A black SUV sped through a crowd of Black Lives Matter protesters in Manhattan tonight, dragging a bike underneath it as it traveled more than a block. There are no reports of serious injury.
#BreakingNews an SUV just plowed through protesters on 42nd street in #manhattan Still assessing injuries if any. More on @NY1 #blacklivesmatter #nycprotest more on @NY1 pic.twitter.com/RMs1tsc2zT
— Ruschell Boone (@RuschellBoone) July 8, 2020
This continues a series of times cars have run through crowds peacefully assembled to protest racial inequities in the justice system. Yesterday, a man drove into a crowd of protesters in Long Island, hitting two people.
In Seattle on July 4th, killing one woman and injuring another:
In Detroit last week, a police SUV drives into a crowd: