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Skidmore

(37,364 posts)
Thu Dec 4, 2014, 11:36 AM Dec 2014

Missouri man plows minivan through pro-Eric Garner protesters, waves handgun at them

Tactics worthy of any ME terrorist. You don't "accidentally" plow into a crowd of people while carrying a semiautomatic handgun.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/12/missouri-man-plows-minivan-through-pro-eric-garner-protesters-waves-handgun-at-them/

St. Louis police took a man into custody on Wednesday for driving his minivan into a group of protesters and then waving a handgun at them.

According to the St. Louis Dispatch, activists were preparing for a “die-in” demonstration, which includes laying in the street, in Maryland Plaza at around 8 p.m. to protest the decision not to charge the officer whose illegal use of a chokehold resulted in the death of Eric Garner.

“As they did, a man driving a Town and Country minivan drove through the intersection and accelerated through the crowd,” the paper reported. “One woman was seen crouching on the hood of the minivan as the van continued forward. She fell off as the vehicle rounded a curve.”

After a short chase, protesters were able to stop the driver. In photos taken by the Post-Dispatch‘s David Carson, a male white driver in his 50s can be seen brandishing a semiautomatic handgun. Reports said that protesters broke the man’s window at one point....

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