Two women have pleaded guilty after they were caught on video stealing a ‘Make America Great Again’ hat from a child and punching a man who tried to get it back near the Democratic National Convention in Wilmington, Delaware, last year.
They will be sentenced in September.
Olivia Winslow and Camryn Amy, both 21, were caught on camera first destroying signs outside the DNC August 20, 2020, when now-President Joe Biden gave his DNC acceptance speech.
Seven-year-old Riley Wigton and his Trump-supporter mom Abbey, 27, who said they attended the convention to peacefully protest Biden as the Democratic nominee for president, were waiting outside a restaurant at the time when they were ‘attacked.’
Camryn Amy (left) and Olivia Winslow (right), both 21, have pleaded guilty to charges of theft, child endangerment and hate crimes after stealing a ‘Make America Great Again’ hat from a child and punching the man trying to get it back at a Democratic National Convention in Wilmington, Delaware, last year
Referring to the signs, the mother asks in the video tweeted by Students For Trump, ”Are you destroying my property?’
‘Yes, we are,’ Winslow says.
The footage then shows the red MAGA hat on the floor – how it got there is not captured on video – and Amy says, ‘get it Liv, get it’.
Winslow throws the hat as Riley runs after it. ‘That’s somebody else’s hat,’ the boy says, as he seems to start to cry.
‘Your mom f***ing likes Trump’ Winslow says to Riley.
In the beginning of the video Winslow is seen picking the cap up off the floor and throwing it
Amy was caught on camera trying to rip up a Trump sign outside the DNC
Amy picks up the hat again and continues to walk toward her car.
A frightened, crying Riley says: ‘Mom, call 9-1-1.’
Then a man comes into frame demanding that Amy give him the hat. Amy shouts ‘don’t touch me,’ and punches the man.
After Winslow threw the cap to Amy, she marched off with it and ignored Riley’s cries
In the video Amy is seen throwing a punch at a man who tried to get the hat back
Both women were arrested three days later and a grand jury in Delaware indicted them September 8, on felony charges of robbery, conspiracy and hate crimes and a misdemeanor charge of endangering the welfare of a child.
Amy also was indicted on misdemeanor charges of assaulting the man who tried to retrieve the hat, attempting to assault the mother and offensive touching of the boy.
The indictment accuses the women of committing the crimes ‘for the purpose of interfering with the victim’s free exercise or enjoyment of any right, privilege or immunity protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, or committed said crime because the victim had exercised or enjoyed said right or rights’.
Seven-year-old Riley Wigton and his Trump-supporting mother Abbey, 27, attended the convention to peacefully protest Biden’s victory as the Democratic nominee for president
Prosecutors said they will not seek prison time.
Other charges including assault, attempted assault and conspiracy were dropped as part of a plea deal struck on Monday, Delaware Online reported.
The women’s attorneys said they think probation is the ‘appropriate sentence’ and declined to comment further.
Now ex-President Trump saw the viral video at the time and sent a gift package to Riley, which included a new, signed MAGA hat, a mug, a water bottle, presidential bags and other swag.
Riley’s mother, Abbey, released a statement about what happened leading up to what was captured in the video.
Ex-President Trump saw the viral video and sent a gift package to Riley, which included a new, signed MAGA hat, a mug, a water bottle, presidential bags and more paraphernalia
The statement read: ‘We were standing outside peacefully minding our own business waiting for our table. Suddenly, two Joe Biden supporters began to yell political epithets at my child.
‘They ripped the sign from my arms and assaulted my seven year old son. The Joe Biden supporters laid hands on my child and ripped his “Make America Great Again” hat from his head while cursing at him and pushing him over.
‘The two Joe Biden supporters verbally and physically assaulted my child. My seven-year-old child was sobbing and screaming.’
Abbey also claimed she was punched in the face and hit with the women’s purses several times.
The day after the incident, Trump’s eldest son Donald Trump Jr tweeted the video and said what happened was ‘sick’. He also called on for help identifying the women in the video.
The two offenders also were caught on video in their car before the confrontation when a local reporter asked them why they supported Biden.
At the end of the clip Winslow is seen throwing her coffee cup at the reporter.
Source: | This article originally belongs to Dailymail.co.uk
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