Forum Post: Occupy DC protesters struck by car outside event backed by Koch Brothers, injuring 3; Driver won't be charged, say cops 'This guy didn't even give us a chance to get out of the way'
Posted 13 years ago on Nov. 6, 2011, 10:33 p.m. EST by thebeastchasingitstail
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Occupy DC protesters struck by car outside event backed by Koch Brothers, injuring 3; Driver won't be charged, say cops
'This guy didn't even give us a chance to get out of the way'
Here's the livestream capture but it doesn't show much of the actual runnign over :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPINtWBU994&feature=related
I love the big Koch Bros pig -
http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.972612.1320473252!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_485/image.jpg
Is there a video or something? Otherwise this is a he said she said thing.
You don't trust the DC police? What do you have against Lt. Christopher Micciche?
WASHINGTON — Police said early Saturday that a driver will not be charged for striking three people taking part in an Occupy DC protest in downtown Washington.
Lt. Christopher Micciche of the D.C. police said the driver was not cited because he had a green light when his vehicle struck the three on Friday night.
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/occupy-dc-protesters-struck-car-event-backed-koch-brothers-injuring-3-driver-charged-cops-article-1.972613#ixzz1czGlv8be
In my driver manual it is pretty clear that a person in the road trumps the pretty colored lights...
I was referring to the person who said they didn't have a chance to get out of the way.
You left this part out:
He said witnesses told police that the three pedestrians "either ran toward or jumped in front of the moving vehicle." He said one pedestrian jumped on the hood of the car. One of them was cited for being in the roadway.
"The protesters were apparently trying to block the roadway," Micciche said. "It was essentially an accident where three individuals were injured but they were in violation by being in the roadway."
D.C. fire department spokesman Lon Walls said Saturday morning that the three were transported to two area hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries.
Hundreds of protesters affiliated with Occupy DC shut down streets Friday near the city's convention center in downtown, where a conservative group was gathering."
Your headline is a bit misleading.
I used the headline from the NY Daily News story. Tell them.
No prob, it just gives a different feel from the actual text of the story.
I'll have to leave the Fiat in the garage if OWSers are going to be in the streets of DC this week. I'll roll out the Suburban instead. At least deer try get out of the way. OWSers must be dumber than deer.
Everything in DC is on video, go file a foia for the video. Anyway, stay out of the street unless you aspire for a new career as as hood ornament.
Hahahahahah
'This guy didn't even give us a chance to get out of the way'
should have spent less time slamming your fists on the bonnet and spent more time walking... i think the victims didn't give themselves a chance to get out of the way.
You don't understand... These kids actually believe that people should just let them do whatever they want. They're going to learn the hard way that there are a whole lot of people who don't play that shit.
Did the protestors die or not? Their bodies could be carried through the streets of DC as martyrs.
It would make excellent footage.
Who was the driver, Marion Barry?