{"id":1757068,"date":"2022-11-30T13:03:06","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T18:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1757068"},"modified":"2022-11-30T13:03:12","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T18:03:12","slug":"nyc-mom-rejects-plea-deal-for-driving-through-protesters-who-she-says-attacked-her-vehicle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nyc-mom-rejects-plea-deal-for-driving-through-protesters-who-she-says-attacked-her-vehicle\/","title":{"rendered":"NYC Mom Rejects Plea Deal For Driving Through Protesters Who She Says Attacked Her Vehicle"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnyc-mom-rejects-plea-deal-for-driving-through-protesters-who-she-says-attacked-her-vehicle%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1757068&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Kathleen Casillo, a mother of three from Queens, New York, was Christmas shopping with her daughter in Manhattan on December 11, 2020, when she drove up to an intersection filled with protesters blocking the road to oppose U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detentions.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Casillo again rejected a plea deal that would admit fault but only require six hours of community service and a one-year license suspension, the Daily Mail <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-11483439\/NYC-mother-three-slammed-BLM-protesters-2020-protests-refuses-plea-deal.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>. Casillo instead has opted for a jury trial, where she faces seven years in prison if found guilty.<\/p>\n<p>Casillo rejected the same plea deal last year, the New York Post <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/12\/02\/nyc-woman-who-drove-through-blm-protest-turns-down-plea-deal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> at the time.<\/p>\n<p>In video footage that captured part of the incident, Casillo\u2019s black BMW can be seen surrounded by protesters, some of whom appear to be touching or banging on her vehicle. Casillo then stepped on the gas and sped through the group, injuring nine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy side of the story was we were attacked by people who were going to break my daughter\u2019s window and pull her out of the car, so I feared [for] my life,\u201d Casillo <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10267879\/White-NYC-woman-53-lives-fear-life-hitting-BLM-protesters-attacked-car.html\">told<\/a> the Mail last year.<\/p>\n<p>She told the outlet at the time that she refused the plea deal because she didn\u2019t believe she did anything wrong and didn\u2019t want to plead guilty to reckless assault and reckless endangerment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m going to court to clear my name because I\u2019m not guilty,\u201d she told the Mail.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel sick,\u201d she continued. \u201cI never intended on hurting anyone. I just feared for my daughter\u2019s life more than anybody. I thought they were going to pull her out of the car.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re just making the black community look like they\u2019re thugs. One of my closest friends is a woman of color, from when I was 19-years-old, so it\u2019s not a black, white thing. I don\u2019t know even know the color of the people that I hit. It was all mixed,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Casillo\u2019s attorney, Oliver Storch, told the Post last year that his client wouldn\u2019t plead guilty to what he called an \u201caccident.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot all accidents are criminal,\u201d Storch said.<\/p>\n<p>He also told the outlet that it was an \u201caberration\u201d that Casillo was arrested, noting that police just as easily could have arrested the protesters who he says attacked her car for criminal mischief.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis was an angry mob that descended upon this mother and her daughter, and she panicked,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re not making light of this,\u201d he said, adding that Casillo \u201cis deeply, deeply concerned and feels very bad for anybody who was injured.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut there is no criminal liability here. There was nothing reckless about her conduct,\u201d Storch told the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>Casillo\u2019s 29-year-old daughter Dominique, who was in the car at the time, told the Mail last year that \u201cit didn\u2019t look like a protest\u201d when their vehicle was surrounded by demonstrators.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was more like being attacked by random people who were being menaces,\u201d she told the outlet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kathleen Casillo, a mother of three from Queens, New York, was Christmas shopping with her daughter in Manhattan on December 11, 2020, when she drove up to an intersection filled with protesters blocking the road to oppose U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detentions. 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