Three Sexist Women Wrongly Assume The Gender Of A Drunk Driver, Whom They Eventually Stop
HuffPo- Three women in Florida put themselves in harm’s way for the sake of others when they made an alleged DUI driver crash into their vehicle.
Suzzette Williams, Angelina Powell and an unidentified woman took matters into their own hands after spotting a motorist — who police later identified as 25-year-old Brittany Sharp — driving erratically near North Fort Myers on Sunday afternoon, per multiple outlets.
Williams, who was driving a Nissan Sentra, trailed Sharp’s white Chevrolet Cavalier as Sharp allegedly weaved between lanes, hit curbs and then joined Interstate 75, per WBBH.
One of Williams’ passengers remained in telephone contact with the police, while the other broadcast the pursuit over Facebook Live.
Williams then overtook Sharp, pulled her own vehicle in front of the Chevrolet and slammed on the brakes. It forced Sharp to rear-end Williams’ car, but brought her to a complete stop.
Florida Highway troopers arrived on the scene and took Sharp, who sustained minor injuries in the collision, for treatment at Fort Myers’ Lee Memorial Hospital.
Sharp, from Cape Coral, was charged with driving under the influence, driving with a suspended license and careless driving. She remains in custody without bond at Lee County Jail, per The News-Press, and is scheduled to appear in court on Sept. 18.
“Block him off.” “He’s about to hit something.” “What is he doing?” “He’s SLEEPING!”
Hey ladies, guess what? Brittany mothafuckin’ Sharp is a WOMAN. It’s possible that Brittany identifies as something other than female, but based on her name, ponytail, and inability to operate a vehicle while intoxicated, I’m going to harken back to 2009 and assign her to the female gender. Which brings me to my main foible with this story: how DARE these three vigilante “heroes” assume that the driver was a man? The entire time they were live-streaming this chase on Facebook, they referred to Brittany Sharp as “he.” Seems like these ladies were far more concerned with expanding their Facebook following than avoiding improper gender assumptions. If someone is erratically smashing their car all over the road, please avoid tagging them as a man, since it could be a trans person driving. Or, more likely, a woman.
PS- “We’re about to let this guy hit us in the ass.” Ha ha.