‘ Snowboarders escaped monster avalanche, but not the law ‘

[btfc]

“ I'm surprised no one has posted in earnest 'lucky they weren't black or they'd have been shot'.

Or if they were black, "lucky they weren't shot'. ”


Really?

You’re surprised?

Really??

[Janit]

Nowhere in the article is it claimed that the snowboarders were trespassing. If they had been, it would be the first thing I would expect the DA to say.

And there is something illogical in charging them for damage to the avalanche mitigation system. Shouldn't an avalanche mitigation system, deployed in an avalanche zone, be built in such a way as to mitigate avalanche damage to itself?

What do the authorities do if they detonate one of the mitigators, and the resulting avalanche destroys the other mitigators? Will they charge themselves for triggering an avalanche that turns out to be bigger than they expected?

Or had the authorities been negligent themselves for failing to proactively mitigate the conditions that enabled such a large avalanche to occur?