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People scrambled and screamed as Captain Thomas Woodworth allegedly honked his horn around 10 p.m. and drove at the group blocking the staff parking lot at the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Center.
Several people said they were injured when the truck struck them and when other correctional officers used pepper spray on the protesters to get them away from the vehicle and let the driver out. Five people went to the hospital, including one man who suffered a broken leg and internal injuries, organizers said.
It was shocking and horrifying, said filmmaker Sam Eilertsen, a protester and volunteer for Never Again Action, who captured the scene on video.
I was panicking and thought, Am I filming the next Heather Heyer moment? he said, referring to the woman who died after a man drove into a crowd protesting the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Va., two years ago.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2019/08/15/protestors-outside-detention-center-nearly-hit-pickup-truck/BJIJ5j15sK7HYujWkL1UbP/story.html?p1=Article_Feed_ContentQuery
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Soxfan58
(3,479 posts)Sherman A1
(38,958 posts)It was certainly assault at the very, very least.
get the red out
(13,468 posts)And what about the guys with pepper spray?
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)If there had been a cop in the crowd, he'd be facing an attempted murder rap. But charge a group of peaceful protesters with your oversized vanity pick up (which doesn't appear to have done a heavy day's work in its life), and you're pretty much okay as far as the law is concerned.
3Hotdogs
(12,506 posts)filed against him.
sarisataka
(18,983 posts)Nor will they have a duty to defend him.
malaise
(269,515 posts)This was attempted murder
lpbk2713
(42,785 posts)A: Those plusses are at the top of his résumé.
uponit7771
(90,379 posts)MagickMuffin
(16,004 posts)I guess everyone should be just so happy that Captain Thomas Woodworth wasn't driving any faster than he was.
I hope Captain Thomas Woodworth actions have more severe consequences, but I'm not holding my breath.
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