Trayvon Protester Strikes Woman Pleading to Bring Granddaughter to Hospital

Trayvon Martin demonstrators reportedly struck a woman who pleaded with them to let her pass so she could get her granddaughter, who was suffering from an allergic reaction to some medication, to a Houston hospital on Monday.

The girl’s grandmother, who asked Click2Houston.com to identify her only as Georgia, said hundreds of protesters spilled onto a bridge and highway, shouting, “No justice, no peace,” blocking all traffic.

“One of them was hitting the windshield and I was just screaming, ‘We’ve got to get to the hospital,’ and they were screaming and chanting,” Georgia said. “All I could think of was, I got to get my granddaughter to the hospital.”

Georgia’s daughter, who was driving the car, said Georgia rolled down the window to beg the demonstrators to let them pass, but a man reached into the window and “just started hitting her.”

Video footage of the incident shows a man grabbing Georgia as her car, one in a line of many trying to pass the crowd by driving on the grassy shoulder, tries to pass through. Protesters also held up an ambulance trying to navigate around stalled cars and the crowd.

“I think it’s ridiculous that they’re taking it this far. It’s going to become a civil war almost,” Georgia said. “It’s crazy.”

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