Woman arrested in hit-and-run at Indiana protest
Source: AP
By CASEY SMITH
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) An Indiana woman was arrested in a hit-and-run crash that sent one woman to the hospital and caused minor injuries to a man during a southern Indiana protest over the assault of a Black man by a group of white men, sheriffs officials said Thursday.
Christi Bennett, 66, was booked into the Monroe County Jail early Thursday on preliminary charges of criminal recklessness and leaving the scene of an accident, Deputy Barry Grooms said. She was released a couple of hours later on $500 cash bond.
Authorities expect prosecutors to file formal charges later, and Bennett is scheduled to appear in court on July 17. Bennett could not immediately reached for comment.
The confrontation happened near the Monroe County Courthouse in Bloomington, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) southwest of Indianapolis, on Monday evening.
This photo provided by the Monroe County Correctional Center in Bloomington, Ind., shows Christi Bennett on Thursday, July 9, 2020. Bennett, an Indiana woman, was been arrested in a hit-and-run crash that sent one woman to the hospital and caused minor injuries to a man during a southern Indiana protest over the assault of a Black man by a group of white men on June 6. (Monroe County Correctional Center via AP)
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RockRaven
(14,978 posts)The civil penalty is likely to be larger in magnitude than whatever slap on the wrist the local criminal courts and up giving her.
bucolic_frolic
(43,226 posts)Granny's on the run
Ferrets are Cool
(21,108 posts)Hit and Run. Sent a woman to the hospital. WOW!!
iemitsu
(3,888 posts)Baitball Blogger
(46,749 posts)jeffreyi
(1,943 posts)Her spleen is a mess of anger. Let's just be kind. So difficult?
AllyCat
(16,196 posts)SKKY
(11,814 posts)flying_wahini
(6,620 posts)LiberalFighter
(50,997 posts)lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Domestic terrorism is, amazingly, not defined as a Federal crime. Joe will have to add that to the list of repairs needed.
Codeine
(25,586 posts)Yech.
BigmanPigman
(51,613 posts)paleotn
(17,931 posts)Released on a lousy $500 bond. Welcome to red Amurka.
Ilsa
(61,695 posts)were attacking a man wearing a BLM tshirt, saying how safe he was with them, but their lives would be in danger if they wore a trump shirt or cap at a blm protest event.