School board member accused of ramming teen over parking space resigns (Cartersville: attorney, high school)

[tonygeorgia]

http://www.ajc.com/news/news/crime-l...-over-p/nTmTL/

A Bartow County school board member resigned Thursday after coming under fire for allegedly ramming a teenager with her SUV during a dispute over a parking space.Angela Cornett, 41, was arrested a week ago and charged with reckless conduct. Cornett had steadfastly said she didn’t intentionally ram the teen outside the Cartersville Wal-Mart, but the incident — which has attracted national attention and local outrage — was caught on the store’s survellience video.

The video, released by the Bartow County Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday, shows 17-year-old Emily Gulledge standing in a parking space as a white Lexus SUV approaches. Gulledge said Cornett told her to move. “I didn’t think she was going to hit me,” she told “The Today Show on Thursday.” “I politely told her that I was holding the space. She tells me to move again and rams me.” Other than “The Today Show,” the story aired on “Good Morning America” and a number of other media outlets. “I was the child in this incident,” said Gulledge, a senior at Adairsville High School, “but she acted like a child.”

[tonygeorgia]

I hate it for the school board member. She should keep her job. That teen should have moved out the way

[canudigit]

Not only that, but I guarantee you that more than one attorney has already contacted that kid by now. She will probably try to get rich from this. Why not, it seems to be the American way.

[atlantagreg30127]

This was addressed when someone else posted on the topic - honestly folks, we do not need new threads for every news story in the metro area, please. Thank you.