Car Plows into Manhattan BLM Protest, Injuring Several; Driver Detained

[kellyhound]

A car plowed into a crowd of about 50 people at a protest that spilled into the streets of Manhattan on Friday afternoon, injuring six people, according to New York City police and local news media reports.

The woman behind the wheel of the BMW sedan was detained for questioning by law enforcement, the New York City Police Department said. The incident occurred just after 4 p.m. at the corner of 39th Street and Third Avenue in the Murray Hill neighborhood adjacent to Midtown Manhattan, police said.

None of the injuries appeared to be life threatening, and the motorist involved remained at the scene, police said. Few other official details were immediately available.

Local media reports said six people were struck by the car, but it was unclear as to how many people were taken to hospitals.

Some accounts on social media described a chaotic scene around a stopped car surrounded by protesters, before the vehicle lurched into the crowd, sending some people and bicycles tumbling. Those reports could not immediately be confirmed by Reuters.

Police and several local media outlets said the protest was sponsored by the racial justice group Black Lives Matter.

A Reuters photographer at the scene and at least one media outlet said that demonstration was held in solidarity with nine undocumented immigrants staging a hunger strike in a New Jersey lockup, in custody of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-n...-idUSKBN28L2XJ

[kellyhound]

another vid and a pic of her.

The woman who drove into a crowd of people in New York City Friday has been charged with reckless endangerment, police said.

She has been identified as Kathleen Casillo, 52, of Rockaway Park, Queens. Also, a 32-year-old woman who was a part of demonstration was charged with disorderly conduct and obstruction of governmental administration after she interfered with emergency medical service experts as they responded to the scene.

[niknik]

Look at them in the second video. Running like zombies at whatever catches their attention.

Like running after the car is a good idea. Most likely the car mowed through because these idiotic protesters taunted the driver into doing it.

She may be just crazy and decided fuck these clowns im trying to get my Starbucks and just plowed through.

But it's more likely these zombies refused to let her through and purposely scared the shit out her by surrounding her car and trying to break the windows.

I mean, what do you really think is going to happen when you threaten harm to someone in a car? They will just put it in park and see how it plays out?

[Grimlyfe]

awesome. Play in the street and get ran over. Simple logic

[RogerSmithLikesDrugs]

Yeah, someone got the license plate bitch, straight to the face, ba-bam

[niknik]

Its a Christmas miracle. The election took place, the democrat won. And it's been an entire month since the media has pushed a police shooting story.

I wish I could ask Biden a question in front of the camera. How does it feel to be the president of a systemically racist country?

[alphawolf15]

Lol. Love it. Should have taken out more