Pieces of Flair

Moving Violations

Sure, it's always fun to reference an awful movie, but this post has a serious message, too. Just because someone looks like a bad person doesn't give you the right to run them over.

"A French artist allegedly traumatized by last week's Spain bombings was convicted of trying to run over a pedestrian he mistook for Osama bin Laden and ordered to pay the man $615.

"[The driver's] lawyer, David Mendel, said his client was the 'victim of a hallucination' while driving Monday through Montpellier's historic center.

"The intended target, a man in his 30s, was able to run from the oncoming car, which crashed along the side of a street.

"'If it was (bin Laden), we would have won $5 million,' Mendel said, referring to a reward."