Posted on 12/02/2022 11:32:32 AM PST by Impala64ssa
Queens woman charged with driving through a Manhattan Black Lives Matter protest won’t plead guilty in the case — risking jail time to prove she slammed on the gas because she feared for her daughter’s life as an angry mob attacked her car, she said Thursday.
Kathleen Casillo, 52, had been Christmas shopping on Dec. 11 last year when she was caught in shocking video footage driving her black BMW sedan through the protest against US Immigration and Customs Enforcement detentions in Midtown.
The video shows Casillo stopped at East 39th Street and Third Avenue with protesters in front of her car — seconds before she floors it, with people screaming and rushing to help those left crumpled on the ground.
Casillo — who was in the car with her 29-year-old daughter – told The Daily Mail protesters attacked her car and were ready to break her passenger side window and drag her daughter out of it.
“I feel sick,” Casillo told The Daily Mail. “I never intended on hurting anyone. I just feared for my daughter’s life more than anybody. I thought they were going to pull her out of the car.”
On Wednesday, she appeared in Manhattan Criminal Court for a hearing, where prosecutors said a guilty plea on two misdemeanors would likely have resulted in just six days’ community service and a year’s suspension of her license.
But Casillo is refusing to cop to charges of reckless assault and reckless endangerment.
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You couldn’t let the poor dog have a bite..? Just one?
They didn’t come across the street so he couldn’t.
[plus, he’d would have had to lick his butt for a half hour to get the taste of filthy liberals out of his mouth]
Good dog! ❤️❤️❤️
He is the Best Boy.
:)
LOL, who needs concealed carry?
Nice report.
Oh sure, play innocent now...
Smile
Well...if it ever happens, please get some video for us. Biting/eating a lib, that is...not licking his butt.
Yep. They try to convince you that you don’t have a chance, even though the only way you could lose is through your attorney’s gross incompetence.
They play the same games when they pull you over and ask to search your car, or do a field sobriety test.
“Never explain - your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.”
Awesome - gonna steal that ...
Good words to live by.
But when they get smeared on the sidewalk, they are less likely to continue with terrorist activities. Or maybe any activities.
And it is past time for some effective sanctions on the prosecutors who keep supporting terrorists and persecuting victims. Removal of those prosecutors from office would be a good start.
If the cops were doing their jobs as “peace officers” the BLM thugs would be off the streets and on the sidewalk where protesters should be located.
Good woman
It all changes when Crime is legalized which it essentially is in NYC and California and Democrat run cities in general. When crime is legalized then defense against the crime becomes illegal, defacto if no quite dejure.
I don’t think he could, now.
He only has three legs due to cancer and I’d be worried he’d hurt himself.
Now, I’m his body guard.
Ever since the stupid Coof crap, I *always* wear TWD shirts outside.
We Are All Infected
/zombie virus apocalypse humor
Sounds like cutting edge fun...
I channeled my rage at the coof/vote fraud via dark humor.
Still do.
Absolutely right.
Are the 50% known as woke Americans really, honestly, against self-defense from being trapped in a car by a seething mob? Then screw them.
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