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Local family's emergency trip to hospital interrupted by demonstrators (assault driver going to ER)
Ckick2Houston.com ^

Posted on 07/17/2013 10:43:17 AM PDT by matt04

Hundreds of people marched in protest to the George Zimmerman verdict on Monday.

"No justice, no peace," they yelled as they walked from the Byrd Funeral Home in the 2500 block of Wheeler to the Southmore Street overpass bridge near Highway 288.

Just after 7p.m. Monday, the demonstrators spilled out onto the road and blocked traffic for about 15 minutes.

"I looked up and I see all the protesters, they're everywhere," said Georgia, who asked that her last name not be used. "So, we got into the traffic and they're stopping us and not letting us go."

Georgia was on her way to Texas Children's Hospital in the Medical Center because her 7-year-old granddaughter was having an allergic reaction to some medication.

Georgia's daughter was driving and tried to go around the demonstrators by driving on the grassy shoulder.

"One of them was hitting the windshield and I was just screaming, 'We've got to get to the hospital,' and they were screaming and chanting," she said. "All I could think of was, I got to get my granddaughter to the hospital."

"My mom rolled down the window," said Georgia's daughter. "She said, 'We're trying to get my granddaughter to the hospital,' and a guy just started hitting her."

A Local 2 camera covering the protest recorded the entire incident. On the video you could see Georgia sitting in the front seat of an SUV, she had her window down and you can see a man reach in and grab her. Georgia said she was hit.

(Excerpt) Read more at click2houston.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Texas
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To: matt04; Repeat Offender; GenXteacher; Nervous Tick; BlatherNaut; ColdOne; Marcella; snuffy smiff; ..
"My mom rolled down the window," said Georgia's daughter. "She said, 'We're trying to get my granddaughter to the hospital,' and a guy just started hitting her."

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21 posted on 07/17/2013 1:46:34 PM PDT by MestaMachine (My caps work, You gotta earn them.)
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To: Resolute Conservative

Bingo.


22 posted on 07/17/2013 1:53:04 PM PDT by Repeat Offender (What good are conservative principles if we don't stand by them?)
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To: All

If you have a gun, shoot them.

If you don’t have a gun....run them over.

Hesitate and you may die.


23 posted on 07/17/2013 1:56:10 PM PDT by rbmillerjr (We have No Opposition to Obam a's Socialist Agenda:)
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To: rbmillerjr

“If you have a gun, shoot them.

If you don’t have a gun....run them over.”

Do both- you got two hands.....


24 posted on 07/17/2013 1:58:54 PM PDT by GenXteacher (You have chosen dishonor to avoid war; you shall have war also.)
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To: Hulka

An excellent response, but nowadays someone would film it, get a picture of the plate, and the police would pick you up for aggravated assault, etc.


25 posted on 07/17/2013 2:01:35 PM PDT by Little Ray (How did I end up in this hand-basket, and why is it getting so hot?)
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To: Resolute Conservative

I would have rolled up the window. So what if the SOB loses some fingers.


26 posted on 07/17/2013 2:03:05 PM PDT by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Implementing class warfare by having no class.)
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To: reg45

That video link appears to be scrubbed at the news station.

Searched and it doesn’t appear to be on youtube either.

If anybody has a different link, I’d appreciate it.


27 posted on 07/17/2013 2:16:00 PM PDT by rbmillerjr (We have No Opposition to Obam a's Socialist Agenda:)
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To: hoosierham

Indeed.

Reginald Denny is all the proof I need that running over a mob is the life-saving thing to do.


28 posted on 07/17/2013 2:48:11 PM PDT by Hulka
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To: Mom MD

Yeh I was thinking the same thing. I would have floored it and a couple of “protesters” would have had tire tracks across their backs.


29 posted on 07/17/2013 5:19:59 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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