Woman who attacked a Chicago police officer, stole his squad car and ran him over, acquitted of all charges. Insane. Cook County Judge Tyria Walton found Whitley Temple not guilty of attempted murder. Temple can now walk free after the judge said she was not guilty by reason of insanity. She was also found not guilty of two counts of aggravated battery to a police officer, vehicular hijacking, and possession of a stolen vehicle. After Temple stole the car, she sped off, reaching speeds of 90mph before running into 4 cars. (X)
They ought to rename Cooks County Crooks County.
In what America is this terror possible? In Democrat-run America.
NEW: Woman who attacked a Chicago police officer, stole his squad car and ran him over, acquitted of all charges.
Insane.
Cook County Judge Tyria Walton found Whitley Temple not guilty of attempted murder.
Temple can now walk free after the judge said she was not… pic.twitter.com/TLrkz4w3GR
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) May 30, 2024
If you nearly k*ll a police officer while stealing his squad car, then you get off with no charges. But if you are Daniel Penny and stop a man from hurting others on the subway you get prosecuted. Make it make sense. pic.twitter.com/7D2qtkxT1C
— RedWave Press (@RedWave_Press) May 30, 2024
Remember this?
Crazy naked lady runs over Chicago cop and then takes off in his patrol car? The officer suffered serious injuries.
As for the woman–she was found NOT GUILTY & WAIT FOR IT…. THE CITY OF CHICAGO GAVE HER A JOB! LMAO!!! Yep, government pay and benefits… https://t.co/w6Za957oEF
— ANITA PADILLA TV (@AnitaPadilla32) May 30, 2024
Why do they all have that same look?
What exactly did the defendant do right let alone not wrong to be acquitted? pic.twitter.com/labodpPHj3
— Petey B (@realpeteyb123) May 30, 2024
Not guilty! Woman who stole squad car and backed over a Chicago cop was insane, judge rules
By: CWB Chicago, May 30, 2024:
Whitley Temple took control of the squad car and reversed into CPD Officer Ed Poppish.
CHICAGO — The woman who ran over a Chicago police officer with his own squad car after he stopped to help her on the West Side was found not guilty by a Cook County judge yesterday.
Judge Tyria Walton said Whitley Temple, 35, was not guilty of attempted murder at all and was not guilty of four other charges, including carjacking, by reason of insanity, according to court records. Walton conducted a bench trial that dragged on for a month due to repeated continuances. The actual trial, though, was quite short, according to courtroom spectators.
Temple must follow a treatment plan as a result of the judge’s finding.
According to prosecutors, Chicago Police Officer Ed Poppish was responding to shots fired when he saw Temple lying half-naked in the street in the 4400 block of West Jackson and stopped to help her. As Poppish radioed for an ambulance, Temple got up from the pavement, started saying his name repeatedly, and walked around him to get into the squad car’s driver’s seat, according to officials.
Poppish tried to stop her, but she allegedly told him, “Let me go. This has nothing to do with you.”
Two videos showing what happened next quickly went viral. One came from a city surveillance camera. And this one, which we’ve shortened slightly to avoid showing Temple’s partially nude body, was recorded by a witness:
As the squad car reversed, it dragged Poppish into another vehicle, and he struck his head. A prosecutor who first filed the charges against Temple said it was “a miracle” that he survived. Poppish received six stitches for a head injury and suffered a concussion.
Prosecutors said shortly after the incident that Temple drove the squad car to a gas station, got out while it was still rolling, went into the station, came back out, and drove away with the patrol car again.
Then, she drove onto the inbound Eisenhower Expressway, weaving in and out of traffic at 97 MPH, and was still going 76 MPH when she exited at Sacramento Boulevard and started running red lights on surface streets, prosecutors alleged. She struck five occupied cars, got out, and ran down the block until cops arrested her.
Article posted with permission from Pamela Geller
