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Police said they arrested a man who drove his SUV through a “No Kings” protest Saturday, hitting at least one person.

The Culpeper Police Department (CPD) said officers stopped Joseph R. Checklick Jr, 21, of Culpeper after they saw him drive recklessly through the group in the area of 801 James Madison Hwy.

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[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 23 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Checklick, who faces a charge of reckless driving, appeared before a magistrate. He was being held without bond at the Culpeper County Jail. Police said Checklick may face additional charges.

Where's the attempted murder charge?

[–] Crankenstein@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago

Bare minimum should be assault & battery with a deadly weapon.

[–] Cocopanda@lemmy.world 8 points 8 hours ago

Terrorism charges. Oh. A boy can dream.

[–] theparadox@lemmy.world 50 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Police said ... Checklick “intentionally accelerated his vehicle into the dispersing crowd.” ... faces a charge of reckless driving...

Dude intentionally accelerated his SUV into a crowd and gets charged with reckless driving. I sincerely hope it's a felony at least.

[–] WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works 4 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

I hope he gets a simple slap-on-the-wrist fine, but then ironically, he's run over by a big rig the moment he steps out of the courthouse. I prefer my punishments ironic.

[–] Katana314@lemmy.world 3 points 8 hours ago

And then, for ultimate poetry, the big rig driver gets another slap on the wrist fine.

[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

Final destination

[–] outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com -4 points 10 hours ago

Driving a car should get you shot.

[–] GeraldOfHillwood@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

Dear leader will pardon him. Same for the MN assassin.

[–] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 171 points 1 day ago (4 children)

"reckless driving" if you're a fascist

"attempted murder" if you're less than 100% white

[–] outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 10 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

Hey. The car counts for something here.

[–] whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works 71 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Nah it's terrorism for the not white people

[–] anomnom@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Attempted murder if a cop is within 1/2 mile of the incident.

[–] WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

What if I run over a crowd of roided out military-larping cops with my F350?

[–] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago

Only one way to find out.

[–] Ooops@feddit.org 15 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Well... at least he was actually driving. I would normally expect phrasing like "the SUV drove..." (independently and without any controlling driver as all cars involved in accidents do *cough*) nowadays.

[–] pixeltree@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 9 hours ago

"The SUV was driven..."

I hate that passive voice bullshit

[–] wolfeh@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 day ago

That reminds me of how when an SUV runs over someone on a bike, it's a "bicycle accident".

[–] Alaik@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day ago

Not rich or backing the rich. No war but class war.

[–] Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 100 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

Mug shot of Joseph R. Checklick Jr.

[–] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 3 points 7 hours ago

A rail thin white guy with a bowl cut and a huge shitty dragon tattoo on his arm, what a surprise.

[–] Darkard@lemmy.world 86 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 13 points 17 hours ago

"We have Eminem at home."

[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 1 day ago

Isn't this like every guy at the Unite The Right rally of 2017? Maybe crossbred with Michael Douglas in Falling Down

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

dicklick Jr I mean Jesus fucking christ

[–] Crankenstein@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

We don't need the causal homophobic insults. That's their weapon, not ours.

There is nothing insulting about licking dicks if that's someone's thing.

[–] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 52 points 1 day ago (6 children)

How could anyone be against no king protest?

Aren’t they saying yes kings if they are against it?

These boot lickers are getting out of hand

[–] Professorozone@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago

Yes. That's exactly what they're saying. Plus,"I hate liberals."

[–] lazynooblet@lazysoci.al 38 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Because American politics is just an us vs them game. No reasoning, no discussion, just the other bad.

[–] tamal3@lemmy.world 4 points 9 hours ago

Behold the result of 100 years of two-party politics run amok.

[–] Grimy@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago (2 children)

The whole Maga cult is centered around boot licking.

[–] Crankenstein@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago

The "right wing" literally is the party of "preserving the norms and authority structures that gave power to the monarchy".

"Licking boots" is a foundational tenant of right-wing ideology.

[–] Trihilis@ani.social 10 points 1 day ago

Don't forget the "as long as the other person has it worse than me" rethoric.

Doesn't matter if they suffer, as long as the people they dislike suffer even more.

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Not that I agree, but the logic is that the name is deceptive and they're just against Trump I assume. Just like a "protect the children" act has nothing to do with protecting children. Names aren't necessarily accurate.

[–] Crankenstein@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

The name isn't deceptive. It is deliberate.

Yes, it is against Trump, but the reason is because Trump is behaving like a modern day, wannabe King/dictator.

[–] dalekcaan@lemm.ee 8 points 1 day ago

Same reason they're against Antifa. You would think being anti-fascist is an easy position to take, but here we are.

[–] altkey@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago

There should be recreational sugar boots or rather just comfort boots you can carry around with and lick, it should be normalized like breastfeeding.

[–] HEXN3T@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 day ago

I like that SUV is bold