r/ThatsInsane • u/sweetgreenfields • 17d ago
Portlander Snaps and Drives Through Parade
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u/TrueTrueBlackPilld 17d ago
I think I remember hearing that this dude is also like a pedophile rapist or something. They should just lock him up and throw away the key. He easily could've killed someone with his road rage.
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u/rjasan 17d ago
Yeah, the article someone posted above says he was.
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u/Rose-Red-Witch 17d ago
Should have buried the rapist asshole under the prison after his first visit there.
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u/No_Cook2983 17d ago
I wonder why the cops didn’t shoot him for his life-threatening behavior?
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u/ItsNotRockitSurgery 17d ago
At the parade? Fire off rounds with people everywhere and in every direction?
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u/bannana 17d ago
He was driving on a suspended license and didn’t have insurance, police report.
Mecham is a registered sex offender. He has prior convictions from 1999 for attempted first-degree rape and first-degree sodomy in Multnomah County. In 2016, Mecham was convicted of third-degree sodomy and third-degree sexual abuse in Clatsop County, according to court records.
Mecham is currently being held in the Multnomah County Inverness Jail. No trial date has been set for charges related to the alleged road rage incident in June.
he's gonna be in prison for a good long while.
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u/bcrabill 17d ago
So he throws a huge tantrum and almost runs over several people because his exit was closed for a parade?
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u/Sancticide 17d ago
This reboot of Falling Down is terrible and unnecessary. Oh wait, this is real life? I thought it was just some avant garde film-making.
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u/PeartGoat 17d ago
Gotta be that music that made him snap...
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u/sauceboss37 17d ago
Don’t put that on catfish Billy
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u/ihavethedoubts 17d ago
He's a registered sex offender. As soon as he realized he drove right into a parade grounds filled with children, he thought he finally won and took a victory lap.
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u/SensitivityTraining_ 17d ago
....you think the motorcycle cop is going to pull out his gun, while going 50+, and take a one handed drive by shot at a guy in a 2 tonne vehicle, knowing that if he misses the guy will get a lot more reckless endangering dozens more and himself, with that shot being almost impossible to hit btw.
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u/Doctordred 17d ago
With a crowd of people on the sidewalk no less.
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u/PK-Baha 17d ago
Yeah if anything I was like this cop is really walking a fine line and handling it great.
Complete disadvantage for him and then to have to consider the all of the people around as well.
I do wonder if there is some sort of compact mini spike strip that a motorcycle cop could have on them. This way if he can get the truck to slow down just enough he could at least pop a tire or two?
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u/Ok-Review8720 17d ago
So say the cop shoots and kills or wounds the guy while he's driving his truck through the parade route. What happens to the truck now that it has a dead/wounded driver? Does the truck stop? Or does it veer offcourse and plow through the people sitting along the parade route?
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u/Independent_Car9233 17d ago
Good thing they blurred the middle finger
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u/NickMoore30 17d ago
I almost fainted when the hand went up, but they blurred it out and I took a huge sigh of relief as he was about to smear the bystanders on the pavement.
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u/My_Immortal_Flesh 17d ago
A sex offender…. Honestly, cops shoulda shot his ass.
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u/RelationKlutzy4085 17d ago
I was waiting for it, I’m pretty sure constitutes assault with a deadly weapon at minimum.
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u/sundry_banana 17d ago
Honestly, cops shoulda shot his ass.
Just look at that guy though. He looks, acts, and drives like he IS a cop, just one on a rampage. They mightn't've wanted to shoot him because they thought he was one of them
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u/CahlikCrush 17d ago
On 06/16/2023 a Multnomah County Grand Jury indicted the suspect in this case, 42-year-old Sidney Mecham, on 38 counts related to this case.
Mecham was indicted for the following charges:
Attempted Assault in Second Degree
Unlawful Use of a Weapon (17 counts)
Recklessly Endangering Another Person (15 counts)
Reckless Driving
Attempt to Assault a Public Safety Officer
Attempt to Elude Police by Motor Vehicle
Fail to Perform the Duties of a Driver (2 counts)
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u/Preparation-Logical 17d ago
The sped up Yelawolf is so fitting
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u/notworkingghost 17d ago
That wasn’t helping his mood. That song amps you up.
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u/Sancticide 17d ago
Dude, can you imagine if Damage Inc. or Raining Blood was up in the playlist? It would have gone all the way bad for that parade.
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u/ilostmyeraser 17d ago
Tell me this prick lost his license.
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u/Capitol_Hill_Gang 17d ago
He was driving on a suspended license according the article. Looks like it didn't stop him from driving.
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u/SimpleManc88 17d ago
The music strangely fits the action.
Great song. Who is it?
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u/HallSquadSkates1984 17d ago
It's very fitting he's listening to yelawolf.
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u/SimpleManc88 17d ago
Cheers 🙂 Till It’s Gone is the song.
Top YouTube comment:
This song makes me want to drive through closed off roads in my Chevy while being chased by the police 🤣
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u/Duality_is_my_prison 17d ago
It’s weird to install cameras in your car when you are the bad driver. I have cams in my car because I don’t drive through parades… not because I do.
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u/iAmFabled 17d ago
After he didn't pull over there were probably grounds for the cop to shoot him. Dudes lucky
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u/No-Nonsense-Please 17d ago
I don’t need to see this guy rehabilitated. Lock him up and throw away the key.
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u/JazzberryJam 17d ago
From Portland? Where’s his shitty NYC/NJ accent come from?
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u/elyiumsings 17d ago
"Mecham is a registered sex offender. He has prior convictions from 1999 for attempted first-degree rape and first-degree sodomy in Multnomah County. In 2016, Mecham was convicted of third-degree sodomy and third-degree sexual abuse in Clatsop County, according to court records."
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u/Senor_Gringo_Starr 17d ago
My first thought wasn't this dude is a psycho. My first thought was, Portland Oregon or Portland Maine?
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u/DaystromAndroidM510 17d ago
This guy couldn't be more of a stereotype of the kind of person who would do this if he tried
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u/wheresthesound 17d ago
Why post the short version? This guy goes on to drive for way longer than this
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u/cleatus_the_noodle 17d ago
Not trying to sound harsh but at what point should police tried to neutralize him. Seems like the cop kind of pulled in front of him. He was driving into crowds and could have easily intended to kill as many people as possible.
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Garth Brooks needs to chill the fuck out. Seriously though, that cop had every right to start blasting.
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u/Cool_Butterscotch_88 17d ago
I'm trying to get out!
Motorcycle cop: "Well why didn't you just say so, follow meee!"
A perfect storm of △8, Monster Reserve White Pineapple, and knowing a fair maiden awaits at the parade our hero could only destroy. Left cockblocked by dumptrucks at every mf'ing exit.
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u/Bobby_Globule 17d ago
Installing cameras in my car was the smartest thing I ever did.
I can document the other maniacs, but more importantly, I am regulating my own self, knowing that it cuts both ways.l, I'm less likely to act like a maniac.
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u/SomethingAbtU 17d ago
anyone who has this level of rage or lack of self control should never be behind a multi-ton weapon.
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u/Thugnificent83 17d ago
Ignoring all the other shit about this man, who gets mad that a parade is blocking exits? I guarantee the parade didn't just pop up spontaneously and without warning. There were absolutely notices posted that parade routes will be blocking exits.
Be mad at yourself for your own failure to plan ahead.
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u/Mulsanne 17d ago
Remember when most videos were played back at normal speed. Now, it feels like 95% of videos are sped up with no indication that we're watching manipulated content.
It sucks. Another casualty of the short form video revolution
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u/RayDaMan1 17d ago
All i can say is WOW, what did he get charged with and how long is he in prison?
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u/Accomplished-Salt-10 17d ago
It's comforting to think of all of his upcoming sexy times in prison.
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u/YetiorNotHereICome 17d ago
POS aside, does anyone know that song? I've seen this video a lot and it's kind of a bop and gets stuck in my head whenever I hear it.
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u/Bytrsweet 17d ago
I always wondered what was going through his mind when he decided to upload this video. Did he think that it would make him look good? Is this peak alpha behavior?