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Tuesday, June 30, 2020

Can't say that I blame the cop

DETROIT - What had been a mostly peaceful protest took a dangerous turn late Sunday when a Detroit police officer drove an SUV through a crowd of protesters after they surrounded the vehicle and began pounding on it.

With the overhead lights flashing, the officer behind the wheel gunned the accelerator, sending protesters flying onto the pavement while others scurried out of the way as the vehicle lurched through the crowd. At one point, the SUV jerked to a stop and then sped away with at least two protesters on the hood, throwing them to the ground a dozen yards later.
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Kinda funny how they use the words "peaceful protest" and "surrounded the vehicle and began pounding on it" in the same paragraph, ain't it?