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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,757 posts)
Tue Apr 20, 2021, 05:42 PM Apr 2021

Sheriff: Woman purposely drove into teens playing basketball

GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A white North Carolina woman was charged with driving her car into a yard where three Black teenagers were playing basketball, injuring one of them.

A Pitt County Sheriff's Office news release said deputies responded Sunday afternoon to a report of a child intentionally hit by a car in Greenville.

The news release said that Daina Renee Forrest, 35, of Greenville, had been driving around and threatening the three teens by waving a knife and cursing. The release said Forrest “intentionally veered her car off the roadway and partially into the yard to strike the children.”

One teen was taken to the hospital for treatment and Forrest's car had damage to the front that was consistent with hitting a person, according to the release. Sgt. Lee Darnell, a sheriff’s spokesman, said the injuries appeared to be minor.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/sheriff-woman-purposely-drove-teens-153407070.html

What the fuck is your problem woman?

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Sheriff: Woman purposely drove into teens playing basketball (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 2021 OP
C'mon man, not only were they Black, but they were even playing Basketball ... Hugh_Lebowski Apr 2021 #1
WTF is going on in America these days???? lillypaddle Apr 2021 #2
not must be sick bdamomma Apr 2021 #3
Yes she is. nt lillypaddle Apr 2021 #4
This was no accident, the lady was threatening the teens before she drove into them uponit7771 Apr 2021 #5
she seems a bit of a mess... stillcool Apr 2021 #6
looks bdamomma Apr 2021 #7
Whatever. She needs to go away for at least 20 years. lagomorph777 Apr 2021 #8
here is another incident bdamomma Apr 2021 #10
White trash. Archae Apr 2021 #12
No, not a race crime... Claire Oh Nette Apr 2021 #15
yeah...that was cute stillcool Apr 2021 #18
Sgt. Darnell needs to be relieved of duty. MerryBlooms Apr 2021 #20
Maybe she thought she was channeling Vogon_Glory Apr 2021 #9
Here's a Google street view from 8 years ago, showing how easy it was for her to hit him: Judi Lynn Apr 2021 #11
Was that a hate crime? malaise Apr 2021 #13
Hate Crime Claire Oh Nette Apr 2021 #14
This is the Reply I've been looking for. Ilsa Apr 2021 #17
High on cocaine struggle4progress Apr 2021 #16
If She Were In Florida, She Could Just Say, "I Thought They Were Protesting"........ ChoppinBroccoli Apr 2021 #19
 

Hugh_Lebowski

(33,643 posts)
1. C'mon man, not only were they Black, but they were even playing Basketball ...
Tue Apr 20, 2021, 05:45 PM
Apr 2021

I mean, how much of an affront is a poor white woman innocently driving by in her car supposed to just ... take?

lillypaddle

(9,580 posts)
2. WTF is going on in America these days????
Tue Apr 20, 2021, 05:46 PM
Apr 2021

Can't even imagine - this woman must be sick. Regardless, throw her ass in jail!

stillcool

(32,626 posts)
6. she seems a bit of a mess...
Tue Apr 20, 2021, 06:12 PM
Apr 2021

good thing no one was killed.


The news release said that Daina Renee Forrest, 35, of Greenville, had been driving around and threatening the three teens by waving a knife and cursing. The release said Forrest “intentionally veered her car off the roadway and partially into the yard to strike the children.”

One teen was taken to the hospital for treatment and Forrest’s car had damage to the front that was consistent with hitting a person, according to the release. Sgt. Lee Darnell, a sheriff’s spokesman, said the injuries appeared to be minor.

Deputies said when they searched her car, they found marijuana, crack cocaine and a knife.

Forrest was charged with three counts of assault with a deadly weapon and a count of felony cocaine possession. Jail records indicate she was being held Tuesday.

Forrest was identified in jail records as white, while Darnell said the three teens were Black. Asked whether race was a factor, he said: “I don’t believe it was a race hate crime, no.”

Claire Oh Nette

(2,636 posts)
15. No, not a race crime...
Tue Apr 20, 2021, 07:25 PM
Apr 2021

Show me one incident of a Black person in a residential neighborhood deliberately driving onto private property where white kids are hooping.

Adults committing violence on black children. It's pathetic and sad, as well as infuriating for those of us who don't fear people who are different.

Vogon_Glory

(9,109 posts)
9. Maybe she thought she was channeling
Tue Apr 20, 2021, 06:38 PM
Apr 2021

Nathan Bedford What’s-his-name? Or she is just mentally ill. Either way,lock her up!

Judi Lynn

(160,451 posts)
11. Here's a Google street view from 8 years ago, showing how easy it was for her to hit him:
Tue Apr 20, 2021, 06:48 PM
Apr 2021


A Greenville, NC, woman is accused of using her car to break up a neighborhood basketball game, striking a
child in the process, Pitt County deputies say STREET VIEW IMAGE FROM JULY 2013. © 2021 GOOGLE

Story at link:
https://www.thestate.com/news/state/north-carolina/article250802899.html

Claire Oh Nette

(2,636 posts)
14. Hate Crime
Tue Apr 20, 2021, 07:21 PM
Apr 2021

Attempted murder, attempted vehicular manslaughter...

The laws on the books in Florida and other states making it legal for drivers to "accidentally" strike protestors with their cars if the protesters block roadways are just as bad as the Stand Your ground laws that enable frightened whiteys to shoot black people for no reason.

These laws encourage murder. End of story.

Charge them all.

Ilsa

(61,690 posts)
17. This is the Reply I've been looking for.
Tue Apr 20, 2021, 08:36 PM
Apr 2021

Charge her! Attempted murder, attempted vehicular manslaughter, hate crime, whatever they can conjure up. No mental illness excuses.

struggle4progress

(118,236 posts)
16. High on cocaine
Tue Apr 20, 2021, 08:26 PM
Apr 2021


Driving that train, high on cocaine
Casey Jones, you better watch your speed
Trouble ahead, trouble behind
And you know that notion just crossed my mind ...

Trouble ahead, lady in red
Take my advice: you'd be better off dead
Switchman's sleeping, train hundred and two is
On the wrong track and headed for you ...

Trouble with you is the trouble with me
Got two good eyes but you still don't see
Come round the bend, you know it's the end
The fireman screams and the engine just gleams

ChoppinBroccoli

(3,781 posts)
19. If She Were In Florida, She Could Just Say, "I Thought They Were Protesting"........
Tue Apr 20, 2021, 10:29 PM
Apr 2021

...........and she would literally go free.

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