Using Youtube videos for time and distance measurements from the Maps Measure app, I can conclusively say that James Fields Jr.'s car was going on average 25 MPH. Before it was hit, it was going about 23 MPH. Here are my calculations. The car went about 100 feet from the intersection to being hit by a protestor near an alleyway in about 3 seconds.
It went 185 ft and crashed in no less than 5 seconds altogether putting the average speed at 25 MPH.
If you calculate the 2 seconds beyond being hit until the crash, the car reaches about 29 MPH. It is unclear what caused the brief acceleration, but the driver was attacked and likely startled. I see no conclusive evidence that this car intentionally plowed into this crowd at any speed greater than 30 MPH. Another lie spread by the media bites the dust.
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