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At 136,467 people, Cedar Rapids, Iowa probably doesn’t count as a small town. And when a pro-abortion mob gathered to engage in the usual leftist tactic of taking streets hostage to their ideology, they expected to get away with it. And when one man protected his family by driving on, the corrupt prosecution probably expected to successfully lynch him the way fellow leftists had other patriots who stood up for themselves.
But apparently, they tried that in the wrong place.
David Huston, the man accused of driving through a group of protestors in June of last year, has been found not guilty on both charges.
Huston was charged with assault with a deadly weapon, and leaving the scene of an accident.
The state and the defense both rested on Wednesday. Huston, his wife, and his daughter all took the stand Wednesday. All three testified that protestors were the ones who came up to them and made contact with the truck.
“I believe I did exercise caution, as I went around, it was about half a second as I went around them and then immediately hit the brakes,” said David Huston.
Court costs will now be assessed to the State.
Huston was risking two years in prison for defending his family from the pro-abortion mob.
The prosecutors expected that Huston would surrender to the leftist mob.
Investigators say that 53-year-old David Alan Huston approached the protestors while in his vehicle. Although Mr. Huston had a green light, officials say he aggressively approached protestors. Police say video evidence indicates other vehicles in the area “appear to simply wait for the protesters.”
By “approached protesters”, they mean that he tried to drive when he had a green light.
“I was in fear for myself, my family and had no idea what these people were prepared to do,” Huston testified.
The abortion mob attacked Huston, as leftist mobs routinely do, for trying to drive on.
The traffic light cycled twice as protesters crossed Eighth Avenue. When the light was green again, he said, the car in front of him moved forward and then stopped, so he went into the other lane to go around the car that was in the intersection.
The prosecution showed a surveillance video of the incident several times throughout the trial, which shows the truck driving into the crowd and continuing to move forward with demonstrators in front of it.
Huston said he could only see half of the crosswalk and saw people running out in front of him. The sun interfered with his view, he said, until he got into the crosswalk and he slammed on his brakes, but didn’t hit anyone.
One of the protesters, Kyleigh Wright, who testified Tuesday, slammed a sign on his truck on the driver’s side and kicked the truck’s door, Huston said.
Another man, holding a red sign, then struck the inside of his cab, and Wright reached in the window and slapped his arm, Huston testified. As he slowly moved his truck forward, several people ran over to his truck.
Huston said he “feared” for his life.
Huston said more than once that he stopped his pickup before coming into contact with anyone. He had no “intention” to assault anyone or use his car as a “dangerous weapon.”
Jackson asked if he hadn’t told Cedar Rapids police Sgt. Ryan Dunbar that he had “laid on the horn because people needed to get out of the road and this had gone on long enough.” He denied saying that until Jackson played him the police recording.
Huston then admitted he had made those statements during a July 5, 2022, interview. He also later admitted telling police he was going at a “slow rate of speed, and if they would have had a brain, they would have gotten out of the way.”
Huston also admitted he had driven forward when people were in the crosswalk but denied hitting anyone. He did agree with Jackson when she said his pickup had made contact with people, though he said he hadn’t “hit” anyone.
Huston’s daughter, Holly Huston, and his wife, Lisa Huston, also testified the pickup had not hit any of the “angry” protesters, but the protesters attacked him and surrounded the truck. Both women said they were scared.
It doesn’t actually sound like he hit anyone. It sounds like they contrived to be in the way.
Boylen, who testified over video because she was recovering from knee surgery, said she then heard people screaming and she attempted to put herself in the driver’s path to prevent others from being hurt.
Kyleigh Wright, who testified Tuesday, was in front of the truck with her arms held out in front of her, so she adopted the same stance in an effort to get the pickup to stop, Boylen said.
The pickup continued to accelerate, and Boylen said she felt her shoes slipping off as she braced against it. She then moved out of the way.
Both lynchings failed: the mob one and the legal one. Huston has gone through a lot, but he’s a free man.
Yeah, it ought to be made legal to take evasive action when a mob of protestors attacks your car. The first time I saw that happen must have been in the 1970s in Berkeley, heading home from campus to the Shattuck Bart Station. A mob of protestors was marching, must have been heading north on Shattuck. They smashed the huge glass window of the Bank of America building and I saw the glass crash down. Then some moron who was in the lead of the crowd started banging on the car of some poor lady headed must have been south on Shattuck, who had no idea what was going on, she was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. I saw a long column of police officers forming up stealthily on a side street, ready to charge out at the crowd. So I got out of there as fast as possible. One block further south and I might have been caught in the middle between the police and the crowd.
The good old days when the police went after rioters.
Although I remember when some people rioted during the Huntington Beach surf finals one year (they were provoked,) the cops came from multiple counties and starting beating people on the beach.
When I saw them take their billy clubs to a father who was asleep with his family near me, I went into the ocean. Fuck that shit. They couldn’t follow me with their riot gear on. I swam upshore away from them. I eventually found the chicks I was with and we carried our ice chest and towels away. When we reached the pier we thought we would be safe there but a bunch of retards were taunting some cops below them on the beach so we left…….just as the storm troopers marched onto the pier. I was afraid they’d come after me but the fact that I was with a couple chicks and leaving with our ice chest of beer must’ve been what protected me. I was sweating there for a minute, though.
The CA cops used to be oppressive but now they’re submissive. Some middle ground would be nice.
Yeah, exactly. They start swinging those billy clubs. One has to see it to get the feeling. And if one is in the crowd, one is liable to get whacked, even if an innocent who just happens to be there by accident.
I remember one early morning I was walking home on campus from an all-nighter using the computer in Evans Hall (the math building). There was some riot scheduled for outside the administration building, so the police were outside in force. I remember one red-haired guy with a billy club who started slapping it on his palm when he saw me coming, and took a step towards me, probably thinking I was one of the demonstrators. So I walked to the furthest side of the path away from him and he let me pass.
You did the right thing, buddy. Those guys are armed so even if you took his billy club, he or his compadres could’ve shot you dead. They used to do that back in the day. And for what? Being in the wring place at the wrong time? Fuck that shit.
But did you notice the black protester at the driver’s door has a nice ass? The other two rioters are obvious bull dykes but the black chick is a hotty. I wish I were there. I would’ve talked her down.
She might have been a dyke too and she might have trashed you. Best to stay away from that crowd. If they think it’s cool to kill babies, they won’t stop at going after you.
Between the police and a mob would certainly be a bad place to be. Glad I’ve never been there and glad you weren’t, but also glad you were close enough to bear witness. Today must look hauntingly familiar to you, my friend.
Thanks Cowboy!!!
These Pro-Abortionists were probably expecting the driver to join them and agree with them but instead they did this a real surprise for them
Glad he was found not guilty. These protesters have shown to be violent and I think he did what any reasonable person would/should do. PROTECT YOURSELF AND YOUR LOVED ONES.
Just like with Rittenhouse who was acquitted of Murder Charged on what is a clear case of ARMED SELF DEFENSE .Liberal Democrats would just enjoy seeing these people found Guilty for Murder since most all Liberal Democrats oppose Armed Self Defense