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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums2nd man accused of driving into group of Memphis protesters arrested and jailed
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wmcactionnews5.com/2020/06/09/memphis-police-arrest-nd-man-accused-driving-into-group-protesters-cooper-young/%3foutputType=ampMEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - A second man accused of driving his vehicle into a group of Black Lives Matter protesters was arrested Tuesday and booked into the Shelby County Jail.
Beau Albauer, 26, is charged with reckless driving and reckless endangerment with a deadly weapon.
According to the affidavit, protesters told police a black Nissan Juke tried hitting them during a demonstration Friday, June 5 in Memphis Cooper-Young neighborhood. Protesters said they encountered Albauer earlier in the demonstration and he was upset streets were blocked. When the demonstration reached the intersection of Central and Cooper, protesters said they saw Albauers vehicle speeding toward them.
According to the report, protesters had to make sudden evasive maneuvers to avoid being hit by the vehicle, which kept accelerating toward the crowd. No was was hit or injured. Police later stopped the vehicle and cited Albauer for running a red light.
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So this guy is charged with a felony for trying to hit people & the sneering 18 year old gets misdemeanor charges for hitting 4 people.
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2nd man accused of driving into group of Memphis protesters arrested and jailed (Original Post)
SheltieLover
Jun 2020
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Laffy Kat
(16,379 posts)1. The MPD needs to make an example of these perps. before someone gets killed.
Wrist slaps, so far.
orwell
(7,773 posts)2. Those Antifa guys...
...really get around.
dutch777
(3,019 posts)3. So if you deliberately drive into someone exercising their rights of free speach and assembly...
...are you violating their civil rights??? Not that I wouldn't sue them until they went broke anyway if they hit me....but just curious. I doubt one's car insurance covers you for more than a split second when you willfully try and run people over.
Cha
(297,232 posts)4. Assholes need a really long jail time.
Absolutely!
There could well be factors I am unaware of, but it seems unjust for the smirking young caucasian kid to be charged only with misdemeanors.
This just bothers me...
SheltieLover
(57,073 posts)6. Petition to charge the 1st perp with attempted murder
10k signatures so far.
The misdemeanor charges fpr injuring 4 people smacks of dirty politics in my book.
https://www.change.org/p/memphis-police-department-charge-tony-marcuzzo-with-an-attempt-for-murder