A woman is dead after a car drove through a crowd of protesters in Minneapolis, police say
Source: CNN
By Tina Burnside, Alta Spells and Hollie Silverman,
(CNN)A person drove into a group of protesters in Minneapolis early Monday, killing one woman and injuring another person, authorities said.
A suspect is in custody after police say they saw the vehicle on video surveillance drive into the protesters just after midnight. The crowd was protesting an officer-involved shooting from a few weeks ago that did not involve MPD, John Elder, spokesperson for Minneapolis Police, told CNN.
The protest where the deadly crash happened Monday occurred in the same area where protesters gathered more than a week ago over the killing of 32-year-old Winston Smith, a Black man killed by law enforcement officers who were executing a warrant. The protests come as the city continues to grapple with last year's killing of George Floyd during his arrest in Minneapolis, and with the murder conviction in that case of former police officer Derek Chauvin.
While a motive for Monday's incident is unknown, the preliminary investigation indicates drugs or alcohol may have been a factor in the crash, according to a news release from MPD.
An adult female has died as a result of injuries she sustained after a car drove through a crowd of protesters in the Uptown area of Minneapolis early Monday morning, according to a news release from the Minneapolis Police Department.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/14/us/minneapolis-protester-killed/index.html
ck4829
(34,971 posts)Last edited Tue Jun 29, 2021, 12:17 PM - Edit history (1)
Critical Race TheoryLiberalLoner
(9,761 posts)Committed terrorism by deliberately trying to drive over the protestors, like right wing media told him repeatedly to do to prove he was a patriot.
And gee, in a whole bunch of states its now legal to drive over and kill people if you think they might be protestors. Or if they are just walking down the sidewalk and look like they might possibly vote for Democrats.
And notice the wording - a car drove through them - not a man driving a car, just the car. Just a bad car like the movie Christine.
oldsoftie
(12,410 posts)It was a man, taken from the car & roughed up. Heard saying "I didnt mean to" as he was taken to the cops
Angrybob2001
(27 posts)At this time of night I'm more inclined to believe the impaired/accidental over purposeful and swept under the rug by authorities. At this point its easy to assign ill intent but sometimes bad things happen on accident. I, personally am assuming accident and will wait for more information. If this had happened at 11 am rather than 11pm then I would assume the opposite.
sarisataka
(18,197 posts)IMO those are enhancements to the crime though I believe many view such as mitigating factors.
Hugh_Lebowski
(33,643 posts)Response to Angrybob2001 (Reply #3)
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90-percent
(6,828 posts)isn't this kind of thing now perfectly legal in socially retarded states like florida, georgia, texas and arizona? sort of a "stand your ground" law for drivers "threatened" by protesters? Or protesters blocking traffic?
-90% jimmy
MadLinguist
(781 posts)for drivers hitting protestors. Tennessee only narrowly getting its version signed into law 2 months ago.
GOPers are out for blood.
azureblue
(2,129 posts)the immunity laws run into the stand your ground laws. The GOP is too dumb to think their laws can be used against them. The Proud "Buoys" march armed, and the cops let them. So it won't be long before the so called left wing marchers start carrying, and shooting anyone who tries to run them over.
LiberatedUSA
(1,666 posts)I thought right wingers would catch on that people, not thinking things through, felt they could walk up to them and take their MAGA hats, would start carrying and just wait for someone on the left to grab their hat so they could scream I fear for my life! and shoot them; sort of a justifiable homicide set up preplanned murder.
But I guess the attacking people for wearing a MAGA hat thing was blown out of proportion, because I didnt see any headlines that read MAGA ass thinks they are a hero by shooting someone for stealing their hat.
I doubt this will happen much and I highly doubt people on the left are going to bring guns to get into a shoot out with drivers.
Also bare in mind, if a protester or group of them do anything to make the driver think they are about to get surrounded and pulled out of the vehicle, then the driver is in the right to flee and shooting them for fleeing will add to the shooters sentence.
This is extremely touchy, fine line shit. Especially depending on the state you live in.
All around, street protesting and angry drivers trying to get somewhere, along with drivers that are panicky about seeing a large group of protesters in the street, is a bad combination no matter whos side you are on. Throw in racist gun nut looking for a trouble, and youll never see me at any large protest gathering regardless of the cause or side I am on. If I feel I need a gun to go somewhere, I dont go there.
Dr. Strange
(25,898 posts)He didn't have a license to drive and he was driving under the influence. That's still going to be illegal everywhere.
https://heavy.com/news/nicholas-kraus/
MissMillie
(38,452 posts)I'm thinking it should read, "a factor in the attack."
oldsoftie
(12,410 posts)If the reports are correct & the driver was drunk/high, didnt he/she have ANYONE around to say "Hey, you shouldnt drive"? Thats kind of a big thing these days compared to decades ago.
Throw the book at 'em.
llashram
(6,265 posts)possible. Given the charged political atmosphere in America at this time, I do highly doubt those were the cause. Trumpers are mean killers. I remember the Charlottesville white supremacy riot and the death/murder of Ms. Heather Heyer in 2017. And the trumpiss statement on those murderers. Don't those clowns know? White supremacy WILL NEVER work here in America. Didn't in the past nor will it in the present day and definitely not in the future.
Hundreds of thousands dead with the white supremacist's first try at subjugating non-whites. African slaves specifically.
From Ms. Heyer to the present day, there have been casualties of war. When will the racist idiots understand? You are not better than any other human being on this planet.
EX500rider
(10,517 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(143,998 posts)TFG supporters are all assholes
geardaddy
(24,924 posts)Yesterday afternoon we saw the initial protest to block the streets and decided to steer clear of the area.
According to our local CBS affiliate, some guy was firing a gun and throwing things at drivers early this morning:
https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2021/06/14/woman-killed-after-driver-plows-into-protesters-in-uptown/
LudwigPastorius
(8,943 posts)It could still be a hate crime, just one perpetrated by a drunken white supremacist.
apnu
(8,722 posts)Wait for it.
VGNonly
(7,430 posts)thinks it's ok to mow somebody over. He also thinks it's ok to shoot somebody if they give them the "evil eye". He also believes that a weather station in Alaska controls global warning.
Hugh_Lebowski
(33,643 posts)He's right, that place definitely controls the weather.
Also peoples minds.
I seen it on youtube
VGNonly
(7,430 posts)He also believes that nukes can stop hurricanes and the Grand Canyon is only about 500 years old.
BobTheSubgenius
(11,535 posts)the Colorado River flowing uphill. So, yeah.
samsingh
(17,571 posts)twin_ghost
(435 posts)cadoman
(792 posts)"Hennepin County Jail roster records show that a 35-year-old St. Paul man was arrested early Monday in Minneapolis on suspicion of criminal vehicular homicide, driving after having his license suspended, and giving false information to police. The man does not have a valid license as a result of multiple DUI offenses."
I'll be honest, we have the right to protest in the streets, but it's really just not safe or effective. I was freaking out seeing kids stream out onto the freeway during the peak of the George Floyd protests.
People don't appreciate how many completely _lousy_ drivers there are and how much our road deaths are reduced by fantastic safety features on the latest cars. Lousy meaning unskilled, distracted, angry, stressed, partying, racing, high, drunk, late, or any combination thereof.
sarisataka
(18,197 posts)he man accused of being behind the wheel of the SUV involved in an Uptown crash that killed a woman and hurt others was charged Wednesday with second-degree murder and two counts of second-degree assault using a dangerous weapon.
Nicholas D. Kraus, 35, was taken into custody earlier this week on probable cause vehicular homicide.
Kraus was suspected of driving a vehicle east on Lake Street Sunday night when the vehicle crashed into a group of protesters. There have been ongoing protests in the area since the shooting of Winston Smith earlier this month. A woman, identified as Deona Knajdek, died as a result of the crash, which also hurt three other people.
"This office is shocked by this level of violence in our streets," Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman said. "The defendant, Mr. Kraus, in the Uptown fatal incident in which he struck and killed a peaceful female protester while intoxicated, and injured additional protesters, is an extreme and violent intentional act. His behavior and admittance to intentionally driving towards the protesters is one important reason why we have charged him with intentional second-degree murder."