I think one of the reasons so many people are reacting negatively to P's wife's post is that it's assumed that in skateboarding we tend to let a lot of things slide - what i mean by that is it's easy to sympathize with another skater, especially in a tragic situation because we see ourselves in that person. We also know that Preston and Corey had a good relationship with each other and expect everyone to understand that Preston wouldn't want Corey to suffer.
All bets are off when A. You're not involved in the boy's club B. This is a family member, husband and father to your children.
I think these comments would be looked at in a completely different light had these two people not been associated in skating - if this was a nightly news story and these were the words of a grieving widow.
Hope that makes sense.
Skating has little to do with how I view it. I had a friend drive insanely recklessly when I was in high school and flip a car while neither him or his front passenger (another good friend) were not wearing seatbelts (he wasn't drunk). The way the car flipped led to the driver being thrown out of the car and breaking his hip, while it led to the passenger being thrown out of the car and under it, instantly killing him.
The driver faced serious charges, but thankfully, the victims parents immediately forgave him (realizing their own son had also made a stupid mistake) and asked the prosecutors to try to find as light a deal as they could live with. Despite the fact the driver got off with limited criminal charges, it still was an insanely heavy burden to bear. Anywhere he went with people who knew him previously, he felt like they just viewed him as the guy who killed their friend (whether real or imagined). While Cory is the primary person at fault, legally it was 100% his, P-Stone also made reckless decisions that contributed to his death, unless he was completely unaware Cory had been drinking (which is possible, but feels unlikely).
Now, I can understand P-Stone's wife lashing out and she has every reason to. I was just hopeful she could be as forgiving as the people I knew in a similar situation. Maybe she eventually does or maybe she resents him forever. Either way, Cory's actions have left her with an extremely difficult future, and occasionally lashing out because of that is fine.