Interesting Application of the Law

Remember on 10 June, that red Kia that disobeyed police and ended up driving through a protest? The media wasted no time claiming the driver "plowed through" the crowd, in spite of all sorts of video that didn't show anyone hit nor bodies flying through the air the way we've seen in assorted terror attacks across Europe.

Here's the Slum Times just yesterday:

• A woman who allegedly drove into a crowd of protesters with her kids in the car this month in the Loop and injuring a 66-year-old has been arrested and is facing charges.

  Deirdre Kemp, 30, surrendered to police Thursday and is accused of plowing through thousands of protesters June 10 near State and Monroe streets, Chicago police said.

Loaded language throughout the article. But if you bother to read down a few extra paragraphs, you find this:

• One officer tried to get Kemp to stop and pulled on her driver’s-side door handle, but authorities say Kemp sped off.

  Another officer continued chasing after Kemp but lost his balance and ran into 66-year-old Heather Blair, who suffered a broken arm. She was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in good condition and released the same day.

So the Officer ran into the senior citizen and caused her to fall and break her arm?

Fine, glad to see the driver got charged for her illegal actions that caused someone else harm.

But that sounds like the "felony murder" rule, just on a smaller scale. Something that was discontinued with the SAFE-T Act regarding homicides and other violent crimes, but now being used over a hit-and-run?

Things that make you go, "Hmmmm."