People “deliberately” drive to the “Kingless” in Virginia to protesters, police
Virginia authorities have arrested a 21-year-old man who said they were interested in driving an SUV during the town’s “No Kings” Day event.
At the end of the demonstration, Kurpep police arrested Joseph R. Sirlik Xiaoxiao of Calperpe on June 14. The department said in a press release that when participants left the area and walked through the business’s parking lot, the SUV “rocked in the crowd of pedestrians.”
According to the press release, Kulpepper police charged inspectors with reckless driving. He appeared before a sheriff and was ordered to be detained in Culpeper County prison.
Officers said they stopped the vehicle and determined the driver to be inspected.
Their preliminary investigation determined that Checklick “deliberately accelerated his vehicle into a dispersed crowd and hit at least one person with his vehicle.” No injuries were reported to police. The man was accused of strike on his vehicle, the press release said.
The incident occurred during the “No King” protest
The incident in Virginia occurred among millions of “King-free” protests, criticizing the Trump administration.
The “King No” parade, rally and demonstrations were organized to coincide with the Army’s “large military parades and celebrations, which belong to Trump’s 79th birthday and flag day.
Man drives into the crowd after a woman dies in Virginia protests in 2017
A few years ago, a car drove into a group of counter-protesters from Culpeper, Charlottesville, Virginia, about an hour ago, killing one of the protesters.
James Alex Fields, Jr., was convicted of killing a woman named Heather Heyer after protesting against the “Unity Right” rally in Charlottesville on August 12, 2017.
Fields was convicted on first-degree charges and eight other charges, including aggravated malicious injury and hitting and running.
Heyer, a 32-year-old paralegal and civil rights activist, was killed and injured in nearly thirty vehicles in the attack.
This article originally appeared in USA Today: The Man Arrested in Virginia Protesters
