This 5’2″ lady from Missouri joined by a Tennessee educator was exercising her constitutional rights by protesting against Animal Cruelty of “Big Lick” Tennessee Walking Horses when a burly man driving a 3/4 ton Chevrolet Dually truck, in an apparent reckless fit of rage, almost killed her.
LADIES PROTESTING AGAINST ANIMAL CRUELTY OF “BIG LICK” TENNESSEE WALKING HORSE
According to an eye witness, the driver of black Chevrolet truck snapped in a fit of uncontrollable fury. He gunned his powerful engine, accelerated and swerved right at Ms. Teresa Bippen, barely missing her.
The driver came up Lion Parkway last Saturday, and turned left on to Maury County Park Drive. He was following a big rig owned by “Big Lick” heavy hitter Mr. David “Duke” Thorson who owns ThorWorks Industries, Inc.
The first thing the driver and the people riding with him saw were these Posters which apparently infuriated them.
Then they came in contact with a man wearing a cowboy hat on the right and a lady in a straw hat on the left. The truck driver and passengers were greeted with “Big Lick, Big Lie” and “Animal Abusers”, and people holding signs condemning the “Big Lick” Animal Cruelty.
The driver of the black truck made an obscene gesture (flipped the bird) at the man in the hat, and the occupant sitting on the back passenger side lowered his window and hurled personal insults at the female protestors on the left side of the road.
As the black truck approached the intersection with a crossing road, the driver slowed as he approached two female protestors on the right side of the road.
In the photo below, the truck driver can be clearly seen talking to one of the lady protestors through the driver’s side window. At the same time a passenger on the near side on the back seat wearing a yellow shirt is speaking to two protestors.
According to an eyewitness, the gist of the conversation was:
Protestor: “Big Lick hurts horses. Soring hurts horses.” (The driver’s face turned red, and he was yelling at the female protestor.
Driver: What right do you have to tell me what to do with my horses? How do you know what goes on with these horses?
Protestor: Because I own a Tennessee Walking Horse.
Driver: How do you know what I do with my horses?
Protestor: Because I have been in “Big Lick” barns and seen what they do.
At that point, according to an observer, the driver reportedly “erupted” in rage, and clenched both hands on the steering wheel, gunned the engine, and accelerated while turning the truck’s front wheels and swerving toward Ms. Teresa Bippen, putting her in fear for her life.. The male and female protestors in the foreground looked on in horror, and yelled out at what the driver is doing as Ms. Bippen was standing in the direct path of the truck.
The Maury County Deputy Sheriff reacts toward the truck yelling at the driver, and pursuing the truck and hitting on it to stop.
“STOP THAT TRUCK”.
And on the far left, a Columbia Police officer leaps from his patrol cruiser, and pursues the black Chevrolet Dually on foot. The two Columbia Police officers assist the Maury County Deputy who hits on the side of the truck, and continues to yell at the driver to stop.
Finally, the driver is made to stop and gets out of Truck.
He is interrogated by the Maury County Deputy and the two City of Columbia Police officers.
DRIVER OF THE 3/4 TON BLACK CHEVROLET DUALLY TRUCK
As of late Saturday, the Maury County Sheriff had not released the name of the person driving the black truck nor made it official regarding what, if any, charges would be filed against the driver.
STATEMENT BY MS. TERESA BIPPEN
“I am grateful that I was not killed. I praise the Maury County and Columbia Police Department officers for their quick reactions in taking control of a volatile dangerous situation. No one should be put in fear of their life because they exercise their constitutional rights to protest against “Big Lick” Animal Cruelty. My hope is that the person who recklessly endangered my life and well-being is prosecuted to the fullest extent allowed by law”.
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