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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 Sheriffs 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 Forrests car had damage to the front that was consistent with hitting a person, according to the release. Sgt. Lee Darnell, a sheriffs 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 dont believe it was a race hate crime, no.
[link:https://apnews.com/article/north-carolina-greenville-sports-basketball-8814fe15ed7b3291109b071644f2f7cc|
A Pitt County Sheriffs 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 Forrests car had damage to the front that was consistent with hitting a person, according to the release. Sgt. Lee Darnell, a sheriffs 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 dont believe it was a race hate crime, no.
[link:https://apnews.com/article/north-carolina-greenville-sports-basketball-8814fe15ed7b3291109b071644f2f7cc|
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Sheriff: Woman purposely drove into teens playing basketball (Original Post)
Marcuse
Apr 2021
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vercetti2021
(10,156 posts)1. Right it's not a hate crime
Dumb fucking sheriff. Acab
RocRizzo55
(980 posts)2. I guess in South Carolinastan
Race only has something to do with it if a lily white person is injured?!