Woman Who Drove SUV Into 2 Children Due to Their Race Given 25 Years By Federal Judge

[Demovictory9]

Woman Who Drove SUV Into 2 Children Due to Their Race Given 25 Years By Federal Judge
Rebecca Klapper 13 hrs ago

A white Iowa woman who said she drove her SUV into two children in 2019 to try to kill them because of their race was sentenced to 25 years in prison by a federal judge on hate crimes charges, the Associated Press reported.

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Prosecutors said Poole Franklin targeted a 12-year-old Black boy and a 14-year-old Latina girl on December 9, 2019, in Des Moines due to their race.

Poole Franklin pleaded guilty to two federal hate crime charges in May.


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Prosecutors said she first drove over a curb and struck the boy, saying she ran him over because he's "just like ISIS" and "he's not supposed to be there and he's going to take me out." She narrowly missed the boy's older sibling who was walking alongside him.

Minutes later, Poole Franklin drove up over a sidewalk, prosecutors said, striking the girl, who had bruises, cuts and a concussion. Poole Franklin said she targeted the girl because she thought she was Mexican, was taking over "our homes and our jobs" and "wasn't supposed to be in the country," the filing said.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/woman-who-drove-suv-into-2-children-due-to-their-race-given-25-years-by-federal-judge/ar-AANvTrw?ocid=msedgntp

[bluedevil4]

1. Couldn't have

happened to a nicer person

[Demovictory9]

3. it was a big story when it happened

[Chuuku Davis]

2. It is a sick world.

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[Sherman A1]

4. May she never see the outside of a prison again.

[Maine Abu El Banat]

5. Sounds like

Republican talking points to me.

[BlancheSplanchnik]

15. Exactly. Wonder what she consumes for "news".

[Celerity]

6. Mo Brooks tweet defending her white power arse and condemning the sentence in 3,2,..

[Celerity]

7. Before the hate crimes, Poole Franklin had received a series of breaks from the legal system,

including after she allegedly stabbed a boyfriend in the chest in 2017 and threatened another with a butcher's knife months later.

[MaryMagdaline]

9. She's been trying to kill someone her whole life

[Baitball Blogger]

35. Well, the judge now put her in an even playing field.

[secondwind]

31. She sounds mental. Hope she gets treatment in jail.

Too many people like her are walking among us.

[Progressive Jones]

53. Probably mad that someone named her "Poole".. nt

[no_hypocrisy]

8. Too lenient

[OldBaldy1701E]

10. Yep.

For sub-humans like this... Hammurabi had it right.

[Auggie]

20. Agree

[Raster]

11. Far too lenient...

...Those two kids lives have been forever changed by this evil woman, and not in a good way.

[hlthe2b]

12. I cannot believe an article like this doesn't even tell the outcome of her victims. I went searching

From NYT article: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/19/us/Iowa-woman-hate-racism-attack.html

Shortly after 3:30 p.m. that day, Ms. Poole Franklin was driving on Creston Avenue in Des Moines when she saw two young people who she thought were Middle Eastern or African, according to a federal agreement under which she pleaded guilty to hate crime charges in April. She drove the Jeep “over the curb, onto the sidewalk, toward both minors” and struck one of them, it said. The child, a 12-year-old Black boy, suffered pain, cuts, bruising and swelling, according to the plea agreement.

Then, Ms. Poole Franklin drove away.

Less than an hour later in the city of Clive, just west of Des Moines, Ms. Poole Franklin was driving near a junior high school. There, she saw a 14-year-old girl walking on the sidewalk who she believed to be Mexican. She drove her Jeep “over the curb, over the sidewalk” and struck the child, according to the plea agreement and law enforcement officials. The girl suffered pain, cuts, bruising, swelling and a concussion.

The state of "journalism" today.... Sigh

[OneBro]

13. All the hallmarks of mental illness.

The public defender summed it up well, arguing that “she was suffering from "severe pre-existing mental illnesses that were exacerbated by methamphetamine use, numerous extremely difficult life events hitting at nearly the same time, and with some of the worst aspects of the culture acting behind the scenes and further poisoning her mental state."

Our society’s failure to address her mental illness left her vulnerable to radicalization by the right-wing hate machine.

[GPV]

17. Sounds like it.

[stopdiggin]

19. all of the above, AND

a virulent flat out racist - willing to act out on her hatreds and vile beliefs.

(I have no doubt there is some level of 'illness' here - but let's not forget to point out that it is piled on top of - a very, very toxic stew personal beliefs - that are not at all hallmarks of mental illness.)

[BonnieJW]

29. Hmmmmm

Several attempts at murder, including children...I guess it's time to buy a gun

[IronLionZion]

30. White people always get the mental illness excuse

whether they are murdering whites or children of color.

[Deuce]

43. Yes...

[LanternWaste]

48. That does seem a rather common denominator.

A sentiment consistently applied to one and only one demographic in these instances, while simultaneous denied to all other demographics who engage in the same.

[JI7]

33. lol

[Progressive Jones]

52. I'm not so quick to let someone off for being

a piece of racist trash by blaming it on "mental illness ".
Some people are just low quality garbage, from day one.

[johnthewoodworker]

14. I think this Republican/Nazi could use a life term.

[bucolic_frolic]

16. That's throwing the book at her

but justice saddens me. Murderers can get less or similar, and insurrectionists are paying $500 fines!

[COL Mustard]

18. Oh, She's Going To Have A Fun Time

On the inside. She should count on special sauce in her food at a minimum.

[gordianot]

21. No matter what accommodations she gets in prison she is in peril.

She will have to watch her back. Her life of anticipation will be comparable to Derrick Chauvin even under the control of Federal authorities.

[Ligyron]

22. I was wondering why such a lenient sentence but then I realized the kids both lived.

Bet she gets out in far less than 20.

If we released all the people sentenced for minor drug offenses, we have room in our prison systems to keep people like her in there longer.

[Sympthsical]

23. Basically attempted murder

Recently, there was a road rage incident in the Oakland Hills. After an argument, a 19 year old driver circled round several times trying to buzz and clip the people he had been arguing with and their car. On his last pass, he aimed and clipped a guy. Broke his tail bone I believe.

Alameda County slapped him with an attempted murder charge amongst the other vehicular stuff.

[Ligyron]

27. Good! Nt

[msfiddlestix]

38. I'd forgotten about that story.

Wonder if that trial has happened, with a conviction... or is too recent?

[Sympthsical]

40. This happened a little over a week ago

https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2021/08/12/oakland-hit-run-road-rage-arrest-caught-on-camera-aitken-girvin/

[msfiddlestix]

46. thanks, I'm overwhelmed and finding it hard to keep track, keep up.

thanks!

[Demovictory9]

45. Too soon for trial

[msfiddlestix]

47. thanks... so much to track.

thanks again.

[Atreus]

24. Not nearly

long enough!

[Evolve Dammit]

25. Should have been life for those crimes. She looks downright pleased with herself in link photo

[Thunderbeast]

26. In Louisiana, a friend got 60 years for a robbery of $103

No possibility for parole.

Nobody was hurt.

My friend DID NOT commit the crime in the first place

He was exonerated and released after serving nearly eight years.

White justice....Black justice

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/30/magazine/yutico-briley.html#commentsContainer

https://www.npr.org/2021/07/08/1014200241/freeing-an-innocent-man-from-prison

[cyndensco]

28. Exactly....white justice/black justice

Imagine if it had been the other way.....

[dalton99a]

36. +1

[IronLionZion]

42. White mental illness. Black dangerous criminals. Brown terrorists.

[Paladin]

32. That's maybe half the years in prison she deserved. (nt)

[malaise]

34. Good

Rot in prison you piece of shit

[msfiddlestix]

37. only 25 years? Likely paroled when? 7 years? less?

[prodigitalson]

50. There is no parole in the Federal system. nt

[msfiddlestix]

39. omg. A Meth Freak and she had priors, nearly stabbing to death her boyfriend.

The federal sentence will run concurrently with the state punishment but ensure she will be incarcerated for longer, since the federal system does not have parole.


Prosecutors asked for a 27-year sentence in a filing last week, saying Poole Franklin targeted the children because of their race and ethnicity. Both were walking down the street near their schools.

Federal sentencing guidelines had recommended a term of 30 years to life.

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Poole Franklin's public defender asked Rose for nothing longer than a 27-year term. He argued in a filing that she was suffering from "severe pre-existing mental illnesses that were exacerbated by methamphetamine use, numerous extremely difficult life events hitting at nearly the same time, and with some of the worst aspects of the culture acting behind the scenes and further poisoning her mental state."

Before the hate crimes, Poole Franklin had received a series of breaks from the legal system, including after she allegedly stabbed a boyfriend in the chest in 2017 and threatened another with a butcher's knife months later.

[SYFROYH]

41. Poole is only 43 -- she'll live to be released.

Unless she continues on her racist quest to kill brown-skinned people in prison.

Then she'll die in prison.

[prodigitalson]

49. She will be in her mid 60s when she gets out.nt

[Hassler]

44. Enjoy the prison menu, you POS

[Johnny2X2X]

51. In other words

She is a mainstream Republican.