WEST PALM BEACH — Protesters lined up outside the Tesla showroom in President Donald Trump’s home county on Saturday were met by honks, mainly in support.
#Then, a black SUV drove into the crowd of more than 100 protesters. No one was injured but the near-miss incident underscores the rising tension over the automaker’s CEO, Elon Musk, and his high-profile, and highly controversial, role in the Trump administration.
“He drove into a crowd of senior citizens,” said Mark Offerman of the Democratic Progressive Caucus Palm Beach County about the driver. “Everybody was able to move out, but two older women were really almost clipped. We immediately called the cops.”
Upon arriving, police spoke with the driver and interviewed about five protesters, who also provided photo and video evidence of what had happened. The man was arrested at the scene and will be charged with assault, according to a deputy from the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office.
Yeah WTF, they could be getting way more clicks by putting that in the headline-- why are they burying it?
Found a blog with a video of some of the aftermath, and the guy’s arrest record shows charges for “AGGRAV ASSLT - WEAPON - W DEADLY WEAPON WITHOUT INTENT TO KILL”.
Not sure how driving at a crowd doesn’t show an intent to kill.
Eh, I’m kinda glad. Dude might get off on the fact that he’s ‘famous’ or some shit. Making it a footnote is almost insulting. “oh yeah some jackass was a jackass, but anyway”. I like it.