Man Drives Car Into Crowd Of Seattle Protesters Before Shooting Demonstrator

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June 8, 2020

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Protests in Seattle took a violent turn on Sunday after an armed man drove into a crowd of Black Lives Matter demonstrators before shooting and wounding a demonstrator.

People march in protest of the death of George Floyd in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle, … [+] Washington on June 1, 2020. – Major US cities — convulsed by protests, clashes with police and looting since the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd a week ago — braced Monday for another night of unrest. More than 40 cities have imposed curfews after consecutive nights of tension that included looting and the trashing of parked cars. (Photo by Jason Redmond / AFP) (Photo by JASON REDMOND/AFP via Getty Images)

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The 27-year-old victim is in stable condition and was taken to Harborview Medical Centre, Seattle’s Fire Department said.

Video shared by Reuters shows a black car driving into protesters on 11th and Pine Street who tried to stop the car, the driver exited the vehicle with a gun and walked into the crowd.

Seattle Police Department says it has taken the man into custody, and that the gun was recovered.

No other injuries were reported, according to police.

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Huge, peaceful protests took place across the U.S. over the weekend, capping off another week of anti-racism demonstrations in response to the death of unarmed black man George Floyd in police custody. Floyd’s death on May 25, after white police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes, has prompted anti-racism protests in cities across the world.

Man Drives Car Into Crowd Of Seattle Protesters Before Shooting Demonstrator

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