Woman hit by SUV in apparent parking flap

[Catherine Vincent]

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6745354.html

A woman remains in serious condition at a Houston hospital today after she was struck by a vehicle in an apparent dispute over a parking spot in southwest Houston, police said.

Portia Thompson, 20, was hit last Wednesday in a Walmart parking lot in the 9500 block of South Post Oak.

“What does it say about a society when a parking space is more valuable than a human life,” said community activist Quanell X.

Police said the driver of a Dodge Durango SUV hit Thompson and dragged her for a short distance after the dispute.

[HipChick]

1. I saw someone shot dead over a parking space...many years ago

[wtmusic]

2. WalMart...what a surprise nt

[Horse with no Name]

3. What is says about society

Is that we laugh as we watch reality TV...our friends, family, neighbors being pursued by rabid bail bondsmen with bad hair, we watch as their cars get repossessed, and that serves as our entertainment.
We watch as our "elected representatives" call the President a LIAR and do nothing about it.
There is NO empathy anymore.
We are a society of craven beasts who will fight to get "ours"...even if it is just a fucking parking space.
These are the cremains of a falling empire.

[Codeine]

6. People have always been like that.

Most violent death throughout history has occurred as a result of petty, base, sordid fights over nothing. A woman, a bottle of booze, a cache of food or precious metal, a barstool, the turn of a card, the roll of a die, or a misinterpreted glance.

This is neither new nor uniquely American. It symbolizes neither modernity nor empire, neither decay nor disgrace. It is, put simply, the Human Condition, and it has been with us forever.

[cigsandcoffee]

7. Very well said. n/t

[Blue-Jay]

4. Was Tiger driving?

[rucky]

5. yeah, that sounds about right. n/t

[liberalmuse]

8. It tells me humans are involved.

People have been maiming, torturing and killing other people over stupid shit since the dawn of humanity. I guess when we get pissed off at one another, it would be helpful to ask, 'Is this worth killing someone over? Or is this going to be something I forget about in two hours?' Unfortunately, even after thinking about it, some people will still answer, 'Yes'.

[Bitwit1234]

9. I was backing into a tight parking space one time

and some guy races up the row and takes it away. He got out of the car and said you were taking to long and I'm in a hurry. Well just then a lady was pulling out down in front of the line. She blew her horn and motioned for me to come down. Waited til I pulled up and gave me her spot. The guy was flabbergasted because he had taken my spot way back at the end of the row and if he had done what he was supposed to he would have gotten the one right up front. I just looked at him and grinned. And when I got inside I said loud and clear to one of the clerks what had happened.

[Noseyaboutpollution]

10. scary

Nice to always have a working dog in the vehicle.

[JVS]

11. To answer Quanell X, it's not about the parking space, it's about the interaction of the dispute.