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AUSTIN -- Police have arrested a woman who reportedly threw a Molotov cocktail-type device into the front yard a South Austin Planned Parenthood on Monday, according to an arrest affidavit.
Police said 52-year-old Melanie Maria Toney threw the object out the passenger side window of her car where two anti-abortion protesters standing outside of the clinic at 201 East Ben White Boulevard around 6:30 p.m. Monday.
One of the protesters said she was praying in the grassy area as a volunteer with Texas Alliance for Life when she saw Toney throw the bottle. The woman said she stomped out the fire and pulled out the wick to make sure the fire did not make contact with the contents of the bottle. The affidavit states the flaming item was a "Gum Out" fuel additive bottle with a burned piece of paper towel that had been rolled into a wick and lit on fire, a Molotov cocktail-type device.
Toney admitted to throwing a bottle out the window with some paper in it and said it "might" have been smoldering when she threw it.
http://www.kvue.com/story/news/local/2015/03/23/developing-incident-reported-at-planned-parenthood-clinic/70362102/
The nut:
In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)LiberalFighter
(51,103 posts)lpbk2713
(42,766 posts)I hope someone points out to her how easily it could have gone off in her car.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)but there aint NOBODY home there.
shenmue
(38,506 posts)Le duh.
Terra Alta
(5,158 posts)only pro-fetus.
Someone could have been killed. I hope she gets the book thrown at her.
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)They are pro-forced-birth
kelly1mm
(4,734 posts)rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)n2doc
(47,953 posts)snooper2
(30,151 posts)TO CONCLUSIONS LOL
The protesters are the fucking fundies and she through it at them who were "praying" to mythological creatures in front of PP...
All one has to do is actually, um - read
kairos12
(12,875 posts)kelly1mm
(4,734 posts)t
Wella
(1,827 posts)protester.
In other words, someone who was NOT a protester threw the device; an actual protester stopped the device from destroying anything.
LeftyMom
(49,212 posts)"40 Days for Life" and all that.
kelly1mm
(4,734 posts)OffWithTheirHeads
(10,337 posts)kelly1mm
(4,734 posts)jmowreader
(50,563 posts)I tell ya lady, you are just the worst at this terrorism thing.
Baitball Blogger
(46,758 posts)Response to n2doc (Original post)
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kelly1mm
(4,734 posts)Response to n2doc (Original post)
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LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)No need to advertise such a dramatic lack of class and character to simply call anyone's attention to something missed.
ismnotwasm
(42,014 posts)n2doc
(47,953 posts)And, police said "An arrest affidavit said that Toneys motive was not completely clear. "
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/03/texas-woman-throws-molotov-cocktail-outside-austin-planned-parenthood/
We don't know why she did it or who/what she was trying to hit. She clearly has issues
strawberries
(498 posts)thanks
lame54
(35,326 posts)was she throwing it at the protesters or at the facility
either way it's wrong
anotojefiremnesuka
(198 posts)she needs to be charged with terrorism
In fact all the anti choice arseholes need to be designated terrorists because that is what they all are.
Every single one of them are terrorist per 18 USC 2331 chapter 113B.
Domestic terrorism:
Involves acts dangerous to human life
Appear intended to intimidate or coerce a civilian population
Occur primarily within us jurisdiction.
Sadly shd won't be she will be able to hide behind her religion and will get a pass from the right for it. She will be a hero with the Christian terrorists
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)gratuitous
(82,849 posts)It seems clear what some people's agenda is.
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)that are quick to call up a posse and look for a tree.
Wella
(1,827 posts)The suspect, Melanie Toney, was a witness for abortion rights against the new restrictive (draconian) anti-choice laws in Texas.
http://www.keyetv.com/news/features/top-stories/stories/police-woman-threw-molotov-cocktail-at-antiabortion-protesters-outside-planned-parenthood-24912.shtml#.VRLOhUJgqMk
Melanie Toney, 52, was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. According to the affidavit, the incident happened around 6:25 p.m. on Monday at the Planned Parenthood building on East Ben White Boulevard. Multiple witnesses told police that they witnessed Toney throw a flaming object out of the passenger side window of her BMW SUV near the protesters, the affidavit stated.
Police say witnesses reported that Toney had cardboard covering her license plate, in an effort to conceal it. Police stopped Toney less than 3 miles from Planned Parenthood and she was taken into custody. The Austin Fire Department and arson investigators inspected the item that was thrown from Toney's car, and determined it to be a "gum out fuel additive" bottle and a burned piece of paper towel that had been rolled into a wick.
Toney remains in Travis County Jail.
Toney's testimony starts at 4:44 on the video:
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)nomorenomore08
(13,324 posts)I hope spending some time in jail doesn't make her even worse.
AngryAmish
(25,704 posts)Wella
(1,827 posts)But it is important not to let knee-jerk hatred of Christians (or of any religious group) jump to an instantly prejudiced position.
immoderate
(20,885 posts)Impulsive? No?
--imm
kelly1mm
(4,734 posts)is correct but I guess a "Planned Parenthood terrorist" would be more correct?