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1 of 2 protesters hit by car on closed Seattle highway dies
AP ^ | 07 05 2020 | MARTHA BELLISLE

Posted on 07/05/2020 7:49:24 AM PDT by yesthatjallen

A car drove onto a closed freeway early Saturday and struck two people in a crowd protesting against police brutality, killing one and critically injuring the other, authorities said.

Summer Taylor, 24, of Seattle died in the evening at Harborview Medical Center, spokesperson Susan Gregg said.

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Dawit Kelete of Seattle drove the car around vehicles that were blocking I-5 and sped into the crowd 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.

Love is in serious condition in the intensive care unit, Harborview, Gregg said.

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.

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The driver, who was alone, fled the scene after hitting the protesters, Trooper Chase Van Cleave told The Associated Press. One of the other protesters got in a car and chased the driver for about a mile. He was able to stop him by pulling his car in front of the Jaguar, Van Cleave said.

Troopers arrived, and the driver was put in custody, Washington State Patrol Capt. Ron Mead said.

Kelete was described by offices as reserved and sullen when he was arrested, according to court documents. He also asked if the pedestrians were OK, the documents say.

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To: yesthatjallen
Two weirdos down for the count.
81 posted on 07/05/2020 8:24:50 AM PDT by jetson (chiwowa)
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To: yesthatjallen

So a black driver runs into white protesters allegedly “protesting” for blacks rights while simultaneously attacking the black guy, on a freeway which has been closed to cars and is open only to “protesting” pedestrians.

Got it.


82 posted on 07/05/2020 8:25:33 AM PDT by keats5
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To: 2banana

Their parents never taught them that it was a bad idea to play on the freeway and they couldn’t figure it out for themselves. Who cares?


83 posted on 07/05/2020 8:26:22 AM PDT by gr8eman (Stupid should hurt! Treason should hurt more!)
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To: PGR88

84 posted on 07/05/2020 8:27:13 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: yesthatjallen

But, but, she was just a peaceful protester standing in the middle of the West coast’s main highway on the back side of an illegal blockade. She was an innocent victim of racial intolerance by a black man behind the wheel of a racist white car, I demand that independence day be renamed to “Karen” day. If you have a problem with that, then I want to speak to your manager.


85 posted on 07/05/2020 8:27:16 AM PDT by GunHoardingCapitalist (If square had a flavor, what would it be?)
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To: Cowboy Bob

I gave them a 9.5.
Didn’t stick the landing.


86 posted on 07/05/2020 8:27:35 AM PDT by Kozak (DIVERSITY+PROXIMITY=CONFLICT)
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To: yesthatjallen

Some one please tell AP I am sobbing in my soup


87 posted on 07/05/2020 8:28:53 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: Samurai_Jack

I’m with you except for the part about “children” aged 24 and 32.


88 posted on 07/05/2020 8:29:39 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Having a good memory means you never have to think of anything original to say.)
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To: Cowboy Bob

I feel guilty for my lol.


89 posted on 07/05/2020 8:30:47 AM PDT by DouglasKC
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To: ronnie raygun

jomama
@ilovevanilacoke
https://apnews.com/741b01da9ce010717df1afca30afe09e
Driver: Dawit Kelete 27 y/o Sales manager- speaks Tigrinya the language of Eritrea and N.Ethiopia.
Critical-status victim: Purple hair Summer Taylor
Serious-status: Diaz Love blonde hair non-binary


90 posted on 07/05/2020 8:31:03 AM PDT by RummyChick (Stop Apologizing for things you didn't do. Stop Demanding Apologies when refuse to forgive)
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To: yesthatjallen

Gee, and all of this over George Floyd

A guy who failed to live a useful life, and failed to turn his life around when given chance after chance

Sure has been worth it


91 posted on 07/05/2020 8:31:18 AM PDT by A_Former_Democrat (See St George's Rap Sheet . . . TAG PedoJoe with "DEFUND the POLICE")
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To: metmom
who's brilliant idea was it to allow these illegal cars blocking traffic on a major highway?.....

cops had no right to be blocking off entrances/exits just so some idiots could play in the street....

I hope the rioters are all happy now,and the poor parents of the young woman.....

darwin awards to go around..

92 posted on 07/05/2020 8:33:30 AM PDT by cherry
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To: madrastex

>>>DARWIN AWARD nominee?<<<

No, definite winner.


93 posted on 07/05/2020 8:34:35 AM PDT by Pilgrim's Progress (http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
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To: A_Former_Democrat

Ever notice that our incurious media doesn’t wonder where Floyd got the counterfeit money? Why were he and the cop that killed him were working for the same nightclub? Who owned the nightclub? Why the club was a front for the Sinoloa cartel? Why is the Mexican drug gang operating a business in Minneapolis, Minnesota?


94 posted on 07/05/2020 8:35:07 AM PDT by Texas resident (Remember in November)
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To: PGR88

oh...my....


95 posted on 07/05/2020 8:35:20 AM PDT by cherry
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To: 2CAVTrooper

I do pray the car is OK.
= = =

It is a Brit Jaguar.

We made them colonize India, don’t you know.

(Is Jaguar still Brit?)

Note this: Jaguar is owned by Jaguar Land Rover, which is a subsidiary of Indian automotive giant Tata.

Any Irony here?


96 posted on 07/05/2020 8:35:57 AM PDT by Scrambler Bob (This is not /s. It is just as viable as any MSM 'information', maybe more so!)
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To: BradyLS

>>Do I detect some privelege in those photos? Drove a Jag, too? My, my. Some people really do have it rough.<<

From what I have heard, the guy was a rather successful businessman, owning several businesses. So congrats you morons, you screwed up the life of a black man who had made something of himself.


97 posted on 07/05/2020 8:37:09 AM PDT by Tejas Rob
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To: A_Former_Democrat
how does this dude afford a Jag at 27??? Does Door Dash pay that much?
98 posted on 07/05/2020 8:37:54 AM PDT by RummyChick (Stop Apologizing for things you didn't do. Stop Demanding Apologies when refuse to forgive)
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To: AndyJackson
Ik find it hard to believe that I-5 was "closed"....

maybe the cops thought it would be less trouble to just close that portion of the major highway so the kids could play in the street rather than do the correct thing, the legal thing, and kick the kids out of the street so normal people could use the public highways..

99 posted on 07/05/2020 8:38:16 AM PDT by cherry
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To: yesthatjallen

The Washington State Patrol had allowed these morons to do this for the past nineteen nights and therefore it is the State Patrol Commander that is responsible for the death. It is their job to keep the Interstate Highway safe for motorist.

Clear negligence resulting in a death that could have been prevented had the authorities had done their jobs.


100 posted on 07/05/2020 8:38:57 AM PDT by Colo9250
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