April 26, 2024

Idavox

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This Guy Tried to Run Over People During a Portland Anti-Police Brutality Rally

They actually don’t get why this will not be okay, but perhaps we can explain it to this one.

PORTLAND, OR – One week after police officers shot and killed 27-year-old Patrick K. Kimmons, a driver plowed through a crowd of hundreds who were protesting the use of deadly force.

Oct. 6, 2010: The car that was driven through protesters in Portland. Idavox will not publish the name posted on social media that is reportedly on the registration because we cannot confirm that was indeed the person driving, but we will update this article once we can.

According to KATU News, a driver in a silver Lexus sedan when he drove into the crowd Saturday, striking a man and then accelerating down the street. The driver, later told the station that he was following two other cars that made a right-hand turn when one protester stepped in front of his car and others surrounded it. He told police his vehicle sustained $3,000 in damages during the incident. Some that were on the scene however told Idavox that he drove through the crowd as folks were trying to avoid traffic, and that he drove at least half a block with someone on the hood, then briefly stopped to get out and attempt to fight protester for photographing him.

Police say they are withholding the emergency call recordings pending an investigation. To date, no arrests have been made.