Woman charged with driving into Chicago anti-ICE protest crowd, injuring 1, police say
Woman charged with driving into Chicago anti-ICE protest crowd, injuring 1, police say
A woman was arrested for allegedly driving her car into a crowd during anti-ICE protests in downtown Chicago earlier this month.
CHICAGO - A woman was arrested for allegedly driving her car into a crowd during anti-ICE protests in downtown Chicago earlier this month.
Deirdre Kemp, 30, was charged with aggravated reckless driving causing bodily harm, aggravated fleeing from police, driving on a suspended license, and she was given two citations, according to the Chicago Police Department.
Deirdre Kemp (Chicago Police Department)
She was arrested last Thursday, police said.
According to court documents, Kemp had three children in the car at the time of the incident.
The backstory:
As thousands of people were marching through the streets of downtown Chicago on June 10, a maroon-colored sedan drove through a crowd of people on Monroe Street.
The car hit a 66-year-old woman who was left with a broken arm. The woman, Heather Blair, told Fox 32 she was standing in the roadway when she was hit. While Blair is hard of hearing and didn't remember hearing the car, she remembered seeing it as it approached.
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"I saw it (the vehicle). My husband got out of way. I think I blacked out," Blair said.
Blair was among thousands gathering downtown denouncing ICE raids. The event started off peacefully before chaos erupted with folks throwing bottles and other items at police.
SkyFOX continued tracking the suspect car until it came to a stop in the West Loop area with a broken window. People got out of the car to push it.
No other injuries were reported.
What's next:
Kemp is due back in court on Thursday.
Deirdre Kemp | Cook County Jail