Woman Tells 13 Y.O. Go-Cart Rider “You Don’t Belong In This Neighborhood,” hits him head-on in Jeep

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Texas Woman Tells 13-Year-Old Go Cart Rider “You Don’t Belong In This Neighborhood” After Jumping Curb In Her Jeep To Hit Him Head On

http://bossip.com/568102/more-racial-profiling-texas-woman-tells-13-year-old-go-cart-rider-you-dont-belong-in-this-neighborhood-after-jumping-curb-in-her-jeep-to-hit-him-head-on30346/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+bossiprss+%28Bossip.com%29#



“You don’t belong in this neighborhood!”

These are the words that Jules Moor, a 13-year old black child, says that Deanna Johnson, a middle-aged white female, said to him after Johnson slammed her 2011 Jeep Wrangler into his go-cart on Tuesday, March 13, 2012.

According to Jules, Johnson got out of her vehicle and confronted the boys in a hostile and threatening manner yelling “Where do you live? Who are your parents?” while shaking her finger at the kids. Jules goes on to say, “With all due respect, Ma’am, I live down the street,” to which Johnson allegedly tells him that she didn’t care and that she was calling the police.

Johnson was not arrested or drug-tested upon the admission of her actions. The Sheriff’s department Captain that came on the scene decided not to arrest Johnson upon consulting with the District Attorney.

[teddy51]

1. Here we go again, or more probably still. WTF is happening to this country anyway? n/t

[abelenkpe]

7. FOX NEWS nt

[MrMickeysMom]

56. See this...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=518496

(See Number 12)

[Enrique]

2. i dont see a hoodie on Jules

theyll have to come up with something else

[muntrv]

3. Oh joy! I wanna be like George Zimmerman!

[mike_c]

4. that's vehicular assault....

I guess in Texas, if a white person commits vehicular assault and the victim is black, it's "watching the neighborhood" instead.

[WillyT]

13. Assault With A Deadly Weapon...

I had a friend that decided to go from Sacramento to San Francisco at 110 mph, and that's what he was charged with when pulled over.





& Rec !!!

[freshwest]

19. I don't get it. It sure was vehicular assault in TX, also assault with a deadly weapon. The woman

Needs to have a little quality time in a rubber room. Yes, there are such things in the world, that's not a joke. She needs to have some space without the voices in her head from Beck, Rush and FNN and then maybe she'll come back to reality.

At the least, she should have her license revoked and be sued but she needs to be charged with negligent collision at the least. Although the cops don't charge as much as they used to. They expect people to handle all damages through insurance.

She may have spun them some tale about the right of way, claimed they hit her first, we don't know. I see a lot from what I'm reading for her to be arrested. I don't know what the social climate is in Pearland.

This almost sounds like Libertarian paradise. Make you own law as you go along, no charges, just fight it out in the streets. No need for government to get involved unless someone is killed. As we saw in Florida, not even then.

I have a teabagger relative down there, a Beckerhead, probably heard whatever this pea brain heard. I can't talk to people like that anymore. I hate this crap.

[yardwork]

24. I read the article at link. She claims that the go-cart hit her car after she stopped.

Her story is that she was worried about the kids' safety and stopped her car to tell them to drive their go-cart more safely, and they just happened to smash into her car after she'd stopped.

This reminds me very much of George Zimmerman's story. Fortunately nobody was killed in this instance.

I have a feeling that this kind of racist attack goes on all the time and only now are news stories starting to pick up on it.

[freshwest]

33. Okay, these are different stories from the two. The kids could have been acting up,

But she was driving reckless, changing lanes. If the kids were acting up, why not call the law then?

Why take charge of the situation, get out, yell, and then WHY tell the kids they didn't BELONG there?

That's a red flag. I can picture the cops hearing her say the kids HIT HER. If she was stopped, and they were not being responsible, as kids sometimes aren't on go karts, that could have happened.

But the issue for me is ALWAYS: why did you start the confrontation? What drove YOU to get out of your comfort zone, and YELL?

And as the adult and 'mother' she should know better. It may have happened either way; that she chased him down and hit him; or she could have gone up on the grass to get away from him.

It's the INITIAL ACT, like Zimmermann's, of going to START SOMETHING. IMHO, she was upset before she saw those kids, believing a lot of stuff, like who it was that BELONGED in that neighborhood, that is going to get her into a world of frigging hurt.

And as far as the Pearland PD sending it to the Grand Jury, that's a hell of lot more than the Sanford PD did. I don't know how long it takes to get one going, but she's going to be in the doghouse until this is over.

She's just ruined her and her family's life over her lack of control in a situation she could have avoided!

[mainer]

98. Not an excuse to kill them, though.

Or there would be no kids surviving till adulthood.

[freshwest]

99. Did I say that?

[cyglet]

26. If you read the whole story at the link

she said they ran into her

[freshwest]

106. I mentioned that in one of these posts. Read the thread.

[obxhead]

102. She is not insane.

She is a racist bigot and needs to be charged with a hate crime.

[freshwest]

107. Agreed. I just want to cover all the bases, like her defense attorney would to get her off.

At any rate, she should have her driver's license revoked while awaiting trial. She's a menace to society. By next week the Grand Jury should have her goose cooked.

[RKP5637]

126. +1, Yep, Agree!!! n/t

[AnOhioan]

5. And why was she not arrested??? Must be the cops were late for the local Klan meeting

[savannah43]

54. Very funny. And probably true.

[cyglet]

6. Should be attempted murder

being intentional and all...

[Baitball Blogger]

8. I hope he sues her until he owns the keys to the jeep.

[alittlelark]

14. Just the 'keys to the jeep'?

I'm thinking her house and bank account.

[Baitball Blogger]

15. What was she thinking?

I mean, why do they keep thinking they can mistreat people like this?

Why am I asking that question? I know the answer.

[teddy51]

18. My guess, she was thinking "Just another Black Kid, and how dare he be in my White neighbourhood)!

This has to stop, I don't know how that will come about, but it needs to.

[arthritisR_US]

23. And what was law enforcement thinking

not charging her?!! JFC what the hell is going on?! This is sickening and it has to stop!

[freshwest]

28. We've been a state of denial for too damned long in this country.

I don't know what to do if the law continues to fail to prosecute these wingnuts. The cops are either scared of the wingnuts or are wingnuts as well.

And the biggest shame of all, the American disgrace, is this is what minority communities have been dealing with FOREVER in this country.

[awoke_in_2003]

42. +1. nt

[Baitball Blogger]

44. Until we change the police focus, and change the police statistics, this is going to continue.

They use those statistics to justify their vigilante behavior, and the thing is, that they have public support for it within their group.

That's why we need to keep pushing public support to push our position. We must not let up showing our outrage, or they win.

[ChairmanAgnostic]

9. hell, everyone knows them blackies have cooties n' shit. Hitting them ain't like

hitting a REAL person. A WHITE CHRISTIAN BIBLE CARRYING person. Hell, if she had a gun, she'd be fine cleaning up the neighborhood in self defense.


god damn it. This country is self-destructing as we watch. What bothers me the most is how too many democrats in office are afraid of their own shadows, and refuse to stand up for what is right, and to piss on what is wrong.

How the HELL could that woman be released without any charges? This was attempted manslaughter. This just makes me sick.

[Justice wanted]

10. Racism is alive and well in America and instead of being destroyed it seems to have grown more

while being hidden from the sight.

[cyglet]

21. Her racism

AND the cops'.

[Justice wanted]

30. And Zimmerman's and Santorum's etc.

[malaise]

11. Looks like open season on black kids

Maybe the plan is no more Obamas.

Fugging racist scumbags.

[southernyankeebelle]

12. Hope the parents sues that woman. Take her to Judge Judy's court

[Politicalboi]

16. That's too small for what I would be asking for

I would also sue the police for not testing her for drugs or alcohol. On top of suing the crazy woman trying to kill him.

[southernyankeebelle]

17. Good point. Especially since the child seemed hurt.

[Brigid]

20. Once Jules Moor recovers,

He's going to have one hell of a college fund.

But how is this not attempted vehicular homicide?

[WillowTree]

22. Hmmmm.......the boy's father told a somewhat different story to the local news.

http://www.khou.com/news/local/Family-of-go-cart-rider-struck-by-neighbors-Jeep-in-Brazoria-Co-wants-charges-146016965.html

[yardwork]

27. It sounds like exactly the same story to me.

The father's version matches the children's version exactly. The father said this:

"I don’t think, I know for a fact that she intentionally did it," said Moor. "She left from the northbound lane, crossed over into the southbound lane, jumped the curb and hit my son head on in his go-cart."

Maybe you are reading the woman's story at the end. She is claiming that the boys hit her car after she parked.

[quakerboy]

37. This one is a tough one for me

When I was a kid, anyone who had a go kart drove it like a nutter at any possible opportunity, and I saw more than one accident caused by it. Although where we were dirt bikes were more common. Kids are not above lying to try and stay out of trouble. Neither are adults or racists. Without anything but each side telling a story, its not clear to me who is telling the lie.

Hopefully the police took forensic evidence, and there was some indication of who was telling the truth. One would think that the damage to the two vehicles would tell some kind of story. Or that there are witnesses who can tell what they saw

[jeff47]

58. It's not clear?

So....how often do you drive over the curb when parking?

[quakerboy]

70. Not at this point, to me.

Is there confirmation that she was over the curb, or is it just an allegation of the boy? All I see in the article is he said she said. I do not see any independent confirmation of the actual facts, as reported by an outside witness or a police officer or anything.

He says she made apparently racially tinged comments and tried to run him down with her jeep. She says he drove recklessly and crashed into her jeep. Was she on the curb? Are there skid marks from either vehicle? What did the crash damage indicate? Are there any witnesses? Maybe I missed that in both articles.

[jeff47]

73. The car wasn't on the road when the police arrived.

So, that's pretty good confirmation she was over the curb. If her story was that she swerved off the road to avoid the kid, she'd have an excuse for that. But that's not her story.

[Ilsa]

25. Now Johnson is claiming Jules ran into HER!

Her story has changed, of course. She claims she was concerned for the boys' welfare. Yeah right, so concerned that she tried to kill him.

I hope Jules sues her and forces her out of the neighborhood.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

36. Yep...her "concern" is like Zimmerman calling Trayvon a "goon" as a "term of endearment"...

...right before he shot him.

[Kaleva]

40. I don't see where she has changed her story.

The boy is reported to have said that the woman rammed her vehicle into the go-cart but I don't see where the woman states that she did so.

[Kaleva]

29. Matter has been turned over to a grandjury-woman faces possible felony charges

http://bossip.com/568102/more-racial-profiling-texas-woman-tells-13-year-old-go-cart-rider-you-dont-belong-in-this-neighborhood-after-jumping-curb-in-her-jeep-to-hit-him-head-on30346/2/

[TahitiNut]

34. Good!

I hope they lock her ass up!

[uponit7771]

83. ****THIS IS A RELIEF****

[Cali_Democrat]

31. The woman has been slapped with a lawsuit

Good.

[uponit7771]

82. +1

[JVS]

32. He belongs in the neighborhood, but go-karts are not generally street legal and he shouldn't be...

driving it on the street. Of course, the proper course of action is not to hit the go-kart with a car. In fact, the desire to prevent collisions between cars and go-karts is exactly why they aren't street legal.

[TahitiNut]

35. What part of "jumps the curb to hit him" wasn't clear to you?

[JVS]

61. "jumping the curb to hit him head on" can mean

jumping a median to hit someone driving in traffic on the other side of the road. Also, go-karts aren't for the sidewalk either.

[uponit7771]

84. ...you're reaching and you know it people know the difference between a median and

...a curb

. It's not illegal to drive them on the side walk

[SomethingFishy]

95. Read the story, she crossed the median from north lane to south lane then

jumped the curb to hit the kid.

Or are you saying that riding a go cart on the sidewalk deserves to be punished by getting run over by a jeep?

[SemperEadem]

117. especially when it's being operated by a black child

because there is nothing innocent about a black child, apparently.

[SemperEadem]

116. however, it doesn't mean that in this instance.

cars don't belong on medians or on curbs.

there are laws about it in every state in the union.

nice try.

[Humanist_Activist]

72. I believe it varies by state, but the go-kart could have been street legal...

generally they are limited to daytime driving, I remember that we had to have a flag on ours that was 5 feet above the street, and orange, also it had to have reflectors, red in back, white in front. They may require lights now, its been a while since I drove one, and I'm not a kid anymore.

[uponit7771]

85. They could designated a "Community Vehcile" like the Smart Car

[saras]

38. Once again she (he) is NOT the point. The failure of the police is the point.

She's a fucking idiot and probably a racist. She broke the law, viciously and stupidly, and needs to be promptly arrested, charged with the appropriate crimes, brought to trial, and gotten into treatment or prison. That's what our justice system is for, and it shouldn't be a problem.

The real problem is that the police seem to be systemically corrupt here as well as in Sanford. Yeah, I know it's big, and obvious, and common, but it's still both inexcusable and unnecessary.

[Kaleva]

62. The police have brought the evidence before a grand jury.

The grand jury will convene soon and the woman faces possible felony charges. The boy's father has said that this isn't about race, it's about what is right and what is wrong.

[TriplD]

135. After they saw to it that evidence wouldn't include a drug test

What other evidence won't a grand jury see see because of this cops?

Did he even take any photos?

[Kaleva]

137. I think one has to have probable cause before requiring someone to take a drug test

She may not have appeared to have been under the influence of a drug.

[saras]

138. Deliberate felony assualt with a car? OF COURSE it calls for a drug test.

It wasn't an ACCIDENT, she JUMPED THE CURB TO GO AFTER HIM.

I'd be thinking "wired on meth" if I was a cop.

[Kaleva]

139. That's what the boy says

We don't know what the evidence at the scene suggests what may have taken place. The woman say's she was stopped and the boy's ran into her vehicle with their go-cart.

[HooptieWagon]

39. WTF? Thats assault with a deadly weapon!

I guess the DOJ is too busy busting medical marijuana users to bother with minor details like black kids being assaulted by white adults and racist DAs not pressing charges.

[Kaleva]

41. Boy's father says this isn't about race.

"Race is not an issue, what is an issue is right and wrong," said Brazoria County father Jules Moor.

http://www.khou.com/news/local/Family-of-go-cart-rider-struck-by-neighbors-Jeep-in-Brazoria-Co-wants-charges-146016965.html

[SemperEadem]

118. I'm curious if she would have confronted some white kids

in the same manner and said the exact same things to them?

something tells me probably not.

The child's father can say whatever he likes, but when the woman is saying " you dont' belong in this neighborhood" to a black kid, then that's making it about race. HIS actions may not be about race, but hers certainly are. She doesn't even know who her neighbors are and clearly has never bothered herself to find out.

[Kaleva]

132. True

[ThomThom]

147. she probably got tired of listening to the kids racing around the

neighborhood in the go-cart
I don't live in Texas so I don't know what the laws are on driving go-carts on the street or sidewalk. If it is loud and they are cutting across other people's yards the kids could be in trouble. I have not seen any real details or a discussion of the law by someone that knows. I will wait for the grand jury.
She should have just called the police if the kids were in violation of the law or tearing up her yard.

[bl968]

43. Original story

Here's the original story with more information....

What do you wanna bet would have happened if it had been a African American Lady who did this to a go-cart driven by two little white kids. “You don’t belong in this neighborhood!”

http://www.forwardtimesonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=789:vigilante-madness-in-pearlandnot-just-in-sanford-not-just-trayvon-martin&catid=69:local-and-state&Itemid=126

[jillan]

45. I am so fucking sick of racists!

Normal people may feel discrimination at times - it's only human nature BUT you don't act out on it.

This is pure hatred. Sick of it!

[The Wielding Truth]

49. Look at this comment.

Joshua Jamil Muhammad · Martial Arts/Chess Instructor at Crescent Kings and Kicks says:

So this woman cross two lanes of traffic and jumped a curb and you all want to point out is go karts not being street legal. First of all they were on a side walk, and cars are not sidewalk legal. For this woman to say she "pulled her car over" when she jumped a curb sounds stupid.
Reply · 5 ·

· 11 hours ago

[SemperEadem]

119. I'm sick of their apologists

who think nothing of worth can ever be considered for a black child's life--they must have done something to deserve it.

It's that "well, she shouldn't have been wearing a short skirt" mentality.

Blame the victim for the predator not being able to control themselves.

[Odin2005]

46. But I bet that woman insists that she isn't racist and has a black friend.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

48. Well, the Zimmerman family kicked Joe Oliver to the curb...

...he has plenty of free time on his hands. Maybe he could speak up for her.

Joe Oliver, George Zimmerman's 'friend', no longer his media advisor
By Joy-Ann Reid

12:39 PM on 04/04/2012



http://www.thegrio.com/specials/trayvon-martin/joe-oliver-george-zimmermans-friend-no-longer-his-media-advisor.php

Joe Oliver, who made a media splash as the friend who stepped forward to support George Zimmerman, has stepped down as Zimmerman's media adviser.

Oliver, 53, first told theGrio he reached out to Zimmerman's attorney, Craig Sonner, after he was unable to reach George, with whom Oliver works at a Florida mortgage security firm.

Oliver said he wanted to know if it was okay to "speak on George's behalf," and he wanted to reassure himself that he would be doing the right thing if he did so.

[uponit7771]

81. +1

[Initech]

47. WTF!!!! Charge her with attempted murder!

[Kalidurga]

50. She is a lying sack of BLEEP.

Bleepity, bleep, bleep. She did stop her car that is clear. I am sure she said what the kid says she said. But, there is no way he ran into her parked car and sustained those injuries, especially if the car was no longer in the road. Jeepers these racist a hos are thick.

[Vattel]

51. Not having been there, we don't know whether the woman is lying

when she says that the gocart hit her stopped vehicle.

Oh what's the use?

[jeff47]

59. She stopped on the sidewalk.

How, exactly, do you explain that if she was just 'stopping'?

[Kaleva]

65. There's no sidewalk there. She stopped on the grass.

Her story is that she stopped on the grass and the boys in the go-cart then slammed into her vehicle. The boy says she slammed into them head-on ( I'm assuming that he means her vehicle was still moving when the collision happens).

[Rozlee]

121. Do go-carts move around that good on grass?

[Kaleva]

131. Observing my youngest step-son while he drove a go cart.

No, they didn't drive so well on the grass as compared to driving it on pavement. Less traction.

[EOTE]

76. Wow, you never tire of defending racist scum, do you?

You spend far, far more time defending racist assholes than condemning them. It doesn't matter how incredibly clear the facts are, unless you have crystal clear video of the klan lynching a young black man, you'll defend them until the cows come home. That doesn't make you the least bit ill?

[Vattel]

77. I can't abide a fool.

[EOTE]

78. You can't abide logic or humanity.

But you'll go out of your way to defend horrific, racist crimes. Sickening.

[SemperEadem]

120. I can't abide apologists

who have the "well she shouldn't have been wearing a short skirt" mentality.

Blame the victim for the predator not being able to control themselves.

[Vattel]

125. I am not blaming anyone.

I have no idea whether the woman in question deliberately drove her car into those kids.

[Rex]

103. 'Oh what's the use?' REALLY?

Maybe you should give up then.

This thread is so revealing!

[bluedigger]

52. Sounds like she used her vehicle to cut him off.

She is lucky there wasn't a tragic outcome, but I think the proper remedy is an aggravated driving to endanger charge and a hefty civil settlement.

[JAbuchan08]

63. Still a really stupid decision

Why would you do something that dumb?

[uponit7771]

86. +1

[ecstatic]

53. I can't keep up with all these shameful incidents

What the hell is wrong with people???? And once again, the guys who are supposed to serve and protect have once again let us down! Why should I show any respect to an organization full of racist thugs?

[Beacool]

55. Crazy woman!!!

She ran over 2 children with an SUV because she thought they didn't belong in the neighborhood?????? I'm just glad that she didn't kill the kids. Why wasn't she arrested?

[Kaleva]

66. Probably because the issue of her being stopped or not isn't clear

She says she was stopped when the boys slammed into her. They say she ran into them head on.

[Beacool]

67. I thought that they were riding on the grass and she jumped the curb.

Or is that in doubt? Either way, she shouldn't have been yelling at them that they didn't belong in the neighborhood.

[Kaleva]

68. They were driving on the grass and she jumped the curb...

and the boy said she hit them head on. She says she stopped her vehicle (on the grass) and the boys in the go-cart then slammed into her vehicle.

[mainer]

87. She left the road, jumped the curb, drove onto the grass ...

and she blames the kids for hitting HER. Right.

[Kaleva]

90. I don't think it was a Hollywood kind of junping the curb

Like she was driving at excessive speed, aimed for the boys on the go-cart, hit the curb, went air-borne and then plowed into the go-cart.

[mainer]

91. fast or slow, she did it deliberately. She crossed a lane, left the road and onto the grass.

where the kids were.

[Kaleva]

97. I think that's why this got sent to a grand jury

I don't think it's illegal for the kids to drive on the grass with the go-cart nor is it illegal for the woman to park her vehicle on the grass.

It's one thing to say she used poor judgement and should not have driven onto the grass where the kids were and quite another to say she purposely ran her vehicle into the go-cart. The first instance could result in a ticket or warning and the second could garner a felony charge.

[SemperEadem]

122. cars dont' belong on the grass or over the curb

they belong in the street. They are not legal to operate anywhere but in the street.

She's lying to try to keep her butt from frying, but keep on apologizing and twisting this up to turn her into your god on earth.

[JAbuchan08]

57. WOW! WTF?

Why the hell would she do something like that? Aside from the fact that what she did was horribly wrong, doesn't self preservation kick in at some point and tell you that hitting a kid in a go-kart with your car could get you in a whole mess of trouble?

Furthermore, what is wrong with the police?

[SemperEadem]

124. no, because she has been inculcated with the notion

that a human being of African descent has no worth or no rights that she is bound to respect. That is evident by the apparent ignorance she put on full display because she never took the time to know who her neighbors are.

when she said to the children (and 13 is a child, not an adult) that they did not belong in the neighborhood, that was all the justification she needed to proceed in the manner in which she did.

[redqueen]

60. We could really do without the excuse-making here,

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at least.

She ran her jeep off the street toward where this kid was driving driving his go kart.

You really can't dress that up. She should have been arrested for reckless driving at the very least.

[Rex]

104. It is sad to watch people bendover backwards

to defend the white lady. Like you said, you really cannot dress that up without looking like a racist imo.

[redqueen]

108. You misspelled 'infuriating'

[The Wizard]

64. Bigotry is a toxic scourge

that will be fatal to the country unless reined in and marginalized. That it's accepted behavior by a large element is quite disturbing.

[Kablooie]

69. AND SHE WASN'T ARRESTED! So any white person is allowed to attack an unthreatening black ...

with no consequences.

How the hell do we inject basic human morals into these monsters?

Parts of our country seem to be rolling down hill back to a legal lynching society.

[vaberella]

74. The problem is really either the cops or the laws.. not so much the woman.

Well in getting off scott free.

[uponit7771]

80. Right, if she was arrested it would at least sind a signale of restraint

[eyewall]

71. whoa - I can't believe

Jeep still makes the Wrangler.

[bluedigger]

134. Are you kidding?

Sales of the Jeep Wrangler were up in a big way last year, so it should come as little surprise that there are reportedly plans to up the production of the iconic sport-utility vehicle.
Jeep sold 122,460 Wrangler and Wrangler Unlimited models last year, a jump of 30 percent from 2010. Some of the jump could likely be attributed to the 2012 model’s vast improvements–thanks to the addition of the 3.6-liter Pentastar V-6 engine, it gets from 0-60 mph an estimated three seconds quicker.
In any case, the Wrangler is at the mercy of its production lines, which work 20 hours a day, six days a week, pumping out about 700 cars a day. As of December 1, 2011, Jeep had roughly a 67-day supply of the Wrangler on dealer lots, although per month sales through the second half of the year were up between 25 and 70 percent year-over-year.
That number will change to 790 by June, says Automotive News, representing about a 13-percent increase in production. The UAW says that it will accomplish this by moving 25 workers on two different shifts from support positions onto the production line. This should result in five more Wranglers being produced every hour.


Read more: http://wot.motortrend.com/we-hear-jeep-to-boost-production-of-wrangler-to-meet-increased-demand-157071.html#ixzz1rDfIbclL

[eyewall]

140. Yeah, I was kidding

but I am amazed that a car has survived in almost the same form for 60 years.

[bluedigger]

141. Well, they got it "almost right" from the start, lol.

I was up in Moab this week for the Easter Jeep Safari. (It's become a week long thing, sort of not-like Sturgis is for the Harley crowd. )





Of course, some people like to tinker around with the original design.

[eyewall]

142. That sounds like fun

Your first photo perfectly illustrates what I meant. I wonder how much of the popularity is related to the boomer's fascination with little green plastic army men.

I agree, it's a classic example of functional design.

[bluedigger]

145. Well, I did grow up in the 60's.

I had the GI Joe Jeep.

Here is another thread with some pics from Arches NP.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10363527

I won't hijack the thread further.

[Jennicut]

75. Forget about just race for a second. No adult should practically run over a child!

She claims they were not being safe and when she went to drive her car up on the curb the child stopped his go cart at the same time and that caused her to hit him. I'm sorry but what adult runs down a kid like that? That was a lot more unsafe then the kid driving his go cart around. When I was a kid my neighbor let his kids use their go cart on the sidewalks in our neighborhoods and no one cared. Maybe because it was the 80's. Sheesh. What is wrong with adults these days? Kids are not allowed to be kids anymore.

[mainer]

79. The woman claims the kids ran into HER.

After she just happened to cross a lane of traffic and drive over the curb onto the grass. All the kids' fault! (And she was just worried about their safety, which is why she drove onto the grass.)

[redqueen]

100. Whenever I see kids engaging in risky behavior while I'm driving,

the first thing I do is drive straight into the area where they're playing. For safety.

[LibertyLover]

88. What was it about speaking respectfully that was brought up with respect to Trayvon?

Oh yeah - if he had only spoken respectfully to George Zimmerman than he wouldn't have been shot. But here we have a young teenager answering politely and respectfully and he still gets attacked. WTF? I mean really, WTF was Ms. Johnson thinking?

[lonestarnot]

89. WTF! Apparently they see that they can't win logically (but they don't see logically) so now they

want apartheid. Nutfuckery!

[librechik]

92. wow-I guess it's ON

this is what the Koch brothers have been praying for--more and more citizens acting out the hate they are taught on whoever they perceive as the enemy. And they are being taught the enemy is minorities, liberals, and the government. Gee. 1932 Germany anyone?

[mainer]

93. "Go-kart damaged severely"

So how fast do these things go? Probably no more than 5 mph, esp. on the grass. Run one of those into a STOPPED Wrangler, would it be damaged severely?

I'm thinking the Wrangler was the vehicle that had to be moving, and fast enough to damage a go-kart.

[Go Vols]

94. When my kids were young

they had a go cart and it would go around 35 mph.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

96. I don't remember the actual MPH...

...but as a kid, I had a go-cart, and man, did I LOVE it. And I lived in a very small town in Massachusetts, so I took it out on the road (on the SIDE of the road, obviously). Because they are low to the ground, the only part of a Wrangler mine could have rrun into was the tires, and if that happened, I can't imagine any damage. As a kid, the go-cart "felt" FAST, but in reality, it wasn't.

[Smilo]

105. Johnson was not arrested or drug-tested upon the admission of her actions. WTF

What is it with these stupid cops that will not take any action without referring it to the DA - is it because they don't want to arrest someone they know is "all-white" with them?

Absolutely, bloody disgusting.

This woman should be charged with attempted vehicular manslaughter - and as it is TX - she should serve a good long time behind bars - right DA - right????

[Catherine Vincent]

109. Hopefully the kid recovers from his injuries

It's too bad this happened. I know when I see kids playing in the streets whether it's basketball or go kart riding, really gets on my nerves. But then, I won't hit them with my car.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

110. what the fucking HELL?

Johnson was not arrested or drug-tested upon the admission of her actions. The Sheriff’s department Captain that came on the scene decided not to arrest Johnson upon consulting with the District Attorney.

What the HELL ?? How in the hell does the DA decide she's just peachy keen?

[TNLib]

111. WTF is wrong with Police. Do your fucking jobs and arrest people when they break the fucking law!!

How hard is it.

[marble falls]

112. How is this not an assault with a deadly weapon?????

[leveymg]

113. "Stand Your Ground in a Jeep Wrangler" - I can see the regional ad campaign, now.

A truly perverse twist on Kathy Bates' famous line in Fried Green Tomatoes, "I'm older and have better insurance than you do."

[Iris]

114. ARGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!

I can just feel my throat getting raw just THINKING about how much this makes me want to scream. (and throw things)

[cr8tvlde]

115. Will we now see Sit and Drive Your Ground

for the assaults with vehicles...can't be narrowed by the "stand" inference. But it's not racial...white folk in Jeeps run white kids off the roads every day...not. Let's hope this one doesn't take a month for someone "important" to listen and respond accordingly. Pretty sure these things have been happening for decades. But internet and social media and videos are narrowing the scope...hopefully.

[SemperEadem]

127. what is the difference in this case

compared to this case of a woman hitting a kid on a go-kart?

http://www.wfaa.com/home/related/62-year-old-Texas-woman-arrested-go-kart-hit-and-run-accident-125893879.html


Raw story is also carrying this:

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/04/02/racism-and-vigilante-justice-in-pearland-texas/

Jules saw two cars behind him while driving back home, so he decided to drive his go-cart completely off the road to his right onto the grassy edge of the neighborhood park to avoid being in the way of traffic.

It is then that Jules states that Johnson swung her vehicle across the south-bound lane of the road, ran over the curb onto the grass and deliberately and intentionally rammed her vehicle head-on into the go-cart.

It is still unclear why Johnson decided to do what she did. Johnson never apologized for ramming her truck into the go-cart and jeopardizing the lives of the three children and according to witnesses, was seen laughing as she spoke with the Sheriff’s deputies.

Johnson was not arrested or drug-tested upon the admission of her actions. The Sheriff’s department Captain that came on the scene decided not to arrest Johnson upon consulting with the District Attorney.

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

128. My extremely elderly father put it very plainly "If Zimmerman doesn't fry...

there is going to be a suburban massacre."

[Amerigo Vespucci]

129. If he walks...

...he'd better keep on walking.

He should shave that shitty little beard, grow out his hair (or shave his head), and move to another state.

He thinks he's "in hiding" now?

If he walks, he'll be the single most prized trophy on the East coast.

[frogmarch]

130. In the photo, Jules is on a stretcher...

but the person who intentionally hit him with her vehicle wasn't arrested? WTF!!!

[cr8tvlde]

133. She was too busy "laughing with the police" n/t

[fascisthunter]

136. She was White and Didn't Like seeing a Black child in her neighborhood

with all the right wing rhetoric on the radio and tv, I am not surprised to see an uptick in racial violence against minorities. Fox news and right wing radio is stochastic terrorism.

[Cali_Democrat]

144. WOW. You called it

Less than 48 hours later, two gunmen target blacks in Oklahoma.

Scary times.

[Taverner]

143. Nope - no such thing as white privlege - never!

[hedgehog]

146. Thank you for tracking back the news stories on this -

all I could find last week were blogs referencing each other.

I am having a little trouble following the details. The kids (two on a go-cart, one on a bike) pulled off the road into the grass at their right to let some cars pass. Then this woman crossed a lane of traffic to drive onto the grass and came at them head-on. Was she originally behind the kids or was she driving toward them? If she was coming at them, how did she know they were driving improperly? To me, it's clear that this woman caused the accident regardless of whether she stopped before the impact.