Deirdre Kemp charged with driving through large anti-ICE crowd at Chicago protest near Wabash and Monroe in the Loop: police
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A woman has been charged after reportedly driving through a crowd of anti-ICE demonstrators in Chicago two weeks ago, injuring at least one individual, according to Chicago police.

Officers arrested the alleged driver, 30-year-old Deirdre Kemp, on Thursday.

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She is facing charges including Aggressive Reckless Driving causing Bodily Harm, Aggravated Fleeing with Bodily Injury, a misdemeanor for Driving on a Suspended License, and citations for Operating an Uninsured Motor Vehicle and Failing to Comply with Police Officers.

ABC7 cameras were on the scene when the incident happened on Tuesday, June 10 near Wabash and Monroe around 6:15 p.m.

Heather Blair, a 66-year-old resident of Chicago who sustained injuries, stated that she and her husband were near the back of the protest when they noticed a car racing in their direction.

In a matter of seconds, Blair says she was on the ground, dazed.

“I was feeling pain in my arm and just like ‘What happened?'” Blair said.

She says in those frantic moments, she does not remember if she was actually hit by the car or fell over in the pandemonium of the moment.

“The next thing I know, people are carrying me to the sidewalk and calling an ambulance,” Blair said.

Blair said the Chicago Fire Department took her to the nearby Northwestern Memorial Hospital in an ambulance for treatment.

“They put me in a collar because I struck my head; so, they wanted to make sure my spine and brain were OK,” Blair said.

Blair suffered scrapes to her face and says she fractured her left arm in the chaos.

Kemp was ordered detained at her initial court appearance on Friday. She is due back in court for a preliminary hearing on Thursday.

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