Police: Woman Chases Kids With Samurai Sword

The Denver Channel ^ | September 28, 2007 | Wayne Harrison

[decimon]

EAGLE, Colo. -- An Eagle woman accused of chasing a group of Hispanic children with a sword faces a number of charges, including ethnic intimidation, after allegedly calling them "illegal spics," according to police.

Amanda Jane Darling Harris, 21, allegedly chased the children, aged 9 to 15, with an 18-inch samurai sword because they were playing in a parking lot of the Villa apartments, according to a police report.

Police investigated the incident on Sept. 20, and Harris was jailed until she posted a $3,500 bond this week.

According to the police report, the teens said Harris yelled at the children, "If you're scared, then you're guilty." That is when they said she chased them with the sword.

One boy said Harris grabbed him and held the sword to his throat, telling him he "needed to stop causing her problems."

A girl told police that Harris chased and grabbed her and threatened to cut off her ponytail.

Harris chased the other five children through the parking lot, brandishing the sword, according to her arrest affidavit.

The children told police that Harris called them "little f****ing wetbacks" and told them to go back to their own country.

Arresting officers said Harris stated that she should have hurt one of the "illegals" if she knew she was going to go to jail over it.

Harris was arrested in her third-floor apartment on suspicion of menacing -- use of a deadly weapon, and misdemeanor third-degree assault with a weapon, ethnic intimidation and harassment.

Harris is employed by Pooh Corner Preschool in Minturn, Colo., according to the arrest report. A spokeswoman for the preschool said she couldn't comment on Harris' current status.

[decimon]

"If you're scared, then you're guilty."

Harris is employed by Pooh Corner Preschool...

[fr_freak]

GUILTY! By reason of insanity.

[Thane_Banquo]

She does not look like a stable person.

[Slapshot68]

[bolobaby]

“ethnic intimidation”

Is that a real charge? Why does it have to be “ethnic” - sounds like hate crimes kind of stuff.

Tell me... would you be somehow less intimidated by a woman chasing you with a sword if you were white?

[null and void]

Harris is employed by Pooh Corner Preschool...

If she were working in my preschool, I'd pooh in the corner too!

[mouse_35]

She bears a disturbing resemblance to Cynthia Ann McKinney (D-Georgia).

[SolidWood]

Her looks suggest NOT GUILTY.
From the article and the pic: mentally unstable. Therefore GUILTY.

[Tennessee Nana]

She’s plagued by illegal aliens...

That is not a stable life-style...

[MrB]

oooooh....

Samurai Immigration Enforcement...

[businessprofessor]

I would call it illegal status intimidation. She was upset because of their illegal status, not their nationality or ethnicity. Perhaps she can blame her rage on the failure to enforce immigration laws. It can surely be blamed on Bush!

Although I do not condone sword brandishing, I think there is more to this story. These kids must have been causing some trouble.

[PBRSTREETGANG]

The authorities had one question for her:

[Tax-chick]

would you be somehow less intimidated by a woman chasing you with a sword if you were white

Nope.

[Tennessee Nana]

Amnesty for the undocumented sword..

LOL

[zencat]

"18-inch samurai sword"

That's more like a samurai knife.

[Kuksool]

Future member of the Minute Men.

[Tennessee Nana]

That was one REALLY POed woman..

:)

[isrul]

I see Mandy is what they call a “person of color” Maybe the little amigos were also guilty of “ethnic intimidation”. Who knows what they may have called her. Granted the sword may be more than a little over the top but we don’t know the specifics, most importantly the history. I doubt any of those involved are upstanding citizens ... some possibly are not citizens at all. It is interesting that Mandy works at a preschool.

[I see my hands]

Though it may be a shack,
Down along side the track,
Everything in it's her own.

[Clemenza]

Looks like a real centered person.

I must say that there are some people out there who appear sane, but even the mention of the word "illegal alien" gets them foaming at the mouth, on BOTH sides of the issue.