Car plows through crowd protesting Ferguson decision

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

You can't really tell from the video what prompted the driver to move forward, you don't see what happened before. My sense is that they weren't trying to push people out of the way but wanted to get the hell out of there for some reason. Who knows. Maybe felt threatened and didn't want to be the next Reginald Denny.

You actually can see what happened. Use the link below (from the OP) - starting at 0:50 you can see the car which was sitting behind another car making its way into the crowd. Everyone else appears to be going around the crowd but not this one. This one pulls up from behind a vehicle that is stopped in front of the crowd and then tries to make its way through the crowd. When they don't make room, the car just pulls forward and gains speed. That's just stupid and reckless. And it is against the law. True, the protesters probably had no permission to obstruct traffic but as they say, two wrongs don't make a right and that driver deserves to be be charged with both assault and hit and run because that is precisely what transpired here. And it's on tape. The driver was not accosted by the protesters prior to plowing into the crowd. A jackazz driver is what it is.

http://www.startribune.com/video/283893441.html

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

I don't think it was hate or anger or premeditation otherwise they wouldnt have reported it to the police afterwards. I think they were scared and freaked out trying to get away.

I can tell you being swarmed by protestors isn't fun.

I'm pretty sure that someone in the crowd had taken down the license plate. It's not like the driver had any reasonable expectation to be able to get away with this. The police report on part of the jackazz driver is nothing but after-the-fact damage control. The driver ought to be brought up on charges for this. It's not lawful to plow through a crowd with blatant disregard for human life and injuring people. And that is true whether that crowd is in the street lawfully or not. The driver could have gone around the protest like everyone else but it was probably some blowhard that just wanted to make a point that these people ain't gonna stand in his way. Making that point should cost him dearly. Aside from the criminal charges, the injured parties ought to go after him for everything he's worth.

[LibCampFireClub 635]

Stop for the NO Justice NO Peace crowd? Oh yeah.

[Torete 121]

Were they driving a Toyota with an accelerator sticking problem and couldn't see the pedestrians after their defective Takata airbag deployed hence them driving into the crowd?

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Looked like a Subaru. Must have been part of the Subaru share the love event.

[Torete 121]

I doubt they'll be indicted.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

I doubt they'll be indicted.

The driver should be indicted. At a minimum, it's reckless endangerment. But really, it's worth an assault charge. Plus the hit and run.

[LibCampFireClub 635]

Listening to the left toss horseshit line upon horseshit line about why the American public should bow down to a drooling mouthed accuser brings reminders of John Lovitz:

[Torete 121]

The police report was released yesterday. I wish I could read that report.

[LibCampFireClub 635]

No need to read it. Just watch CNN editorialize it, and then buy a mask and go a Ferguson.

[Torete 121]

Nah, I'd prefer to read it and edgimucate myself.

[Torete 121]

Should have used this model Subaru.

Dammit!! Can't get the image to display.

It was a Subaru monster truck.

Edited November 26, 2014 by Torete

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Well, the police changed the classification of the driver from "victim" to "suspect". Good.

Seems to be a real loser, too. One of them 40 year olds living in mommy's basement, apparently. Several drunk driving charges on his record, too.

Rice’s [Jeffrey Patrick Rice, 40] mother said in an interview that he was coming home from work and “didn’t even know what was going on” when he encountered the crowd of several hundred blocking the intersection.

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The report released Wednesday morning listed Rice as a “victim” and the injured girl under the “other” category. Later in the day, police changed the listing of Rice to “suspect.” They did not provide additional information or immediately respond to a request for comment.

Rice’s driving history in Minnesota includes three drunken-driving convictions, with the most recent coming in 2003. He’s also been convicted of driving with an open liquor bottle, and driving after his license was canceled and also in violation of restrictions placed on his license. The most recent of these convictions came in early 2008.

Much of the incident, unfolding within a few steps of the Police Department’s Third Precinct headquarters, was captured on a Star Tribune video. Additional aerial video from KSTP-TV, Channel 5, shows that Rice had paused behind a vehicle stopped in front of it, and then steered to the right around that vehicle and drove slowly into the crowd that was blocking the intersection. There were three people on the hood of his car as he knocked down the girl.

After the girl went to the pavement, the crowd erupted in screams, and some people violently pounded on the windshield and windows while the car was stopped momentarily. Rice then started again and knocked down a few more people, the TV video shows.

Gea Ebrahem said she was one of the protesters who was hit after Rice resumed moving. She said she moved in front of the car to join others who were trying to pull the girl to safety and try to lift the tire off the teen.

“My head was in front of the bumper,” said Ebrahem, 24. “I ended up at the bottom of everybody.”

The people who were on the hood of the car, she continued, “didn’t jump on the car because they wanted to. They got hit, and it was a natural reaction [to get onto the hood].”

Despite the momentary yet dramatic mayhem, Ebrahem said, “I just want people to know that the rally was peaceful.”

Soon after, Rice pulled over and called 911, police spokesman John Elder said Wednesday. No one else was hurt, according to police.

City officials said Wednesday that organizers did not need a permit to hold their protest, despite concerns about the potential disruption of traffic.

That last bold part is for you, Teddy. The protest was entirely lawful. No permit required.

Edited November 26, 2014 by Mr. Big Dog

[Janelle2002 3,865]

I don't call jumping on someones car peacefully protesting. The person probably feared for their life AKA Mr. Denny

It's a shame it was not a big 4 wheel drive so they could have gotten some of the lawless idiots under wheel

BAM!! Just thought I would repost what Mr.BigDog did.

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The report released Wednesday morning listed Rice as a “victim” and the injured girl under the “other” category. Later in the day, police changed the listing of Rice to “suspect.” They did not provide additional information or immediately respond to a request for comment.

Rice’s driving history in Minnesota includes three drunken-driving convictions, with the most recent coming in 2003. He’s also been convicted of driving with an open liquor bottle, and driving after his license was canceled and also in violation of restrictions placed on his license. The most recent of these convictions came in early 2008.

Much of the incident, unfolding within a few steps of the Police Department’s Third Precinct headquarters, was captured on a Star Tribune video. Additional aerial video from KSTP-TV, Channel 5, shows that Rice had paused behind a vehicle stopped in front of it, and then steered to the right around that vehicle and drove slowly into the crowd that was blocking the intersection. There were three people on the hood of his car as he knocked down the girl.

After the girl went to the pavement, the crowd erupted in screams, and some people violently pounded on the windshield and windows while the car was stopped momentarily. Rice then started again and knocked down a few more people, the TV video shows.

Gea Ebrahem said she was one of the protesters who was hit after Rice resumed moving. She said she moved in front of the car to join others who were trying to pull the girl to safety and try to lift the tire off the teen.

“My head was in front of the bumper,” said Ebrahem, 24. “I ended up at the bottom of everybody.”

The people who were on the hood of the car, she continued, “didn’t jump on the car because they wanted to. They got hit, and it was a natural reaction [to get onto the hood].”

Despite the momentary yet dramatic mayhem, Ebrahem said, “I just want people to know that the rally was peaceful.”

Soon after, Rice pulled over and called 911, police spokesman John Elder said Wednesday. No one else was hurt, according to police.

City officials said Wednesday that organizers did not need a permit to hold their protest, despite concerns about the potential disruption of traffic.

[LibCampFireClub 635]

Be sure you don't stop. Why? Looky here: