AUTOMOBILE AS A WEAPON

[HairOfTheDog]

^ The female driver has been identified and booked.



^ Lakeisha N. Holloway, 24, was booked on charges of open murder with use of a deadly weapon (the vehicle), child abuse or neglect, and duty to stop at the scene of an accident, according to records with the Clark County Detention Center.

The woman had a 3-year-old child in the car when she intentionally slammed into the pedestrians along Las Vegas Boulevard at 6:40 p.m. local time, authorities said.

The child was not injured.

Story: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national...-1.2472824

[Blindgreed1]

Las Vegas

Last night, a female driver killed 1 person, critically injured 6 people, and injured 30 others when she drove onto the sidewalk on busy Las Vegas Blvd.

The driver was stopped by police.

Police have ruled out terrorism as a motive, but believe it may have been intentional.



The driver is being tested for impairment.

You left out the best part. She had a toddler in the back seat.

[HairOfTheDog]

The toddler is mentioned in post #21, Gunnar.

Luckily, the child wasn't injured.

The female driver who drove into the parade in Oklahoma, Acacia Chambers, wasn't intoxicated.

I'm interested to learn whether Lakeisha Holloway was drunk or on drugs when she mowed down the people in Vegas last night.

[Blindgreed1]

The toddler is mentioned in post #21, Gunnar.

Luckily, the child wasn't injured.

The female driver who drove into the parade in Oklahoma, Acacia Chambers, wasn't intoxicated.

I'm interested to learn whether Lakeisha Holloway was drunk or on drugs when she mowed down the people in Vegas last night.

I think you posted 21 when I was posting 22.

[HairOfTheDog]

This is another very weird and sad story.

Lakeisha Holloway was not drunk when she mowed down pedestrians on the Las Vegas strip. However, officers think she might have been on a stimulant (blood tests pending).


Three years ago, ^ Holloway appeared in a promotional video after accepting a role model award from the Portland Opportunities Industrialization Center for turning her life around. She'd been kicked out of the house by her alcoholic mother in 9^th grade, was homeless and was failing out of school. But, she worked with the Center, did well in school, got $17,000 in college scholarships, was the first in her family to graduate from high school, and got a job with the Federal Forestry department.

Police believe she was in Las Vegas with her daughter for about a week, living out of her car and being kicked out of various parking lots. She reportedly made statements that go towards motive (she accelerated twice after hitting the first person) but police are not sharing those statements at this time. She's scheduled to appear in court tomorrow morning.

The 3-year-old is in police custody, but may be turned over to foster care this week since the father has not come to get her.


Police identified the fatal victim as Buckeye, Arizona wife and mother of three, 34-year-old Jessica Valenzuela (pictured above). RIP.


Story: http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/12/2...218027.jpg

[Maggot]

She should be put in jail just because of her hair.

[Donovan]

That meth will Jack you up.

[HairOfTheDog]

OKLAHOMA


^ Adacia Chambers, 25, faces second-degree murder charges after authorities said she plowed a car into the crowd at an Oklahoma State University homecoming parade on Saturday, killing four people, including a toddler.

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/fami...et-n451696

UPDATE:

Adacia Chambers was found competent to stand trial by a judge. She waived her preliminary hearing and today pleaded 'not guilty' to 4 counts of second degree manslaughter and 40 counts of assault and battery.

The prosecution contends that Chambers intentionally drove into the parade of people.

The defense contends that Chambers is mentally ill and didn't know what she was doing.

No trial date yet. Next week, the judge will hear the defense's request for funds to hire expert defense witnesses.

Ref: http://www.koco.com/news/adacia-chambers...t/39374304

[HairOfTheDog]

Nice, France

Today was Bastille Day in France. After midnight at a crowded street celebration during the fireworks display, a very large truck reportedly rammed through all of the security barriers and into the crowd. The last fatality count I read was at least 73. RIP.



This happened hours ago so the investigation has just begun. However, the Nice government believes the driver (who was killed by police) slammed into the crowd intentionally and that this could a terrorist attack where an automobile was used as a mass murder weapon. The city is on lock-down. Earlier in the day, the President of France had announced that the terror warning level would be lowered at the end of this month.

Story: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/tr...-1.2712028

[Duchess]

Oops. I was posting in another thread at the same time. Sorry!

[HairOfTheDog]

Oops. I was posting in another thread at the same time. Sorry!

No worries; I wasn't sure which thread to post it in either.

73 or more people killed by a truck -- whether is was a terrorist attack or some deranged individual -- so effin' awful.

[HairOfTheDog]

Charlottesville, Virginia

This was covered briefly in THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY thread; following up here.


On Saturday, a white supremacist and Nazi-admirer from Ohio mowed down a crowd marching in counter protest of an alt-right rally in Charlottseville, Virginia.



The suspect is 20-year-old James Alex Fields ^. He fled the scene in his banged-up gray Challenger and was apprehended shortly thereafter. Today, Fields was arraigned and was ordered held without bail.



32-year-old Heather Heyer ^ was struck by Fields as she crossed the street with her friends. She died at the scene. RIP. Heather was there to speak out against racial, religious, and other forms of discriminatory hate and violence. She was a paralegal and an equal rights activist. Her mourning mother told reporters that she was proud of Heather for taking a stand and always fighting for what was right.

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[HairOfTheDog]

The alt-right "Unite the Right" protesters ^ had a right to be there, even though their anti-semitic and racist views / chants are seriously fucked up, in my opinion. They got a permit for the rally on the site where a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee was set to be removed. Many of them showed up armed with guns, shields, bats, torches, and pepper spray. The counter-protesters also had a right to be there and take a stand against that bullshit going down in their backyard.

The Charlottesville Police originally took a stand-back approach when violent confrontations between the two groups were underway, but later a state of emergency was declared.



After Fields drove into the counter-protesters, the two Virginia State Troopers pictured above were en-route to the scene in a helicopter. They crashed and both of them died. RIP Troopers Bates and Cullen. The cause of the copter crash is under investigation, but no foul play is suspected.

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[HairOfTheDog]

President Trump made a statement on Saturday denouncing violence "by all sides". He did not call out the hate-mongers specifically and received a lot of criticism from the public, Republican politicians, Democratic and Independent politicians, the media...

Today, Trump called out the hate-mongers specifically and strongly denounced the racist violence perpetrated by the "repugnant" Klan members and neo-Nazis who descended upon Charlottseville, along with denouncing racial hate-mongers in general.

Attorney General Sessions announced that an investigation into the matter is underway. It's being investigated by state and federal authorities. In addition to second degree murder charges filed by the state, Fields could face federal hate-crime and/or domestic terrorism charges.

Refs:
http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/12/us/charlot...index.html
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-virgi...SKCN1AU0TW

[SIXFOOTERsez]

He should have called out all of the big ones by name
Antifa (bullshit name if I ever heard one), KKK, CAIR, BLM....All of them. Bunch of assholes

[HairOfTheDog]

Spain

Another terrible incident where an automobile was used as a weapon of mass destruction; wasn't sure whether to put this in the TERRORIST ATTACKS thread or this one. So, a flip of the coin landed it here.

So far, 13 people are dead and dozens are seriously injured after they were mowed down by a van in the beautiful and bustling pedestrian zone of the Las Ramblas plaza (pictured below) in Barcelona earlier today. RIP.



ISIS has claimed credit. A couple of suspects are in custody (a Spaniard and a Moroccan) but neither is believed to be the driver.

Two other attacks took place in Spain today with fatalities reported; police reportedly believe the three incidents are connected. The details are still sketchy at this time.

Makes me sad. Some of the ugliest acts are going down in some of the most beautiful places, all over the world. Hate is blind.

Story: http://abcnews.go.com/International/truc...d=49272618

[Midwest Spy]

It's another act of Islamic Terrorism HotD.

Should be in the other thread so we can keep track of just how many there have been.

[HairOfTheDog]

Thanks MS.

Initially, it wasn't clear if ISIS's claim of credit was valid nor if the various incidents in Spain yesterday were connected. However, it was clear that the car intentionally plowed into the pedestrians -- it was not an accident.

When I get a chance, I'll post the latest in the TERRORIST ATTACKS thread.

[Duchess]

...and still in America it's US citizens killing other US citizens. Whatta world.