Teenage motorcyclist Harry Dunn died when Anne Sacoolas apparently drove on the wrong side of the road
that diplomats should enjoy protected status in their host country is an ancient one, and the consequences of violating the custom can be bloody. The Mongols destroyed whole cities in response to the mistreatment of their envoys. In Britain, Parliament passed an act preserving diplomats’ privileges in 1708, following a fuss over the arrest for debt of Russia’s man in London. The young United States passed a similar act in 1790.
But immunity was not designed for the sort of incident that has now caused outrage in Britain and friction with its biggest ally. On August 27th a teenage motorcyclist, Harry Dunn, was killed in a collision with a Volvo near an American intelligence base in Northamptonshire. The car’s driver, Anne Sacoolas, who had reportedly arrived in Britain only recently with her diplomat husband and three children, was allegedly driving on the wrong side of the road.
Will British anger have any impact? America does not want to set a precedent. And it may want to keep a lid on the case if Ms Sacoolas’s husband was indeed a spy. Ms Sacoolas herself has reason to stay away: a possible prison sentence if she were convicted. Scarpering may be understandable, but it doesn’t stop the sense of injustice she leaves behind."Protection racket"
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