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Man road rages through Portland Parade

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A newly released video of a man driving through the Portland Rose Festival's Grand Floral parade route shows him screaming expletives moments before he crashed through parade barriers, sending pedestrians running for their lives.

Prosecutors submitted the video as evidence during a preventive detention hearing, in which a judge decides if a defendant will remain in jail before their trial, according to KGW8.

According to the rules of Multnomah County's Pretrial Services Program — under which the driver, Sidney Mecham of Portland, Oregon, is being held in custody — judges complete risk assessments to determine the risk of the charged individual committing other crimes and the likelihood that they will appear in court, per the county website.

County Judge Judith Matarazzo ultimately approved a state motion to keep Mecham, 42, behind bars before his trial.

Mecham has since pled not guilty to 38 counts related to the incident, per the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office. He was also driving with a suspended license and had no insurance, per KGW8.

The dashcam video shows multiple angles from inside Mecham's car as he grows increasingly frustrated when stuck in traffic caused by the parade.
 
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You know, I almost understand the racist asshole who ran down four Pakistani Muslims and left their surviving child an orphan here in my city more than I do this kind of road rage. Not sympathize or anything, but kind of get what might have been in his head.

The guy in the local case had been radicalized on social media so there's at least at explanation for the hate. You can see why it happened and come up with ways that you might be able to stop the next one. And that is becoming more and more clear as his trial progresses, too.

With a guy like this, it seems like he just snapped and I just don't get that. I have been stuck in major traffic behind parades and never thought of attacking the parade as a solution. How would you anticipate and stop this?
 
I can't believe people are this stupid. This guy shouldn't ever be let out of prison for obvious reasons.
I can't even imagine being a guy (or a Karen :p) with a temper like that, knowing that I'm given to road-rage wanting/putting an 'in-viewing' dash cam in my car.
 
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