Ferguson Protester Faces Four Years' Jail Over Charges of Kicking SUV

[eridani]

Geez--wonder why he didn't use an assault rifle?

http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/318-66/31820-ferguson-protester-faces-four-years-jail-over-charges-of-kicking-suv

Brittany Ferrell was accused of causing damage worth more than $5,000 to the SUV as its driver forced her way through the group, which had gathered on Interstate 70 near Ferguson during events to mark the anniversary of the fatal shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed black 18-year-old, by a police officer.

Ferrell, 26, was charged with first-degree property damage, which is a class D felony in Missouri. She was also charged with trespassing and disturbing the peace, according to Bob McCulloch, the prosecuting attorney for St Louis County, who oversaw the grand jury inquiry into Brown’s death. Ferrell was released on a $10,000 bond on Wednesday.

Ferrell’s wife, Alexis Templeton, was charged with misdemeanour assault for allegedly punching the driver through her vehicle’s window, and misdemeanour charges similar to Ferrell’s for alleged trespass and disturbing the peace. Templeton, 21, has also been released.

The charges prompted a furious reaction among the wider Black Lives Matter protest movement. Brittany Packnett, an activist who sat on Barack Obama’s White House taskforce on police reform, said several demonstrators were struck by the vehicle.

“Feet don’t cause $5K worth of damage to cars,” Packnett said on Twitter. “McCulloch meant ‘drive over’, not past. They were almost hit.”

[jberryhill]

1. .

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141175922

[NobodyHere]

2. 4 years is definitely excessive.

[pintobean]

3. She - and tough shit.

She committed multiple crimes. That has consequences, sometimes serious consequences.

[Recursion]

4. I remember this video.

If Ferrell was the one who jumped on the hood, she probably should go to jail.

[Lee-Lee]

5. 4 years is the max possible

Odds are she will be able to plea it down to a lessor offense, the only way she would be convicted of that level is if she is stupid enough to take it to trial- and that would be stupid given that there is video of the incident. Even then the odds of her getting the max for a first offense are slim unless she just makes an ass of herself in the courtroom.

From the other story it showed she was in healthcare- she better hope she can plead it down because most health care jobs require a background check these days and felony convictions don't help your resume.

If people plan to do stupid, illegal shit during protests they should consider the long term effects on their lives when they get arrested and convicted for doing stupid, illegal shit.