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1 Killed, 1 Injured After Vehicle Careens Into Protesters In Seattle

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The highway was blocked off, the driver drove past barricades to get onto the highway and then drove into the crowd.

1 Killed, 1 Injured After Vehicle Careens Into Protesters In Seattle

One person has been killed and one hospitalized in serious condition, after a vehicle barreled past a police barrier and into protesters on a freeway overnight in Seattle.

24-year-old Summer Taylor died Saturday evening at Harborview Medical Center, according hospital spokeswoman Susan Gregg. Diaz Love, 32, remains in serious condition.

Washington State Patrol said Saturday that the driver of the white Jaguar sedan, a 27-year-old man, is in custody. At this point, officers have not offered a motive, though Capt. Ron Mead said officers believe the suspect was not impaired.
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Not the first time a motor vehicle has been used in what appears to be an ongoing attempt at intimidation.
There have been reports of at least 50 vehicle-ramming incidents since nationwide protests erupted in late May — many of which were suspected attacks by right-wing extremists targeting Black Lives Matter protesters.

"The message they're trying to send is, 'You need to get out of the street and stop these protests,' " Ari Weil, the terrorism researcher at the University of Chicago who compiled those statistics, told NPR last month. "They're trying to intimidate the most recent wave of BLM protesters to stop their movement."
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1 Killed, 1 Injured After Vehicle Careens Into Protesters In Seattle

 
Somerville said:
The highway was blocked off, the driver drove past barricades to get onto the highway and then drove into the crowd.



Not the first time a motor vehicle has been used in what appears to be an ongoing attempt at intimidation.
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Didn't your mom teach you not to play in the road?
 
Right wing terrorists are apt to become more unhinged the closer we get to Election Day. Stay safe out there.
 
Greenbeard said:
Right wing terrorists are apt to become more unhinged the closer we get to Election Day. Stay safe out there.
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It wasn’t a right wing terrorist. It was a black Seattle resident
 
countryboy said:
He also didn't "careen into protesters".
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I wish I lived in King County, because if I were on the jury I would make sure this driver does not get convicted
 
Somerville said:
The highway was blocked off, the driver drove past barricades to get onto the highway and then drove into the crowd.



Not the first time a motor vehicle has been used in what appears to be an ongoing attempt at intimidation.
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Was it just one of those old men that lost his way?
 
Somerville said:
The highway was blocked off, the driver drove past barricades to get onto the highway and then drove into the crowd.



Not the first time a motor vehicle has been used in what appears to be an ongoing attempt at intimidation.
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Its probably a good Idea not to protest on the Fwy?
 
Greenbeard said:
Right wing terrorists are apt to become more unhinged the closer we get to Election Day. Stay safe out there.
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Because there’s been no lefty violence at all these past several week. Seriously, which side will become violent if they don’t get their way in the presidential election?
 
EMNofSeattle said:
It wasn’t a right wing terrorist. It was a black Seattle resident
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Interesting that you seem to believe his race precludes him from being right wing...
 
EMNofSeattle said:
I wish I lived in King County, because if I were on the jury I would make sure this driver does not get convicted
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Interesting. You seem to have a desire to support murderers. Is it because a person who hate was killed by someone who supports your political views? Or do you just like men who kill women?
 
BlueTex said:
Interesting that you seem to believe his race precludes him from being right wing...
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If he wasn’t African American, you all would have already attributed this to “white supremacy”.
 
Where was it reported that the driver was black?
 
calamity said:
So, dead people are funny to you. :roll:
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Not at all, but, play stupid games, win stupid prizes. The bottom line is, if these dumbasses hadn't stupidly "protested" on the freeway, nobody would've been killed.
 
X Factor said:
Because there’s been no lefty violence at all these past several week. Seriously, which side will become violent if they don’t get their way in the presidential election?
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The "right side". I believe they are the ones showing up at protests with firearms. Like this guy in Colorado during a protest.

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Armed men stood on the parking garage near City Hall, overlooking protesters.​

“They automatically wanted to label us white supremacists, homophobes. We’re racist right out of the gate because we brought guns.” He claims, “The reason we brought guns is because we were told by three different agencies that antifa was supposed to show up, so we came down to make sure our city didn’t get burned down.”

Tiegen wouldn’t get specific when I asked him which agencies gave him that information. Lt. Jim Sokolik of CSPD told me that “intelligence reports are law enforcement only and would not be shared with the public.” The FBI gave me a “no comment” when I asked if they had supplied Tiegen with information about antifa’s alleged secret plans, and the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives had not responded to questions by the Indy’s press time.
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X Factor said:
If he wasn’t African American, you all would have already attributed this to “white supremacy”.
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I have no idea what his motivations were or his politics. It's just an interesting observation of the inherent bias we all have...
 
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