{"id":9562,"date":"2025-06-24T02:15:08","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T02:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/9562\/"},"modified":"2025-06-24T02:15:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T02:15:08","slug":"deirdre-kemp-charged-with-driving-through-large-anti-ice-crowd-at-chicago-protest-near-wabash-and-monroe-in-the-loop-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/9562\/","title":{"rendered":"Deirdre Kemp charged with driving through large anti-ICE crowd at Chicago protest near Wabash and Monroe in the Loop: police"},"content":{"rendered":"

CHICAGO (WLS) — A woman is facing charges after allegedly driving through a large crowd of anti-ICE protesters two weeks ago, injuring at least one person, Chicago police said.<\/p>\n

Officers arrested the alleged driver, 30-year-old Deirdre Kemp, on Thursday.<\/p>\n

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She is facing Aggressive Reckless Driving\/Bodily Harm and Aggravated Fleeing\/Bodily Injury charges, one misdemeanor count of Driving on a Suspended License, and one citation each of Operating an Uninsured Motor Vehicle and Involuntary Committed Obedience to Police Officers.<\/p>\n

ABC7 cameras were on the scene when the incident happened on Tuesday, June 10 near Wabash and Monroe around 6:15 p.m.<\/p>\n

Heather Blair, the 66-year-old Chicago woman who was injured<\/a>, said she and her husband were toward the rear of the demonstration that night when they saw the car speeding toward them.<\/p>\n

SEE ALSO | <\/strong>Car speeds through large crowd of anti-ICE protesters blocking downtown streets: VIDEO<\/a><\/p>\n

In a matter of seconds, Blair says she was on the ground, dazed.<\/p>\n

“I was feeling pain in my arm and just like ‘What happened?'” Blair said.<\/p>\n

She says in those frantic moments, she does not remember if she was actually hit by the car or fell over in the pandemonium of the moment.<\/p>\n

“The next thing I know, people are carrying me to the sidewalk and calling an ambulance,” Blair said.<\/p>\n

Blair said the Chicago Fire Department took her to the nearby Northwestern Memorial Hospital in an ambulance for treatment.<\/p>\n

“They put me in a collar because I struck my head; so, they wanted to make sure my spine and brain were OK,” Blair said.<\/p>\n

Blair suffered scrapes to her face and says she fractured her left arm in the chaos.<\/p>\n

Kemp was ordered detained at her initial court appearance on Friday. She is due back in court for a preliminary hearing on Thursday.<\/p>\n

The video in the player above is from a previous report.<\/p>\n

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