Rioting In Ferguson (St. Louis), MO Following Police Shooting (08/11/2014)

[Phil Fiord]

And the division of Urban v Rural widens. Recall that when TSHTF urban areas will be hardest hit. One may say nature has a way of self correcting.

[Ryan Ruck]

I'm really getting fed up with this bullshit. It is long past the time to start hammering these assholes...

Navy Vet, 100, Persuades Protesters To Let Him Speak: 'Give Me A Chance'

January 3, 2014

U.S. Navy veteran Dario Raschio was all smiles Saturday as he awaited a special honor from U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, who joined him at Portland Community College's Southeast Campus to present the 100-year-old with a handful of medals.

"I feel I'm no hero," said Raschio, dynamic and spry, before the event. "I don't accept it as being a hero. I accept it as being a part of my job."

Shortly after Wyden began speaking, though, protesters erupted in the back of the room, shouting "hands-up, don't shoot!" More than 100 pushed through the doors, banged on the windows from outside and hoisted signs.

Raschio and his daughter, Pam Brown of Portland, had a front-row seat to the spectacle. Raschio's smile faded.

Demonstrators across the country have used "don't shoot" and "hands up" as rallying cries following the fatal shooting of Michael Brown by a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, last fall. "I can't breathe" references the death of Eric Garner, an unarmed black man who died in July following a chokehold by a New York City police officer.

The medal presentation was to be the first event at a Wyden town hall, one of several the senator, D-Oregon, is holding around the state this week. After 15 minutes of shouting, Wyden persuaded the group to stop and let him proceed with the medal presentation.

Raschio's smile returned as Wyden presented him with a frame filled with medals. He was awarded the U.S. Naval Aviator Badge, the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic Pacific Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory medal, the American Defense Service Medal, the "Ruptured Duck" award and the U.S. Navy Honorable discharge pin.

He was also given a flag flown over the U.S Capitol.

"It is never too later for Oregon and America to remember one of our heroes," Wyden said.

Raschio joined the Navy at the age of 27. He piloted observational planes, and was based on the USS Chester. He participated in five campaigns in the Pacific Theatre.

One harrowing incident took place on Easter Sunday in 1944. He had been on a mission and took gunfire. When returning to the ship, his plane went down in the ocean and he figured that he and his passenger were likely to die in the water. A Navy destroyer came along a few hours later and rescued the pair, just as sharks were beginning to circle.

He then revealed the location of an ammo dump they had viewed from the sky on a South Pacific island. The dump was destroyed.

On Saturday, Raschio glossed over the incident. He seemed more concerned by the immediate action he was witnessing. As he grabbed the mic to speak, more shouts came from the back of the room, demanding the military exit from Iraq.

The feisty centenarian quickly responded, "Give me a chance" which brought chuckles from the audience. He further chastised the shouters, saying "Let's show a little respect for this occasion," to which the crowd applauded.

He accepted the medals on behalf of those who died in WWII and ended his short speech by saying, "God bless America. And you people that are here for a cause, whatever it might be—show respect to Sen. Wyden."

Wyden took back the mic, and followed up, "One of the reasons that we can come here today and be heard and express our views is because of veterans like Dario."

But before Raschio could even sit down the unrest resumed. A protester at the front of the room announced that "for 4.5 minutes we are going to take time to pay respect to everybody who has been killed by police in this nation."

With that, the chanting began again. At 3:15, after waiting 45 minutes for the meeting to begin, organizers called it off.

A coalition called Don't Shoot Portland had planned a rally on Southeast 82nd Avenue on Saturday afternoon and two were arrested earlier in the afternoon for allegedly blocking the avenue.

Wyden said later, "I think that the symbolism of having a veteran 100 years old, who fought so gallantly so that those who disagree with government policies and want to exercise their First Amendment rights could be heard, that's what made today so poignant." ()

[American Patriot]

What a bunch of fucktards.

[American Patriot]

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In Ferguson, Scathing US Report Brings Pressure for Change

WASHINGTON — Mar 4, 2015, 7:45 AM ET
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press





FILE - In this Nov. 25, 2014 file photo, police officers watch protesters as smoke fills the streets in Ferguson, Mo. after a grand jury's decision in the fatal shooting of Michael Brown. A Justice Department investigation has found patterns of... View Full Caption The Associated Press






A Justice Department report says blacks in Ferguson, Missouri, are disproportionately subject to excessive police force, baseless traffic stops and citations for infractions as petty as walking down the middle of street.
City officials said Tuesday they were reviewing the report, which they expect to be released Wednesday.
With scathing findings of a months-long investigation being released, attention now turns to Ferguson as the city confronts how to fix racial biases that the federal government says are rooted in the police department, court and jail.
The full report could serve as a roadmap for significant changes by the department, which commanded national attention after one of its officers shot and killed an unarmed black man, 18-year-old Michael Brown, last summer.
Similar federal investigations of troubled police departments have led to the appointment of independent monitors and mandated overhauls in the most fundamental of police practices. The Justice Department maintains the right to sue a police department if officials balk at making changes, though many investigations resolve the issue with both sides negotiating a blueprint for change known as a consent decree.
"It's quite evident that change is coming down the pike. This is encouraging," said John Gaskin III, a St. Louis community activist. "It's so unfortunate that Michael Brown had to be killed. But in spite of that, I feel justice is coming."
Brown's killing set off weeks of protests and initiated a national dialogue about police use of force and their relations with minority communities. A separate report being issued soon is expected to clear the officer, Darren Wilson, of federal civil rights charges. A state grand jury already declined to indict Wilson, who has since resigned.
The findings of the investigation, which began weeks after Brown's killing last August, are being released as Attorney General Eric Holder prepares to leave his job following a six-year tenure that focused largely on civil rights. The report is based on interviews with police leaders and residents, a review of more than 35,000 pages of police records and analysis of data on stops, searches and arrests.
A summary provided Tuesday reveals patterns of bias across the criminal justice system, from encounters with patrol officers to treatment in the municipal court and jail.
It says black drivers are far more likely to be searched than white motorists even though they're less likely to be found with contraband. Nearly all people kept at the city jail for more than two days are black, and of the cases in which the police department recorded instances of use of force, the overwhelming majority involved force used against blacks.
Overall, African-Americans make up 67 percent of the population of Ferguson, about 10 miles from downtown St. Louis. The police department has been criticized as racially imbalanced and not reflective of the community's demographic makeup. At the time of the shooting, only three of 53 officers were black, though Mayor James Knowles III has said the city is attracting a large pool of applicants to police jobs, including minority candidates.

[American Patriot]

No charges.


Washington (CNN)The Justice Department formally closed its investigation of Ferguson Police officer Darren Wilson, declining to bring criminal charges for the killing of Michael Brown.

In a report released Wednesday, prosecutors said that "Wilson's actions do not constitute prosecutable violations" of federal civil rights law.
"There is no evidence upon which prosecutors can rely to disprove Wilson's stated subjective belief that he feared for his safety," the Justice Department report said.
Attorney General Eric Holder is expected to address the findings at 3 p.m. EST.
The Justice Department also issued a 100-page report that it said found systemic racial discrimination by the Ferguson police and court system against African-Americans.
Justice Dept. echoes Ferguson residents' complaints
The report will form a basis for the Justice Department's effort to reach a court-supervised agreement to require reforms at the Ferguson police and courts. Similar agreements, known as consent decrees, are in force with multiple police agencies around the nation, including New Orleans and Cleveland.

The report provides the Justice Department's account to answer some of the most controversial issues in the case, including whether Brown was an aggressor and whether Wilson killed Brown as he was trying to give up.
The Justice Department investigation found that Brown reached into Wilson's squad car and that a struggle ensued. Prosecutors couldn't corroborate Wilson's claim that Brown reached for his gun, but couldn't find any evidence to disprove Wilson's account. Brown moved at least 180 feet away from Wilson, but then turned and moved toward the officer, prosecutors said. Several witnesses claimed that Brown had his hands up, signaling surrender, when Wilson shot him. Some gave varying accounts, and some later recanted those claims made in media interviews.
The report says: "While credible witnesses gave varying accounts of exactly what Brown was doing with his hands as he moved toward Wilson -- ie, balling them, holding them out, or pulling up his pants -- and varying accounts of how he was moving -- i.e. 'charging,' moving in 'slow motion' or 'running' -- they all establish that Brown was moving toward Wilson when Wilson shot him."
In a separate report, the Justice Department described what it said was a "pattern and practice" of discrimination against African-Americans by the Ferguson police and municipal courts.
The department suggested 26 recommendations, including requiring the Ferguson police to providing training to ensure officers aren't using bias in policing; that officers practice community policing by getting out of their cars and getting to know their communities; and that the police focus stops, searches and ticketing on protecting the public instead of as a fundraising method for the city's coffers.
The investigation found that the Ferguson police and courts used minor traffic and other violations to raise money for the city, targeted African-American motorists for traffic infractions, and black residents disproportionately for violations such as jay walking.
The report issued on the Ferguson police's practices cites racist emails exchanged by city employees to show a culture that abetted discriminatory behavior.
"Our review of documents revealed many additional email communications that exhibited racial or ethnic bias, as well as other forms of bias. Our investigation has not revealed any indication that any officer or court clerk engaged in these communications was ever disciplined," the report says.
Nor did they ever see cases of someone asking others to refrain from sending such emails or reported as inappropriate.
A March 2010 email mocked African Americans through speech familial stereotypes, using a story involving child support. One line from the email read: "I be so glad that dis be my last child support payment! Month after month, year after year, all dose payments!"
An April 2011 email depicted President Barack Obama as a chimpanzee.
A June 2011 email described a man seeking to obtain "welfare" for his dogs because they are "mixed in color, unemployed, last, can't speak English and have no frigging clue who their Daddies are."
An October 2011 email included a photo of a bare-chested group of dancing women apparently in Africa, with the caption, "Michelle Obama's High School Reunion."
A December 2011 email included jokes that are based on offensive stereotypes about Muslims.
According to the report, each of these email exchanges involved supervisors of the Ferguson patrol and court operations.
A Justice Department official told reporters that some of the emails were sent by people still involved in helping to negotiate a settlement with the Justice Department. The Justice Department declined to identify them.
City officials informed the Justice Department that "while many FPD supervisors have their email accounts on hard drives in the police department, most patrol officers use a form of webmail that does not retain messages once they are deleted."
According to the report, members of the community recall officers using epithets in public:
In August 2014, an African-American man was having an argument when officers responded and the man was pulled out of his apartment. He responded "you don't have a reason to lock me up" officer responded "N-----, I can find something to lock you up on". Man responded 'good luck with that'. Cop then slammed man's face into a wall and when he fell said "don't pass out motherf-----, because I'm not carrying you to my car."
In July 2014, a man described walking with friends past a group of Ferguson officers who shouted racial epithets at them as they passed.

[American Patriot]

Looks like the Liar Holder is about to speak.

[Ryan Ruck]

FNC has breaking news right now that 2 Ferguson police officers have been shot outside the Ferguson police HQ.

Thanks Obama and Holder for stirring up this shit.

Prayers the officers weren't fatally shot.

[American Patriot]

The officers were not from Ferguson either.

[Ryan Ruck]

Ferguson Police press conference going on now.

Thankfully the 2 officers weren't fatally shot.

[American Patriot]

Michael Brown's family to sue Ferguson, Mo. for wrongful death

Michael Brown's parents, Michael Brown Sr. and Lesley McSpadden, in November.
(Fabrice Coffrini / Getty Images)

By Ryan Parker contact the reporter


Michael Brown's parents plan news conference to give details of wrongful-death lawsuit against Ferguson, Mo.


Michael Brown's parents will sue Ferguson, Mo., on Thursday for the wrongful death of their son, their attorneys confirmed to the Los Angeles Times.


The specifics of the suit will not be released until after a news conference, which the family will hold at 10:30 a.m. local time in front of the St. Louis County courthouse, said Adner Marcelin, a spokesman for the Brown family attorneys, late Wednesday.

A Justice Department investigation found sweeping patterns of racial bias in the Ferguson, Mo., Police Department, according to a law enforcement official familiar with the report.

Brown, who was black and unarmed, was shot to death Aug. 9 by white police Officer Darren Wilson, triggering months of protests and unrest in Ferguson, a predominantly black St. Louis suburb with a mostly white police force.


Demonstrators often chanted, "Hands up, don't shoot," alluding to some witnesses' contention that Brown was trying to surrender when he was killed. Others, including Wilson, said Brown instead was charging at him.


The fatal confrontation began when Wilson told Brown, 18, and a friend to stop walking in the street and get on the sidewalk. The community was enraged not only by the killing but by the fact that authorities left Brown's bloody body in the street for more than four hours.


A St. Louis County grand jury heard evidence in the case for months but did not charge Wilson. The officer, who is no longer with the police force, testified that he feared for his life when he fired his gun, hitting Brown six times. The lack of an indictment set off another round of protests and unrest in November.


To issue an indictment, nine of 12 grand jurors were required to agree. One juror has sued the county prosecutor, seeking the right to speak publicly and hinting that he wanted to charge Wilson.

Ferguson, Mo., police routinely violated blacks' rights, federal inquiry finds

The U.S. Department of Justice also investigated and announced in March that it would not charge Wilson with violating Brown's civil rights. The Justice Department reported that it did not find credible witnesses and evidence to support claims that Brown was shot as he tried to surrender. But the department described a widespread pattern of racial discrimination that had turned Ferguson into a "powder keg" by the time the grand jury declined to indict Wilson.

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• old news, must be a slow media day or the Brown's have fallen out of the limelight.
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The Justice Department accused the Police Department and the local court system of engaging in institutionalized discrimination against black residents -- in essence, using them to generate revenue for the city.


Justice Department officials also found that some police officers had passed around racist emails, including one that likened President Obama to a chimpanzee. Those workers have been fired.

Missouri officials call for 'mutual respect and restraint' in Ferguson

After the Justice Department's announcement, Brown's parents, Michael Brown Sr. and Lesley McSpadden, announced they would sue. Their attorneys have emphasized that a civil suit carries a lower burden of proof than a criminal trial.


They also expressed grief after the local grand jury declined to indict Wilson. In a statement issued in November, Brown's parents said: "We are profoundly disappointed that the killer of our child will not face the consequence of his actions."


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Staff writers Timothy M. Phelps, Matt Pearce, James Queally and Connie Stewart contributed to this report.

[Malsua]

This suit will go no where.

Oh, there will be plenty of wailing and complaining by the race pimps but in the end, they will lose.

[Ryan Ruck]

[American Patriot]

hahahahahahahahaha at the doctor

[American Patriot]

That guy had one of the best parts ever played in Star Trek. He was a hologram but was the most expressive, funniest, dry humor guys I've ever seen next to Bob Newhart (who really should have played the part, and I wonder to this day why he didn't)

[Ryan Ruck]

Agreed.

[Ryan Ruck]

Tensions Flare In Ferguson On Police Shooting Anniversary

August 10, 2015


Demonstrators took to the streets of Ferguson to mark the anniversary of 18-year-old Michael Brown's death in a fateful encounter on August 9, 2014 with officer Darren Wilson

Tensions flared in the US city of Ferguson late Sunday as looters targeted at least one store following a day of somber remembrance to mark the anniversary of the police shooting of an unarmed black teen.

A crowd of about 50 people looted a beauty store in the St. Louis suburb and protesters grew confrontational late in the evening. There was no immediate word of any arrests.

Demonstrators had taken to the streets of Ferguson to mark the anniversary of 18-year-old Michael Brown's death in a fateful encounter on August 9, 2014 with officer Darren Wilson.

The shooting -- and a subsequent decision not to indict Wilson -- led to violent unrest and set off nationwide protests and intense scrutiny of heavy-handed police tactics in a series of cases that ended in the deaths of unarmed blacks.

Sunday's day of remembrance had been peaceful until a handful of protesters grew rowdy later in the evening. A crowd of about 300 people had gathered earlier to mark the anniversary, during which they observed four and a half minutes of silence and released two white doves.

The time represented the four and a half hours that Brown's body lay face down in the street before being taken away.

Many in the crowd in Ferguson wore T-shirts emblazoned with Brown's portrait and the words "Choose Change." Others carried signs, including one that read: "STOP killing black children."

They then set off in a silent march through Ferguson to the Greater St. Mark's Church, which served as a sanctuary during the protests following Brown's death.

Brown's father, also called Michael, said he was grateful so many people had turned out for the march.

"If it wasn't for y'all this would be swept under the carpet. So I just want to give my love out to y'all," he said to the crowd.

In New York, dozens of people gathered at Union Square to hold a vigil for Brown in solidarity with Ferguson and to call for ongoing demonstrations against police killings of minorities.

About 100 people gathered in Brooklyn earlier, staging a symbolic "die-in" to protest Brown's shooting. Police arrested several people.


A demonstrator holds the head of roasted pig during a protest march on August 8, 2015 in Ferguson, Missouri

- 'Glacial' progress -

One year on, black leaders say they have witnessed a dramatic change in American attitudes toward race, but see little action by lawmakers to enact policing reforms.

Yet another high-profile shooting occurred Friday, when a Texas police officer fatally shot 19-year-old unarmed college football player Christian Taylor after he drove his vehicle through the front of a car dealership.

The head of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, one of the country's oldest civil rights group, called the pace of legislative change "glacial."

"In terms of legislative action, 40 legislators have taken up some measure of holding police departments accountable but only a tiny fraction of which actually moved towards holding police departments accountable," said NAACP president Cornell William Brooks in an interview with CBS's Face the Nation.

He urged passage of laws against racial profiling by police and support for reforms requiring body cameras, independent prosecutors and retraining of US police departments.

Erica Snipes, the daughter of Eric Garner, who died after being held in a chokehold by police in New York, also appealed for reform.

"This year has just been so hard. No accountability, no justice. Police are still killing us -- it's a crisis that's going on," she said at the rally in Ferguson.

President Barack Obama meanwhile dismissed criticism that he had been too reluctant to tackle issues of race early in his tenure as America's first African-American president.

"I feel a great urgency to get as much done as possible," he said in an interview with NPR, parts of which were released Sunday.

"And, there's no doubt that after over six and a half years on this job, I probably have an easier time juggling a lot of different issues. And, it may be that my passions show a little bit more. Just because I have been around this track for now for a while."

Outrage over the police killings of Brown and other black Americans in the past year has been channeled into a sustained nationwide movement with the social media hashtag #Blacklivesmatter becoming its rallying cry.

On Saturday, protesters in Ferguson had marched along one of the avenues hit by fierce rioting last November when a court decided not to indict Wilson.

The peaceful march, led by Brown's father, saw participants shout slogans such as "Hands up, don't shoot" and "We do this for who? We do this for Mike Brown."


A makeshift memorial in the street during a memorial service for 18-year-old Michael Brown Jr. on August 9, 2015, at the Canfield Apartments in Ferguson, Missouri


Demonstrators stage a die-in during a Michael Brown memorial protest in Brooklyn, New York, on August 9, 2015


Police shot a man who fired on them in Ferguson, Missouri, late Sunday evening, said the St. Louis County Police Department, following the one-year anniversary of the death of Michael Brown.


Gunfire was heard on the streets of Ferguson, Mo., late Sunday after police officers shot a man who opened fire on police. The shots were fired during protests which marked the one-year anniversary of the death of Michael Brown, an unarmed 18-year-old black teenager who was shot and killed by Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson in 2014.




Michael Brown Sr., (C) father of Michael Brown who was killed by a Ferguson police officer in 2014, holds up his hands at a memorial to his son before leading a protest march in Ferguson, Missouri August 8, 2015. One year after the police shooting of the unarmed black teen thrust Ferguson into the national spotlight, the St. Louis suburb is bracing for a weekend of protests over continued complaints of police violence.


A protest march led by Michael Brown Sr. walks the streets to mark the one year anniversary of the killing of son Michael Brown Jr. in Ferguson, Missouri, August 9, 2015. Hundreds of people marched, prayed and held moments of silence in Ferguson, Missouri on Sunday to mark the anniversary of the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager by a white police officer a year ago.

[Ryan Ruck]

Ferguson Protesters Chant ‘We’re Ready for War’

August 10, 2015

During Sunday night’s protest on the anniversary of the shooting death of African-American man Michael Brown, Ferguson protesters chanted that they were “ready for war.”

Watch, via Twitter:

#Ferguson pic.twitter.com/XPKwgeYcse

— Paul Hampel (@phampel) August 10, 2015

The above video was tweeted out at 10:47 PM Central Time, which means the chant occurred before protesters exchanged gunfire with police officers shortly after 11. CNN also reports that some protesters were chanting “We’re ready for what? We’re ready for war,” during the protests.

[Ryan Ruck]

Per FNC, St. Louis has just issued a state of emergency.

[Ryan Ruck]

Bottles thrown, people maced, 6 arrests tonight. Nothing overly dramatic.

[Ryan Ruck]

Good, old Fergidishu...

Gunfire Breaks Out After Car Runs Over Protester During Michael Brown Event

August 10, 2016

Gunfire broke out during a demonstration in Ferguson, Missouri, on the second anniversary of Michael Brown's death, disrupting what had been a peaceful gathering Tuesday night but apparently wounding no one.

Witnesses told an Associated Press reporter that a car sped through a group of protesters who were blocking a street during the demonstration marking two years since the unarmed black 18-year-old's fatal shooting by a white police officer. They said the car struck a young man so hard that he flew into the air. As the car drove away, shots were fired, they said.

"A lady came down and hit a protester — knocked the shoes off his feet," said Sharon Cowan, who was at the scene. "Hit him, and he rolled and he bounced."

The man appeared to be badly injured and was put into a private car to be taken to a hospital, she said.

Heather De Mian, who frequently livestreams protests in the St. Louis area, said she screamed when the man was hit.

"Then when the bullets flew, I started screaming some more," she said.

Police responded to reports of gunfire but had found no evidence that anyone had been struck, said Ferguson spokesman Jeff Small, who declined to speculate about why the shots were fired.

Earlier in the day, a few hundred people gathered for a memorial service and moment of silence along Canfield Drive at the spot where Brown was fatally shot by officer Darren Wilson after a confrontation on Aug. 9, 2014.

A state grand jury declined to press charges against Wilson, and the U.S. Justice Department later cleared him, concluding that he had acted in self-defense. He resigned in November 2014.

Brown's death led to months of sometimes-violent protests in Ferguson. It was also was a catalyst for the Black Lives Matter movement, which rebukes police treatment of minorities and has grown following several other killings of black men and boys by police, such as Tamir Rice in Cleveland and Philando Castile in Minnesota.

Brown's father, also named Michael Brown, said in a brief speech during the memorial service that the anniversary was a sad day for him and his family, and for the world, too.

"My son built families up, opened the eyes of the world and let them know this ain't right," he said. "This color is not a disease. This color is beautiful. Black is beautiful."

The 2014 shooting also led to a Justice Department investigation that found patterns of racial bias in Ferguson's police and municipal court system. The federal agency and the city agreed this year to make sweeping changes.

This month, more than 60 organizations affiliated with the Black Lives Matter movement released a list of six demands and 40 recommendations for how to achieve policing and criminal justice reforms.

Brandy Shields, 19, went to school with Brown and remembered him as a kid who "never got into trouble." Shields comforted a little girl who was crying at the service.

"It'll get better," Shields told the child. "We have to make it better, but it'll get better."






Car Hits Protester, Gunfire Briefly Erupts At Ferguson Protest

August 10, 2016

A day of peaceful commemoration of the second anniversary of Michael Brown’s death was marred Tuesday night when gunfire broke out after a protester was struck by a motorist.

After a quiet morning vigil and evening church service, the night turned violent when a car struck a protester standing on West Florissant Avenue.

Others among the roughly 75 protesters began trying to cut off the car, which then reversed direction to try to avoid the crowd, according to several witnesses.

At that point, witnesses said, several protesters pulled out guns and began chasing and firing at the fleeing car.

“I just started screaming, and the bullets started flying, and I started screaming some more,” said Heather DeMian, of St. Charles, a regular protester who has been live-streaming Ferguson protests.

It appears the driver did not intentionally strike the protester, according to Ferguson spokesman Jeff Small, who said the woman is being “very, very cooperative” with police.

"Investigators say the woman was simply driving down West Florissant at nighttime, unaware someone was standing in the street, until it was too late to stop before hitting them," Small said in a statement Wednesday morning.

He said there were bullet holes in the woman’s car, but no one in the vehicle was injured.

Police arrived at the scene within a minute, Small said. No arrests were made, and the extent of the injuries to the protester who was struck is unknown because the man was taken from the scene in a private vehicle, Small said.

Two people who were shaken up as the crowd fled the gunfire were taken to a hospital by ambulance.