Virginia man sentenced to 3 years for driving truck toward BLM protesters

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill



BY CAMERON JENKINS - 02/19/21 11:10 AM EST

A Virginia man was sentenced to three years in jail on Thursday after pleading guilty to displaying a hatchet and driving his truck toward a crowd of Black Lives Matter protesters.

Twenty-year-old Emanuel "Manny" Wilder on Thursday was ordered by substitute Virginia Beach District Court Judge Jon Babineau to pay $1,856 in addition to his sentence to cover the cost of his extradition from Florida, according to The Virginian-Pilot.

Wilder was charged with and pleaded guilty to five misdemeanors including reckless driving, using abusive language, disturbing the peace, disorderly conduct and two counts of failing to appear in court, according to the newspaper.

Wilder was arrested in Lake City, Fla., last year after failing to appear for trial in Virginia Beach, Va.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/539566-virginia-man-sentenced-to-3-years-for-driving-truck-towards-blm

[machoneman]

1. Great news. That'll teach him!

[BlueStater]

2. Only three years for attempted murder?

What a steaming pile.

[onetexan]

4. Exactly. That was attempted vehicular manslaughter

I'd have expected 10-20.

[DonViejo]

5. He wasn't charged with attempted murder, but rather,...

Wilder was charged with and pleaded guilty to five misdemeanors including reckless driving, using abusive language, disturbing the peace, disorderly conduct and two counts of failing to appear in court, according to the newspaper.

[Polybius]

6. Using abusive language?

As in cursing?

[tonekat]

9. Virginia is weird like that

I remember someone getting arrested in Fairfax for cussin' in front of a cop.

[NutmegYankee]

10. It's words directed at someone and intended to cause a breach of peace.

Basically fighting words doctrine. Profanity itself not used against a person is not covered by the law.

[Turbineguy]

3. Loyalty to trump

can get expensive.

[Yeehah]

7. Good thing he didn't have any pot on him

or he'd be in REAL trouble.

Misdemeanors?? So the asshole gets to keep his guns.

[ancianita]

8. That's IT? No assault with a deadly weapon charge?

[ck4829]

11. If he was Muslim, this would have been a called a terrorist attack.