Lancaster protester held on $1 million bail is a sorority girl
She went from the sorority house to the big house.
One of the accused rioters locked up on $1 million bail following violent protests in Lancaster, Pa., is a Kappa Delta sorority sister and “ally” of a black rights organization at the pricey private college she attends.
Kathryn Patterson was among 13 people arrested early Monday on a slew of felony and misdemeanor charges including arson, riot, vandalism and criminal conspiracy.
“My left fist, to symbolize black power,” the young activist commented on a photo she posted on Facebook on Aug. 1, showing her marching in all black with the caption, “BLM, all day everyday.”
Nine of them, including 20-year-old Patterson, are still being held on $1 million bail, according to court records.
Patterson joins a growing cast of privileged 20-somethings — including wealthy Upper East Sider Clara Kraebber — who have been busted when protests turned violent.
Originally from the tiny town of Mercersburg, about two hours west of Lancaster, Patterson is an undergraduate at Franklin and Marshall College in the city, which charges $60,872 in annual tuition.
Patterson was identified as an “ally” of the college’s Black Student Union, according to a GoFundMe page set up for her legal fees.
Patterson’s Facebook page includes photos of her activism, including one from Aug. 1 with her fist raised in the air, captioned “BLM, all day every day.”
Friends claim Patterson was acting as a “medic” during the violent protests that erupted overnight Sunday following the police shooting of Ricardo Munoz, who charged at cops with a knife.
“Kat was providing medical attention to injured demonstrators and has now been wrongfully accused of crimes she could not possibly commit,” claimed the GoFundMe page, which has raised more than $41,000 as of Wednesday morning.
Her father, Chip Patterson said he spoke to his daughter Tuesday night. He called her bail amount “obscene.”
“I don’t know what happened Sunday night, we didn’t talk about that,” he said. “I don’t know what she did or didn’t do. I would be shocked if she did something violent.”
An online fundraiser has also been set up for Taylor Enterline, who was also collared while allegedly “working as a medic, running around helping those that were hurt and or tear gassed,” the page said.
“She was then charged with guns by police along with another person from her activist group,” the GoFundMe said. “She is being held under false charges that all witnesses protest against, She was denied her family lawyer and charged with a $1,000,000 bail that is a direct violation to her 8th amendment rights.”
Enterline’s mother declined to comment on her daughter’s arrest.
“I’m not comfortable at this time,” she said.
Munoz was shot and killed by a Lancaster police officer after charging at the cop with a knife in hand. The officer had been responding to a 911 call reporting Munoz’s “aggressive” behavior and that the 27-year-old mentally ill man was trying to break into his mother’s home in downtown Lancaster.
He had been awaiting trial on charges he slashed four people last year, including a teenage boy who was stabbed in the face.
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