The Drunk Driver Who Mauled a Crowd at SXSW Pleads Not Guilty

(Scene following the tragic mauling of more than 20 SXSW attendees; March 13th, 2014)
It was the lowest point ever of SXSW: on a crowded, hot, festive night of March 13th, 2014, a police chase veered into a blocked-off street, killing four and injuring more than 20.  Behind the wheel was a drunken Rashad Charjuan Owens, speeding to avoid the cops but ultimately creating a massacre.
Now, Owens has pled ‘not guilty’ in a filing with the Travis County District Court, whil