Tanker truck drives into protesting crowd
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Protests in several cities for the sixth consecutive night
– – Protests against police violence in the United States continue after the death of African American George Floyd. Demonstrations also took place outside the White House. US President Trump sees left-wing radicals behind the unrest – and announces measures. – –
– A truck drove into a peaceful demonstration during a demonstration in Minneapolis. Apparently there were no deaths. Participants in the rally dragged the driver out of the cab and attacked him. – – – DThe situation in the US city of Minneapolis appears to be escalating further after the violent death of an African American. A tank truck drove at high speed on a highway on Sunday while a protest march was underway with hundreds of participants. It was initially unclear whether the driver was driving towards the crowd on purpose. TV footage showed people jumping to the side before the truck finally stopped. According to official information, no rally participant was injured. “This is a very worrying act by a truck driver on the Interstate-35W that incited the peaceful demonstrators,” said the Minneapolis Public Security Department on Twitter. According to an eyewitness account, the truck driver was pulled from the cab and attacked by angry demonstrators before he could be detained by the local police. The truck driver was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries and was under arrest. At this point you will find content from Twitter In order to interact with or display content from Twitter and other social networks, we need your consent. –
– – – Despite the curfews that have been imposed since Saturday, violent outbreaks also occurred in other large cities in the USA after initially peaceful demonstrations against racism: in Atlanta, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Denver, Cincinnati, Portland, Oregon, Chicago, Seattle, Salt Lake City, Cleveland and Dallas was partially attacked and set fire to police cars, broken windows and looted businesses. Around 170 businesses were robbed in Minneapolis alone, Mayor Jacob Frey told CNN. The rapidly spreading protests in the United States coincide with deep frustration over restrictions on the fight against the corona virus and the economic crisis resulting from the pandemic.
