Violence inspired solely by politics is always an ugly thing. In July of last year, two adults in Hobart, Indiana, showed just how ugly it could be by using their vehicle to run two teenaged brothers off the road for displaying pro-Trump paraphernalia on their bicycles.
Kyren Gregory Perry-Jones, 23, and Cailyn Marie Smith, 18, from Hobart were arrested and charged with multiple felonies in connection with an incident that occurred July 22. Much of the most damning evidence against Perry-Jones and Smith came from the perpetrators themselves, as they took video of themselves committing the crime.
In Snapchat video obtained by police, Perry-Jones and Smith can be heard threatening the two youths, at one point, swerving their vehicle sharply “as if he saw the boys and wanted to hit them with the vehicle.”
“Y’all better get home,” Perry-Jones is said to have shouted.
Perry-Jones and Smith have each been charged with two counts of intimidation where a defendant uses a deadly weapon and criminal recklessness with a deadly weapon, which are felonies. They were also charged with theft and criminal mischief, both misdemeanors.
Smith could be heard on the video saying, “Y’all scared, just like your president … America is not great [expletive].”
Perry-Jones and Smith allegedly drove alongside of the two children, threatening them and using expletives all the way. A pro-Trump flag was apparently attached to at least one of the boys’ bicycles, which enraged the anti-Trump couple.
“Pull that flag down,” Perry-Jones allegedly shouts in the Snapchat video. At one point, while Perry-Jones was filming the video, Smith was able to snatch the flag from the bicycle. After the boys threatened to call 911, the attackers dropped the flag and intentionally ran over it.
During the encounter, Perry-Jones was said to have driven his vehicle through several yards while chasing the two youngsters. Perry-Jones also allegedly threatened to beat the boys up for calling 911.
Charges in the case were delayed due to the police needing to obtain information from Snapchat.
“This is an unfortunate event involving two brothers expressing their support for President Trump,” said Police Captain James Gonzalez. “Our residents in Hobart should be able to express their support for any political affiliation without fear of any adverse recourse. The Hobart Police Department will continue to serve the Hobart residents to ensure they are free to express their support for whomever they choose and we will tirelessly work to preserve their First Amendment rights under the United States Constitution.”
Also heard in the video is a revealing look about how just unhinged leftists seek to solve all of their problems — by claiming victimhood. Perry-Jones, a black man, can be heard on the video stating how he would discuss the incident should police question him about it: He would lie to the police and say that the boys had called him a racial slur.
This incident brings to mind the blatant double standard when it comes to media coverage of events such as this. Imagine if two Trump supporters used their car to chase down two Sanders-supporting juveniles, threatened them, and stole paraphernalia from them. Wouldn’t this be the lead story on much of the media for at least a week, with every pundit blaming President Trump directly for the incident?
It’s not the first vehicular attack against Trump supporters. Just last month in Jacksonville, Florida, 27-year-old Gregory Timm purposefully drove his van into a tent where a Republican group was attempting to register voters. Timm also attempted to video his homicidal attack. According to the police report, Timm reportedly said, “someone had to take a stand.”
Timm was reportedly upset that the video ended before what he called “the good part,” the actual driving into the tent of volunteers.
That nobody was seriously hurt in either of these incidents is miraculous.
It’s revealing that in both incidents, the criminals chose to take video of their transgressions. It’s as if they actually believed they would be praised for committing their crimes against Trump supporters and wanted adulation for it. Why else would they have created evidence of their vehicular attacks? In today’s world, where everyone can film anything they want and potentially go viral, Perry-Jones, Smith, and Timm all wanted their 15 minutes of fame.
Well, now they’ve got their fame — just not in the way they hoped to achieve it.
Image: Hobart Police Department
James Murphy is a freelance journalist who writes on a variety of subjects, with a primary focus on the ongoing anthropogenic climate-change hoax and cultural issues. He can be reached at [email protected]
