Posted on 05/26/2021 5:29:59 AM PDT by USA Conservative
Police in North Carolina has arrested a woman who was in a car that was stopped by BLM rioters in the street in Elizabeth City. She’s charged with two felony counts of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill & more. She may face hate crime charges too.
Lisa Michelle O’Quinn, 41, was charged with two counts of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill by use of a motor vehicle, one count of careless and reckless conduct and one count of unsafe movement, Elizabeth City Police said in a news release. Investigators said they were still determining if the incident was a hate crime.
Multiple videos surfaced on social media this morning and in one of them, Lisa who is driving a white Sedan is stopped by a BLM mob. She tries to drive away from the rioters but one of them blocks the road with his bike.’
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The mob accused the police officer of not doing his job because he didn’t arrest her immediately:
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They even doxed the officer’s private information online!
The Elizabeth City Police Department said in a statement that Lisa Michelle O’Quinn, 41, drove her vehicle into two 42-year-old women who were “peacefully protesting and exercising their constitutional rights” on Monday evening.
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Here’s the video from the incident:
Was this woman’s arrest justified?
Because with the rise of so-called anti-protest laws which protect the drivers in these situations, this becomes a bigger story to see how this is dealt with.
Prosecutors charged O’Quinn with two felony counts of assault with a deadly weapon with the intent to kill by the use of a motor vehicle, one count of careless and reckless conduct, and one count of unsafe movement.
Police said they were investigating the incident as a potential hate crime involving aggravating factors that may lead to a longer sentence for O’Quinn if she is convicted.
O’Quinn was being held in jail on a $40,000 bond. Her first court appearance is scheduled for tomorrow.
In the wake of last year’s Black Lives Matter protests, Republican lawmakers are advancing a number of new anti-protest measures at the state level — including multiple bills that specifically make it easier for drivers to run down protesters.
Under the new law, the driver will no longer be liable for striking — or even killing — a person if the driver is “fleeing from a riot … under a reasonable belief that fleeing was necessary to protect the motor vehicle operator from serious injury or death.”
The measure also creates new penalties for protesters who obstruct streets or vehicle traffic, including hefty fines of up to $5,000 and as much as a year in jail.
Infringing on the right to freedom of movement by others is not peaceful assembly or protest.
The police should arrest the road blockers for committing attempted suicide.
They are not peacefully protesting or exercising their constitutional right when the block a public thoroughfare. When they do that they are violating the rights of others and are common criminals.
Exactly.
If these were used to break up their shindigs this nonsense would come to a screeching halt.
She must be white.
> ...protestors arrested in Washington at the US Capitol rot in jail,
Except for Ashli Babbitt who was murdered by an unnamed assailant.
If you stop, they kill you. They are punishing the wrong person here.
Your opinion is noted. Good for you. Glad you have one...
You don’t seem to have a come back opinion to change my mind that the driver was in the wrong. Is it felony wrong? I have my doubts about that. Nobody got hurt as far as I could tell.
I’ve stated my opinion. She did nothing wrong. Why should I change that?
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