safe. He was driving a Honda Accord south on Colima Road in South Whittier, California on 26 December 2021 on at 5:32 local time when a Nissan Altima heading east on Lambert Road and stuck him. The two cars then struck Scotty’s Flower & Gifts on Colima Road where the Honda burst into flames with the victim trapped inside.

The Nissan driver, age 34, (born 6 October 1987) ran from the scene, but was later arrested and booked on suspicion of driving under the influence, vehicular manslaughter and hit-and-run causing serious injury or death, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
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Unalienable rights, by definition, supersede the Rule of Law whenever the two things conflict with each other. Liberty is the freedom to do as you wish, as long as you do not violate anybody’s rights. Enemies of liberty want to add four more words, “or break any laws,” to make your unalienable right to liberty nothing more than the freedom to do as you are told: pay taxes, attend school, and register for the draft. Drinking alcoholic beverages under age does not violate anybody’s rights.

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James “Jimmy” Franklin Williams, 16
On 18 November 2012 at 19:00 EST, this Michigan boy was riding with his family on Interstate 77 southbound when they were involved in a crash.

The other driver, 34, is facing five charges including: Operating an Uninsured Vehicle, Driving Under Suspension, Two Counts of Felony DUI with Great Bodily Injury and One Count of Felony DUI with death. But at least the suspect wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.


The killer was from South Carolina, so news media from Michigan and South Carolina covered the story.

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Ricky Lance Deel, 34
Born 6 Feb 1978

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Know your enemy: Most enemies of liberty really are so far gone, they figure they need only vomit forth their absurd reasoning and you will be okay with this unforgivable hate crime they are perpetrating against you. Many expect you to be grateful. Yes, they really are that crazy.

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Louella J. Blackdeer, 15
1 July 1984 - 7 May 2000
Dylan Glebke, 17; his brother, Cole Glebke, 16; Daniel Riddle, 15; and Louella Blackdeer, 15, were killed on prom night, 7 May 2000, when a drunk driver, 34, 0.237% BAC, struck them in Neillsville, Wisconsin. Another “teenager killed in a drunk driving crash”
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Know your enemy: Even as some victims resort to counterfeiting the official identification documents of the enemy government, and other victims literally flee the country, especially during spring break, for the sole purpose of drinking the beverages of their choice where the law enforcement goons of the enemy government cannot touch them, yet many enemies of liberty honestly think the 21 law does not incite hostility. Yes, they really are that crazy.

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Leeanna Newman, 20
This pregnant mother never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully. On 6 February 2007 at 17:15 local time, she and her unborn baby were killed in a crash on South Main Street in Landis, North Carolina.

The other driver, 33, was traveling north at 70 mph when he apparently attempted a near-180-degree turn onto Highland Avenue. He was found guilty of second-degree murder, D.W.I., hit and run and failure to stop for property damage, plus aggravating factors pertaining to the death of Newman’s unborn child, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving. The victim leaves behind a husband; and a daughter, age 21 months, who survived the crash.


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Rigo Verto Guillen-Martinez, 33

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Drawing the line: Everyone has a right to abstain from alcoholic beverages and other drugs. Property owners have a right to use their money and real estate in ways that encourage abstinence, such as holding forth alcohol-free parties. Parents have a right to govern their child who lives in their house. Enemies of liberty have a right to hold and express wrong opinions. Legislators have a right to manufacture any documents they wish, but they cannot acquire authority by manufacturing documents, no matter what is inscribed thereon; nor can they delegate, by manufacturing documents, any authority they do not have. Nobody has a right to use gun-toting goons in bulletproof vests to intimidate anybody else into obeying underage drinking laws without the latter’s consent.
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Madelynne Patterson, 20
21 May 1986 - 24 Dec. 2006
This woman never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep her safe. At 20:12 EST on 22 December 2006, as she drove north on Fries Mill Road in Washington Township, New Jersey, a drunk driver, 33, clipped another vehicle, spinning, stopping right in front of her, and she didn’t have time to stop.
Sadly, much of the news coverage of this crash has been deleted from the internet. You can use Newspapers.com to find The Daily Journal (Vineland, New Jersey) 28 December 2006 page 1; the Courier-Post (Camden, New Jersey) 28 December 2006 page 17 and others.

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“Have we reached the ultimate stage of absurdity where some people are held responsible for things that happened before they were born, while other people are not held responsible for what they themselves are doing today?” – Thomas Sowell

Innocent persons younger than 21 are being punished for crimes committed by their ancestors half a century ago and drunk drivers are still getting a slap on the wrist.

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Jessie Daniell Rind, 20
20 September 1988 - 28 March 2009
This woman never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep her safe. On 28 March 2009 she was driving on Loop 250 just north of the Thomason exit in Midland, Texas when a drunk driver, 33, 0.23% BAC going the wrong way, struck her head on.

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Kevin Lee Hulsey, 33

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Know your enemy: They would rather have all these innocent double victims perish than prevent 100% preventable D.W.I. crimes. Yes, they really are that selfish and that wicked.

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Tucker Jon Colby, 19
This man never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep him safe. On 31 July 2022 at approximately 2:30 local time, he was driving a motorcycle westward on Union Hills Drive when a car driver ran a red-phase traffic control signal at the intersection of 51st Avenue in Phoenix, Arizona and crashed into him, also injuring two of the three other motorcycle drivers traveling with him.

Police say the car driver, 33 years old, displayed signs of impairment. She has been charged with manslaughter, aggravated assault and endangerment, but at least she wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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Jaimie Renee Arce, 33

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The cases on this memorial are documented with links to independent sources that give details. When MADD offers statistics, you are expected to take their word for it. They cleverly omit mentioning how some “teenagers killed in DWI crashes” were doing nothing wrong and were killed by older drivers who can freely buy all the booze they want.

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Papamihali family
This whole family was killed in a head-on crash near Lenoir City, Tennessee on 2 January 2004 as they were returning from a holiday vacation. Vasjola Papamihali was 16. The man who crashed his Chevrolet S-10 pickup truck into them was 33. He was driving drunk and going the wrong way on Interstate 75. Another “teenager killed in a drunk driving crash”

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Find A Grave entry for killer Jerry Bruce Garrett, Jr. 30 April 1970 - 1 January 2004

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Facts are stubborn things, and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence. — John Adams

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Danae Sosa-Zubia
17 October 2003 - 4 April 2021
also known as Danae Sosa
This girl was driving a 2009 Ford Focus with her 12-year-old sister in the car, on State Highway 2 south of Roswell, New Mexico, on 4 April 2021 at approximately 14:30 local time when a 33-year-old Roswell man with two prior D.W.I.’s, driving a 2003 Oldsmobile Bravada SUV attempted to pass another vehicle and collided with the Focus head on.The girls were trapped in the car when it went up in flames. Both sisters died.

The driver who struck them pleaded guilty to homicide by vehicle (D.W.I.) but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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John Ensor, 33

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There is nothing so powerful as truth, and often nothing so strange. — Daniel Webster

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Kameron Allison
14 September 2000 - 15 May 2016
This boy was a passenger of his 16-year-old brother, in a 2008 Pontiac Vibe going west on Illinois Route 17 on 15 May 2016 when a drunk (0.186% BAC) driver, 33, in a 2013 Hyundai traveling south on North 19000 West Road in Essex Township, Illinois, and crashed into the passenger side of the Pontiac. It’s not the fault of the double victim that the stop sign was missing. Maybe the drunk driver would have seen it and stopped, but at least she wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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Carmella S. Larson, 33

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MADD supports suffering convicted drunk drivers to get reinstated and start driving lawfully again, sooner, if they get ignition interlocks installed in their cars. Would MADD support suffering folks younger than 21 to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully if they get ignition interlocks installed in their cars? I mean, if interlocks are so effective, right? Nay, their hatred runs too deep. This life-saving technology is for the benefit of criminals only.

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Aiden Tai Gossage, 16
24 September 2004 - 4 September 2021
This boy was walking in a marked crosswalk on 4 September 2021 at 21:07 local time, at the intersection of Los Coyotes Diagonal and Deborah Street in Long Beach, California when he was struck by a speeding 2001 Chevrolet Tracker SUV traveling southbound on Los Coyotes Diagonal.

The driver, Kevin Chris Dahl, 33, born 31 May 1988, was charged with one count of gross vehicular manslaughter and D.W.I., but at least he wasn’t drinking under age or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly,, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
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Los Angeles County jail inmate cearch page for Kevin Chris Dahl (Cached)

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Imagine how many lives could be saved if all parents required their sons and daughters to watch
Without Further Comment—High School Edition
before borrowing the car on prom night.

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Tanner Woolley, 16
28 January 1998 - 22 November 2014
This boy was riding his motorcycle on 22 November 2014 just before 17:00 local time, at the intersection of Third and Reinken in Belen, New Mexico when a drunk driver, Dejohni Orndorff, 33 years old, cut him off, causing him to crash into the passenger side of her vehicle. The defendant pled guilty to aggravated drunk driving, but the vehicular homicide charge was dropped on a technicality because her lawyer wouldn't be able to cross-examine the doctor who performed the autopsy, because he no longer worked for the agency. Had prosecutors moved more quickly this might not have happened, but authorities obviously do not prioritize getting inebriated drivers off the road. They’d rather dedicate resources to enforcing underage drinking laws. She would have only gotten six years, maximum, anyway.
In the State of New Mexico, it is a felony to provide alcoholic beverages to a person younger than 21, (NM Stat § 60-7B-1 (2020)), punishable by 18 months improsonment (NM Stat § 31-18-15 (1996 through 1st Sess 50th Legis)), while drunk driving is punishable by imprisonment for 90 days (NM Stat § 66-8-102 (2018)). Obviously, New Mexico lawmakers don’t care about drunk driving.



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Imagine how many lives could be saved if all parents required their sons and daughters to watch
Without Further Comment—College Edition
before co-signing any car loan.

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Caitlin Leasure, 20
This woman never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep her safe. On 26 March 2006, as she was riding in a pickup truck, returning from Spring Break, heading back to Ohio, allegedly a drunk driver, 32, going the wrong way on Interstate 95 in Georgia, struck the pickup truck and killed her.

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Marlon Johnson, 32

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Lawmakers refuse to get inebriated drivers off the road, and offer the resulting bloodshed as an excuse to trample young persons’ unalienable right to drink the beverage of their choice. Excuse rejected.

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Victoria Fleming, 16

Tristen S. Owens, 18
These two were in a 1997 Dodge Ram pickup traveling east on 12th Street near Hastings in Adams County, Nebraska at 0:30 local time on 12 December 2021 when a suspected drunk driver allegedly ran a stop sign going north on Blaine Avenue. The crash caused the Ram to enter the northeast ditch with extensive front end damage and land on its side. These two vicitms were burned so badly it was difficult to identify their bodies. Two other passengers were rushed to hospital.
Deputies who contacted Pingel noticed the odor of alcohol coming from him, bloodshot eyes and slurred speech. Pingel failed to answer questions correctly. An officer observed Pingel to be “very clumsy” and said he “was having trouble trying to walk” to the medical service unit. Once inside, Pingel stumbled around until lying down on a stretcher.Doniphan Herald on the Wayback Machine ... Cached

The suspect faces two counts of motor vehicle homicide while driving under the influence of alcohol, a Class 2A felony punishable by up to 20 years in prison, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that’s what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.


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Anthony Pingel, 32

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“Enforcing the legal drinking age of 21 reduces traffic crashes, protects young people’s maturing brains, and keeps young people safer overall.”
MADD
...Yeh, right!

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Amelia Simone Mazeikis, 18
19 February 2005 - 10 June 2023
D’Shaun Josegabriel Tudela, 18
5 April 2005 - 10 June 2023
This woman and this man never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully. They were en route to work just before 9:00 local time Saturday morning, 10 June 2023, when their car was struck at Higgins and Barrington Roads in Hoffman Estates, Illinois. Both victims were transported to hospital but died. The driver who allegedly ran a red-phase traffic control signal tested 0.136% BAC and was charged with five felonies including D.W.I., reckless homicide and trying to disarm a cop, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
The Cook County Jail website says he is 43 while news reports say he is 32.


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Deni Rubio, 32

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A special message to MADD members appears at the bottom of this memorial page.

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Rachel Amaris Elliott, 18
23 June 1989 - 21 February 2008
This woman never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep her safe. On 21 February 2008 she was driving a Honda Accord in Knabe Road in Corona, California when she was struck head-on by a drunk (0.20% BAC) driver, 32, who was driving a sport-utility vehicle (S.U.V.) 84 miles per hour (135 km/h) in a 50-mile-per-hour (80 km/h) zone.
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Elva Diaz, 32

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<sarcasm>No wonder MADD pushes for tough laws against underage drinking. Look at all the people ages 15-20 getting killed in D.W.I. crashes.</sarcasm>


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Nicholas G. Fournier, 18
3 June 1989 - 17 November 2007
This man never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep him safe. On 17 November 2007, he was headed north on Interstate 89 in Colchester, Vermont when he was struck head on. The other driver, 32, with three prior D.W.I. convictions, was driving drunk, going the wrong way, driving under lifetime suspension, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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Did you know? Governor Snelling twice vetoed bills to raise the Vermont drinking age, telling lawmakers to crack down on drunk driving instead. They didn’t like that. They would have to impose tougher D.W.I. laws on themselves, and that is not fair to hypocrites tho “can drive better drunk than teenagers can sober.” But finally Governor Snelling won, and they passed a bill that cracked down a little, but obviously not enough.


Shawn Burritt, 32

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“Without efforts to prevent underage drinking, there could be an increase in the number of drunk driving deaths and injuries among these inexperienced drivers.”MADD on the Wayback Machine

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Ashley Robledo Acosta, 18
9 June 2003 - 2 February 2022
This woman never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not protect her or her baby, who never even got a chance to breathe. On 30 January 2022 at 1:55 local time, at the intersection of Jonesboro Road and Morrow Road in Morrow, Georgia, she was a passenger riding in a 2015 Chevrolet Cruze when it was struck by an 2017 Ford F-150 pickup truck driven by a suspected drunk driver who allegedly ran a red-phase traffic control signal, Jeffrey Cordell Fulks, age 32.

The suspect faces charges of D.W.I., vehicular feticide, first-degree homicide by vehicle, serious injury by vehicle, and failure to obey a traffic control device, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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Morrow, Georgia Police on Facebook

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“Motor vehicle crashes are a leading cause of death for teens (15 to 18 years old) in the United States.”
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
— So get the inebriated drivers off the road!

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Siddharth Sukhdeo, 17
This guy was riding with his mother and father en route home from his birthday celebration in Orlando, at 3:41 local time on 3 April 2022. They were on State Route 44 near Interstate 95 in New Smyrna Beach, Florida, stopped in compliance with a red-phase traffic control signal. The suspect, age 32, allegedly was driving drunk, driving under suspension and struck the vehicle but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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Michael Miles, 32

Link to this memorial.

Know your enemy: Even if you got accepted at a very demanding college, many enemies of liberty assume you’re too stupid to figure out why they’d rather impose the drinking age on you than impose tougher D.W.I. laws on themselves. Yes, they really are that crazy. (In some States, the drinking age was raised “to save lives on the road,” and they didn’t even have an open container law, because it would apply to persons who matter.)

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Janelle Louise Cooper, 16
31 October 1991 - 23 May 2008
This girl was walking down 164th Street SW in Lynnwood, Washington 23 May 2008 when a drunk driver, 32, pinned her against a concrete wall. He got six years. But at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.


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Find A Grave entry for Janelle Louise Cooper

Micah Pelton, 32

Link to this memorial.

Never underestimate the hostility your government incites by perpetrating an unforgivable hate crime against persons younger than 21 years instead of getting the inebriated drivers off the road.

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Kelly Tracy, 16
This girl was on her way to perform in the Gilbert Days Parade at 6:30 on 15 November 2008, riding in a Nissan Sentra when a drunk driver, 32, 0.19% BAC, with a prior D.W.I. in a Dodge Ram turned left at the corner of Guadalupe and Sossaman Roads in Mesa, Arizona, striking the Nissan nearly head-on, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving. The victim’s brother, the driver, age 17, also suffered injuries.


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Arizona Department of Corrections inmate search for Manuel Contreras-Galdean ... Cached
Appeal paper

Manuel Contreras-Galdean, 32
One Prior D.W.I.

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A 30-day minimum jail sentence for first offense D.W.I. would have deterred some of the killers shown on this memorial; but the drinking age applies to persons younger than 21 years, while the jail sentence would apply to persons who matter.

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Jentil Jones Perry, 15
1 April 1992 - 8 July 2007
This girl was a passenger in an Chevy Trailblazer SUV driven by her father, westbound on Interstate 68 in Morgantown, West Virginia, on 8 July 2007 at 22:30 EDT. An eastbound drunk (0.23% BAC) driver rear-ended a Ford Taurus, sending it across the median into the path of the Trailblazer. The girl’s father and younger sister, and two persons in the Taurus were also killed. The driver had seven prior D.W.I. arrests, was driving under suspension and was facing two D.W.I. court dates. But at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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Find A Grave entry for Jentil J. Perry

Brian John Stone, 32
born 5 August 1974

Link to this memorial.

Inebriated drivers made a bad choice, but nobody ever chose to be younger than 21 years. What were these double victims supposed to do, build a time machine? Abstaining from alcohol did not keep them safe.

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Kendra Lee Gonzalez
24 July 1994 - 25 April 2015
This woman never got a chance to drink alcohol lawfully. She was driving a 2009 Chevrolet west on Highway 20 in Mayes County, near Pryor, Oklahoma at 23:15 local time on 25 April 2015 when a drunk driver going the wrong way struck her head on. The criminal admitted he drank several beers. He had no driver license. But at least he wasn’t drinking under age or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that’s what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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Derlin Lara, 31
born 22 March 1984

Link to this memorial.

Know your enemy: Abolitionists ran into the same problem. The place is overrun with crazy, deranged, depraved, degenerate, selfish, greedy potholes. It is not your job to persuade them because that is impossible while they refuse to shut off their crazy switch, their stupid switch and their wicked switch. It makes no difference how strong your arguments are or how well you prove your case. They don’t give a fire truck. You can’t fix crazy.

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Katherine A. Reyes, 20
This woman never got a chance to drink alcohol lawfully. She had to pull her Honda CRV into the hitch-hiking lane of Interstate 495, the Capital Beltway in Fairfax County, Virginia on 5 March 2022 due to car trouble. She had her flashers blinking and had set highway flares, but at 21:27 local time, the driver of a Buick Verano, age 31, crashed into her and killed her at age 20. He has since been arrested and charged with D.W.I. manslaughter, D.W.I., refusal to take a breath test, and for driving on the shoulder, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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Devon L. Lesene, 31

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Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves; and, under a just God, can not long retain it.Abraham Lincoln

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Hayden Lee Hooper, 18
15 April 2002 - 18 December 2020
This man never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep him safe. On 18 December 2020 he and 3 other pedestrians were walking on a sidewalk along the 400 block of Highland Drive in Lewisville, Texas when a car veered off the road and killed him, seriously injuring his brother also. The driver, age 31, has been sentenced to 25 years total for intoxication assault and intoxication manslaughter, but at least she wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving. As of 18 August 2023, the TDCJ website shows the killer will be eligible for parole 21 January 2021.

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Erin Elizabeth Simms, 31

Link to this memorial.

The god who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time: the hand of force may destroy, but cannot disjoin them.Thomas Jefferson

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Lens Desir, 15

Richecarde Dumay, 17
These guys were en route to a soccer tournament, walking to a bus stop in North Miami, Florida on 25 May 2019 at approximately 5:16 local time when a drunk driver, 31 years old, drove her SUV onto the sidewalk and killed them, but at least she wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving. Lens Desir’s younger brother, 13, was with them and was also killed.

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Miriam Coulibaly, 31
born 16 March 1988

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Remember, these cases are only the tip of the iceberg, because these are the ones with enough detail, easily located on the web, including a picture of the double victim.

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Joshua Thomas Carter, 20
30 July 1988 - 11 January 2009
This man never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep him safe. On 11 January 2009 at 23:00 he was riding in a Dodge Avenger on South Cooper Street in Arlington, Texas. The drunk (0.17% BAC) driver, Erica Larae Kolanowski, 30, who was driving a 2000 Chevrolet Blazer, was traveling eastbound on Green Oaks Boulevard, running a red-phase traffic control signal at 72 miles per hour (116 km/h) in a 45 mile per hour (72 km/h) zone, killing him at age 20, but at least she wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
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Find A Grave entry for Joshua Thomas Carter
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Let’s see now, they had to raise the drinking age in the 1980’s to save lives on the road. Then they abolished the 55-m.p.h. speed limit, because that was inconvenient to persons who matter.

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Zuri Flores, 20
4 October 1984 - 9 February 2005
This woman never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep her safe. She was driving a Saturn Ion to work on Colorado Highway 52 near Fort Lupton on 9 February 2005 at 05:00 MST when a drunk driver, 30, with four prior D.W.I. convictions, driving under suspension, in a pickup truck, crossed over onto her side and struck her head on, killing her at age 20 and her brother. The force of the crash was so great that the pickup truck was split in two, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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Find A Grave

Tobias S. Sholes, 30
Four Prior D.W.I.’s

Link to this memorial.

Don’t call the 21 law a stupid law. Enemies of liberty can see the obvious flaws in their absurd excuses. Don’t blame stupidity or even depraved indifference. The 21 law is a calculated, premeditated, malicious attack on your unalienable right to liberty, one of many malicious attacks enforced by the police forces of the hostile government.

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Briasia Moore, 20, left; and Nykiera Moore, 17
Abstaining from alcohol didn’t keep these young women safe. They were in a car on Interstate 77 in York County, South Carolina at approximately 0:30 local time 10 October 2021 when they were killed in a crash. Two other females, ages 5 and 27, were also killed.

The other driver, age 30, was driving drunk (0.258% B.A.C.), driving the wrong way on the interstate and struck them head-on, killing four innocent persons, but at least she wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.



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Queen City News on YouTube
Queen City News is WJZY Channel 46 and WMYT Channel 55
Rolesha Leann Spears, 30
South Carolina Department of Corrections ID 00390845

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Rights are not gifts from the government.

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Quintin Weigle, 19
20 December 2003 - 26 February 2023
This man never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep him safe. A senior at Salem County Career and Technical High School, he was driving a pickup truck on North Golfwood Avenue in his hometown of Carneys Point, New Jersey on the evening of 26 February 2023 at approximately 20:30 local time, when the alleged drunken driver (0.276% B.A.C.) in another pickup hit him head-on.

The suspect, 30 years old, was indicted on a second-degree death by auto charge and has also been charged with D.W.I., reckless driving and failure to maintain lane, but at he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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MSN (indicted)
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Obituary for Quintin Brodie Weigle on the Adams Funeral Home website ... Wayback Machine

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Unalienable rights, by definition, supersede the Rule of Law whenever the two things conflict with each other. Liberty is the freedom to do as you wish, as long as you do not violate anybody’s rights. Enemies of liberty want to add four more words, “or break any laws,” to make your unalienable right to liberty nothing more than the freedom to do as you are told: pay taxes, attend school, and register for the draft. Drinking alcoholic beverages under age does not violate anybody’s rights.

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London Monae Thibodeaux, 19
12 July 1997 - 5 July 2017
This woman never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep her safe. On 1 July 2017 at approximately 3:00 local time, she was a passenger in a 2014 Hyundai Elantra going west on Michelson in Irvine, California, when a drunk driver, age 30, with a prior D.W.I. conviction, in a 2015 Infiniti Q50 on Harvard, going approximately 86 miles per hour (138 km/h) ran a red-phase traffic control signal and struck them, killing her and two other passengers in the Hyundai. The force of the crash caused the Hyundai to spin out and go over the sidewalk. But at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving

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Jeremy Wayne Greenwood, 30

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Know your enemy: Most enemies of liberty really are so far gone, they figure they need only vomit forth their absurd reasoning and you will be okay with this unforgivable hate crime they are perpetrating against you. Many expect you to be grateful. Yes, they really are that crazy.

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Kasey Nicole Waychoff, 19
15 June 1994 - 21 March 2014
This woman never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep her safe. She was killed in a crash at 1:45 local time 21 March 2014 as she and two sorority sisters walked in the bicycle lane in the 1400 block of West Beach Boulevard in Gulf Shores, Alabama.

Perhaps AL.com expresses it best:
     For 19-year-old Kasey Waychoff and her fellow Oklahoma State University sorority sisters, the choices were responsible that night: Walking home and taking shuttle buses while partying in Gulf Shores over Spring Break.
     Justin Lott, 30, of Montgomery, made another choice. He opted to drive his truck after a night of drinking while visiting Orange Beach for his brother's bachelor party.


She was hit with a Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck which swerved and struck her. The driver fled the scene and when he was stopped he failed a field sobriety test and refused to take a breath test, and he was later found guilty of manslaughter and leaving the scene of an “accident” with injury, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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Obituary for Kasey Nicole Waychoff on the Dalton & Son Funeral Home website (It does not save well on the Wayback Machine.)
Justin Ellis Lott, 29
born in 1984
Alabama Department of Corrections number 00300553

Link to this memorial.

Know your enemy: Even as some victims resort to counterfeiting the official identification documents of the enemy government, and other victims literally flee the country, especially during spring break, for the sole purpose of drinking the beverages of their choice where the law enforcement goons of the enemy government cannot touch them, yet many enemies of liberty honestly think the 21 law does not incite hostility. Yes, they really are that crazy.

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Jessica Helmers, 19
This woman never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep her safe. On 16 January 2021 at 2:15 local time, she was driving east in the 2400 block of the Marsha Sharp Freeway eastbound access road in Lubbock, Texas when a suspected drunk driver, age 30, going north on University Avenue, was speeding, ran a red-phase traffic control signal and cut her off, killing her at 19.

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Gabriel Zerrata, 30

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Drawing the line: Everyone has a right to abstain from alcoholic beverages and other drugs. Property owners have a right to use their money and real estate in ways that encourage abstinence, such as holding forth alcohol-free parties. Parents have a right to govern their child who lives in their house. Enemies of liberty have a right to hold and express wrong opinions. Legislators have a right to manufacture any documents they wish, but they cannot acquire authority by manufacturing documents, no matter what is inscribed thereon; nor can they delegate, by manufacturing documents, any authority they do not have. Nobody has a right to use gun-toting goons in bulletproof vests to intimidate anybody else into obeying underage drinking laws without the latter’s consent.
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Elizabeth Summers Ciunci, 18
30 March 1981 - 26 November 1999

Brick in Memorial Garden
This woman never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep her safe. She was a front-seat passenger in a crash that injured three other teenagers on Thanksgiving night, 1999 in West Conshohocken, Pennsylvania. The Grand Am driver, age 30, who crashed into them head-on was drunk, 0.24%, driving under suspension for a prior D.W.I. and was going the wrong way on Interstate 76. He was convicted of murder. But at least the suspect wasn’t drinking under age or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.


The Times Herald ... Cached ... Wayback Machine
The Times Herald ... Cached ... Wayback Machine
Elizabeth Ciunci Foundation ... Wayback Machine
Find A Grave entry for Elizabeth Summers Ciunci
Pennsylvania Department of Corrections inmate search for James T. Saye (cached)

James Tarbor Saye, Jr., 30
born 22 September 1969
(photo taken in 2021)
Link to this memorial.

“Have we reached the ultimate stage of absurdity where some people are held responsible for things that happened before they were born, while other people are not held responsible for what they themselves are doing today?” – Thomas Sowell

Innocent persons younger than 21 are being punished for crimes committed by their ancestors half a century ago and drunk drivers are still getting a slap on the wrist.

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Matthew M. Dennison
18 June 2004 - 10 March 2022
This guy and his buddies were on their way to watch a hockey game, driving on Ten Rod Road (Route 165) near Arcadia Road in Exeter, Rhode Island on 12 February 2022 at approximately 21:30 local time, when their car was struck head on by a black 2013 Ford F-150 pickup truck driven by a suspected drunk driver, age 30. Rhode Island State Police said the suspect was charged at the scene (before the victim had died) with two counts of driving to endanger resulting in personal injury, and two counts of driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs resulting in serious bodily injury, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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Alexander Krajewski, 30

Link to this memorial.

Know your enemy: They would rather have all these innocent double victims perish than prevent 100% preventable D.W.I. crimes. Yes, they really are that selfish and that wicked.

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Eric A. Messick, 17
6 March 1990 - 14 December 2007
This boy was riding in a car on Route 38 in Southampton, New Jersey when a drunk driver, 30, crossed the center line and killed him in a head-on collision on 14 December 2007.


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Burlington County Times, 14 June 2008
Philadelphia Inquirer [pleads guilty]
Find A Grave entry for Eric A. Messick

Jesse J. Johns, 30

Link to this memorial.

The cases on this memorial are documented with links to independent sources that give details. When MADD offers statistics, you are expected to take their word for it. They cleverly omit mentioning how some “teenagers killed in DWI crashes” were doing nothing wrong and were killed by older drivers who can freely buy all the booze they want.

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Maria Elena Cruz, 16
On 4 September 2019, an emergency medical technician (EMT) in El Prado, New Mexico arrived at a crash scene and found his 16-year-old daughter dead at the scene. A 30-year-old country singer with a prior D.W.I. was driving drunk (0.28% BAC) in a Chevrolet Equinox south on State Road 522 at mile marker 1 in Taos at 102 miles per hour (164 km/h) when she clipped a Chevrolet Avalanche in front of her. The jolt sent the Equinox into the northbound lane where it struck Maria Elena Cruz, 16, killing her. Toxicology results showed alcohol in Harris played a major role in the crash, but at least she wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

KHOU Channel 11 video
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Obituary for Maria Elena Cruz ... Cached

Kylie Rae Harris, 30

Link to this memorial.

Facts are stubborn things, and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence. — John Adams

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Landon Chambers, 16
Abstaining from alcohol did not keep this guy safe. On 6 May 2003 at 01:20, he was riding in a car in a lane facing a green-phase traffic control signal when a drunk man, age 30, with 3 prior D.W.I. convictions out on bond for another D.W.I. charge, driving on a suspended license, ran a red-phase traffic control signal and crashed his pickup truck into them at the intersection of Military Highway and Azalea Garden Road in Norfolk, Virginia, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving. Another “teenager killed in a drunk driving crash.”

The Virginian-Pilot ... Cached ... Wayback Machine
Swarts Taliaferro Swartz & Goodove
Bob Battle Law ... Wayback Machine

Roy Lee Everett, 30
Virginia Department of Corrections inmate number 1004467

Link to this memorial.

There is nothing so powerful as truth, and often nothing so strange. — Daniel Webster

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Richard Keith “Ricky” Gohn
6 May 1969 - 14 May 1988
This man never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep him safe. He was riding in a church bus in rural Carroll County, Kentucky on 14 May 1988 when the bus was hit head-on by a pickup truck.

The pickup truck driver, 29 years old, had a prior D.W.I., was driving drunk (0.24% BAC) and going the wrong way on Interstate 71, and he killed 27 innocent persons while injuring 37 more in the worst D.W.I. crash in the history of the United States of America, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving. He got released on parole.
There is plenty of material on this crash.
Larry Mahoney, 29

Link to this memorial.

MADD supports suffering convicted drunk drivers to get reinstated and start driving lawfully again, sooner, if they get ignition interlocks installed in their cars. Would MADD support suffering folks younger than 21 to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully if they get ignition interlocks installed in their cars? I mean, if interlocks are so effective, right? Nay, their hatred runs too deep. This life-saving technology is for the benefit of criminals only.

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Julius Dozier, 20
1 March 1988 - 24 May 2008

Adrian “A.J.” Cannon, 19
These men never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully. They were en route to a high school graduation party on 23 May 2008 when a driver, 29, high on alcohol and methadone, crashed into them at the intersection of Coley Road and McCullough Boulevard in Tupelo, Mississippi, also injuring three persons, including the guilty driver’s daughter.

Journalism 379 ... Cached ... Wayback Machine
Daily Journal ... Wayback Machine
Daily Journal ... Wayback Machine
Find A Grave entry for Julius Jerome Dozier
Obituary for Julius Jerome Dozier ... Wayback Machine
Mississippi Department of Corrections inmate search page for Carrie Nichols ... Cached

Carrie Nichols, 29
born 14 August 1978

Link to this memorial.

Imagine how many lives could be saved if all parents required their sons and daughters to watch
Without Further Comment—High School Edition
before borrowing the car on prom night.

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Troy Rashawn Howard, 19
10 January 2000 - 9 April 2019
This man never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep him safe. Just after 2:00 local time 20 March 2019, he was driving his Ford Fusion east in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 565, taking Exit 7 for County Line Road in the part of Limestone County, Alabama annexed by the City of Huntsville, Alabama. He was struck head-on with a Dodge Ram that was approaching the Interstate from an off-ramp instead of an on-ramp.

Allegedly, the driver of the Ram, 29 years old, was driving drunk and going the wrong way on the ramp. He has been charged with murder, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

The Madison Record ... Wayback Machine
WAFF Channel 48 ... Wayback Machine
WHNT Channel 19 ... Wayback Machine
WHNT Channel 19 ... Wayback Machine
AL.com (charged with murder) ... Wayback Machine
WAAY Channel 31 on YouTube
WZDX Channel 54 on YouTube
Obituary for Troy Rashawn Howard on the Royal Funeral Home website ... Wayback Machine
Reaford Buron Williams, 29
born 22 June 1989

Link to this memorial.

Imagine how many lives could be saved if all parents required their sons and daughters to watch
Without Further Comment—College Edition
before co-signing any car loan.

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Marissa July-McCuin, 18
29 October 2003 - 24 April 2022
This woman never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep her safe. On 24 April 2022 at 1:39 local time, she was walking across SH 24 in Smith County, Texas, when a driver of a sport utility vehicle (S.U.V.) was going west and struck her, killing her at age 18, and then fled the scene. He was sentenced to 20 years for an accident involving death and 18 years for intoxication manslaughter by vehicle, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

KETK Channel 56 on YouTube
KETK Channel 56 ... Wayback Machine
Texas Department of Criminal Justice inmate information ... Wayback Machine
Tyler Morning Telegraph ... Wayback Machine
Justin Pierce, 29

Link to this memorial.

Lawmakers refuse to get inebriated drivers off the road, and offer the resulting bloodshed as an excuse to trample young persons’ unalienable right to drink the beverage of their choice. Excuse rejected.

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Kills Anti-D.W.I. Activist

Shannon Nicole Adkins, 18
31 December 1989 - 9 November 2008
This woman, who studied teenage highway deaths for her senior project in high school, never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep her safe. At approximately 23:37 local time 8 November 2008, she was driving a Toyota Tacoma pickup truck north on Buffalo Road just short of Raintree Drive in Clayton, North Carolina when a drunk driver, Desiree Kathryn Olsen, 29, born 28 January 1979, speeding, crossed onto her side and struck her head-on, but at least the suspect wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving. The impact threw the Tacoma off the road and onto a wooden fence near the intersection of Buffalo Road and Kentucky Drive, where it came to rest upside down, pinning Adkins — who was wearing her seat belt — in the wreckage. She was pronounced dead at the scene by medical personnel in first responders units and troopers from the state Highway Patrol. Another “teenager killed in a drunk driving crash” to add to the misleading statistics.
WRAL-TV Channel 5 ... Wayback Machine
WTVD Channel 11 ... Cached ... Wayback Machine
USA Today ... Wayback Machine
WRAL-TV 5 ... Cached [charged with murder] ... Wayback Machine
UPI (studied teenage car deaths) ... Wayback Machine
Star News ... Cached ... Wayback Machine
News & Observer on the Wayback Machine
Winston-Salem Journal ... Cached
North Carolina Department of Public Safety inmate search results for Desiree Olsen ... Cached
Find A Grave entry for Shannon Nicole Adkins

Link to this memorial.

“Enforcing the legal drinking age of 21 reduces traffic crashes, protects young people’s maturing brains, and keeps young people safer overall.”
MADD
...Yeh, right!

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Angela McGrady, 17

Amanda Marie Geiger, 17

Megan Blong, 17

Shana Lawler, 17
The car carrying these girls and their surviving friend was in a lane facing a green-phase traffic control signal on 6 April 1999 when a drunk (0.21% BAC four hours later) driver, age 29, with two prior D.W.I.’s ran the red-phase traffic control signal on Highway 158 in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, and smashed into them, killing them and knocking the survivor unconscious; but at least she wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.


Court TV on the Wayback Machine
Site about crash on the Wayback Machine
Baltimore Sun editorial ... Cached
The Virginian-Pilot ... Cached
North Carolina Department of Public Safety inmate search results for Melissa Lynn Marvin ... Cached

Melissa Lynn Marvin, 29
born 17 June 1969

Link to this memorial.

A special message to MADD members appears at the bottom of this memorial page.

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Rachael Slade, 17
29 November 1990 - 27 July 2008

John Michael Daugherty, 16
12 May 1992 - 27 July 2008
At 03:15 EDT on 27 July 2008, John Daugherty was driving Rachael Slade and Shane Stanridge home from a lake, driving a Geo Tracker SUV on Highway 305 in Athens, Tennessee when a drunk (0.18% BAC) driver, 29, driving a Ford F-150 pickup truck crossed over onto their side and struck them head on, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving. Daugherty and Slade were killed, Stanridge was injured.

WRCB Channel 3
WRCB Channel 3
Press-Enterprise ... WTVC-TV Channel 9 on the Wayback Machine
Knoxville News Sentinel on the Wayback Machine
Chattanooga Times Free Presson the Wayback Machine
Uncles Against Drunk Drivers
Find A Grave entry for Rachael Elizabeth Slade
Find A Grave entry for John Michael Daugherty
Tennessee Department of Correction offender search results for William Ryan Ottman (cached)

William Ryan Ottman, 29
born 3 February 1979
(photo taken 1 March 2018)

Link to this memorial.


<sarcasm>No wonder MADD pushes for tough laws against underage drinking. Look at all the people ages 15-20 getting killed in D.W.I. crashes.</sarcasm>


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Aujuni Tamay Anderson, 16
Abstaining from alcohol did not keep this girl safe. Her grandmother was driving her home from work 12 November 2017 at approximately 23:22 local time. They were at the intersection of South Padre Island Drive and Kostoryz Road in Corpus Christi, Texas, when a drunk (0.263% B.A.C.) driver, 29 years old, driving a Dodge Challenger westbound on the South Padre Island Drive access road was speeding, ran a red-phase traffic control signal and crashed into them, killing them both and himself, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

The jury award of $301,000.000.000 received extensive media coverage.

Caller Times
KIII Channel 3 (mentions the B.A.C.)
Obituary for Aujuni Anderson on the website of Heritage Memorial Funeral Home
Obituary for Joshua Del Bosque on the website of Treviño Funeral Home
Obituary for Joshua Del Bosque on the website of the Beeville Bee-Picayune
Go Fund Me

About the award:
KRIS Channel 6 (mentions the B.A.C. level)
CNN
Newsweek
WJRT Channel 12
Associated Press
San Diego Union Tribune
San Diego Union Tribune (Flint, Michigan)
WDJT Channel 58 (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
KLTV Channel 7
Yahoo! News
Fox News
KXXV Channel 25
KSAT Channel 12
KRLD 1080 kHz on Audacy
KXAS Channel 5
The Hill
Daily Mail (London, England)
Whiskey Raiders
Dram Shop Expert
Insurance Journal
The National trial Lawyers
Joshua Del Bosque, 29
30 September 1988 - 12 November 2017

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“Without efforts to prevent underage drinking, there could be an increase in the number of drunk driving deaths and injuries among these inexperienced drivers.”MADD on the Wayback Machine

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Katherine Ann Baker, 16
Abstaining from alcohol did not keep this young lady safe. She was driving a Buick LeSabre on her way to pick up her brother at 23:43 on 23 November 2008. As she turned left onto U.S. 52 east off Morehouse Road in Tippecanoe County, Indiana, a drunk (0.21% BAC) driver, 29, with a prior D.W.I. conviction, T-boned her car and killed her at age 16, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.


WLFI-TV Channel 18 on the Wayback Machine
Tippecanoe County Prosecutor’s Office ... Cached

Joseph L. Welch, 29
born 28 Nov. 1978

One Prior D.W.I.

Link to this memorial.

“Motor vehicle crashes are a leading cause of death for teens (15 to 18 years old) in the United States.”
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
— So get the inebriated drivers off the road!

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Bailey Roach, 16
28 November 1999 - 18 June 2016
Abstaining from alcohol did not keep this guy safe. He was driving an Eagle Talon southbound on U.S. Highway 395 approximately 1/4 mile (400 meters) south of Hastings Road in Spokane, Washington at approximately 20:00 local time, 18 June 2016 when he was stuck head-on. His passenger was critically injured.

The other driver, 29 years old, was driving a Dodge Magnum northbound, and he veered to the left, striking the Talon. He was driving drunk, (0.11% B.A.C.), driving left of center, and speeding. His passenger, who was injured in the crash, said she heard him announcing his speeds as 100, 110 and 120 miles per hour (161, 177 and 193 km/h) just before the crash, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger that 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

The Spokesman-Review ... Wayback Machine
KHQ Channel 6 ... Wayback Machine
The Seattle Times
The Spokesman-Review
KXLY Channel 4 ... Wayback Machine
KXLY Channel 4 ... Wayback Machine
KXLY Channel 4 on YouTube
KREM Channel 2 ... Wayback Machine
Obituary for Bailey Roach ... Wayback Machine
Ramiro Sanchez, 29

Link to this memorial.

Know your enemy: Even if you got accepted at a very demanding college, many enemies of liberty assume you’re too stupid to figure out why they’d rather impose the drinking age on you than impose tougher D.W.I. laws on themselves. Yes, they really are that crazy. (In some States, the drinking age was raised “to save lives on the road,” and they didn’t even have an open container law, because it would apply to persons who matter.)

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Deanna Marie Casey, 16
Abstaining from alcohol did not keep this cheerleader safe. She was driving home from work at McDonald’s when a drunk driver, age 29, 0.29% BAC, crashed into a concrete barrier on Interstate 494 in Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota on 28 October 2006. The concrete barrier was pushed into the path of the girl’s car, causing a chain reaction with a passing semi-trailer. She died at the scene. He got 15 months. He got out and drove drunk again, causing another crash Cached ... Wayback Machine, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.


St. Paul Pioneer Press
St. Paul Pioneer Press ... Cached
St. Paul Pioneer Press ... Cached
St. Paul Pioneer Press ... Cached
Minnesota Public Radio ... Cached
Minnesota Public Radio ... Cached
New York Times ... Cached
Shoreview Press ... Cached

Anthony Joseph Klecker, 29

Link to this memorial.

Never underestimate the hostility your government incites by perpetrating an unforgivable hate crime against persons younger than 21 years instead of getting the inebriated drivers off the road.

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Taylor Cearley, 15
14 July 1994 - 26 December 2009
Abstaining from alcohol did not keep this young lady safe. She was walking along the 1900 block of Highway 200 near East Missoula, Montana on 26 December 2009 at 23:45 MST when, allegedly, a drunk (0.147% BAC) driver, age 29, 0.147% BAC of a 1999 Chevy Silverado crashed into her from behind while yacking on his telephone, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

Also a girl, 14, was killed and two other girls, 14 and 15, were injured.



The Montana Standard (Paywall)
Find A Grave entry for Taylor Cearley
Fox News ... Cached (.mht) ... Wayback Machine
NBC Montana ... Cached (.mht) ... Wayback Machine
Flathead Beacon ... Cached ... Wayback Machine
The Boston Globe ... Cached ... Wayback Machine
Lewiston Tribune (paywall) ... Cached
San Diego Union-Tribune ... Cached (.mht) ... Wayback Machine
Obituary for Taylor Cearley on the Wayback Machine

David James DelSignore, 29

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A 30-day minimum jail sentence for first offense D.W.I. would have deterred some of the killers shown on this memorial; but the drinking age applies to persons younger than 21 years, while the jail sentence would apply to persons who matter.

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Jasmine Claire Goudeau, 19
11 January 2001
This woman never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep her safe. On 17 February 2020 just after 0:30 local time, a drunk driver, age 28, ran a red-phase traffic control signal near the intersection of Culebra Road and Micron Drive in San Antonio, Texas, and crashed into her silver compact sport utility vehicle. He is projected to be released after less than 3 years, on 4 July 2023, perhaps because authorities feel he wasn’t doing anything seriously wrong, like drinking under age of buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly. (On 18 August 2023 he was not listed as an inmate on the Texas Department of Criminal Justice website.)

Texas Department of Criminal Justice inmate search ... Cached
KIII Channel 3 on YouTube
Obituary for Jasmine Claire Goudeau ... Cached
KSAT Channel 12 ... Cached
KSAT Channel 12 ... Cached
Island Waves ... Cached
Erick Eduardo Casas, 28

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Inebriated drivers made a bad choice, but nobody ever chose to be younger than 21 years. What were these double victims supposed to do, build a time machine? Abstaining from alcohol did not keep them safe.

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Ryan Marshall Yoho, 19
24 September 1985 - 16 October 2004
This man never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep him safe. The man who crossed the center line on Idlewild Road in Mint Hill, North Carolina on 16 October 2004 and struck him head-on with an SUV, Zepplin Hopper, age 28, was drunk, 0.20%. He got 5 months. Strangely, the victim’s obituary suggests donating to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving so they can spend it promoting an unforgivable hate crime against innocent, responsible alcohol drinkers who are younger than 21 years.
Star News ... Cached (.mht) ... Wayback Machine
Crime in Charlotte ... Cached ... Wayback Machine
News & Record ... Wayback Machine
Obituary for Ryan Marshall Yoho

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Know your enemy: Abolitionists ran into the same problem. The place is overrun with crazy, deranged, depraved, degenerate, selfish, greedy potholes. It is not your job to persuade them because that is impossible while they refuse to shut off their crazy switch, their stupid switch and their wicked switch. It makes no difference how strong your arguments are or how well you prove your case. They don’t give a fire truck. You can’t fix crazy.

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David James Cochrane, 19
30 November 2003 - 1 July 2023
This man never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep him safe. He was riding his motorcycle through the intersection of 34th and Quaker Avenue in West Lubbock, Texas at approximately 22:00 local time 30 June 2023 when he was cut off by a sport utility vehicle. The driver, 28, allegedly failed to yield the right of way, and is charged with intoxication manslaughter, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

MSN
Lubbock County Detention Facility ... Cached ... Wayback Machine
Obituary ... Wayback Machine
KCBD Channel 11 ... Wayback Machine
Everything Lubbock ... Wayback Machine
Joshuwa Apodaca, 28

Link to this memorial.

Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves; and, under a just God, can not long retain it.Abraham Lincoln

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Brian Anthony Wilson, 17
Kills another outvoted discrimination victim
The criminal drove drunk and killed a woman, age 20, in 2004. He was on probation when he was charged with driving drunk again, 7 June 2008, at age 28, killing this guy. Another “teenager killed in a drunk driving crash” for the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving to cite.
WPVI-TV Channel 6 on the Wayback Machine
Baltimore Sun ... Cached (.mht)
KYW-TV Channel 3 on the Wayback Machine
Delaware Online ... Cached (.mht)
Delaware Department of Justice ... Cached
Memorial page for Brian Anthony Wilson

Andrew Rankin, 28
Link to this memorial.

The god who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time: the hand of force may destroy, but cannot disjoin them.Thomas Jefferson

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Rose Simmons, 15

Julian Martínez, 16

Alyssa Trouw, 16

Kate Klein, 16
Abstaining from alcohol did not keep these folks safe. Shortly after midnight on the morning of 28 June 2009, they were riding in a 1992 Subaru on Old Las Vegas Highway in Santa Fe County, New Mexico when a drunk driver, 28, 0.16% BAC, with a prior D.W.I., allegedly crossed over onto their side. He struck them head on. He was acquitted.
KOB-TV Channel 4 on the Wayback Machine
KOB-TV Channel 4 on the Wayback Machine
KOB-TV Channel 4 on the Wayback Machine
KOB-TV Channel 4 on the Wayback Machine
KOB-TV Channel 4 on the Wayback Machine
Santa Fe New Mexican ... Cached
KOB-TV Channel 4
New Mexico Independent on the Wayback Machine
Santa Fe Reporter ... Cached (.mht)
Santa Fe Reporter ... Cached (.mht)
Santa Fe Reporter (acquittal) ... Cached
KRQE-TV Channel 13 on the Wayback Machine
KRQE-TV Channel 13 on the Wayback Machine
KRQE-TV Channel 13 on the Wayback Machine
KRQE-TV Channel 13 on the Wayback Machine
KOAT Channel 7 ... Cached
Memorial video on YouTube

Scott Owens, 28
One Prior D.W.I.

Link to this memorial.

Remember, these cases are only the tip of the iceberg, because these are the ones with enough detail, easily located on the web, including a picture of the double victim.

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Janis Denise Brown, 16
5 August 1999 - 24 June 2016
Abstaining from alcohol did not keep this girl safe. On the night of 24 June 2016, she was a front-seat passenger in a Chevy Aveo on the Sorensen Parkway just west of Wenninghoff Road in Douglas County, Nebraska, when that car was hit in the rear with a 2012 Chevrolet Malibu.

The Malibu driver, 28, was driving drunk and high on P.C.P., fleeing a previous hit-and-run at 72nd Street and Sorensen Parkway, speeding when he rear-ended the Aveo, killing this girl and injuring the Aveo driver and a 4-year-old backseat passenger of the Aveo, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

Omaha World-Herald ... Wayback Machine
KETV Channel 7 on YouTube
WOWT Channel 6 ... Wayback Machine
Nebraska Department of Correctional Services ... Wayback Machine
KMTV Channel 3 ... Wayback Machine
Tyvinn D. Smith, 28
born 8 July 1987
Nebraska Department of Correctional Services ID number 85485

Link to this memorial.

Let’s see now, they had to raise the drinking age in the 1980’s to save lives on the road. Then they abolished the 55-m.p.h. speed limit, because that was inconvenient to persons who matter.

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Taylor Marie Moss, 19
This woman never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep her safe. She was driving on Highway 101 in Encino, California on 1 November 2009 at 02:00 PDT, on her way home from a Halloween night teen dance club in Hollywood. She was on the 101 Freeway in Encino, California when she was struck head on by a drunk driver, Hector J. Ortiz, age 27, who was going the wrong way. Two passengers of Ms. Moss were injured.
Thousand Oaks Acorn ... Wayback Machine
Ventura County Star on the Wayback Machine ... Cached
Ventura County Star ... Wayback Machine
Ventura County Star ... Wayback Machine
Los Angeles Daily News ... Cached (.mht) ... Wayback Machine
Los Angeles Daily News ... Cached (.mht) ... Wayback Machine
Los Angeles Daily News ... Cached (.mht)
Moor Park Reporter ... Cached
Memorial video on YouTube
Link to this memorial.

Don’t call the 21 law a stupid law. Enemies of liberty can see the obvious flaws in their absurd excuses. Don’t blame stupidity or even depraved indifference. The 21 law is a calculated, premeditated, malicious attack on your unalienable right to liberty, one of many malicious attacks enforced by the police forces of the hostile government.

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Honor Wallace, 19
This woman never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep her safe. On 24 September 2023 at approximately 16:20 local time, she was driving her Volkswagen Jetta east on Monticello Avenue at the North Central Expressway service road in Dallas, Texas when another driver allegedly ran a red-phase traffic control signal and struck her. Police say the suspect had glassy eyes, slurred speech and smelled like alcohol. Police also say the suspect admitted to drinking a margarita with tequila shots infused, at a restaurant earlier. The suspect was charged with intoxication manslaughter; and intoxication assault for the Jetta passenger who was injured, but at least she wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
WDIV Channel 4 on YouTube
WFAA Channel 8 ... Wayback Machine
KXAS Channel 5 ... Wayback Machine
CBS News ... Wayback Machine
The Detroit News ... Wayback Machine
KDFW Channel 4 ... Wayback Machine
Lynlee Pollis, 27

Link to this memorial.

Rights are not gifts from the government.

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Jillian Michelle Baedeker, 19
28 May 1982 - 19 March 2002
Chelsea Toma, 19
2 March 1983 - 19 March 2002
Nancy Le, 18
These three women never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully. They were in a 1996 silver Nissan Sentra on 19 March 2002, just before midnight PST. They had the green light and proceeded into the intersection of Beach Boulevard and Edinger in Huntington Beach, California when a drunk driver, James Paul Bell, Jr., age 27, 0.17% BAC sped through a red light and struck them.
Los Angeles Times on the Wayback Machine
Los Angeles Times
Daily Pilot ... Cached
Daily Pilot ... Cached
Daily Pilot ... Cached
Find A Grave entry for Jillian Baedeker
Find A Grave entry for Nancy Le
Find A Grave entry for Chelsea Toma

Link to this memorial.

Unalienable rights, by definition, supersede the Rule of Law whenever the two things conflict with each other. Liberty is the freedom to do as you wish, as long as you do not violate anybody’s rights. Enemies of liberty want to add four more words, “or break any laws,” to make your unalienable right to liberty nothing more than the freedom to do as you are told: pay taxes, attend school, and register for the draft. Drinking alcoholic beverages under age does not violate anybody’s rights.

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Bawny McQuistin, 18
7 November 1988 - 9 October 2007
This woman never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep her safe. She was a passener, riding with her boyfriend in the northbound lanes of Interstate 5 in south Seattle, Washington on 9 October 2007 at 01:00 PDT when a drunk driver, 27, with a prior D.W.I. conviction, driving a GMC Yukon, struck them head-on and killed her, critically injuring the boyfriend.

KING-TV Channel 5 on the Wayback Machine
Seattle Times ... Cached
Seattle Times ... Cached (.mht)
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer ... Cached
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Cerissa Christensen, 27
born 26 April 1980

One Prior D.W.I.

Link to this memorial.

Know your enemy: Most enemies of liberty really are so far gone, they figure they need only vomit forth their absurd reasoning and you will be okay with this unforgivable hate crime they are perpetrating against you. Many expect you to be grateful. Yes, they really are that crazy.

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Alisa Celentano, 18
13 August 1983 - 2 December 2001
This woman never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep her safe. She was riding in a minivan at southbound on Route 175 at California Terrance in Gambrills, Maryland on 30 November 2001 at 23:50 EST when a northbound drunk driver, Paul Bedient, 27, crossed onto their side and struck them head-on. Sadly, the double victim’s parents teamed up with so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving to push more injustice against innocent persons younger than 21: Click here
Baltimore Sun on the Wayback Machine
WJZ-TV Channel 13 on the Wayback Machine
Committee testimony ... Cached
Find A Grave entry for Alisa Marie Celentano (note conflicting birthdates. The birth date from her parents' committee testimony and a picture of the monument is 13 August 1983).

Link to this memorial.

Know your enemy: Even as some victims resort to counterfeiting the official identification documents of the enemy government, and other victims literally flee the country, especially during spring break, for the sole purpose of drinking the beverages of their choice where the law enforcement goons of the enemy government cannot touch them, yet many enemies of liberty honestly think the 21 law does not incite hostility. Yes, they really are that crazy.

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Alexander Toshio “Tosh” Otani, 18
born 11 July 1987
This man never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep him safe. On 1 July 2006 at 15:00, he was killed and his passengers, ages 19 and 20, were injured, when he was pulling away from a curb along the 1700 block of William Howard Taft Road in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was struck by a drunk driver, Demetrius Moore, who was 27. The drunk driver pleaded no contest to two counts of aggravated vehicular homicide, two counts of aggravated vehicular assault and two counts of vehicular assault.

Legal opinion
Court Listener
Legal opinion (Cached, .pdf)
Obituary for Alexander Toshio Otani
Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction search for Demetrius Moore ... Cached

Demetrius Moore, 27
born 5 June 1979

Link to this memorial.

Drawing the line: Everyone has a right to abstain from alcoholic beverages and other drugs. Property owners have a right to use their money and real estate in ways that encourage abstinence, such as holding forth alcohol-free parties. Parents have a right to govern their child who lives in their house. Enemies of liberty have a right to hold and express wrong opinions. Legislators have a right to manufacture any documents they wish, but they cannot acquire authority by manufacturing documents, no matter what is inscribed thereon; nor can they delegate, by manufacturing documents, any authority they do not have. Nobody has a right to use gun-toting goons in bulletproof vests to intimidate anybody else into obeying underage drinking laws without the latter’s consent.
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Dylan Mack
6 November 1999 - 29 March 2018

Brooke Ann Hawley
6 November 2000 - 29 March 2018

Albert Jonathan Rossi
27 July 2000 - 29 March 2018
These victims from Las Vegas, Nevada were sitting in a red Toyota Corolla that was stopped in compliance with a red-phase traffic control signal on the Pacific Coast Highway in Huntington Beach, California, 29 March 2018 at 1:08 local time, peacefully enjoying Spring Break, when a drunk (0.28% BAC) driver, age 27, in a white Hyundai Sonata, going north on the Pacific Coast Highway, slammed into the rear end of the Toyota, thrusting it into a pole near Magnolia Street. Cops were able to remove one passenger but then the Toyota burst into flames, killing these three.
Find a Grave Brooke Ann Hawley
Find a Grave Dylan Mack
Find a Grave, Albert Jonathan Rossi
KFMB Channel 8 ... Cached
Las Vegas Review-Journal ... Cached
Las Vegas Review-Journal ... Cached
Los Angeles Times ... Cached
KNBC Channel 4 ... Cached
KTLA Channel 5 ... Cached
The Orange County Register ... Cached (.mht)
CBS News ... Cached
The U.S. Sun ... Cached
My news LA ... Cached
San Clemente Times ... Cached
KTTV Channel 11 ... Cached
Los Angeles Times ... Cached
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation inmate search page for Bani Marcela Duarte
Bani Marcela Duarte, 27

Link to this memorial.

“Have we reached the ultimate stage of absurdity where some people are held responsible for things that happened before they were born, while other people are not held responsible for what they themselves are doing today?” – Thomas Sowell

Innocent persons younger than 21 are being punished for crimes committed by their ancestors half a century ago and drunk drivers are still getting a slap on the wrist.

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Trinity Brandasia Harrison, 18
Prom night is especially dangerous for teenagers. This girl was on her way home from the Ware Shoals High School prom on 6 April 2019 at 23:35, riding in a 2013 Dodge Avenger going north on U.S. 25, near the Twin Chimney Landfill, approximately 15 miles south of Greenville, South Carolina, when a 1999 Volkswagen Cabrio driven by a suspected drunk (0.17% BAC) driver going south drifted into the northbound lane and struck the Dodge head on. He woke up in hospital and didn’t even remember the crash.
The Laurens County Advertiser ... Cached (.mht)
WCSC Channel 5 ... Cached
Greenville News ... Cached
Obituary for Trinity Brandasia Harrison ... Cached
WYFF Channel 4 ... Cached
Fresno Bee ... The Fresno Bee
WNCN Channel 17
Yahoo! Life
Obituary in Index-Journal for Trinity Brandasia Harrison ... Cached
WRIC Channel 8
Carter Owen, 27

Link to this memorial.

Know your enemy: They would rather have all these innocent double victims perish than prevent 100% preventable D.W.I. crimes. Yes, they really are that selfish and that wicked.

212

Danielle M. Romero, 18
26 June 1984 - 15 August 2002
This woman never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep her safe. On 15 August 2002, she was driving on Highway 165 near Placitas, New Mexico when a drunk driver crossed onto her side and struck her head-on. Another “teenager killed in a drunk driving crash” for statistics that promote bigotry against people under 21.

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Erline Nakai, 27

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The cases on this memorial are documented with links to independent sources that give details. When MADD offers statistics, you are expected to take their word for it. They cleverly omit mentioning how some “teenagers killed in DWI crashes” were doing nothing wrong and were killed by older drivers who can freely buy all the booze they want.

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Shane Jamal Santos
23 June 1993 - 9 June 2012
This man never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep him safe. He and two others were walking along the shoulder of Shoultes Road in Marysville, Washington on 9 June 2012 when a drunk (0.24% BAC) driver, 27, with a prior D.W.I., in a Volkswagen Golf, struck them, killing him and severely injuring the other two, and then sped away, but at least the suspect wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
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Terrence Olesen, 27

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Facts are stubborn things, and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence. — John Adams

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Ashton Lawrence Welch, 18
25 March 2004 - 15 November 2022
This man never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep him safe. At approximately 22:00 local time 14 November 2022, he was driving his 2013 Subaru Impreza at the intersection of South Pueblo Boulevard and Red Creek Springs Road in Pueblo, Colorado when a drunk (0.128% BAC) driver, 27, crashed a 1994 Chevy K15 pickup truck into the rear end, killing him at 18; but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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Phillip Cassares, 27

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There is nothing so powerful as truth, and often nothing so strange. — Daniel Webster

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Madelynn Noel Troutt, 17
28 May 2003 - 1 March 2021
This girl was driving in the 7800 block of Dixie Highway in Louisville, Kentucky on 1 March 2021 at approximately 18:30 local time, when she was hit head on. Witnesses at the scene chased down and restrained the other driver, who was out on bail, driving a stolen Ford F-350 pickup truck. He has been indicted on charges of murder, operating a motor vehicle under the influence of intoxicants and failure to stop and render aid, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that’s what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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Michael Jacob Dewitt, 27
born 8 September 1993

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MADD supports suffering convicted drunk drivers to get reinstated and start driving lawfully again, sooner, if they get ignition interlocks installed in their cars. Would MADD support suffering folks younger than 21 to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully if they get ignition interlocks installed in their cars? I mean, if interlocks are so effective, right? Nay, their hatred runs too deep. This life-saving technology is for the benefit of criminals only.

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Austin Dale Gaither, 17
This gentleman was riding his 1997 Suzuki motorcycle on Linwood-Southmont Road at Island View Drive in Lexington, North Carolina 2 June 2023 just after 21:00 local time, when a suspected drunk driver, Byron Wayne Hyde, 27, born 17 July 1995, with a prior conviction of misdemeanor death by motor vehicle, in a 1991 Chevrolet pick-up truck tried to pass somebody else and struck this gentleman head-on. The pick-up truck driver was charged with felony death by motor vehicle and driving while impaired, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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Imagine how many lives could be saved if all parents required their sons and daughters to watch
Without Further Comment—High School Edition
before borrowing the car on prom night.

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Donald Gayton, Jr., 17
This guy and his kid sister were walking on the frontage road of Interstate 494 and then crossing 12th Avenue South on East 78th Street in Bloomington, Minnesota, 27 January 2023 when a drunk (0.201% BAC) driver, 27, struck them and drove away, killing the guy and seriously injuring his sister. The suspect was sentenced to 32 months for criminal vehicular homicide, but at least she wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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Mikala Jean Ness, 27
born 18 September 1995

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Imagine how many lives could be saved if all parents required their sons and daughters to watch
Without Further Comment—College Edition
before co-signing any car loan.

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Karmen Nichole Dupuis, 17
1 November 1999 - 1 December 2006
This girl was riding in her mother’s car to a dance recital on 1 December 2006 when a drunk driver, 27, ran a red-phase traffic control signal at the intersection of FM 366 and Merriam Street in Port Neches, Texas and and struck them, killing her and her mother.

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Colin Lee Romero, 27

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Lawmakers refuse to get inebriated drivers off the road, and offer the resulting bloodshed as an excuse to trample young persons’ unalienable right to drink the beverage of their choice. Excuse rejected.

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Robert Ogle, 16
This guy was crossing 62nd Avenue at 80th Street in Middle Village, Queens, New York on 1 February 2009 at 01:30 EST when a drunk (0.126% BAC) driver, 27, facing a prior D.W.I. charge ran him over and fled the scene. The suspect has been charged with first-degree assault, first-degree vehicular manslaughter, second-degree manslaughter, third-degree grand larceny, third-degree criminal possession of stolen property, criminally negligent homicide, fourth-degree grand larceny, leaving the scene without reporting a felony, and operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of drugs or alcohol. But at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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Kenneth Guyear, 27

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“Enforcing the legal drinking age of 21 reduces traffic crashes, protects young people’s maturing brains, and keeps young people safer overall.”
MADD
...Yeh, right!

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Curtis James Wilson
28 Augsut 2001 - 7 May 2017
This guy was a passenger in his mother’s 2004 GMC sport utility vehicle (S.U.V.) on County Road 222 near Van’s Sporting Goods, west of Good Hope, Alabama on 7 May 2017 at 18:00 when they were struck by a 2008 Ford. The driver of the Ford, age 27, was found guilty of criminally negligent homicide, third degree assault, improper lane usage and D.W.I., but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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Bradford Neal Meeks, 27

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Eli Patrick Cramer, 20
17 June 2001 - 31 March 2022
This man never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep him safe. A track and field athlete at Milligan University, he was out running on private property along Williamsburg Pottery Road near the Lightfoot Road intersection in Williamsburg, Virginia with four teammates on 31 March 2022 at 18:02 local time, when he was struck and killed by the driver of a red Toyota Scion. The driver was charged with D.W.I. first offense, D.W.I. involuntary manslaughter, felony hit and run, reckless driving, D.W.I. maiming and D.W.I. refusal, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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Jose Efrain Hernandez Mancia, 26

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<sarcasm>No wonder MADD pushes for tough laws against underage drinking. Look at all the people ages 15-20 getting killed in D.W.I. crashes.</sarcasm>


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Oscar Davila, 19
KILLED BY A DRUNK COP

This man never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep him safe. He was a passenger riding with his parents in their 2014 Nissan on the 605 Freeway south of Saratoga Street in an unincorporated area of Los Angeles County near Whittier, California on 26 September 2017 at approximately 22:15 local time when a drunk (0.13% BAC) cop driving a 2016 Chevy Camaro crashed into their vehicle and a 2010 Scion from behind at a high speed. The Nissan burst into flames.

An investigator said data from the Camaro indicated the off-duty cop was going 151 miles per hour (243 km/h). The cop was arrested for three murders and D.W.I., but at least he wasn’t drinking under age or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
Well, that’s one way to prevent underage drinking. Before reporting an underage drinking party, consider what could happen, God forbid, after the alcoholic beverages fall into the hands of a cop.


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Officer Edgar Verduzco, 26

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“Without efforts to prevent underage drinking, there could be an increase in the number of drunk driving deaths and injuries among these inexperienced drivers.”MADD on the Wayback Machine

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Torri Ellis Knutson, 18
24 August 1988 - 12 May 2007
This woman never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep her safe. On 12 May 2007, she was crossing North University Avenue in Fargo, North Dakota on foot when she was run over and killed. The drunk driver, age 26, pled guilty to manslaughter, for which he got five years, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving .

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Michael Paul Sauvageau, 26

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“Motor vehicle crashes are a leading cause of death for teens (15 to 18 years old) in the United States.”
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
— So get the inebriated drivers off the road!

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Peter Pung, 18
21 September 1989 - 24 December 2007
This man never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep him safe. He was driving on his way to visit an ailing relative on 24 December 2007 when a drunk driver, 26, ran a stop sign on Golden Given Road near Parkland, Washington and broadsided him. Another “teenager killed in a drunk driving crash.”

Sadly, most news coverage of this deadly crash has disappeared from the news websites. You can check The News Tribune of 27 December 2007 page B1 with a free trial subscription to Newspapers.com


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Aaron Bell, 26

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Know your enemy: Even if you got accepted at a very demanding college, many enemies of liberty assume you’re too stupid to figure out why they’d rather impose the drinking age on you than impose tougher D.W.I. laws on themselves. Yes, they really are that crazy. (In some States, the drinking age was raised “to save lives on the road,” and they didn’t even have an open container law, because it would apply to persons who matter.)

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Haley Marie Begley, 17
18 February 2001 - 18 November 2018

Auden Wayne Myers, 16
17 July 2002 - 18 November 2018
These victims were riding in a 2011 Kia Soul at the intersection of U.S. Highway 35 and County Road 80 West north of Kokomo, Indiana on 18 November 2018 at 2:00 local time when a 2006 Pontiac Grand Prix going east on U.S. 35 crossed the center line and struck them. The driver of the Kia was 18 and seriously injured, as were two other passengers.

The Pontiac driver, age 26, pleaded guilty to two counts of operating while intoxicated with controlled substances causing death; three counts of operating while intoxicated with controlled substances causing serious bodily injury; two counts of driving while suspended resulting in death; and three counts of driving while suspended resulting in serious bodily injury, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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Treundon E. Johnson, 26
Born in November 1992

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Never underestimate the hostility your government incites by perpetrating an unforgivable hate crime against persons younger than 21 years instead of getting the inebriated drivers off the road.

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Charley Wayne
Boatright, Jr., 16
1 Jan 1991
- 3 Jun 2007 and his father
On 3 June 2007, this boy was riding in a vehicle on US Highway 84 near the town of Goldsboro in northern Coleman County, Texas, that was struck head-on by a drunk driver, Trey Barton Scott, 26. Father and son died.

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A 30-day minimum jail sentence for first offense D.W.I. would have deterred some of the killers shown on this memorial; but the drinking age applies to persons younger than 21 years, while the jail sentence would apply to persons who matter.

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Laura Mae Nolling, 20
This woman never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep her safe. On 22 September 2006 at approximately 23:30 local time, a drunk driver, age 25, ran a red-phase traffic control signal at Panana Lane and Ashe Road in Bakersfield, California, smashing his 2001 Ford Expedition broadside into her Protege car and killing her.

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Jorge Armando Diaz, 25

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Inebriated drivers made a bad choice, but nobody ever chose to be younger than 21 years. What were these double victims supposed to do, build a time machine? Abstaining from alcohol did not keep them safe.

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Pauline Samantha Portes, 19
This woman never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep her safe. She was killed when the small pickup truck in which she was riding was hit head-on on the Costa Mesa Freeway in Orange, California near the Lincoln Avenue off-ramp at ap[proximately 1:33 local time of 30 November 2007. Her boyfriend, Steven Nguyen, who was driving the pickup truck, was injured.

The other driver, Yanira Ramirez, 25, was driving a 2006 Nissan Altima drunk (0.19% BAC,) going the wrong way on the freeway, but at least she wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.


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Know your enemy: Abolitionists ran into the same problem. The place is overrun with crazy, deranged, depraved, degenerate, selfish, greedy potholes. It is not your job to persuade them because that is impossible while they refuse to shut off their crazy switch, their stupid switch and their wicked switch. It makes no difference how strong your arguments are or how well you prove your case. They don’t give a fire truck. You can’t fix crazy.

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Kyle Nackos, 19
This man never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep him safe. On 24 November 2016, Thanksgiving Day, just before 3:00 local time, he was riding in a Subaru coupe going north on Interstate 25 near Erie, Colorado, near mile marker 231, when he was hit with a 2004 Jeep. The Subaru driver, 16 years old and doing nothing wrong, was critically injured. They were heading home from a concert in Colorado Springs.

The Jeep driver, 25 years old, with a prior D.W.I., was going the wrong way. He later pleaded guilty to charges of vehicular homicide, vehicular assault, and D.W.I., but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.


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Alex P. Rodriguez, 25
Colorado Department of Corrections number 179253

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Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves; and, under a just God, can not long retain it.Abraham Lincoln

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From left: Madison Capobianco, 17 December 1999 - 2 June 2019; Trinity Celesta Watt, 8 March 2000 - 2 June 2019; and Makayla Tryon, 8 January 2001 - 2 June 2019
These three women never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep them safe. They were in a white Toyota Camry, Miss Watt at the wheel, south on Cherry Avenue Northeast in Salem, Oregon on 2 June 2019 at 23:30 local time, when a drunk (0.239% BAC) driver, age 25, with a prior D.W.I., driving a Jeep on Salem Parkway ran a red-phase traffic control signal at 85 miles per hour (137 km/h) and crashed into them. He was charged with three counts of first-degree manslaughter, four counts of reckless endangering of another person, one count of third-degree assault, one count of reckless driving and one count of D.W.I., and was found guilty of three counts of first-degree manslaughter, D.W.I. and two counts of third-degree assault, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who years drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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Juan Carlos Rodriguez Palacios, 25

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The god who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time: the hand of force may destroy, but cannot disjoin them.Thomas Jefferson

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Kevin Gossic, 16

Robert Bedell, 19
Abstaining from alcohol did not keep these guys safe. They were at a party on 1 August 1988 when Olympic medalist Bruce Kimball (who was seriously hurt on 11 October 1981 in a crash caused by a drunk driver) was driving his sports car at what police estimated to be 75 miles per hour (121 km/h) when it slammed into a group of young people and cars at a popular gathering spot on an unlighted dead-end stretch of a road near Brandon, Florida.

Kimball admitted that he had been drinking earlier in the day, and prosecutors said a blood-alcohol test administered that night recorded 0.20 (200 mg/dL), twice the legal limit, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving. The drunk driver got his license restored in 2014.

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Bruce Kimball, 25

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Remember, these cases are only the tip of the iceberg, because these are the ones with enough detail, easily located on the web, including a picture of the double victim.

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Erica Gail Young, 19
9 September 1998 - 3 November 2017

Wa-Rec Lacey Mae Jackson, 18
6 August 1999 - 3 November 2017
These women never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep them safe. They were in a Toyota Corolla at the intersection of Churn Creek Road and Hartnell Avenue in Redding, California 3 November 2017 at approximately 0:35 local time. The driver waited until the traffic control signal ended its red phase and began its green phase and just then the Corolla was struck in the rear with a Ford Freestyle sport utility vehicle (S.U.V.). The crash also injured three other occupants of the Corolla.

The S.U.V. driver, 25 years old, was driving drunk (0.254% B.A.C.,) and speeding at 100 miles per hour (161 km/h), and was convicted of two counts of second-degree murder, but at least she wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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Kendra Ann Andersen-Schwegerl, 25
California Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation number WG4689

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Let’s see now, they had to raise the drinking age in the 1980’s to save lives on the road. Then they abolished the 55-m.p.h. speed limit, because that was inconvenient to persons who matter.

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Jerrod Miyaki, 18
This man never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep him safe. He was killed on 9 November 2006 by an allegedly drunk driver, Steve Chiang, age 25, who was going the wrong way on the 210 Freeway in California, and hit him head on.
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Sadly, news coverage of this crash has mostly disappeared from the internet. However, with a free trial of NEWSPAPERS.COM you will find stories in The Signal 11 November 2006, front page; and 8 December 2006, page 3.

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Don’t call the 21 law a stupid law. Enemies of liberty can see the obvious flaws in their absurd excuses. Don’t blame stupidity or even depraved indifference. The 21 law is a calculated, premeditated, malicious attack on your unalienable right to liberty, one of many malicious attacks enforced by the police forces of the hostile government.

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Jesse McEathron, 18
13 September 1990 - 18 March 2009
This man never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep him safe. On 18 March 2009 at 23:15 EDT, he was driving north on State Route 58 near Country Club Road in Gouverneur, New York when an allegedly drunk driver, Robin Fowler, age 25, 0.24% BAC, with a prior DWAI conviction, crossed over onto his side and struck him head on.
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Robin L. Fowler, 25
born 26 December 1983

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Rights are not gifts from the government.

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Miles Henry Hannagan, 19
23 May 1995 - 14 February 2015

Charlotte Virginia Hannagan, 16
26 February 1998 - 14 February 2015
This man and his younger sister never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully. They were in a minivan with their father at the wheel on North Ship Road, turning right on Route 100 in Uwchlan Township, Pennsylvania at approximately 18:55 local time on 14 February 2015 when they were struck from behind at a high speed by a 2014 GMC Sierra pickup truck whose driver, age 25, was drunk (0.164% BAC), and on an anti-anxiety drug that caused drug interaction. He pled guilty to two counts of homicide by vehicle while D.W.I., and reckless endangerment, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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While some media report the sister’s age as 18, the funeral home obituary provides an exact birth date from which we are working.
Thomas Joseph Muir, 25
born 23 April 1989

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Unalienable rights, by definition, supersede the Rule of Law whenever the two things conflict with each other. Liberty is the freedom to do as you wish, as long as you do not violate anybody’s rights. Enemies of liberty want to add four more words, “or break any laws,” to make your unalienable right to liberty nothing more than the freedom to do as you are told: pay taxes, attend school, and register for the draft. Drinking alcoholic beverages under age does not violate anybody’s rights.

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Audrey Todd (left) and Colton Bellamy, both 17
Abstaining from alcohol did not keep these students safe. On the evening of 5 August 2022, at 23:58 local time, they were riding southbound in a Honda Ridgeline pickup truck on the Interstate 25 frontage road, near mile marker 179, near Castle Rock, Colorado when they were hit head on with a Toyota sport utility vehicle (S.U.V.). Another passenger, and the Honda driver, both also 17, were injured in the crash.

The driver who hit them, 25 years old, with a prior D.W.I. crash with injury, was violating his probation for that, driving left of center, driving while intoxicated (0.091% B.A.C. and high on THC,) and speeding, and was convicted of two counts of vehicular homicide – D.W.I., one count of vehicular assault – D.W.I. and careless driving, among other charges, for which he was sentenced to 31 years in prison, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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Ricky Avalos-Trujillo, 25

Link to this memorial.

Know your enemy: Most enemies of liberty really are so far gone, they figure they need only vomit forth their absurd reasoning and you will be okay with this unforgivable hate crime they are perpetrating against you. Many expect you to be grateful. Yes, they really are that crazy.

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Haddie Babineaux, 16
25 June 1990 - 12 June 2007
This girl died when the car she was driving was struck head-on, allegedly by a drunk driver who crossed onto her side of Highway 35 in Rayne, Louisiana on 12 June 2007 at 21:43 local time. He already had one D.W.I. conviction.
Obituary for Haddie D. Babineaux
Find A Grave entry for Haddie D. Babineaux
My Death Space
Sadly, the news coverage of this crash has mostly disappeared from the internet. However, with a free trial subscription to NEWSPAPERS.COM, you can check the Rayne Acadian-Tribune of 21 June 2007, page 5.

Dennis Juppstrom, 25
Link to this memorial.

Know your enemy: Even as some victims resort to counterfeiting the official identification documents of the enemy government, and other victims literally flee the country, especially during spring break, for the sole purpose of drinking the beverages of their choice where the law enforcement goons of the enemy government cannot touch them, yet many enemies of liberty honestly think the 21 law does not incite hostility. Yes, they really are that crazy.

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Mohammad Shuaibi, 17
1 May 1987 - 12 February 2005
Ahmad Shaban, 16
28 June 1988 - 12 February 2005
KILLED BY A DRUNK COP

These were two of Allah’s obedient teetotallers, riding in the back seat of a car that had the green-phase traffic control signal on Harlem Avenue in Tinley Park, Illinois on 12 February 2005 at 3:06 Central Standard Time. They were returning from a work shift in Indiana. A drunk (0.176% BAC) cop sped eastward into the intersection, running the red-phase traffic control signal at 80 miles per hour (129 km/h) and crashing into them.
Before reporting an underage drinking party, consider what could happen, God forbid, after the alcoholic beverages fall into the hands of a cop.

Patch (Cop’s mother gives a lecture)
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Find a Grave (Ahmad Shaban)
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Jason Casper, 24

Casper on poster as his mother lectures an audience.

Link to this memorial.

Drawing the line: Everyone has a right to abstain from alcoholic beverages and other drugs. Property owners have a right to use their money and real estate in ways that encourage abstinence, such as holding forth alcohol-free parties. Parents have a right to govern their child who lives in their house. Enemies of liberty have a right to hold and express wrong opinions. Legislators have a right to manufacture any documents they wish, but they cannot acquire authority by manufacturing documents, no matter what is inscribed thereon; nor can they delegate, by manufacturing documents, any authority they do not have. Nobody has a right to use gun-toting goons in bulletproof vests to intimidate anybody else into obeying underage drinking laws without the latter’s consent.
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Gary and Cheryl Ceran, top, with their children Caleb, Clarissa, 18, Ian, 15 and Julinna.
Cheryl, Ian and Julianna died.
The car carrying this Mormon family had the green light. Clarissa was injured at age 18. Ian was killed at age 15. The pickup truck driver, Carlos Prieto, who sped through a red light and hit them broadside at the intersection of 5400 South and 700 West in Murray, Utah on 24 December 2006 was 24 and had 0.19% BAC, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against drunk Driving.

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Carlos Prieto, 24

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“Have we reached the ultimate stage of absurdity where some people are held responsible for things that happened before they were born, while other people are not held responsible for what they themselves are doing today?” – Thomas Sowell

Innocent persons younger than 21 are being punished for crimes committed by their ancestors half a century ago and drunk drivers are still getting a slap on the wrist.

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Elizabeth Durante, 20
3 May 1988 - 7 March 2009
This woman never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep her safe. She was leaving for Spring Break to bring medical supplies to poor, needy orphans in Uganda. She was riding in a van northbound on Interstate 395 just south of Interchange 79A in Connecticut, en route to Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts on 7 March 2009 at 03:38 local time. The driver of a Honda Accord was driving drunk, driving without headlights on, driving without insurance, and going the wrong way on Interstate 395, striking them head on, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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Daniel Musser, 24

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Know your enemy: They would rather have all these innocent double victims perish than prevent 100% preventable D.W.I. crimes. Yes, they really are that selfish and that wicked.

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Matthew Winter Watson, 20
28 October 1986 - 5 May 2007
This man never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep him safe. He was killed 5 May 2007 in College Park, Maryland, when his car was struck by a pickup truck. The driver of the pickup truck, Never Leopoldo Navarro-Montoya, age 24, was arrested for drunk driving, and driving without a license.
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Link to this memorial.

The cases on this memorial are documented with links to independent sources that give details. When MADD offers statistics, you are expected to take their word for it. They cleverly omit mentioning how some “teenagers killed in DWI crashes” were doing nothing wrong and were killed by older drivers who can freely buy all the booze they want.

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Ayesha Judkins, 20
This woman never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep her safe. She was killed on 28 December 2003 at 03:00 local time, when the car she was riding in was rear-ended by a speeding 2001 Ford Expedition at 91st and Commercial streets in Chicago, Illinois. The driver of the Expedition, Gustavo Garibay, age 24, was driving drunk (0.22% BAC) and got 3 years for aggravated driving under the influence and reckless homicide.
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Facts are stubborn things, and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence. — John Adams

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Albert Montanaro III, 20
27 January 1985 - 16 January 2006
This man never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep him safe. He was jogging on Route 373 in Chesterfield, New York, on 16 January 2006, eleven days short of turning 21, when he was killed. The suspect, then 24, was granted a new trial, where he pleaded guilty, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
Get a load of this: The mother of the double victim joined so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving, an organization dedicated to promoting even more injustice against persons younger than 21. She has become president for their Northern Adirondack Region.


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Steven Baker, 24

Link to this memorial.

There is nothing so powerful as truth, and often nothing so strange. — Daniel Webster

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Mia Stokes, 20 (left) and Grace Revels, 18
These women never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep them safe. On 7 February 2020 at approximately 22:12 local time, they were in Ford Mustang going north on Southport Road (South Carolina 295) at Woodley Road in Spartanburg, South Carolina when a drunk driver going south crossed the center line and struck them head on with a 2012 Toyota, killing them and injuring the other Mustang passengers.

The drunk driver, who was speeding 75 miles per hour (121 km/h) in a 45-mile-per-hour (72 km/h) zone, pleaded guilty to D.W.I. resulting in death, and D.W.I. resulting in great bodily injury, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.


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Yuriy Karpik, 24
born 29 August 1995
South Carolina Department of Corrections number 00391362

Link to this memorial.

MADD supports suffering convicted drunk drivers to get reinstated and start driving lawfully again, sooner, if they get ignition interlocks installed in their cars. Would MADD support suffering folks younger than 21 to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully if they get ignition interlocks installed in their cars? I mean, if interlocks are so effective, right? Nay, their hatred runs too deep. This life-saving technology is for the benefit of criminals only.

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Brittany Elaine Weiss, 19
This woman never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep her safe. When she was in high school, she directed a play about the consequences of drunk driving. On 26 December 2008 at 00:15, she was driving a 2008 Toyota Scion when a drunk driver, 24, with a suspended license for a prior D.W.I. ran a red-phase traffic control signal at Riverstone Parkway at Reinhardt College Parkway in Canton, Georgia, smashing into her, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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Stephen Patrick Wauschek, 24
One Prior D.W.I.

Link to this memorial.

Imagine how many lives could be saved if all parents required their sons and daughters to watch
Without Further Comment—High School Edition
before borrowing the car on prom night.

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Maritza Dela Cruz, 19
14 January 1986 - 9 May 2005
Image from Artists Against Drunk Driving
This woman never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep her safe. On 9 May 2005, as she was returning home from visiting her mother, she had the green light at the intersection of Coal and Carlisle in southeast Albuquerque, New Mexico, when a drunk driver, Jose Melo Fernandez, age 24, ran the red-phase traffic control signal and broadsided her, killing her at 19, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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Link to this memorial.

Imagine how many lives could be saved if all parents required their sons and daughters to watch
Without Further Comment—College Edition
before co-signing any car loan.

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Ashley Footer, 19
This woman, a Mizzou student, never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep her safe. On 26 October 2021, she was turning left onto Highway 163 in Columbia, Missouri when a suspected drunk driver, 24, was driving south on Highway 163, ran a red light and hit her car, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol crash report. The suspect was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol, resulting in serious injury and failure to obey a traffic control device, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering MADD bigots.
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Duncan McCracking, 24

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Lawmakers refuse to get inebriated drivers off the road, and offer the resulting bloodshed as an excuse to trample young persons’ unalienable right to drink the beverage of their choice. Excuse rejected.

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Parents hold a photo of Kevin Benes, 19
This man never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep him safe. At 13:56 CST on 11 December 2009, he was driving his Dodge neon home from work in Palatine, Illinois when he exited Interstate 355 at 143rd Street in Lockport. Police said that as the light turned green, Kevin pulled into the intersection when a drunk driver, Michael R. Bourdage, age 24, with a prior D.W.I. ran a red light and struck him with a Dodge Ram.
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“Enforcing the legal drinking age of 21 reduces traffic crashes, protects young people’s maturing brains, and keeps young people safer overall.”
MADD
...Yeh, right!

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Mikeal Hodges, 18
24 March 1989 - 21 January 2008
This man never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep him safe. He was riding his bicycle on U.S. 17 in Brunswick, Georgia on 21 January 2008 at 00:30 when he was struck. The suspect, age 24, has been charged with first-degree homicide by vehicle, hit-and run, driving under the influence, driving with a suspended license and having an open container of alcohol in his vehicle, but at least the suspect wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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Enrique Martínez, 24

Link to this memorial.

A special message to MADD members appears at the bottom of this memorial page.

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Leeya Janae Leaverette, 17
26 June 2006 - 15 September 2023
Abstaining from alcohol did not keep this young woman safe. She was a passenger in a vehicle that was waiting at a red-phase traffic control signal near 12th Street and B Avenue in West Columbia, South Carolina at approximately 19:30 local time 15 September 2023 when a truck allegedly rear-ended them, killing her and her maternal grandfather, Cornelius Alexander Clory, 68. The other driver, 24, was charged with two counts of D.W.I. resulting in death and one count of leaving the scene of an “accident,” but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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Joshua Randall Yarborough, 24

Link to this memorial.


<sarcasm>No wonder MADD pushes for tough laws against underage drinking. Look at all the people ages 15-20 getting killed in D.W.I. crashes.</sarcasm>


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Emanuel Camacho, 17
Abstaining from alcohol did not keep this young man, 17-year-old Atascadero High School senior, safe. He was killed while walking alone on the shoulder of El Camino Real near the Santa Barbara Road intersection in Atascadero, California in the early morning of 9 September 2007. A drunk driver, 24, struck him and fled the scene. The drunk driver received seven years for felony gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, felony hit-and-run, misdemeanor driving on a suspended or revoked license and a related enhancement of leaving the scene of an alcohol-related vehicular homicide, but at least the suspect wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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Gregory Joseph Baranek, 24

Link to this memorial.

“Without efforts to prevent underage drinking, there could be an increase in the number of drunk driving deaths and injuries among these inexperienced drivers.”MADD on the Wayback Machine

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Zachary Spears, 17
This boy was a pedestrian walking on Old Silsbee Highway in Hardin County, Texas on 18 December 2007 at approximately 18:00 local time when he was struck and killed. The driver, 24, was convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 10 years in prison, but at least she wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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Ashley Hardwick, 24
also known as Ashley Hardwick Sawyer

Link to this memorial.

“Motor vehicle crashes are a leading cause of death for teens (15 to 18 years old) in the United States.”
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
— So get the inebriated drivers off the road!

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Sean Alexander Banks, 15
7 March 2003 - 12 January 2019
Abstaining from alcohol did not keep this young man safe. At approximately 0:30 local time 12 January 2019 his sister, 22 years old, was driving him in a 2001 Mitsubishi Galant on East Kingsfield Road at the intersection of Kingsfield Drive in Pensacola, Florida when they were struck head-on with a 2015 Chevy Malibu.

According to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, the Malibu driver, 24 years old, was under the influence of Alprazolam or Xanax, and had marijuana in his system, and crossed over the center line, driving on the wrong side of the road, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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Hunter Russell Black, 24
born 1 April 1994
Florida department of Corrections number C31030

Link to this memorial.

Know your enemy: Even if you got accepted at a very demanding college, many enemies of liberty assume you’re too stupid to figure out why they’d rather impose the drinking age on you than impose tougher D.W.I. laws on themselves. Yes, they really are that crazy. (In some States, the drinking age was raised “to save lives on the road,” and they didn’t even have an open container law, because it would apply to persons who matter.)

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John Austin Blough, 15
12 May 1993 - 28 March 2009
This boy was a back-seat passenger in a car waiting at a red-phase traffic control signal on Route 30 in Laughlintown, Ligonier Township, Pennsylvania on 28 March 2009 at 01:40 EDT when a drunk driver, 0.189% BAC, age 24, rear-ended the car with a pickup truck.
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Brandon G. Behie, 24

Link to this memorial.

Never underestimate the hostility your government incites by perpetrating an unforgivable hate crime against persons younger than 21 years instead of getting the inebriated drivers off the road.

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Daniel Robert Kinnaird
27 February 1989 - 10 November 2009
This man never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep him safe. He died 109 days before his 21st birthday. On 3 November 2009 at 22:30 CDT he was waiting in traffic on the James River Freeway, near the Interstate 65 interchange in Springfield, Missouri while the train crossed up ahead, when allegedly a drunk 0.212% BAC driver, age 23, with a D.W.I. pending, rear-ended him at a high speed, killing him.

Obituary
Sadly, the news coverage of this crash has disappeared from the news websites. Some information is in the remaining obituary, and with a free trial subscription to NEWSPAPERS.COM, you can find coverage in the Springfield News-Leader of 24 December 2009 page 2.


Shane Young, 23

Link to this memorial.

A 30-day minimum jail sentence for first offense D.W.I. would have deterred some of the killers shown on this memorial; but the drinking age applies to persons younger than 21 years, while the jail sentence would apply to persons who matter.

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Jason F. McCarthy, 16
This boy, an honors student at Champlin Park High School, was waiting in the left-turn lane, facing a red-phase traffic control signal on Highway 252 at 73rd Avenue in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota on 22 July 2014 when a drunk (0.293% BAC) driver, age 24, sped into him. The drunk driver was also driving under revocation, has no insurance, and had just hit another vehicle at 85th Avenue, then sped away, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving. The double victim died at North Memorial Medical Center in Robbinsdale.

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Michael J. Vanwagner, 24

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Inebriated drivers made a bad choice, but nobody ever chose to be younger than 21 years. What were these double victims supposed to do, build a time machine? Abstaining from alcohol did not keep them safe.

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Emilee Louise Floer, 18
7 March 1989 - 19 April 2007
SADD activist
This woman, a local SADD volunteer, never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully. As she was driving home from work on 19 April 2007 at 20:43 local time, on North Avenue in Macomb Township, Michigan, a southbound Chevy Trailblazer allegedly crossed onto her side and struck her. The Trailblazer driver, 23, with a prior D.W.I. conviction, is charged with drunk driving causing death, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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Appeal paper

Michael Jonathon Bulger, 23

Link to this memorial.

Know your enemy: Abolitionists ran into the same problem. The place is overrun with crazy, deranged, depraved, degenerate, selfish, greedy potholes. It is not your job to persuade them because that is impossible while they refuse to shut off their crazy switch, their stupid switch and their wicked switch. It makes no difference how strong your arguments are or how well you prove your case. They don’t give a fire truck. You can’t fix crazy.

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Anthony Herr, 17

Pelg Her, 17
These boys were in a Honda Accord on West Appleton Avenue in Milwaukee, Wisconsin at 00:30 CDT on 28 October 2006, when a drunk (0.242% BAC) driver sped a Suzuki sport utility vehicle through a red light on West Capitol Drive and killed them and two other persons in the Accord. Witnesses said the impact knocked the Honda into a Chevy Lumina, causing it to flip and land on its roof. A witness suggested the drunk driver should help the victims, and the drunk driver drew a gun and fired toward the witness as the witness ran away. The drunk driver pleaded no contest to three counts of homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle, injury by intoxicated use of a vehicle, endangering safety by use of a deadly weapon, disorderly conduct, and resisting or obstructing an officer, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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Joshua James Scolman, 23
born 13 September 1983

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Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves; and, under a just God, can not long retain it.Abraham Lincoln

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Brittany Kayla Althoff, 16
19 December 1991 - 14 November 2008
On 14 November 2008 at approximately 23:30 local time, this girl was riding in a car on westbound Interstate 240 near Walker Avenue in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma when a drunk driver with a prior D.W.I., age 23, in a green 2006 Pontiac G6, Texas registration tag 981-RGB, rear-ended the car at 160 km/h, pushing it into the path of a van which struck the car and flipped it over. He was convicted of second degree murder, leaving the scene of an “accident” involving death, and D.W.I., but at least he wasn&3146;t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
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Joshua Lamar Dockins, 23
born 16 May 1985

One Prior D.W.I.

Link to this memorial.

The god who gave us life gave us liberty at the same time: the hand of force may destroy, but cannot disjoin them.Thomas Jefferson

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Jayden Angel Arias, 15
29 July 2004 - 5 May 2020
Abstaining from alcohol did not keep this guy safe. On the night of 5 May 2020, he was riding his bicycle north on Westwood Street, crossing Olive Avenue in Porterville, California when he was struck by the suspect’s vehicle, which continued west on Olive Avenue.

The suspect, with 2 prior D.W.I.’s and still on probation for one of them, was charged with one count second-degree murder, one count gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, one count driving under the influence of alcohol causing injury or death, one count hit-and-run resulting in death, one count driving with a suspended license, one count unlawful operation of a vehicle and one count driving under the influence while on probation for a prior D.W.I. offense, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving..

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Harvey Jacobo, 23

Link to this memorial.

Remember, these cases are only the tip of the iceberg, because these are the ones with enough detail, easily located on the web, including a picture of the double victim.

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Keri Anne DeMott
9 January 1995 - 10 October 2015
3 months short of 21

This woman never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep her safe. On 10 October 2015 at 0:30 local time, she was driving a 2001 Honda CRY westbound on the Challenger Memorial Parkway, State Road 407 near Titusville, Florida approximately one mile west of Interstate 95 when an eastbound driver of a 2004 Honda Pilot swerved into the westbound lanes and struck her head on. He had a 0.132% BAC, he was driving on the wrong side of the road, and had previous D.W.I.’s, and was sentenced to 15 years for DUI manslaughter, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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Keith Andrew Pumphrey
born 3 April 1993

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Let’s see now, they had to raise the drinking age in the 1980’s to save lives on the road. Then they abolished the 55-m.p.h. speed limit, because that was inconvenient to persons who matter.

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Andrew Burr, 20
This man was old enough to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully in his native Britain. He was a passenger in a Buick waiting at a red-phase traffic control signal at Edmunds Street and Wisconsin Avenue in Northwest Washington, D.C. at 21:00 on 18 January 2004 when a drunk driver, Shelly S. Wentworth, 22 years old, driving a maroon Subaru, rear-ended them, killing him. She tested 0.13% BAC, but at least she wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly,,/B> and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
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Don’t call the 21 law a stupid law. Enemies of liberty can see the obvious flaws in their absurd excuses. Don’t blame stupidity or even depraved indifference. The 21 law is a calculated, premeditated, malicious attack on your unalienable right to liberty, one of many malicious attacks enforced by the police forces of the hostile government.

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Isaac Dyck, 20
This man never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep him safe. He was killed 21 April 2005 by a drunk driver, age 22, BAC 0.199%, who crashed into him, and injured the rest of his family. The drunk driver already had two D.W.I. convictions, and was going the wrong way on Interstate 35 in Jarrell, Texas, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
CRASH SURVIVORS: Peter Friesen Dyck 13, stable; Anna Friesen Dyck 17, stable; Eva Friesen Dyck 15, stable; Maria Friesen Dyck 9, stable; Aganetha Friesen Dyck 4, serious; Jacob Friesen Dyck 11, critical; Helena Friesen Dyck 18, stable; Anna Susana Friesen 44, stable; Isaac Dyck 54, stable;

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Fermin Louis Castillo, 22

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Rights are not gifts from the government.

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Christopher Murdock, 20
This man never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep him safe. On 27 November 2021 at 23:57 local time, he was driving a Volkswagen Passat at the intersection of South Kings Avenue and Oakfield Drive in Hillsborough County, Florida when a drunk driver. 22, driving a silver Chevy Silverado, ran a red-phase traffic control signal and struck him, killing him at 20.

The drunk driver was found guilty of D.W.I. manslaughter, resisting an officer with violence and obstructing a crime investigation, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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Alexander Lee Glaubius, 22
born 2 April 1999

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Unalienable rights, by definition, supersede the Rule of Law whenever the two things conflict with each other. Liberty is the freedom to do as you wish, as long as you do not violate anybody’s rights. Enemies of liberty want to add four more words, “or break any laws,” to make your unalienable right to liberty nothing more than the freedom to do as you are told: pay taxes, attend school, and register for the draft. Drinking alcoholic beverages under age does not violate anybody’s rights.

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Michael Thomas Sot, 20
19 November 1998 - 4 December 2018
This man never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep him safe. He was the designated driver for himself and five other students coming from a Phi Kappa Psi party, returning to The College of New Jersey on 2 December 2018 at approximately 2:00 local time. He was driving a 2007 Dodge Charger along Pennington Road in Ewing Township, New Jersey, when a 2018 Kia Optima crossed the center line and struck them head on. The Kia driver, age 22, was charged with aggravated manslaughter, death by auto and six counts of assault by auto for allegedly recklessly causing Sot’s death. The Kia driver allegedly disregarded the speed limit and was driving while intoxicated when he crossed the center line. He tested 0.239% BAC, and was convicted of assault by automobile and vehicular homicide: reckless driving, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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David Lamar V, 22
born 2 January 1996
SBI number 000391368G

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Know your enemy: Most enemies of liberty really are so far gone, they figure they need only vomit forth their absurd reasoning and you will be okay with this unforgivable hate crime they are perpetrating against you. Many expect you to be grateful. Yes, they really are that crazy.

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Nathaniel Stratton, 20
31 May 2002 - 18 September 2022
This man, a junior at Indiana University Bloomington, never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not did not keep him safe. On 18 September 2022 at approximately 1:50 local time, he was riding an electric scooter on the sidewalk at the corner of Walnut Street and 17th Street in Bloomington, Indiana when he was struck with a black 2012 Mercedez Benz. He was rushed to Indiana University Bloomington Hospital, where he died at approximately 6:00 local time.

The driver who allegedly hit him drove off and, near 19th Street and Lincoln Street, was told she had a scooter under her vehicle. When passersby were assisting her in removing the scooter, police arrived. Her blood was tested and found to be 0.226% B.A.C., but at least she wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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Madelyn Howard, 22

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Know your enemy: Even as some victims resort to counterfeiting the official identification documents of the enemy government, and other victims literally flee the country, especially during spring break, for the sole purpose of drinking the beverages of their choice where the law enforcement goons of the enemy government cannot touch them, yet many enemies of liberty honestly think the 21 law does not incite hostility. Yes, they really are that crazy.

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Tanysha Lashay Smith, 19

Clyde Thompson, 19
This woman and this man never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully. Walking home from a late-night basketball game, the man was seriously hurt by a drunk driver in 2019, and spent time in hospital. On 7 November 2021 at 2:13 local time, he was driving a Nissan Altima, transporting the woman as a passenger in the 2400 block of S. Martin Luther King Junior Parkway in Beaumont, Texas, when a Chevrolet truck driven by a suspected drunk (0.156% BAC) driver, 22, crashed into them. The man was pronounced dead at the scene. The woman was transported to hospital where she died.
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Antonio De Jesus Delgado, 22

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Drawing the line: Everyone has a right to abstain from alcoholic beverages and other drugs. Property owners have a right to use their money and real estate in ways that encourage abstinence, such as holding forth alcohol-free parties. Parents have a right to govern their child who lives in their house. Enemies of liberty have a right to hold and express wrong opinions. Legislators have a right to manufacture any documents they wish, but they cannot acquire authority by manufacturing documents, no matter what is inscribed thereon; nor can they delegate, by manufacturing documents, any authority they do not have. Nobody has a right to use gun-toting goons in bulletproof vests to intimidate anybody else into obeying underage drinking laws without the latter’s consent.
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Airman 1st Class Christopher Anthony Hardiek, 19
This airman never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep him safe. He was driving on U.S. 45 north of Geff, Illinois, driving home from an Air Force Base on 3 July 2007 when a drunk (0.24%) drove a pickup truck onto his side and struck him head on. In addition to felony charges of reckless homicide and aggravated drunken driving, the suspect also faced lesser charges of having no insurance, improper lane usage and failure to wear a seat belt.
The defendant pleaded guilty to aggravated D.W.I., and while he was out on bond pending sentencing, he was arrested on 23 March 2008 for D.W.I. again, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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Justin DeJaynes, 22

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“Have we reached the ultimate stage of absurdity where some people are held responsible for things that happened before they were born, while other people are not held responsible for what they themselves are doing today?” – Thomas Sowell

Innocent persons younger than 21 are being punished for crimes committed by their ancestors half a century ago and drunk drivers are still getting a slap on the wrist.

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Kiyvon Martin, 18

Jazmine Marquez, 19
9 October 2001 - 25 August 2021

Arianna Parsad, 18
the driver
These men and this woman never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep them safe. On 25 August 2021, Ariyanna Parsad was driving northbound on 83rd Avenue when the driver of a Tesla ran a red-phase traffic control signal at Bethany Home Road in Glendale, Arizona.

Months went by before the toxicology results came back, due to a backlog at the laboratory. Shows how much the authorities care about bringing impaired drivers to justice, doesn’t it? Often, the next D.W.I. offense gets prosecuted as a first offense because the defendant hadn’t been convicted of the earlier one yet.

Court documents say the suspect’s car was traveling over 40 miles per hour (64 km/h) over the speed limit, and a toxicology result showed marijuana in his system, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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Carlos Daniel Gonzalez, 22
Inmate 361276

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Know your enemy: They would rather have all these innocent double victims perish than prevent 100% preventable D.W.I. crimes. Yes, they really are that selfish and that wicked.

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Shawn English, 19
24 October 1989 - 24 May 2009
This man never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep him safe. At 01:15 EDT on 24 May 2009, he was driving north on Maple Avenue in Evesham, New Jersey when a drunk driver, 22, 0.179% BAC ran a red-phase traffic control signal on Route 70 and struck him. Another “teenager killed in a drunk driving crash” to add to the misleading statistics. The drunk driver pled guilty to vehicular homicide, driving under suspension and D.W.I, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
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Thomas Thorn, Jr., 22

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The cases on this memorial are documented with links to independent sources that give details. When MADD offers statistics, you are expected to take their word for it. They cleverly omit mentioning how some “teenagers killed in DWI crashes” were doing nothing wrong and were killed by older drivers who can freely buy all the booze they want.

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Austin Day, 18
and his mother
This man never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep him safe. On 23 July 2005 at 03:00, he and a friend were pushing his vehicle along South Padre Island Drive at Kostoryz Road in Corpus Christi, Texas when a drunk driver, 22, 0.18% BAC killed him. The drunk driver got 180 days and probation.

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John Morgan, 22

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Facts are stubborn things, and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence. — John Adams

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Noemi Perez, 18
2 October 1990 - 8 February 2009
This woman never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep her safe. On 8 February 2009, she was driving a 2000 Hyundai on Bear Mountain Boulevard near Vineland Road in Arvin, California when, allegedly, a drunk driver, 22, crossed the center line, struck a Mazda and then hit the Hyundai head-on, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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Francisco Nestor Santo, 22

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There is nothing so powerful as truth, and often nothing so strange. — Daniel Webster

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Gabriell Rene Thomas, 18
29 August 1996 - 5 March 2015

Kamesha J’Nyah Gilmore, 17
20 September 1997 - 5 March 2015
These ladies were in a 2014 Nissan Versa in the northbound left-turn lane of Boulder Highway at Russell Road in Whitney, Nevada, trying to make a U-turn on 5 March 2015 at approximately 1:30 local time, when a southbound 2014 Mercedes Benz E350 ran a red-phase traffic control signal and struck them at 117 miles per hour (188 km/h) in a stretch where the speed limit was 45 miles per hour (72 km/h). The driver of the Mercedes pleaded guilty to drunk driving and was reported to have tested “just under 0.17%.”
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Seong Mo Lee, 22

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MADD supports suffering convicted drunk drivers to get reinstated and start driving lawfully again, sooner, if they get ignition interlocks installed in their cars. Would MADD support suffering folks younger than 21 to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully if they get ignition interlocks installed in their cars? I mean, if interlocks are so effective, right? Nay, their hatred runs too deep. This life-saving technology is for the benefit of criminals only.

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Julie Tsang, 17
This girl just graduated high school three days earlier, and was planning to attend Hunter College to study nursing. She was a passenger in a Honda Civic that got struck by a pickup truck on Park Avenue at East 65th Street, Manhattan, New York on 29 June 2008. The pickup truck driver, 22, is charged with criminally negligent homicide and D.W.I.
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Robert Gomez, 22

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Imagine how many lives could be saved if all parents required their sons and daughters to watch
Without Further Comment—High School Edition
before borrowing the car on prom night.

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Christopher Stewart, 17
and Deanna Rivers, 17
Abstaining from alcohol did not keep this young man or this young woman safe. On 1 December 2012 at 22:20 local time, they were in a Ford Explorer sport utility vehicle (S.U.V.) on the Northway in Halfmoon, New York when it was rear-ended by the driver of a 2004 Volvo, age 22, who was speeding, texting, drunk and stoned on marijuana, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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Dennis Drue, 22
born 29 June 1990

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Imagine how many lives could be saved if all parents required their sons and daughters to watch
Without Further Comment—College Edition
before co-signing any car loan.

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Allison E. Kunhardt, 17

Tessa C. Tranchant, 16
Abstaining from alcohol did not keep these young women safe. They were waiting at a red-phase traffic control signal at the intersection of Virginia Beach Boulevard and Kings Grant Road in Virginia Beach, Virginia at 23:25 on 30 March 2007 when their car was rear-ended. The other driver was 22, already had one D.W.I. conviction, and faces manslaughter charges. Police said both speed and alcohol were factors in the wreck; but at least he wasn’t drining under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
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Alfredo Ramos, 22

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Lawmakers refuse to get inebriated drivers off the road, and offer the resulting bloodshed as an excuse to trample young persons’ unalienable right to drink the beverage of their choice. Excuse rejected.

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Jastin Robert Rios, 16
27 December 2004 - 28 June 2021
Abstaining from alcohol did not keep this boy safe. On 28 June 2021 at approximately 3:33 local time, he was peacefully sleeping at home in the 200 block of North Veterans Boulevard in Pharr, Texas, when a suspected drunk driver of a black Chevrolet Equinox crashed into that apartment, near the intersection of West Third Street. The boy’s brother, age 12, was rushed to hospital.

The defendant, who was indicted on intoxication manslaughter and intoxication assault with a vehicle causing serious bodily injury charges, got 15 years for speeding into the building and killing the one boy and injuring the other, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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Jesus Cruz, 22
born 1 December 1998

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“Enforcing the legal drinking age of 21 reduces traffic crashes, protects young people’s maturing brains, and keeps young people safer overall.”
MADD
...Yeh, right!

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Tobias Dow, 16
16 August 2005 - 1 November 2021
This guy and his mother were headed home from a concert when their Kia passenger car ran out of gasoline in Orem, Utah at 0:01 local time on 31 October 2021. They were headed south on Interstate 15 and pulled into the hitch-hiking lane near the 800 North off-ramp, activated the blinking emergency lights, and were waiting for roadside assistance.

Allegedly, Kelsey Pope, 22, was driving her Toyota pickup truck drunk (0.10% BAC), drifted into the same lane and struck the rear of the Kia, but at least she wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsible, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

This double victim spent two days in hospital before life support was disconnected.
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A special message to MADD members appears at the bottom of this memorial page.

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Kindle Smith, 16
On 23 February 2008, this girl was driving on FM 1387 in Midlothian, Texas when a drunk driver, 22, crossed onto her side and struck her head on.

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Jesús Fraire, 22

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<sarcasm>No wonder MADD pushes for tough laws against underage drinking. Look at all the people ages 15-20 getting killed in D.W.I. crashes.</sarcasm>


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Alexandra Linscott, 15
8 Mach 2002 - 4 October 2017
This girl was riding in her mother’s car going south on Nebraska Highway 50 near Riha Road in Sarpy County, Nebraska at approximately 21:10 local time 4 October 2017 when they were struck head-on. Their car ended up in a ditch east of the highway.

The other driver, age 22, with a prior D.W.I., was driving drunk (0.18% BAC), driving left of center, driving with an open container of alcoholic beverage and violating her probation, but at least she wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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Paige K. Seaton, 22
born 10 August 1995
D.C.S. ID 99814

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“Without efforts to prevent underage drinking, there could be an increase in the number of drunk driving deaths and injuries among these inexperienced drivers.”MADD on the Wayback Machine

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Johanna Renee Pascoe, 20
1 April 2002 - 13 December 2022
This nursing extern never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully. She was driving to her job at Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center in Milwaukee 12 December 2022 at approximately 6:15 local time. The drunk (0.199% BAC) driver, 21, crossed the center line of Highway 32 in Caledonia, Wisconsin, striking her head on. The suspect pled guilty to homicide by intoxicated use of a vehicle, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger that 21 who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

Note: Hispanic surnames such as the defendant’s, Regalado Rodriguez, are often misreported in English-language media.
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Ernesto Rodolfo Regalado Rodriguez, 21
born 28 August 2001

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“Motor vehicle crashes are a leading cause of death for teens (15 to 18 years old) in the United States.”
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
— So get the inebriated drivers off the road!

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Beth Boudreaux, 19
25 May 1989 - 6 March 2009
This woman never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep her safe. She was walking with with a group of pedestrians down Nashville Avenue in Hammond, Louisiana on 6 March 2009 at 02:00 CST.

A drunk driver, 21, ran off the road and crashed into her and the other pedestrians she was with, killing three pedestrians and injuring two. He was taken into custody and booked into the Tangipahoa Parish jail on three counts of vehicular negligent homicide, two counts of vehicular negligent injury, DUI, and reckless operation. Witnesses claim Quebedeaux was driving at a high rate of speed, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving. He had been arrested before for D.W.I. but not prosecuted.


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Derek Quebedeaux, 21

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Know your enemy: Even if you got accepted at a very demanding college, many enemies of liberty assume you’re too stupid to figure out why they’d rather impose the drinking age on you than impose tougher D.W.I. laws on themselves. Yes, they really are that crazy. (In some States, the drinking age was raised “to save lives on the road,” and they didn’t even have an open container law, because it would apply to persons who matter.)

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Steven Anthony Rhone, Jr., 19
30 January 1988 - 2 June 2007
This man never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not did not keep him safe. He was attempting to cross the street at a crosswalk 2 June 2007 at approximately 2:00 local time when he was hit by a car and became the casualty of a hit and run.

Investigators say 21-year-old Damian Scott Mackay, driving a Mazda 626, was drinking heavily, ran a stop sign at Indian and High Streets in Bellingham, Washington, and killed this double victim, but at least the driver wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.


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Obituary for Steven Anthony Rhone, Jr.

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Never underestimate the hostility your government incites by perpetrating an unforgivable hate crime against persons younger than 21 years instead of getting the inebriated drivers off the road.

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Brooke Danielle Walton, 19
19 September 1986 - 18 March 2006
This woman never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep her safe. The car she was riding in was broadsided by a drunk driver, age 21, 0.18% BAC, at the Underwood, Iowa exit on Interstate 80 on 18 March 2006.

Investigators say the suspect tested 0.18% B.A.C. and was going 97 miles per hour (156 km/h), but at least he wasn’t drinkin g under age, or buyimng for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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Rudolph Huebner, 21

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A 30-day minimum jail sentence for first offense D.W.I. would have deterred some of the killers shown on this memorial; but the drinking age applies to persons younger than 21 years, while the jail sentence would apply to persons who matter.

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Kyle Johnson, 20

Justin Lambert-Belanger, 20
6 June 1981 - 16 September 2001

Nick Schabron, 20

Kevin Salverson, 19

Shane Shatto, 19

John Schabron visits the grave
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Hill Cemetery in Laramie.
Of the eight members of the University of Wyoming cross-country team killed, these five never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep them safe. A pickup truck driver crossed onto their side of U.S. 287 near Tie Siding, Wyoming at 01:30 on 16 September 2001, striking their Jeep Wagoneer station wagon head-on. He was 21 and drunk, 0.16%, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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Clinton Guy Haskins, 21

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Inebriated drivers made a bad choice, but nobody ever chose to be younger than 21 years. What were these double victims supposed to do, build a time machine? Abstaining from alcohol did not keep them safe.

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Mariana J. Edkins, 18
18 August 1987 - 10 January 2006
This woman never got a chance to drink alcoholic beverages lawfully, and abstaining did not keep her safe. On 10 January 2006, at 00:30 EST, she was riding in a car on Woodrow Road on Staten Island, New York when she was struck.

The other driver, 21 years old, was driving high on Xanax, driving on the wrong side of the road, and driving without his headlights on, but at least he wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

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John Sambuco, born
16 August 1984

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Know your enemy: Abolitionists ran into the same problem. The place is overrun with crazy, deranged, depraved, degenerate, selfish, greedy potholes. It is not your job to persuade them because that is impossible while they refuse to shut off their crazy switch, their stupid switch and their wicked switch. It makes no difference how strong your arguments are or how well you prove your case. They don’t give a fire truck. You can’t fix crazy.

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Gerran Clayton Copeland, 17
9 February 1990 - 19 August 2007
This boy was riding his bicycle on the outside west-bound lane of U.S. 98 in Navarre, Florida on 19 August 2007 at 01:30 CDT when a drunk driver, 0.18% BAC struck him from behind and killed him, then fled the scene, but at least the suspect wasn’t drinking under age, or buying for somebody younger than 21 years who drinks alcoholic beverages responsibly, and that is what really matters to the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving..
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Anthony Griego, 21
born 18 June 1986

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Yes, some persons younger than 21 years caused nasty D.W.I. crashes, which only proves that the drinking age law does not work; and those crimes certainly do not justify inflicting the drinking age on innocent persons who drink alcoholic beverages responsibly. Have you ever noticed that the hypocritical “I can drive better drunk than teenagers can sober!” bigots who support the 21 law cannot believe that there are persons younger than 21 years who drink alcoholic beverages responsibly?
     On this site, the initials D.W.I. are used regardless of whether the crime is known by other initials such as O.U.I., O.V.I. or D.U.I. in the juridsdiction where the crime happened. Times of day are given in 24-hour time. Names of States are spelled out so you can search for crimes that happened in your State.

Sadly, some linked sources have been removed from their respective servers and it is too late to add them to the Wayback Machine now. Some news outlets even block the saving of articles onto the Wayback Machine. In some cases, cached files did not survive hard drive crashes and website moves. A diligent search of the web is made in such cases, for other sources. We do not knowingly include links to material behind paywalls.      This memorial is specifically for double victims who were doing nothing wrong, except in some cases failing to buckle up, who were not the passenger of somebody who was doing anything wrong, such as driving while intoxicated or cutting off the intoxicated driver. The idea is that the passenger may have chosen to board a vehicle knowing that the driver was intoxicated, so all of the crashes included in this memorial were the fault of the iintoxicated drivers. An exception was made in the dramatic case where an inverted sign told a double victim to go the wrong way on a divided highway, and she fell for it.      This memorial includes double victims at least 15 years old and not yet 21 years old, because that is the age group being smeared by the hate-mongering bigots at so-called Mothers Against Drunk Driving who use historical crash data as an excuse to violate innocent persons’s unalienable right to imbibe the fluid of their choice.

A Special Message to MADD Members



     It is obvious why so many voters and politicians prefer to commit an unforgivable hate crime against Mr. and Mrs. Twenty, rather than impose more effective anti-D.W.I. measures on themselves, but it takes time to understand why so many MADD members do.

     Tragedy has sticken your family, and now your own past D.W.I. crimes are haunting you. You are desperately trying to convince yourself that those crimes are not your fault, but the fault of a society that failed to stop you from drinking alcoholic beverages when you were younger. You want to convince yourself that you did not know any better, despite the thorough coverage in driver ed, or that you had no choice about it. You are trying to convince yourself that the solution is to stop persons born during the past 21 years from exercising their right to drink alcoholic beverages. You cleverly ignore all the obvious flaws in your absurd line of reasoning. You ignore the fact, not the opinion, that each person is a distinct individual and a distinct transaction.

     Drunk driving crimes are no excuse to impose the drinking age on somebody who did not commit any of those crimes. Naming other crimes the person never committed is equally absurd. If crime statistics go up after the slaves are emancipated, should they be enslaved again? By the way, abolitionists met a lot of crazy persons who offered reasoning every bit as absurd as yours.

     What you really hate is that every day, millions of outvoted discrimination victims all across the United States of America responsibly exercise their right to drink alcoholic beverages. So why did you get behind the wheel when you shouldn’t have?

     What right to drink alcoholic beverages, you ask. The right to liberty is not a gift from the government, doled out at the discretion of politicians. Some persons call liberty a natural right that inheres in the individual. Other persons say that liberty is a God-given right.

     It makes no difference whether God, or a godless nature, makes the tide rise. Either way, the tide rises. It makes no difference whether God, or a godless nature, gives humans the right to be free. Either way, liberty is an unalienable right which no government can justly infringe. Unalienable rights, by definition, preempt the Rule of Law whenever the two things conflict with each other. This is why the government never had any right to impose restrictions on alcoholic beverages, even when Prohibition was in force under the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Governments cannot acquire authority by manufacturing documents.

     Liberty is the freedom to do whatever does not violate anybody’s rights. Any other definition is meaningless. The right to do as you wish as long as you obey any laws the government enacts, is no more than the right to do as you are told.

     Liberty is not the freedom to put other persons in danger. Imposing a danger on other persons violates their right to safety. However, the underage drinker does not put other persons in danger by drinking alcoholic beverages. The inebriated driver puts persons in danger by operating a vehicle he or she is too clumsy to handle safely.

     If you put one bullet into a revolver, spin and put it to somebody’s head, and you pull the trigger, it is random whether you will kill the person. The person has a right not to be put in such danger. When you drive over the top of a hill, it is random whether the driver ahead of you will be stopped to let oncoming traffic pass before turning left. If you are going too fast or if you have had too much alcohol to drink, you won’t be able to stop in time.

     That is why the government has a right to punish a drunk driver, even if the drunk driver did not crash. That does not extend to a right to punish persons younger than 21 years who drink alcoholic beverages responsibly.

     On 7 November 1978, a Michigan referendum on raising the drinking age from 18 to 21 passed with 57% of the vote. What good is the right to vote if you’re outnumbered by hypocrites who would rather do this to you than impose tougher D.W.I. laws on themselves? It’s not like they’re voting on changing the State flag of Mississippi, or shortening the name of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations to State of Rhode Island. Those referenda passed in 2020, and did not involve violating anybody’s rights.

     Some supporters of this unforgivable hate crime might even convince themselves that if they simply vomit forth their absurd excuses, the outvoted victims will be okay with it, even as some victims resort to counterfeiting the official identification documents of the hostile government, with all the pride of Underground Railroad workers counterfeiting birth certificates so escaped slaves can pass themselves off as free; and even as some victims even flee the country, especially during Spring Break, for the sole purpose of drinking alcoholic beverages where enemy officers cannot touch them.

     The typical supporter of the drinking age law is telling a state senator to vote for tougher penalties for underage drinking, to save lives on the road; meanwhile driving 40 miles per hour in a 30 mile-per-hour zone, unbuckled, talking on the telephone. They only care about traffic safety when it is an excuse to violate Mr. and Mrs. Twenty’s right to liberty.

     Some of the punishment for fatal D.W.I. crashes is taken away from that criminal and meted out to other persons who drive drunk, because they put innocent persons in danger. When you extend that to meting out some of the punishment to innocent persons younger than 21 years who drink alcoholic beverages responsibly, so much punishment is taken away from the guilty killers that you get cases like this. Note that the drunk driver could have gotten a ride. What are persons younger than 21 years who drink alcoholic beverages responsibly supposed to get, a time machine? You cannot deter somebody from being younger than 21.

     Look over the chessboard for moves that will reduce the bloodshed on the roads, without violating anybody’s rights.

     If you are against alcoholism, tell your elected representatives to let you specify, when signing an organ donor paper, that no lifelong teetotaler will have to die waiting for a liver transplant while your liver goes to a drunkard who chose to destroy original equipment. If Dad gets drunk instead of bringing his child to the school play that evening, he is a creep, and family members and friends need to discuss this with him, not wield gun-toting goons in bulletproof vests to enforce alcoholic beverage restrictions on everybody.

     It would also help if society stopped levying war on pedestrians. If they have money for a street, they have money for a sidewalk. If they have money to plow the street, they have money to plow the sidewalk, instead of plowing snow onto the sidewalk and leaving it there, to make way for persons in cars, persons who matter. If they have money for traffic lights, they have money for crosswalk lights.

     Did you know that when the traffic lights are flashing late at night, the crosswalk lights don’t work? Pushing the button does nothing. Many folks never knew that because, after a night of heavy drinking, they never walk home, they always drive. At some corners, a person walking is lucky to find a painted crosswalk, but when a freight train crosses the street, lights flash, bells clang and gates drop, to protect the lives of persons in cars, persons who matter.

     Many local bureaucrats see the world through a windshield, and they see nothing wrong with designating certain parts of town for residential buildings, other sections for commercial or industrial use. They put distances between homes and work, shopping and drinking. In a free country, there would be no such restrictions. In a free country, anybody could buy any house on the market and open a saloon. There would be no licensing laws. Patrons could walk home.

     Bureaucrats review a site plan and are stumped. Where is the parking lot? You cannot build without a parking lot. Typically, for 10 apartments, they force you to add 17 spaces. The potholes do not give a fire truck about how this robs families that have better things to do with their money than participate in somebody else’s love affair with the automobile, just as you do not give a fire truck about the rights of persons born during the past 21 years to drink the beverage of their choice. In a free country, there would be no requirement to add a parking lot. More folks would take the bus. Zoning restrictions intentionally limit population density, which means fewer persons waiting at each bus stop. Abolish zoning and bus companies will have more riders, allowing them to extend their hours and their routes. More teenagers would be able to find jobs without owning cars, which does not sit well with MADD’s sponsors in the automobile industry. MADD is helping automakers get teenagers addicted to driving. Do you understand how that addiction compels defendants to drive under suspension? MADD members, of all people, know how it is because they hear the stories of persons under suspension who cannot find a way to the courthouse to report to their probation officer.

     So great is the hardship that lawmakers in some States put convicted drunk drivers into an assigned risk pool for insurance when they get their license reinstated. The premiums are high but not enough to cover the exposure, so it would be unfair if one insurance underwriter got more than its share of them. This means good drivers are forced to subsidize drunk drivers. It is especially harsh to rob persons younger than 21 this way while punishing the ones who drink alcoholic beverages legally.

     The war on walkers oppresses a lot of persons. Some do not wish to spend all that money on a car, and local bureaucrats have no right to punish them for that. Some persons with various handicaps cannot drive. Some of the elderly folks really should not drive, but they are pressured to do so anyway.

     Alcohol and driving don’t mix, but that does not mean you have a right to force somebody else to choose driving. Note that persons 21 years and older are free to buy all the booze they want, and even present their driver license when buying it, but when they cause a D.W.I. crash they are forbidden to drink alcoholic beverages and forbidden to drive. Figure that out.

     Attitudes also play a role. When you finally manage to earn a paycheck without owning a car, you might find that bank is closed, but the drive-up window is still open, for persons in automobiles, persons who matter. Try explaining that your truck won’t fit under the canopy and the teller might serve you, believing you are somebody with a vehicle, somebody that matters. Most motorists would never lean on the horn and scream profanities at the person up ahead who signals a left turn and stops to let oncoming traffic pass, unless of course the person is on a bicycle.

     When you gave your victim impact statement, the drunk driver might very well have wanted to say, “Look, if they didn’t want me driving drunk, they shouldn’t have put the nearest bar so far from my house. What am I supposed to do, blow fifty dollars round trip every night on taxi fares? Are you going to pay for it?”

     Maybe you feel the person shouldn’t be getting drunk every night, but that does not entitle you to impose outrageous burdens on the person’s right to liberty. In a free country, the individual would decide whether to drink water, wine, or turpentine. The one who drives while inebriated would be the one who gets punished.