Time To Call In The Feds On A "Civil Rights" Issue? December 24, 2020

Updates

December 29, 2020: today we learn two things -- whatever the attorney general hit, that "thing" was carrying come "kind of light." Unless it was Rudolph's red nose .... 

The second thing we learn is that authorities are perplexed about some kind of strange item in the middle of the road "which might help explain where where the vehicle was when it hit "something." It will be interesting if we learn that the victim was walking against trhw raffic on the other side of the road. In other words, when the "mishap" occurred, on what side of the road was the vehicle?

December 26, 2020: link here -- New York Daily News. First public comments by Ravnsborg since story broke. Parse  his statement: "I believe I have not committed any crime."

• Question: how many times have you immediately phoned 911 after hitting an animal on the highway? Ravnsborg: said he immediately phoned 911 that he hit something and that it was in the middle of the road.
• Question: how many speeding tickets have you received in any given five-year period? He has several driving violations on his record, ABC News reported, pleading guilty to speeding six times between 2014 and 2018, paying fines of $19 to $79. And, of course, that's just the ones where he's been caught, cited, and reported.
• A speeding ticket in SD typically adds two points to a motorist's driving record. Any driver who accrues 15 points in twelve consecutive months is subject to suspension.
  

Original Post

The last time we updated this story we were told that a decision on charges might come before Christmas. That was two weeks ago. 

Most recent: Governor Noem is finally weighing in -- "this is a disservice to the victim's family." 

From the [Sioux Falls] Argus Leader:

The governor isn't happy that South Dakotans still don't know if their attorney general will be charged criminally for killing a pedestrian while driving through Highmore more than 100 days ago.

Gov. Kristi Noem this week expressed her displeasure with the failure of the Hyde County State's Attorney's Office to determine whether South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg should be indicted after he struck and killed 55-year-old Joe Boever on the evening of Sept. 12.

"I share South Dakotans' frustration about the amount of time that has taken," she said in a statement to the Argus Leader. "To have more than 100 days go by without resolution on this is a disservice to the victim's family."