Iowa: White supremacist woman ran down girl because she was a "Mexican"

Mugshot of Nicole Marie Poole Franklin

Des Moines -- According to Iowa police, a woman was arrested on Friday who admitted to running over a 14-year-old girl with her SUV because the child was "a Mexican."

Nicole Marie Poole Franklin, 42, was charged with attempted murder after being accused of running down a girl on the sidewalk in Clive, Iowa on December 9 and fleeing the scene, leaving her with numerous injuries and not rendering aid.

Franklin was charged after detectives identified her Thursday as the driver in the hit-and-run and then interviewing her at a local jail where she was being held for an unrelated case, Clive Police Chief Michael Venema said at a news release.

“During the interview, Franklin not only admitted to being the driver of the car that struck this girl but also that she had done so intentionally,” Venema told reporters. “Franklin told investigators that she ran the girl over because she was, in her words, ‘a Mexican.’”

“She went on to make a number of derogatory statements about Latinos to the investigators,” he added.

According to Venema, Franklin was charged with attempted murder.

“I want to say in the strongest terms possible that there is no place in our community or any other for this type of hatred or violence,” the "Chief Obvious" said.

The white supremacist Franklin was accused of driving her SUV up onto the sidewalk as the child was walking to school to watch a basketball game.

"I don't remember the impact," the teenager told a Des Moines TV station several days later. "I just remember the car coming at me."

Franklin was behind bars after being charged with assaulting a Des Moines convenience store clerk with racist remarks. She's just a real peach of a person.


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