That's a murder.

In Texas, murder applies when the person

Intentionally or knowingly cause the death of another person [or] Intend to cause serious bodily injury and commit an act clearly dangerous to human life that results in death

While manslaughter means

if they recklessly cause the death of another person. Unlike murder, manslaughter does not require intent to kill or cause serious injury. It focuses on reckless behavior that creates a substantial and unjustifiable risk of death.

Sure reads like those charges should bump from manslaughter to murder.

As someone who gets around town on two wheels, I really, really fucking hate that it's expected of me to be the one cognizant of danger and not the motherfucker behind the wheel of a massive, metal death machine.

This will result in better pedestrian and cyclist laws right? I'm tired of being harassed and hit on my bike even in the bike lanes by vehicles.

I like this explanation but I’m no way some one who drives can not be excluded from murder. But isn’t also pre-meditated murder bc you had the option ‘physically stopped the car and reversed’.. No matter the circumstance weather it was intentional to not hit a ‘unintended’ - all sounds too meditated. They had the ability to disengage and not car if thier 2tn vehicle to be used as tank bullet..

This is America, where we blather endlessly about "freedom," but god forbid you actually try to exercise it or people will casually threaten to murder you. Or, as in this case, actually murder you.

Cycling in the US must be the absolute worst

You may not be surprised to learn that the only thing that kills more children in the USA than guns (15%) is.... motor vehicles (20%). (Not including pollution, climate change)

She wasn't just accidentally struck by a car. She was intentionally run over by a car that took the time to stop, and then run over her in reverse.

The agency said Rapp and a fellow bicyclist were riding on a local road when Medina passed them in his car, stopped, and drove his vehicle in reverse. Medina then hit Rapp, and she was pronounced dead after emergency responders brought her to a hospital.

jail records also showed prior arrests for Medina on counts such as deadly conduct by discharging a firearm, assault causing bodily injury, and reckless driving.

Piece of shit ran her over on purpose. Even without that extensive rap sheet, I'd say bury him underneath the jail.

Medina passed them in his car, stopped, and drove his vehicle in reverse. Medina then hit Rapp

Wtf?

Why would they be investigating for manslaughter? Passing a cyclist, then stopping and backing to hit them in such a way that they die from it is clearly murder

I was surprised that he was only charged with manslaughter, but then I remembered that she was on a bike in Texas.

The sheriff’s office did not provide additional details, saying the “isolated” case remained under active and ongoing investigation.

I really wonder what sort of PR strategy it is to call a vehicular manslaughter case isolated. Are they trying to emphasise that he didn't drive into a crowd or what? Or is the idea to make sure nobody gets any ideas about passing new laws for the protection of bicycle riders, since this was "isolated" rather that structural?

Fuck cars

I used to live in a rural mountainous area and would mountain bike avidly. There were tons of amazing and challenging trails. Only danger was a rattlesnake or I guess going off the side of the mountain but that would just mean rolling down the hill a bit in most places. That is it usually didn't mean falling to your death.

There were a lot of road cyclist who would bike on the tiny two lain mountain roads with blind turns where people would be speeding through. I always thought they were crazy risking their life like that. It just seemed better to drive to the trailhead and have a day in nature typically without ever running into another person.

Crazy. Mad.

That is one funky, cold Medina.

US boxer Hannah Rapp dies after being struck by car targeted and murdered by driver while cycling in Texas