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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhite man who drove into Iowa protesters avoids prison after guilty plea
A white man who deliberately sped his car through a crowd of racial injustice protesters in Iowa City, striking several, will avoid prison and have the incident erased from his record if he stays out of trouble for three years. ......(more)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/midwest/ct-iowa-man-drives-into-blm-protest-20210108-lt6ssq37qzc2ngnqa2eclgqpca-story.html
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White man who drove into Iowa protesters avoids prison after guilty plea (Original Post)
marmar
Jan 2021
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marybourg
(13,073 posts)1. So much for guys who stole a lectern going to jail.
Maru Kitteh
(28,903 posts)5. Oh that will warrant jail. It's a fancy piece of wood, not a black person.
Fancy bits of wood mean a lot.
Maru Kitteh
(28,903 posts)2. Of course he did. Thank goodness they weren't hogs, corn or cattle -
he'd be in real trouble then.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)3. Another example
This is how you can tell whose lives matter in any particular society.
soothsayer
(38,601 posts)4. Jeezus
58Sunliner
(4,937 posts)6. JFC-he admitted he did it intentionally.