Crime & Safety
Woman Charged With Driving Car Through Crowd During Chicago Anti-ICE Protest
Kemp was also cited for driving an uninsured vehicle and failing to obey police officers.
Updated on: June 24, 2025 / 8:56 AM CDT
A woman stood charged Monday with driving a car through a crowd assembled for a protest against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in downtown Chicago earlier this month.
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Chicago police said Deirdre Kemp, 30, was arrested on Thursday, June 19. She was charged with one felony count each of aggravated reckless driving causing bodily harm and aggravated fleeing causing bodily injury, and one misdemeanor count of driving on a suspended license.
Kemp was also cited with driving an uninsured vehicle and failing to obey police officers.
