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[kellyhound]

A 27-year-old man drove a white Jaguar onto a closed freeway in Seattle early Saturday and barreled through a panicked crowd of protesters, critically injuring two women, officials said. One of them, the youngest, died few days later.

Dawit Kelete of Seattle drove the car around vehicles that were blocking Interstate 5 and sped into the crowd at about 1:40 a.m., according to a police report released by the Washington State Patrol. Video taken at the scene by protesters showed people shouting “Car! Car!” before fleeing the roadway.

Summer Taylor, 24, of Seattle and Diaz Love, 32, of Bellingham were in critical condition with multiple injuries, according to Harborview Medical Center spokeswoman Susan Gregg.

Love was filming the protest in a nearly two-hour-long Facebook livestream captioned “Black Femme March takes I-5” when the video ended abruptly; with about 15 seconds left, shouts of “Car!” can be heard as the camera starts to shake before screeching tires and the sound of impact are heard.

Video on social media showed the car striking two people.

The driver was in custody, Washington State Patrol Capt. Ron Mead said.

Kelete was booked into the King County Correctional Facility at 7:24 a.m. Saturday on two counts of vehicular assault. Bail was denied. It was not immediately clear if Kelete had an attorney who could speak on his behalf.

Officials were trying to determine the motive as well as where he got onto the interstate. Mead said they suspect Kelete drove the wrong way on a ramp. Trooper Rick Johnson said the driver went through a barrier that closed the freeway before striking the women.

Troopers did not know whether it was a targeted attack, but impairment was not considered a factor, Mead said.

Seattle has been the site of prolonged unrest following the May 25 police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, which sparked nationwide protests. Dozens of people were arrested this past week in connection with protests as demonstrations continue after authorities cleared the “Capitol Hill Occupied Protest” zone Wednesday morning.

Protesters had shut down the interstate for 19 days in a row, Mead said at a press conference.

The State Patrol responded by closing sections of the interstate to keep drivers and protesters safe.

“In a time that requires care and flexibility, we are exercising the safest means possible to avoid injuries or worse to motorists, protesters, WSDOT personnel and our troopers by closing the roadway and separating protesters from vehicular traffic,” Chief John Batiste said in a statement on June 27, responding to complaints about the road closures.

Mead emphasized that the freeway is “simply not a safe place” for pedestrians, and said he hoped protesters would cease what he termed “unlawful behavior” in blocking the interstate.

“My hope is, as a result of this tragedy, protesters will reconsider their desire to be on the interstate because I cannot guarantee their safety, plain and simple,” Mead said.

Protesters were on the freeway for more than an hour before the car drove around the blockade around 1:36 a.m., Mead said.

The state patrol tweeted out two pictures of the driver’s car with significant damage to its bumper and windshield.

Seattle police tweeted that they were assisting with the scene, as southbound lanes of the freeway remained closed for investigation.

[soja]

the races of the people involved are all wrong. nobody will care about this one. sorry critically injured ladies, your lives don't matter.

[hulk]

Lmao that's awesome ������������ too bad he only got two of them

[gimlet]

"Love was filming the protest in a nearly two-hour-long Facebook livestream captioned “Black Femme March takes I-5”"

If Love is one of the two women pictured, she looks white. Why would a white 'butch' **** march in a black 'femme' protest? Would shutting down a public highway make people respect/like/support your 'cause'? What is their 'cause', the right of black femme dykes to lick each others pussies? Does the public have to tolerate black femmes, or do the protesters demand that we love pussy lapping lesbians? If so, I am already on board, I love to watch cunt lapping dykes muff diving...

[junkw]

anti-white protest that kills two whites.
it's a self-fulfilling protest

[goatboy666]

Joyriding in stolen car i bet, just like the three teens that got shot in the chop.

[Bohemond]

BLM PAVEMENT PLAY ON HIGHWAY BECOME TAR DEMONS

[jsmlove]

You can bet your sweet ass if the driver was white the MSM would be talking non-stop about how this is another far-right attack and people should be wary of the extremism from the right.
But since the driver is black, no mention of race and the story is quietly scuttled away. In the meantime, those two women will receive no sympathy and support from the media. Just a brief mention, and they're gone.

[Bratislava]

These two 'women' (debatable) reek of daddy issues.