White man who drove into Iowa protesters avoids prison after guilty plea

[marmar]

A white man who deliberately sped his car through a crowd of racial injustice protesters in Iowa City, striking several, will avoid prison and have the incident erased from his record if he stays out of trouble for three years. ......(more)

https://www.chicagotribune.com/midwest/ct-iowa-man-drives-into-blm-protest-20210108-lt6ssq37qzc2ngnqa2eclgqpca-story.html

[marybourg]

1. So much for guys who stole a lectern going to jail.

[Maru Kitteh]

5. Oh that will warrant jail. It's a fancy piece of wood, not a black person.

Fancy bits of wood mean a lot.

[Maru Kitteh]

2. Of course he did. Thank goodness they weren't hogs, corn or cattle -

he'd be in real trouble then.

[gratuitous]

3. Another example

This is how you can tell whose lives matter in any particular society.

[soothsayer]

4. Jeezus

[58Sunliner]

6. JFC-he admitted he did it intentionally.