The Google Earth image is nice and all, but my question would be, were people intentionally blocking the vehicle from proceeding? That’s a pretty big parking lot with a wide threshold to and from Imperial Hwy.
Do you have any video of this vehicle in the parking lot, prior to the people being hit by the vehicle? Thanks.
My main focus was the deliberate misrepresentation by the media, presumably to draw a moral equivalence between the MANY incidents of this variety all over the country for the last six months or so perpetrated by the Left, and one incident where a roadway was actually not being blocked, but that is as far as I can go.
I too would like more information on what preceded the encounter. I looked in here for some clues, but can only speculate:
There were people clustered around this car and some guy was taking a picture of her license plate...I wondered if she was the one who pepper sprayed someone (referenced in the report) and people were trying to prevent her from leaving (hence the guy taking a picture of her plate) and I wondered if she didn't want her plate number recorded because she had done something wrong, but...I don't know.
I do know I have been to dozens of conservative protests over the years, and never saw "our side" doing those kinds of things, no blocking of traffic, no violent interactions with the Leftists, we scrupulously obeyed the law and respected and listened to law enforcement.
The LEO's knew we were on their side, too, even if they weren't allowed to publicly show it.
Also, when I made my first post to this thread, I could ONLY see one of the two videos (the stupid sideway one) the other one wouldn’t play for me until later.
There is no context in the sideways one, you just see it happening and ending with her at the light. The first one gave more context.
If the guy was taking a picture to ‘Dox” her I don’t buy that either...or at least, I didn’t before all this BS started about six months ago. Now, I admit to wanting to know who these people on the Left are.
Still don’t cotton to blocking traffic, though.
She comes up to the car, and has a long white object in her right hand (highlighted with red region) which she throws in the back seat as she gets in, and closes the door at the six second mark.
At the nine second mark, she accelerates and runs down the people. She didn't waste any time. I think she did something and wanted to get out of there. That looked like a baton or something in her hand.
And the people standing there (Except for the guy taking the picture of her plate) didn't seem to be blocking her, it is the kind of thing where someone might be standing there looking dumbly at the parked car with the door open, not realizing it was going to take off and they should get out of the way. They certainly weren't facing it with an aggressive "Come at me bro" pose.
Three seconds from the door closing to acceleration...that is a get the hell out of here, start the car, put it in gear, and hit the gas, not a "Will you people please get out of my way, I have somewhere to go" type of action.