Arrest Made In Truck Ramming Of Protest For Abortion Rights In Iowa

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NEW: The truck driver who rammed into demonstrators in Cedar Rapids, Iowa following the overturn of Roe v. Wade in June has been detained.

David Alan Huston, 53, has been charged with assault using a deadly weapon and leaving the scene.

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Arrest Made In Truck Ramming Of Protest For Abortion Rights In Iowa
David Huston, 53, is accused of ramming his truck into demonstrators on June 24 in Cedar Rapids, hours after the Supreme Court reversed Roe v. Wade.
2:52 PM · Aug 9, 2022

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/arrest-truck-driver-abortion-protest-iowa_n_62f2cd51e4b0db71d8cd02ac?kv

A man accused of ramming his truck into protesters in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, following the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade in June, has been detained, jail records show.

David Huston, 53, was booked Tuesday in Linn County and charged with assault using a deadly weapon and leaving the scene. Video from that day shows a truck bowling over peaceful protesters at the tail end of a procession as they crossed the street at a crosswalk. Several of the protesters, who were gathered in support of abortion rights, ended up in the hospital.

Despite a significant amount of evidence from the scene, the investigation was delayed in part because one of the witnesses was Linn County Prosecutor Nick Maybanks, who told HuffPost he was recusing himself from the case and forwarding it to neighboring Black Hawk County.

In a press release Tuesday, Black Hawk County Prosecutor Brian Williams alleged that Huston drove his truck “aggressively” into the “peaceful” protest, but Williams said he didn’t find evidence of political motivation in the attack.

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[dalton99a]

1. Good.

[gratuitous]

2. The Black Hawk prosecutor "didn't find evidence of political motivation in the attack"

Really? Wanna adjust your spectacles there, Mr. Williams? Does this low-life have a history of driving his truck through crowds of people, regardless of their reason for gathering?

[Solly Mack]

3. K&R

[crickets]

4. Good. It took them long enough.

"didn’t find evidence of political motivation in the attack"

Because anybody would have worked their way around other drivers to aim his truck at women marching in a pro-choice rally. Anybody at all, for no real reason, amirite?