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Multiple Protesters Injured After Motorist Drives Through Anti-ICE Demonstration
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Jake Offenhartz
Published Dec 11, 2020
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Multiple people were injured after a motorist drove through a crowd of protesters in Manhattan on Friday afternoon, according to police and witnesses.
Demonstrators marching against Immigration and Customs Enforcement were walking in the street on 39th near 2nd Avenue just after 4 p.m. when the driver of a black sedan sped through the group, according to Yacine Diallo, a 21-year-old demonstrator.
"We got run over by a car," Diallo told Gothamist. "Between 5 and 10 people got hurt. Now police are trying to arrest us."
Six people were hospitalized, according to the FDNY. The extent of their injuries was not immediately known. A spokesperson for the NYPD said that the driver remained on the scene, but it was not immediately clear if they'd been charged.
A video posted to Twitter shows the driver accelerating into a small group of protesters.
Mark Apolloa, a freelancer journalist, said in another video that officers had arrested multiple people who chased after the vehicle. “I saw individuals who were hit by the car flying up in the air over it,” he said. “Windshield is totally cracked.”
Following the incident, officers with the NYPD's Strategic Response Group blocked off the intersection and threatened those on the street with arrest. The anti-ICE march was meant as a show of solidarity with a group of immigrant detainees at Bergen County Jail who've been on a hunger strike.
Researchers have recorded more than 100 vehicle-ramming incidents against protesters since demonstrations against police violence erupted this past Spring. In September, a pro-Trump motorist mowed through a crowd of Black Lives Matter demonstrators marching through Times Square. The driver was released without charges.
This is a breaking story. We'll update as more information becomes available.
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