Racist woman runs over teen girl, 12-year-old boy with her car for being minorities

A Des Moines woman who allegedly hit a teenager with her car because she was "a Mexican" was charged in another hit-and-run involving a black 12-year-old boy that same day, police say.

According to a Des Moines Police Department release, the boy was walking on a sidewalk in an apartment complex on Dec. 9 when Nicole Marie Poole Franklin, 42, accelerated the SUV she was driving and struck him, then fled the scene.

The boy's injuries were minor; an investigating officer's report provided to BuzzFeed News noted he had an abrasion and swelling on his right shin.

Franklin hit the boy about an hour before she struck a 14-year-old girl in the nearby suburb, Clive, Sgt. Paul Parizek told BuzzFeed News.

The girl, who was walking to school when she was hit, told local outlet KCCI that she doesn't remember the impact, but can recall the car coming towards her.

Police said Franklin told investigators she hit the girl because she believed the girl was Mexican, then made "a number of derogatory statements about Latinos."

The girl's injuries were "significant," according to police, but she was able to recover and return to school a week later.

Franklin was arrested later that day over another incident at a gas station in West Des Moines, Parizek said.

A West Des Moines Police incident report said Franklin used racial and ethnic slurs against a gas station employee and several black customers when she was confronted about not paying for items. She later told police she had used methamphetamine a few hours prior.

'Wolfie wrote:

Let's hope that they throw the book at her...

And charged her with two counts of attempted murder..

And not just dangerous driving, and driving under the influence --  where she might get off easier  ?

nicko wrote:Before I search for my Dictionary , what's animus ?