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Kathleen Casillo, a mother of three from Queens, NY had gone Christmas shopping on December 11, 2020 with her daughter in Manhattan. She drove up to an intersection where protesters were blocking the road and chanting "Hey, hey, ho, ho . . . etc.," in protest of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detentions of illegal aliens.
There's video footage that shows part of the incident in which Casillo's black BMW can be seen surrounded by "Hey, hey, ho, hoers," some who look to be banging on her car in an angry threatening manner. She stepped on the gas and sped through the group, injuring nine Democrats.
“They’re just making the black community look like they’re thugs. One of my closest friends is a woman of color, from when I was 19-years-old, so it’s not a black, white thing. I don’t know even know the color of the people that I hit. It was all mixed,” she added.
Casillo's lawyer, Oliver Storch told the outlet that it was an “aberration” that Casillo was arrested, noting that police just as easily could have arrested the protesters who he says attacked her car for criminal mischief.
“This was an angry mob that descended upon this mother and her daughter, and she panicked,” he said.
“We’re not making light of this,” he said, adding that Casillo “is deeply, deeply concerned and feels very bad for anybody who was injured.”
Casillo’s 29-year-old daughter Dominique, who was in the car at the time, told the Mail last year that “it didn’t look like a protest” when their vehicle was surrounded by demonstrators.
“It was more like being attacked by random people who were being menaces,” she told the outlet.
On Tuesday, Mrs. 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 reported. Instead, she opted for a jury trial where she can face up to seven years in the slammer if found guilty. This was the same plea deal she rejected last year, the New York Post reported at the time.
“My side of the story was we were attacked by people who were going to break my daughter’s window and pull her out of the car, so I feared [for] my life,” Casillo told the Daily Mail last year.
She told the outlet at the time that she refused the plea deal because she didn’t believe she did anything wrong and didn’t want to plead guilty to reckless assault and reckless endangerment.
“I’m going to court to clear my name because I’m not guilty,” she bravely told the outlet.
“I feel sick,” she continued. “I never intended on hurting anyone. I just feared for my daughter’s life more than anybody. I thought they were going to pull her out of the car.”
She told the outlet at the time that she refused the plea deal because she didn’t believe she did anything wrong and didn’t want to plead guilty to reckless assault and reckless endangerment.
“I’m going to court to clear my name because I’m not guilty,” she bravely told the outlet.
“I feel sick,” she continued. “I never intended on hurting anyone. I just feared for my daughter’s life more than anybody. I thought they were going to pull her out of the car.”
“They’re just making the black community look like they’re thugs. One of my closest friends is a woman of color, from when I was 19-years-old, so it’s not a black, white thing. I don’t know even know the color of the people that I hit. It was all mixed,” she added.
Casillo's lawyer, Oliver Storch told the outlet that it was an “aberration” that Casillo was arrested, noting that police just as easily could have arrested the protesters who he says attacked her car for criminal mischief.
“This was an angry mob that descended upon this mother and her daughter, and she panicked,” he said.
“We’re not making light of this,” he said, adding that Casillo “is deeply, deeply concerned and feels very bad for anybody who was injured.”
Casillo’s 29-year-old daughter Dominique, who was in the car at the time, told the Mail last year that “it didn’t look like a protest” when their vehicle was surrounded by demonstrators.
“It was more like being attacked by random people who were being menaces,” she told the outlet.
So it will all depend on the jury and most likely their feelings about protests, protesters, illegal aliens, and people who drive Beamers, because she appears to be innocent of a crime.
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