BREAKING: CAR PLOWS THROUGH FERGUSON PROTEST IN MINNEAPOLIS, 1 INJURED

At the time of this posting the police are questioning the driver but has not made an arrest.

Star-Tribune

A vehicle plowed through a group of demonstrators in MinneapolisTuesday afternoon during a march and rally in the wake of a Missouri grand jury decision not to indict a white police officer for fatally shooting a black teenager.

A solidarity rally and march for Michael Brown, who was killed by Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson, was planned Tuesday near the Minneapolis Police Department’s 3rd Precinct headquarters at Lake Street and Minnehaha Avenue S.

A Star Tribune reporter who is at the rally says that witnesses say the vehicle started honking at protesters blocking the intersection before running down a woman around the start of the rally at 4:30 p.m.

In video from KSTP’s Chopper 5, the involved vehicle goes around another stopped car and into the crowd as other vehicles go around the crowd. People appear to get on the hood of the car as it pushes its way through the crowd and it hits and appears to run over the legs of a demonstrator.

In video captured by Star Tribune videographer Mark Vancleave, what appears to be a dark-colored Subaru Outback is seen driving with a few people clinging to its hood as it pushes and then apparently runs over a victim’s leg. Protesters rush the vehicle with some people hitting its windows and windshield before it takes off.

Other demonstrators stood hand in hand around the woman, who was the only one treated for injuries. She was attended by paramedics in the intersection before she was wheeled into an ambulance. The woman was taken to Regions Hospital in St. Paul with very minor injuries, said Minneapolis police spokesman John Elder.

The driver of the vehicle did eventually stop near E 31st Street and 42nd Avenue S., according to authorities. Police are currently speaking with the driver.

The driver, who is male, is cooperating with police and not currently under arrest, Elder said.

The crowd at the rally and march swelled to over 1,000 demonstrators.

Earlier in the day, hundreds of students at Minneapolis South High School staged a sit-in near the main office before moving their protest to a nearby police precinct headquarters. A student organizer said the purpose of the demonstration was for protesters to show their dismay with the outcome of the Ferguson case. Another rally in support of victims of police brutality was staged at the University of Minnesota.

Another rally is scheduled for 7 p.m. at the State Capitol in St. Paul.

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