A Police Officer in Vermont who’s been charged with gross negligent conduct after he struck and killed a cyclist with his police cruiser was playing According to a report from NBC 5That video was of an event hold by notorious anti-transit walsh, according to the vermont news outlet VT DiggerWhich citizens court documents.
Kyle kapitanski, a 41-yar-old police sergeant in Shelburne, has been charged with “Gross Negligent Operation with Death Resulting from a Fatal Crash” Whhen He Hey Heayes Late Late Late Late Late Late Latte Last According to NBC 5. Kapitanski was allegedly driving five Miles Over the Speed Limit and was watching youtube videos on his department-insured ipad when the collision Occurred, According to NBC 5.
The fact that kapitanksi was watching youtube was only discovered thanks to a body cam, according to court documents reviewed by nbc 5. Reportedly Didnys’s Capture the Crash, only the activity inside the cruiser when kapitanksi was watching youtube.
Hayes, 38, Had disounted His bicycle and was standing in the roadway Near the curb when he was struruck on nov. 14, 2024, according to NBC 5. He Died at the Scene of the Crash from “Blunt Force Trauma to the Head,” According to an autopsy report seen by vt digger.
The YouTube video kapitanski was watching just before the crash Had the title, “Trans woman confronting matt walsh takes unexpected turns,” According to vt Digger, Whoch A alsoes Alaso notes thats that courtes the COCUMENTS There was “no evidence of user interaction” with the videos. It’s not clear what other videos may have been viewed before the crash, but youtube web addresses were logged from 2:29 am to 2:40 am to 2:40 am the matt walsh video is only about a minute long
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=loqxher7ew
Matt walsh has established Himself as one of the most virutintly anti-trans bigots in the us and regularly posts atrocious things online about the transmunity. Walsh calls Himself a “Theocratic Fascist” in His Bio on X, Something That He Will Sometimes Downplay as a Joke. But in the age of trump, we all know how “jokes” are often cover for earnestly fascist beliefs.
Kapitanski’s Attorney, David Sleigh, is challenging the felony charge and wants to present the Lack of Interaction with the YouTube Video as evidence of something.
“The Affidavit, as Near as I Can See It, Says That Kyle Was Going Maybe 5 Miles Over the Speed Limit, that his computer was playing some sort of video, but the officer says that they are what they are said to be Interaction with the computer in the 11 minutes that matter, “Sleigh said, according to vt digger.
An email to kapitanski’s attorneys wasn’t immediatily returned. Gizmodo will update this post if we hear back.