A Missouri man drove his van through a crowd of protesters in St Louis last night, and then waved a gun at them.
According to the St. Louis Dispatch, activists were preparing for a “die-in” demonstration, which includes lying in the street, in Maryland Plaza at around 8 p.m. to protest the decision not to charge the officer whose illegal use of a chokehold resulted in the death of Eric Garner.
“As they did, a man driving a Town and Country minivan drove through the intersection and accelerated through the crowd,” the paper reported.
Well maybe he was late for dinner and the pesky protesters were in his way. Look at it from his point of view.
After a short chase, protesters were able to stop the driver. In photos taken by the Post-Dispatch‘s David Carson, a male white driver in his 50s can be seen brandishing a semiautomatic handgun. Reports said that protesters broke the man’s window at one point.
A protest organizer said that four activists had been hit. Police spokesperson Leah Freeman noted that no one had been seriously hurt.
The driver was taken into custody by police. Freeman said that it was not clear if he hit the protesters after swerving to go around them or if they had jumped in front of his minivan.
So he was even later for dinner. It’s so unfair.
jumped in front of his van
jesus
Those other guys probably jumped in front of the bullets.
Fucking white people. I would imagine that not even Sam Harris could escape the sociopathy vibe we got goin’ on. Man, we are just so fucking in love with killing.
If it was someone who was driving while black, they would have been shot. Then the cop would have been afraid for xir life as an excuse.
Maybe he just wanted to be part of the latest fad: driving your car through a crowd which is protesting police killing an unarmed black man. Also happened last week in the Twin Cities during a Ferguson protest. The driver there, who has a history of drunk driving, has no been charged yet AFAIK, although the DA’s office was at least thinking about it. (How can there even be a question of whether or not to charge him?)
http://www.startribune.com/local/minneapolis/283891941.html
BTW, the Twin Cities guy did a hit and run (again, why questioned and released instead of arrested). And this from another news report about it is so special: “The driver was initially listed as the “victim” in police reports. Late Wednesday, police changed the driver’s status to “suspect.””
We could play the “Guess the color” game, but that’s about as hard as Tic-Tac-Toe.
RE: the thread title.
…I see what you did there!
Well done! It was cryptic as hell. 😀