Woman hits kid riding a go-kart with her car, police do nothing - Polidicks

[quote]It was just another Tuesday evening in a normally quiet neighborhood in Pearland, Texas, where kids are often found playing with one another and driving go-carts. A family had just returned from Galveston on a spring break excursion, when upon their return, all of a sudden the unthinkable happened. “You don’t belong in this neighborhood!” These are the words that Jules Moor, a 13-year old black child, says that Deanna Johnson, a middle-aged white female, said to him after Johnson slammed her 2011 Jeep Wrangler into his go-cart on Tuesday, March 13, 2012. STRUCK BY VEHICLE - According to court documents obtained from Jules’ attorney, Sylvester Anderson, Jules went for a ride in his go-cart in his neighborhood with another 13-year old boy who had been spending spring break with the Moor family. A third minor boy, another friend of Jules’, rode a small bicycle behind the go-cart. Jules saw two cars behind him while driving back home, so he decided to drive his go-cart completely off the road to his right onto the grassy edge of the neighborhood park to avoid being in the way of traffic. It is then that Jules states that Johnson swung her vehicle across the south-bound lane of the road, ran over the curb onto the grass and deliberately and intentionally rammed her vehicle head-on into the go-cart. According to Jules, Johnson got out of her vehicle and confronted the boys in a hostile and threatening manner yelling “Where do you live? Who are your parents?” while shaking her finger at the kids. Jules goes on to say, “With all due respect, Ma’am, I live down the street,” to which Johnson allegedly tells him that she didn’t care and that she was calling the police. Jules called his mother and told her that Johnson had hit his go-cart and didn’t know why. A MOTHER DISRESPECTED “He thought he was going to die,” said Theresa Moor, mother of Jules. “All I could do was stop what I was doing, grab my keys and make my way to my child.” As Theresa arrived, she saw that the go-cart had been damaged severely and learned from Jules that Johnson had accused the boys of not living in the neighborhood. As Theresa approached Johnson to find out what happened, Johnson put her palm up to her face in a dismissive manner, refused to talk, went back to her truck and rolled up the windows. Frustrated at the way things were transpiring, Theresa contacted the police and several Brazoria County Sherriff’s deputies arrived. According to Theresa, she overheard Johnson claim that she was trying to “detain” the boys because they looked like some kids that they had seen earlier riding bicycles onto the driveways of houses in the neighborhood. EXTERNAL INJURIES, INTERNAL SCARS Jules and the other 13-year old boy in the go-cart sustained back and neck injuries as a result of the wreck. The boys had collars placed on their necks, were placed on stretchers and taken by ambulance to the emergency room of Southeast Memorial Hermann Hospital. They were treated and released, but Jules has since been diagnosed with PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder) and is seeing a therapist regularly. According to Theresa, her son has been completely traumatized and has not been the same after the ordeal. He doesn’t wish to talk about the wreck. “My son is not the same,” says Theresa. “He doesn’t want to play outside anymore or leave the house alone. I just don’t know why she did this to my child.” DUE PROCESS It is still unclear why Johnson decided to do what she did. Johnson never apologized for ramming her truck into the go-cart and jeopardizing the lives of the three children and according to witnesses, was seen laughing as she spoke with the Sheriff’s deputies. Johnson was not arrested or drug-tested upon the admission of her actions. The Sheriff’s department Captain that came on the scene decided not to arrest Johnson upon consulting with the District Attorney. “I don’t think this was handled properly,” says Anderson.[/quote] [url=http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-768331]Source[/url] What the fuck? So basically it is okay to nearly kill a kid for riding a go-kart? [quote]HOUSTON - Parents are blaming a neighbor after two teens say a driver rammed into their go-cart in Pearland. Theresa Moor has filed a lawsuit against a neighbor who she says hit her 13-year-old son's go-cart with a Jeep earlier this month. The lawsuit accuses the neighbor of crossing a lane of traffic, hopping a curb and purposely slamming into them head-on. Moor says it was all in a fit of road rage. Quick Clicks Suspect sought in 2011 fatal shooting Freeway reopens after big rig wreck... 4-year-old survives shot through head Body of missing toddler found Woman accused of road rage They say the neighbor was mad because earlier in the day she witnessed some young boys riding their bikes up and down people's driveways. They believe she mistook those boys for their son and his friend. The boys were taken to the hospital and checked out. The parents said the teens were shaken but doing OK. A grand jury will review the case next week.[/quote] [url=http://www.click2houston.com/news/Parents-sue-neighbor-accusing-woman-of-ramming-into-teens-go-kart/-/1735978/9810630/-/ol1hkb/-/]Source[/url]

How did I know the kid was black before even reading the article

I think race is more or less not really relevant here. Not saying it could be but the news story seems to be kicking up unneeded dust by stating that the boy was black and the lady who hit him was a white middle aged woman. Least how I see it. But man, that's fucked up. That lady better be charged with someone. The boy even got PTSD from this and shows no remorse.

[QUOTE=KillaGunna24;35395101]I think race is more or less not really relevant here. Not saying it could be but the news story seems to be kicking up unneeded dust by stating that the boy was black and the lady who hit him was a white middle aged woman. Least how I see it. But man, that's fucked up. That lady better be charged with someone. The boy even got PTSD from this and shows no remorse.[/QUOTE] [quote]“You don’t belong in this neighborhood!”[/quote]

[quote]As Theresa arrived, she saw that the go-cart had been damaged severely and learned from Jules that Johnson had accused the boys of not living in the neighborhood. [/quote] Truly the great crime here, what the fuck is wrong with this woman?

If a black woman went off the road to hit a white kid in a go kart they would be crying for blood

Nothing like another weekly miscarriage of the law in the news.

Texas.

[QUOTE=asteroidrules;35395204]Texas.[/QUOTE] Don't start, you. [editline]2nd April 2012[/editline] -snip wrong person abort abort abort-

This is disgusting. That woman is a goddamn bigoted freak, she will end up killing someone and then the police will be all "she was such a nice woman we never saw it coming" I do hope for a nice accident in her oversized jeep now. Preferably one she will remember.

[QUOTE=d00msdaydan;35395188]If a black woman went off the road to hit a white kid in a go kart they would be crying for blood[/QUOTE] I actually don't think they would be. It seems more common for white-on-black crimes to be hated on lately more than black-on-white. Either way race shouldn't play a role.

[QUOTE=d00msdaydan;35395039]How did I know the kid was black before even reading the article[/QUOTE] The same way I knew. The police did nothing :(

racism or not there are better ways to stop suspicious children than running them over with your car

[QUOTE=latin_geek;35395816]racism or not there are better ways to stop suspicious children than running them over with your car[/QUOTE] Yeah, run them over with your own go-kart.

[QUOTE=ewitwins;35395303]Don't start, you. [editline]2nd April 2012[/editline] -snip wrong person abort abort abort-[/QUOTE] -snip, shit shit. wrong person as well-

What was she thinking? She saw a black child on the street and so she decided that she should try to kill him? Sounds like she should be in a mental institute.

Remind me again why the cops can't do anything?

[QUOTE=Alien_23;35397382]Remind me again why the cops can't do anything?[/QUOTE] I think it isn't so much that they can't do anything as it is that they don't do anything.

[QUOTE=Sir Whoopsalot;35397406]I think it isn't so much that they can't do anything as it is that they don't do anything.[/QUOTE] But the question remains of why a child was severely traumatized in what is effectively a hit and run and nothing is being done to investigate the woman responsible

[QUOTE=KillaGunna24;35395101]I think race is more or less not really relevant here. Not saying it could be but the news story seems to be kicking up unneeded dust by stating that the boy was black and the lady who hit him was a white middle aged woman. Least how I see it. But man, that's fucked up. That lady better be charged with someone. The boy even got PTSD from this and shows no remorse.[/QUOTE] This story is obviously about race and the slow collapse of the rotting religious right white suburban family lifestyle.

[QUOTE=usaokay;35396016]Ummmm.[/QUOTE] Kudos to the mother for not smacking that bitch senseless. I'm not sure how I would react if someone tried to murder my child with a truck.

Story sounds stupidly biased to me. Looking at the pictures, it sure does go into detail about flying over a curb that, in reality, is a tiny little concrete edge on a curved street. And I'm sorry, but how big is this go-cart? There is no way in hell it rammed a Jeep Wrangler 'head on'. I don't know if anyone has seen one before, but a gocart would only be able to touch the maybe the tires on a Wrangler, unless the cart itself was one built with a full roll-cage. Even then, the weight of a Jeep would have crushed the cart, or even taken the kids head off. Unless the Jeep wasn't moving? Or this lady had incredibly supurb brakes and driving skills. I think I see why this user-submitted story wasn't 'vetted' by CNN, they didn't find it's information worth verifying. I love how it was posted under the 'Trayvor Martin' news assignment, I don't see any reason to associate this article with an incident across the country. Looking at the photo 'evidence', if this gocart rammed a vehicle HEAD ON, he most certainly was NOT in the grass, considering the tiretracks of the jeep don't put the left tires more than a foot off the roadway. Lastly, I believe asking injured children where they live and where there parents are, is perfectly valid given the situation. Next, she's criticized getting in her vehicle and avoiding confrontation until the police arrive. But I'm glad Facepunch decided to jump this woman's ass without even a police report.

[h2]Sensationalized bullshit alert[/h2] CNN iReports are [b]NOT[/b] vetted by CNN themselves! Local news did a much better job covering this. [url]http://www.click2houston.com/news/Parents-sue-neighbor-accusing-woman-of-ramming-into-teens-go-kart/-/1735978/9810630/-/ol1hkb/-/[/url] [quote][b]A grand jury will review the case next week.[/b][/quote]

[IMG]http://www.click2houston.com/image/view/-/9783326/medRes/1/-/maxh/360/maxw/640/-/8akuxc/-/Go-kart-jpg.jpg[/IMG] Oh my goodness, look at that severely damaged go-kart. This lady obviously swerved, jumped a curb, and rammed these poor children at 30MPH. By the way, official title of the article: [B]Vigilante Madness in Pearland...Not Just in Sanford, Not Just Trayvon Martin[/B]

That headlight is bent, the gokart is never driving again. EVER!

[QUOTE=SilentOpp;35398529] Oh my goodness, look at that severely damaged go-kart. This lady obviously swerved, jumped a curb, and rammed these poor children at 30MPH. [/QUOTE] You do not have to be going that fast to give someone a neck injury.

If only the kid had deployed the red turtle shell. . .all this could have been avoided.

[QUOTE=NuclearJesus;35398977]If only the kid had deployed the red turtle shell. . .all this could have been avoided.[/QUOTE] They don't work backwards, should've had a banana peel or fake item block.

[QUOTE=SilentOpp;35398529][IMG]http://www.click2houston.com/image/view/-/9783326/medRes/1/-/maxh/360/maxw/640/-/8akuxc/-/Go-kart-jpg.jpg[/IMG] Oh my goodness, look at that severely damaged go-kart. This lady obviously swerved, jumped a curb, and rammed these poor children at 30MPH. By the way, official title of the article: [B]Vigilante Madness in Pearland...Not Just in Sanford, Not Just Trayvon Martin[/B][/QUOTE] Reminds me of the Jurassic Park jeep that got minimally damaged on its trip to PAX and Telltale threw a grand rant about it.

[QUOTE=SilentOpp;35398529][IMG]http://www.click2houston.com/image/view/-/9783326/medRes/1/-/maxh/360/maxw/640/-/8akuxc/-/Go-kart-jpg.jpg[/IMG] Oh my goodness, look at that severely damaged go-kart. This lady obviously swerved, jumped a curb, and rammed these poor children at 30MPH. By the way, official title of the article: [B]Vigilante Madness in Pearland...Not Just in Sanford, Not Just Trayvon Martin[/B][/QUOTE] [img]http://www.yosax.com/car_pictures/2010/08/2011-jeep-wrangler-image.jpg[/img] This thing looks like it would have enough kinetic force to do some damage even at 30mph I love how there's people defending this bitch.