Car plows through protesters during Ferguson rally in south Minneapolis

[hoosierlib]

Source: Star Tribune

Star Tribune videographer Mark Vancleave shot video of the altercation during a solidarity rally Tuesday near the Minneapolis Police’s 3rd Precinct building at Lake Street and Minnehaha Avenue S.

A vehicle plowed through a group of demonstrators in Minneapolis Tuesday 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.




Read more: http://m.startribune.com/local/minneapolis/283891941.html

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Anyone wanna guess the driver's political leanings?

[Kalidurga]

1. I have no idea

but I bet the driver likes tea in bags, just sayin.

[840high]

3. If you have no idea - then

why post?

[Kalidurga]

4. If you can't comprehend simple posts

why read?

[840high]

6. I have no use for

politicizing a tragedy.

[Kalidurga]

9. It's all political

every aspect of your life is about politics. It's the invisible hand that lifts you up or pushes you down. Sorry you don't get that.

[840high]

17. Happy Thanksgiving.

[El Shaman]

31. A bit like

politicizing 'thanksgiving' my dear.

[840high]

35. I'm not your dear.

[snooper2]

75. About 15 years ago I had sex on top of the Dallas Infomart, I guess that could have been political

LOL

[Chemisse]

14. Just wait. He or she is most likely correct.

[A Simple Game]

33. Then why are you posting in this tread? n/t

[Ken Burch]

65. He was getting bored "under the bridge". n/t.

[U4ikLefty]

90. +1000

[navarth]

7. You didn't understand the context of that post?

Perhaps you should re-examine? At this moment you appear to be the one who has no idea. Please prove me wrong.

[Trajan]

12. I'd like to see less posts from one particular poster

You can guess who that poster is ...

[bravenak]

13. You must be the hall monitor.

[freshwest]

42. Several running about on the Ferguson threads. We need schoolin', doncha know?

[bravenak]

46. They seem so elated that things went the way they wanted.

Irritating.

[Hoppy]

2. That proves it... Subarus take a likkin' and keep on tickin'.

[Kalidurga]

11. You mean

why they haven't charged the driver yet? Or why they didn't help the crowd right?

[840high]

15. Driver is in custody -

[crim son]

18. ...but not currently under arrest.

He's "cooperating." I'm very glad the whole thing was filmed.

[secondvariety]

20. Article

says he is not under arrest.

[Kalidurga]

21. I said not charged yet

They may have charged the driver since the last news posted, but as of yet I haven't heard that charges have been filed.

[azurnoir]

84. MPD's report lists the driver as the victim who was fleeing a mob the girl he ran over

is listed as other also why she was taken to Regions needs to be explained as Regions is in St Paul and HCMC is in Mpls and much closer to the scene, both are level 1 trauma centers

The girl who was run over by the horn-blaring Subaru station wagon was taken by emergency responders to Regions Hospital for treatment of minor injuries, police said.

“The victim’s vehicle was damaged by a large group of people,” reads the report released Wednesday by police. “While [the driver] was attempting to flee from the mob, he struck a pedestrian. State accident report filed.”

The report lists the driver as a “victim” and the injured girl under the “other” category.

http://m.startribune.com/local/minneapolis/283891941.html

[840high]

88. Thanks for update.

[JEFF9K]

8. Within the big picture ...

these rallies will benefit the Republicans.

[jeff47]

34. Yes, everything is always good for Republicans.

Massacres, plagues, wars they start. Everything is always good for Republicans.

[JEFF9K]

59. Not everything.

If everything was good for the Republicans I wouldn't mention this.

Protests from the 1960s led to the success of the neocon movement.

[Calista241]

70. Considering every political person involved in this terrible saga is a democrat

Could it be worse if a repub was in charge?

[navarth]

10. That is fucking assault with a deadly weapon

somebody's dumb ass should be in jail. Un fucking believable.

[alfredo]

81. We had an irate driver plow through a "take back the night march." Luckily local cops

who were there, stopped and arrested the driver.

[Blue_Tires]

16. It never ends...

[valerief]

19. Isn't it against the law to drive into people? nt

[cstanleytech]

24. Yup and its also usually illegal for pedestrians to block the road so I would say that everyone

involved should be charged if they broke a law and that includes anyone who blocked traffic, anyone who tried to assault the (asshole) driver and of course the asshole driver.

[valerief]

26. Nope. Pedestrians have the right of way. Always. nt

[cstanleytech]

28. Right of way doesnt mean right to break the law and alot of places have laws

on the books about blocking the road or crossing at places other than designated crosswalks which are meant to for pedestrians to cross not decide to deliberately stop and hold up traffic.
So again imo everyone should be held accountable for their actions that led to the incident from the pedestrians if they broke a law to the driver.

[IDemo]

37. "actions that led to the incident"

You know, placing oneself in a roadway, while admittedly an inconvenience to motorists, does not really add up to enticing drivers to put the petal to the metal.

[cstanleytech]

40. Good thing that I never said they enticed them to break the law then. nt

[IDemo]

41. The implication is pretty clear n/t

[cstanleytech]

48. *shrug* You are certainly allowed to have that opinion.

Just like I am allowed to have my opinion which is that the driver should be charged and the pedestrians including the women should also be charged if they broke laws as well.

[Jamastiene]

69. There were officials there.

Many were wearing the bright green vests to show who they were. If those protestors were breaking a law, as peaceful as they were until attacked, they would have been arrested already. That wasn't a violent crowd until they were attacked by the person plowing through them and running over them. People have a right to protest. Usually, when you see unarmed officials there, it means they either got the required permits or permission to protest there. So, no, they were most likely not breaking the law by protesting there.

[cstanleytech]

74. There is no "if" as they were breaking the varies laws that pedestrians have

there that they are supposed to obey https://www.revisor.mn.gov/data/revisor/statutes/2005/169/21.html

Thats not to say the guy in the car is right though because he wasnt and he should be held accountable fully and by fully I mean they should imo atleast consider seeking attempted murder charges on him.

[snooper2]

76. On the interstate?

Not in Soviet Russia!

video contains graphic images -

[Xithras]

87. Pedestrians have the right of way. Usually.

In California, for instance, pedestrians only have an absolute right of way within a marked or unmarked crosswalk. There is no pedestrian right of way mid-block. California law also only extends that right of way when the road can be crossed safely (i.e., there is no pedestrian right of way if you run into the roadway), explicitly removes their right of pedestrians to walk in bike and traffic lanes if sidewalks are available, and rescinds the pedestrian right of way completely if it is abused to deliberately impede traffic. Our law also removes the pedestrian right of way if there is an alternate way of crossing the roadway (a pedestrian tunnel or bridge).

It's more accurate to say "Pedestrians have the right of the way. Often."

Now ask me how many jaywalking tickets I've had in my life. Or how many drivers walked without so much as a citation after hitting me with their cars as I rode my skateboard when I was a teenager. The only one who was ever arrested was the drunk guy, and he was arrested for being dunk, and was never even charged for hitting me

[jtuck004]

22. "he driver, who is male, is cooperating with police and not currently under arrest" < hope that

changed. Nut like that may go home and get another weapon and come back - or just start killing at random.

If they don't, I suspect anyone he hurts for the next little while would have a tremendous case against the city.

[RufusTFirefly]

23. Is George Zimmerman vacationing in Minneapolis? n/t

Last edited Tue Nov 25, 2014, 10:17 PM - Edit history (1)

[jtuck004]

25. Perhaps. His brothers in hate are running the city. n/t

[Thor_MN]

29. This happened in Minneapolis, MN, 500 miles from Ferguson, Mo.

[RufusTFirefly]

30. Absolutely right. My mistake.

As a former Minnesota resident, I should definitely know the difference. Thanks for pointing out my error. I was thinking Minneapolis but apparently had Ferguson on the brain.

[Thor_MN]

32. Growing up in St. Louis county, MN, it's been awkward keeping hearing about St. Louis county

this, St. Louis county that...

[RufusTFirefly]

52. I can imagine. Rice and Hennepin, here.

In fact, based on the description, I lived just a few blocks away from this afternoon's protest once upon a time.

[Blue Idaho]

27. I trust his Klan brothers on the police force

Will take care of this little problem for him. No need to bog down the courts with this obvious minor traffic infraction.

[sylvanus]

89. He can claim "Affluenzza"

Like this white privileged ass.
Ethan Couch
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethan_Couch

[Comrade Grumpy]

38. Go away. The guy deliberately drove into a crowd of people.

With your reference to people protesting the lack of an indictment against Officer Wilson as "assholes," I suspect you are in the wrong place.

[IDemo]

39. +1

How much plainer can assholery get than stepping on the gas when a human being(s) is in front of your vehicle?

[cstanleytech]

43. I agree.

It does not matter if he meant to hit them or if he just meant to try and force them out of his way he should still be charged as he broke the law and no one should be allowed to break the law and get away with it.

[VScott]

45. Well, explain this part

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.

The video doesn't show what proceeded the event.
What it does show is a woman with a camera on the hood, and a blanket or tarp partially obstructing the windshield.
Did the driver even see the woman he ran over?

Whom is more to blame?
The driver or the protesters for creating the situation.?

And what about the crowd response?

It's all very reminiscent of the NYC freeway motorcyclist incident (and response), where the alleged "victim" is
responsible for their actions.

[Recursion]

47. I thought that too until I watched the aerial video

The car does not stop at any point. That makes a huge difference.

If a car has stopped and people jump on the hood, a lot can be attributed to driver fear.

If a car keeps pushing into a crowd, the "jumping on the hood" becomes "trying to protect people in front of the car".

[cstanleytech]

50. I suspect he panicked when people began pounding on his car and thats why he never

came to a complete stop.
That however is immaterial as he clearly shouldnt have even tried to force his way through the crowd in the first place so for hitting that person he should be charged with atleast reckless endangerment if not attempted murder.

[Recursion]

51. From the cell phone video, you can see the pounding doesn't start until after he runs over the woman

http://m.startribune.com/local/minneapolis/283891941.html

[cstanleytech]

53. Yes and I also see that they were on his hood before he hit her

but if he panicked or didnt panic what matters is he should not have tried to force his way through so he clearly broke the law or atleast he did imo.

[Comrade Grumpy]

55. He could easily have backed away from the blocked intersection.

There were no people or vehicles directly behind him.

Instead, he chose to drive into a crowd of people.

He needs to be charged with vehicular assault or something.

[cstanleytech]

56. Agree. nt

[PersonNumber503602]

63. I don't know about that, man.

He made a conscious decision to drive straight into the crowd of protesters. This isn't like they surrounded him and then he panicked. He had complete control of the situation that lead up to him driving into a crowd of people.

[cstanleytech]

73. Oh I agree with you, I was mainly explaining why he probably didnt

come to a complete stop at that point.

[C Moon]

62. On Rachel Maddow, I saw a clearer video than that. I had to look away. It was very disturbing.

[RufusTFirefly]

54. Fastest -- and easiest -- Ignore I've ever done

Carry on. I won't have to read what you write.
Then, I can at least pretend that there aren't people on DU as heartless as you appear to be.

[BeanMusical]

60. So you would have done the same thing, right?

Talk about an assholish thing to say.

[workinclasszero]

44. Video of post racial Amerika in action

Play the video and weep for your country.

[Recursion]

49. For anyone who, like me, was skeptical of the cell phone video (because of when it starts)...

... watch the aerial video, which shows the car never stopping at any point.

[micraphone]

57. Totally deliberate

At the start of the video, you clearly see this moran driving around a stationary car to hit the protesters.

Book, meet driver.

[geardaddy]

77. Yep.

He is behind the white car and moves to the right.

[csziggy]

78. At the same time he drives INTO the crowd, other cars go to the left around the white car

And those cars get through the intersection WITHOUT HITTING ANYONE!

This driver is definitely guilty of vehicular assault. He could have gone to the left and avoided the people. He deliberately went to the right to the thickest part of the crowd and NEVER stopped, even AFTER he had two people on his hood and another UNDER his car. In fact, he almost drove over other people who were trying to stop the car - they were just faster at dodging his murderous intent than the woman in red who ended up under his car.

I'm not yelling at you, geardaddy. The "yelling" is at the idiot in the car that drove into the crowd and at the cops who have not charged him - yet.

[geardaddy]

79. I know you're not yelling at me.

I'm ashamed that this happened in my city.

[Ken Burch]

66. Proves he knew perfectly well what he was doing.

It's a miracle he didn't kill anybody.

[Thor_MN]

58. Absolutely unbelieveable the comments on Facebook posts...

I've never felt this discouraged and disappointed in humans...

And I spent nine hours today gathering food donations at one of 4 sites that collectively gathered 1.4 million pounds of food in 12 hours in the Twin Cities, less than 20 miles from where this happened.

I have the feeling that Thanksgiving is going to be extra tense in a lot of homes...

[BeanMusical]

61. There are also some unbelieveable comments in this thread, unfortunately.

[Ken Burch]

64. Assholetarian. n/t.

[UglyGreed]

67. Sick!!!!

[UglyGreed]

68. Police detained a second driver after he sped though marchers

http://www.startribune.com/video/283919501.html?chan=video&pn=1

[blackspade]

71. what a scumbag.

[malthaussen]

72. A car running over protesters is an "altercation?"

I need to update my dictionary to include News-speak.

-- Mal

[csziggy]

80. Didn't the same happen at an Occupy protest last year?

I never heard if they charged the driver from that case.

Oh - there were two incidents - one in Washington DC and one in Oakland CA. I was thinking of the Oakland incident.

DC: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/occupy-dc-protesters-struck-car-event-backed-koch-brothers-injuring-3-driver-won-charged-cops-article-1.972613

Oakland:

http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Mercedes-hits-2-Occupy-Oakland-protesters-2324827.php

[workinclasszero]

86. Yup this all shows what is in store for anyone

that opposes the white rich wall street vulture capitalists that are destroying this country.

[Comrade Grumpy]

82. Has the driver been arrested yet? Any updates?

[Aquavit]

83. Today's update from the Star Tribune...

According to Minneapolis police, the driver was trying to "flee the mob." Meanwhile, his mother said he "had no idea what was going on." The official report labels the driver as the victim, while the actual victim who got run over was declared "other."

It absolutely stuns me that no charges have yet been filed. What a hideously botched response to an unbelievable situation. The comments in the story below make me ashamed to say I'm from Minnesota, too...

http://www.startribune.com/local/minneapolis/283973831.html

[Jimbo S]

85. If that car tried driving over/through a cop

you know the cop would start shooting.

[question everything]

91. Driver was fleeing the "mob"

http://www.startribune.com/local/minneapolis/283973831.html

The driver who lurched into a south Minneapolis intersection packed with protesters Tuesday was “attempting to flee from the mob” when he ran into and slightly injured a 16-year-old girl as others perched on the hood of his car, police said Wednesday.

His mother said in an interview that Rice was coming home from work and “didn’t even know what was going on” when he encountered the group of several hundred people. The protestors were blocking the intersection as part of a day of demonstrations over Monday’s grand jury decision on the Ferguson, Mo., police shooting.

The girl who was run over by the horn-blaring Subaru station wagon was taken by emergency responders to Regions Hospital for minor injuries.

“The victim’s vehicle was damaged by a large group of people,” said the report released early Wednesday by police. “While [the driver] was attempting to flee from the mob, he struck a pedestrian. State accident report filed.”

Rice’s driving history in Minnesota includes three drunken driving convictions, with the most recent coming in 2003, according to court records. He’s also been convicted of driving with an open liquor bottle, and driving after his license was canceled and in violation of restrictions placed on his license. The most recent of these convictions came in early 2008...State officials said Rice has a valid driver’s license... Soon after leaving the intersection, Rice pulled over and called 911