An Iowa woman allegedly admitted to authorities that she ran down a teenage girl with her car because the victim was Hispanic.
Nicole Marie Poole Franklin (Courtesy image)
Clive police said 42-year-old Nicole Marie Poole Franklin is facing an attempted murder charge. She's accused of hitting the 14-year-girl with her car on Dec. 9 as the victim walked to Indian Hills Junior High School.
During a press conference Friday, police said Franklin left the scene following the crash. She was arrested Thursday and taken to the Polk County Jail.
Police also said Poole admitted to hitting the girl intentionally and tried to kill her because she was 'Mexican.' She went on to make other derogatory statements about Latinos.
The girl suffered several injuries. KCCI reports she is out of the hospital.
On Friday, the Clive Fire Department addressed that crime on Facebook. They shared this photo that reads 'no room for hate in Clive'.
mysteryweapon on December 20th, 2019 at 22:12 UTC »
This article was pretty short on details, this one has a little more info, including:
Classy
Well fuck I'm glad she lived, OP's article didn't have much about her condition
Yikes
Boy, this lady sounds like she's got some issues to work through here for sure
Edit: obligatory thanks for the gold, and for the record
Fuck fascism, Fuck Donald Trump, and Jeffrey Epstein didn't kill himself
MosTheBoss on December 20th, 2019 at 20:10 UTC »
What, did she just waive her right to an attorney or something? Definitely helps the prosecutors out when she just up and says "Oh yeah, I did that, and just to be clear, this was a hate crime as well."
Zeebothius on December 20th, 2019 at 20:09 UTC »
This bitch about to send Faramir to die for no reason.
EDIT: thanks for coins :)