Grand jury to hear case against suspected go-cart rammer

[MineralMan]

http://www.click2houston.com/news/Grand-jury-to-hear-case-against-suspected-go-cart-rammer/-/1735978/10194228/-/mlpnbdz/-/

PEARLAND, Texas -
A grand jury is scheduled to hear testimony Wednesday in a case against a woman who is accused of intentionally crashing her vehicle into her neighbors' sons' go-kart.

Police said Deanna Gibson Johnson was driving her Jeep Wrangler last month when she crossed a traffic lane, went over a curb and rammed into the go-kart that had two teens inside.

This story was in the news yesterday. It's an update on the story that has been all over the Internet. Just a quick Google News search turned this up. So, this woman is not out of the woods with the law. Sometimes it takes a while to get the wheels of justice turning.

[AtomicKitten]

1. There's a lot of disparate chatter on this.

If it went down as reported, I hope this woman is prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

[Politicalboi]

2. The way the story has it written

One might think it was an accident when in reality, she did it on purpose. And since when is s go-cart the same height as a Jeep Wrangler. She tried to kill them.

[Cali_Democrat]

3. "Sometimes it takes a while to get the wheels of justice turning"

If the woman was black and the kids were white, you can bet the wheels of justice would have been turning a lot faster.

Just sayin'.

[MineralMan]

4. Oh, I'm sure you're correct.

The outcry from the community is probably why it's going to a grand jury. There's also a lawsuit.

[Kaleva]

10. I think it had more to do with the Zimmerman case

The police went by the numbers to make sure they had all their ducks in row so no one could accuse them later of dropping the ball and then they'd have to go into 'cover your ass' mode.

(Feel free to add more cliches!)

[Evasporque]

5. pun intended...?....nt

[Ken Burch]

14. If it was that...she'd already be on Death Row

(or crisp-fried, since this is Texas).

[librechik]

6. that's good because this is another assault where the aggressor

was let go at the scene. Infuriating! and of course the children were black--she was outraged that they lived in her neighborhood!She scremed that they didn't belong there (even tho they did)

[MineralMan]

7. Right. So, now, it goes to a grand jury.

I hope serious charges are brought, as they should be. I posted this because people are still posting older versions of the story that don't include the grand jury business. There is fresh news about this, so some of the older stories are not accurate any longer.

[Initech]

8. Good - that woman should be charged with first degree attempted murder.

[southernyankeebelle]

9. She would have been arrested at the scene had the kids been white.

[Kaleva]

11. Depends

If it was clear that she drove her vehicle into the go-cart, then she probably would have been arrested right off regardless of the ethnicity of the kids driving the go-cart. She says she was stopped and the kids drove into her vehicle. The grand jury will look at the evidence and make their decision.

[southernyankeebelle]

12. She went up the curb and she went right towards the kid. She went of a yellow line.

[Kaleva]

13. And she could end up with nothing more then a ticket for that

However, the police thought there was enough evidence to send the matter to a grand jury which means that a possible felony has been committed. If the grand jury returns an indictment, then the woman will be arrested. If not, she might get a ticket.

[southernyankeebelle]

15. Maybe so but I sure the mother of the child was hurt will sue her to pay the hospital and ambulance

bill.

[Kaleva]

16. I heard there is or soon will be a lawsuit

[southernyankeebelle]

17. Good for her.

[slampoet]

18. Sorry but not really. Women get away with crimes all the time because of their gender.

They also serve less time for the same offenses.

[southernyankeebelle]

19. Well you might have a point. But she isn't going to get off financially.

[slampoet]

20. So i should be happy a psycho is on the streets with no money for rent?

[southernyankeebelle]

21. Yep