5 year old boy struck and killed after forced out of car on busy highway for being 'unruly'.
A soldier who forced his longtime girlfriend's 5-year-old son out of his car on a busy highway at night, apparently for being "unruly," has been charged with reckless murder after the boy was struck and killed, police say. Army Sgt. Bryan Starr—who is stationed at Georgia's Fort Benning but lives just over the state line in southeast Alabama—was traveling with Austin Birdseye on Alabama 165 around 8pm Sunday when he stopped his vehicle in a parking lot about two miles from the family's home and made the boy get out in the rain, reports AL.com. The 35-year-old later told investigators that he lost sight of Austin before seeing people gathered in the road. An oncoming car had struck the 5-year-old, who was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital. His mother, 33-year-old Christina Birdseye, was not present at the time.
The driver was not at fault. "There's no indication that they had any chance of not hitting the little guy," who was difficult to make out in the rain and darkness, Sheriff Heath Taylor tells the Ledger-Enquirer. Starr surrendered to authorities after a charge of reckless murder was filed. Per the Ledger-Enquirer, a person can be charged with murder in Alabama if "under circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to human life, he or she recklessly engages in conduct which creates a grave risk of death" to another person. A GoFundMe page set up to raise money for the family initially noted Austin would sing songs "at the top of his lungs while in the car," per Metro, though that line has since been deleted. Taylor questioned how one could "tell a 5-year-old to get out of the car on a rainy night, because they were being loud." "It's just heartbreaking," he said.
https://www.newser.com/story/299508/after-boy-is-forced-from-car-a-charge-of-reckless-murder.html
Starr told investigators that Austin began acting “unruly” in his car as they traveled on the highway near Russell County Road 24, so Starr pulled his Dodge Charger into a church parking lot and made the boy get out in the rain, Taylor said. Starr said he afterward lost sight of the boy, and soon noticed cars stopped on the highway.
That’s where Austin had been hit by an oncoming vehicle, a Toyota Avalon. The road is not well lit there, and the darkness and the rain made the small child hard to see, Taylor said. The driver who hit Austin was not at fault, he said.
“We have their information, and we’ve spoken to them, and will speak to them again, but at this point, there’s no indication that they had any chance of not hitting the little guy,” Taylor said.
https://www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/local/crime/article247505815.html
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this motherfucking asswipe has forever fucked up the mind of the driver who hit the child, not to mention all the relatives who are in mourning now. Goddamn him to hell. 
...but I'm taking care of 2 strays and 4 ferals that I took over as a community/family from the wonderful elderly lady across the street - we live near a park, where MFs dump their cats and abandon them. 
She had them TNR'd and given shots - cost her a fortune. But her health eventually gave way and we lost her. She has a fantastic son who would stop by after work every day to feed them, give them fresh water. After a few months of that, I felt so bad I offered to take over. Four years later, I'm still working on getting 3 of the ferals inside the house, but they are afraid of my 2 dogs - the other three basically stay in the house in the winter and dominate 
. But they still demand out sometimes. So I worry worry worry about them, all the time, crossing the street, chasing each other out there... I can't control them. Thankfully we live on a quiet street, but there are always assholes driving too fast, not paying attention to anything.
Don't know how many people who take care of ferals / strays can afford this - sh*t, *I* can't afford it - but I'm in the middle of converting my beat-up backyard into a half dog run / half large catio, with cat-proof fencing all around to keep them out of the street. I would say I'll be eating cat food for a long time once it's done, since I'm so broke now, 'cept they eat Blue Buffalo which damn near costs what I eat.
So... just saying that, possibly, that cat was an outdoor cat who just had an unlucky moment. I feel terrible for both of you. 
Oh and, f*ck me if I ever hit any pet or animal, or God forbid, a child... my life would be over, it would be devastating.
SHIT. 
bet he's an ardent hump supporter. 
I hope this guy rots in jail for the rest of his life.
Or even pets, for that matter. 
5 year olds are still learning how to recognize and self regulate powerful emotions. They still don’t fully understand. How could this piece of shit do this to a baby????
is breaking.
