OWS marchers struck by Mercedes
Tman sends us a link to an article from SF Gate which describes an encounter between a motorist and some OWS protesters in Oakland last night in which two protesters suffered leg and ankle injuries. The story was written backwards, so I’ll correct that here’
[BART Police Deputy Chief Daniel] Hartwig said witnesses had differing accounts of what happened, with some saying the driver appeared to have gunned the Mercedes into the victims in frustration and others saying he had been provoked by activists pounding on his car.
So it looks pretty likely that protesters were attempting to damage the gentleman’s car and he tried to evade them. But the original article made it sound as if he merely plowed into the crowd.
BART police officers who were guarding nearby transit stations responded, questioned the driver and several witnesses, then let the driver leave the scene at 11th Street and Broadway in his car.
As the driver left, many in the crowd yelled at him and at police, saying he should have stayed at the scene or been arrested.
So the justice crowd wants to be judge and jury. The only justice is what they want and there’s no room for innocent until proven guilty. Nice.
Category: I hate hippies
Iwould have mowed them down like a scythe through wheat if they started pounding on my car. I drive a Chevy not a mercedes, but the statement still the same, Dont F*** with a mans car.
The Oakland mob size has been estimated to be up to 3,000 at its pinnacle. 3,000? Even assuming that to be correct, 3,000 is smaller than the crwods attending many HS football games on any Friday night. As for the car incident, the police allowed the driver to continue on his or her way. That tells me everything I need to know about the driver’s culpability.
I guess when you have the “moral high ground”, you can imagine yourself walking in the road and nothing bad happening. As these two douchenozzles found out, that isn’t necessarily so.
And, I thought they were going to shut down the Port of Oakland?
As for the transit cops letting the driver go, if they determined that the “injuries” weren’t “life-threatening”, and got his info, that’s the best way to handle it. Then there aren’t any envious, distribute his wealth my way, occutards there to burn his car and him, while they await the arrival of the Oakland PD.
They could have played it the other way, UpNorth. The P/Os could have appeased the crowd by carting the driver off.
Yeah, but there was no reason to do that. The car was where it was supposed to be, the “marchers” were the ones in violation. I know that won’t sit well with the “civil libertarians” of the Occuturd movement, but there it is. When you’re in the street and you don’t have four tires in contact with the ground and a license plate on your ass, you’re going to end up bruised. And, it’s your fault.
If the Oakland PD does a police report, I hope the driver gets the name of the occuturds who damaged his car, and sues them.
Sweet…the only thing that could have made it funnier, if not ironic, is if the guy had been driving a fucking Prius!
Put me in reasonable fear for my life and limb, and I will act accordingly. If that means that, at the end of the day, I’m breathing and you aren’t, tough shit.
They could of just turned the driver over to the “Security Committe” and let the dancing fingers decide his/her fate. Counseling…..or get this, counseling. It obviously works for sex perverts.
Hey let’s find Paris Hilton’s drunk ass and tell her theres a sale on fru fru dogs or purses or a bunch of Jersey boys are having a convention or some shit. Then we can see MORE people run over by rich people. Drunk rich people.