In February, Tina Allgeo was indicted on charges of murdering Mihail Tsvetkov in what the Orlando Sentinel called “a road-rage incident that escalated and turned deadly.”
“Gun violence stemming from senseless disputes will not be tolerated,” the paper quoted State Attorney Monique Worrell.
The Sentinel provides more details in a September 8 report about how Florida’s attorney general, James Uthmeier, is demanding that Worrell drop the case since Allgeo was clearly defending her own life when she shot Tsvetkov.
The two had quarreled after Tsvetkov, who had been closely following Allgeo, struck her car “and then struck her during an attempt to escape after she got out of her car to survey the damage to her rear bumper.” Allgeo then accidentally sideswiped Tsvetkov’s car when she followed him to try to inspect his license plate.
“Video surveillance then showed Tsvetkov exit his car, open her driver’s side door and punch her repeatedly while trying to drag her out her vehicle before she shot him in the face.”
What recourse did she have except wait and see how badly Tsvetkov would beat her?
The Bearing Arms site comments that Worrell would have to show that Allgeo somehow set up Tsvetko, some random guy on the road, so that she would have an opportunity to shoot him in what only seemed like an act of self-defense. That’s the only way it could be “murder.” Which, given the facts that have been reported, makes no sense.
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Ms Worrell’s Instagram page describes her as a “Criminal & Social Justice Reform Advocate”. As we know, “social justice” is a name rather than a proper description, for something that is not justice of any sort.
The initial narrative made Mr Tsvetkov seem simply a victim. Unfortunately for Ms Allgeo, she is actually not a physically attractive person, and Mr Tsvetkov looked like an academic (which at one time he was). Many people will look at the two, and take the initial narrative as confirmed by their respective appearance.
What difference does their physical appearances make? (I am unable to access the article referenced, so I am relying on Paul’s summation.) We are fortunate that there was video surveillance that recorded the man’s actions. He was an aggressive driver, following closely. He struck her as he illegally left the scene of the accident without reporting it. She stopped after accidentally sideswiping him. He, uninjured, got out of his car and opened her car door and began punching her. This man was violent. He could have seriously injured her. This was not a senseless dispute.
Pat, spend more time observing the actual criteria under which people take sides and commit to narratives.