Eyewitness: Women drove car through protesters before being assaulted

Eyewitness: Women drove car through protesters before being assaulted.

Hannah Buehler reports.

ARRAIGNED ANDRELEASED ON THESTATE CHARGES BUTIS NOW IN CUSTODYON THE FEDERALCHARGESHE FACES 3 TO 15YEARS FOR THE STATECHARGES AND 5 TO 20FOR THE FEDERALCHARGES BECAUSE ITWOULD BE HISSECOND FELONYCONVICTION.

LIVE INBUFFALO AT 7EWN.ALRIGHT THANKS ALI.ONE WOMAN REMAINSIN THE HOSPITAL THISEVENING AFTER BEINGASSAULTED DURINGSATURDAY'SPROTESTS.THIS VIDEO SHOWSTHE DRIVER INNIAGARA SQUARE --BEING PULLED FROMHER CAR ANDATTACKED.POLICE FIRST SAIDSHE POSSIBLY MADE AWRONG TURN..

BUTTHAT STORY HASSINCE CHANGED.HERE'S 7 EYEWITNESSNEWS REPORTERHANNAH BUEHLER.NATS:IT'S A MOMENT WHENTHE PROTEST INBUFFALO SATURDAYAPPEARED TO TAKE ATURNNATS:SOT: I WOULD SAYTHAT'S WHEN ITTURNEDWHAT YOU SEE HEREARE MULTIPLE PEOPLEON TOP OF THIS CARSMASHINGWINDOWS..AND JUMPING UP ANDDOWNSTANDUP: IT ALLHAPPENED HERE INTHE MIDDLE OFDOWNTOWN BUFFALODELAWARE AVENUEIN FRONT OF THECOURTHOUSEWHAT YOU DON'T SEEIS WHAT HAPPENEDBEFOREAND AFTER...EYEWITNESSES SAYTHE WOMAN WAS ONEOF THE PROTESTERSWHO THEY SAY WASACTIVELY TRYING TOINCITE VIOLENCE ATTHE EVENTTRYING TO THROWTHINGS AT LAWENFORCMENET..THE ONE EYEWITNESSWRITES ME :AFTERFOLKS FOUND OUTTHE SOURCE OF THEFLYING DEBRIS, THEYCONFRONTED HERAND ASKED HER TOLEAVE.

THE CROWDAROUND HER PLEADSTHAT THIS IS APEACEFUL PROTEST.A CHANT STARTS FORHER TO LEAVE.

THEPROTESTS MAKE WAYFOR HER TO BACK UP.SOT: THEY WERETRYING TO ASK HERDON'T DO IT DON'T DOITAND TRYING TO GETHER TO BACK UPSOT: SHE HIT THE GASAND RAN INTOPROTESTERSAFTER THATPOLICE SAY SHE WASPULLED FROM THECARAND BEATEN IN THEROADWAY...A POLICE SOURCE HASIDENTIFIED THEWOMAN AS 29 YEAROLD KHELIARODRIGUEZSHE IS CURRENTLY ATECMCYOU CAN SEE HERCAR HEREWITHSIGNS STUCK TO ITBADLY DAMAGED ANDBEING LOADED ON THEFLATBEADINITIAL REPORTSFROM BUFFALOPOLICE INDICATEDTHAT THE WOMANWAS SIMPLY TRYINGTO TURN AROUNDBUT NOW BPD TELLSME SHE WAS APROTESTER WHO WASTRYING TO INCITEVIOLENCEPROTESTERS TELL METHEY'RE SAD THATTHIS APPEARED TO BETHE TURNING POINTTHEY SAY THEY WEREALL THERE FOR THESAME REASONBUT WERE TRYING TOKEEP IT PEACEFULSOME PROTESTERSTELLING ME THEYEVEN LOCKED ARMSAND STOOD IN FRONTOF OFFICERS TODEFEND THEM WHENTHINGS GOT VIOLENTSOT; I JUST HOPE THATWE CAN STILL GETOUR MESSAGEACROSS AND LETCHANGE HAPPENBUFFALO POLICE TELLME WHEN OFFICERSWENT TO INTERVIEWRODRIGUEZ ABOUTTHE INCIDENT ANDASSAULT SHE WASNOT COOPERATIVE.

ATTHIS POINT THEASSAULT CASE ISCLOSED BUT BPD ISSTILL INVESTIGATINGTHE CROWD INCIDENT.HB 7EWN