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the video shows nothing about her claims of a "riot".
<Local NewsWATCH: Woman calls 911 on community activist group
By eanne Roberts
Updated: Oct 18, 2018 03:34 AM EDT
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NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) - A woman that called 911 on a group of adult and child community activists is now being referred to as "Gas Station Gail."
Marching in anti-violence t-shirts, Thrower says during their walk, many children participating got thirsty, so they stopped at the Murphy USA Express gas station in North Charleston off Rivers Avenue to get drinks and snacks.
He said they were there for not even five minutes, before a white woman called the cops on them for allegedly standing in front of the gas station.
News 2 obtained the 911 calls that the woman made.
"I mean it's like a riot out here," she said.
That woman has now been identified Brenda Metz. Metz is the store manager of the Murphy Express. Initially when asked what was taking place, here's what was said to the 911 dispatcher:
911 dispatcher: "What are they doing?"
Brenda Metz: "They are just standing out here, they are guns down, chucktown, something?"
Later in the call she accused the group of destroying the gas station and causing a physical and verbal disturbance.
"They keep turning the pumps off they're hitting the pumps down," Metz said.
When asked if she felt she was in danger, Metz said, "No, no we just want a police officer to get here.">
https://www.counton2.com/news/local-news/watch-woman-calls-911-on-community-activist-group/1532546702
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)dawg day
(7,947 posts)Did she want them to be shot by the police? Was that what she was after?
JI7
(89,250 posts)and cops had driven by a few times.
imagine if they didn't know that.
Croney
(4,661 posts)A thrown pacifier could put somebody's eye out!
CatMor
(6,212 posts)I'm from the north and don't understand that but she sure does sound stupid. She said she wasn't in danger and they were just standing out there so what was her problem.
JI7
(89,250 posts)GReedDiamond
(5,313 posts)...one of the activists (an adult male) is interviewed, and he is wearing a t-shirt which reads "Guns Down, Chucktown."
Don't know the exact meaning of that, but there it is.
CatMor
(6,212 posts)seems like a positive message about putting your guns down in Charleston.
GReedDiamond
(5,313 posts)customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)is Charleston. More ethnically diverse than North Charleston. Read into that what you will.
struggle4progress
(118,290 posts)decided to come in to buy drinks and snacks?
It's just like something out of a ghost story!