US police are investigating after a car drove through a crowd of protesters in New York’s Times Square Thursday night. This was reported on Friday, September 4, by the WABC TV channel.
According to preliminary data, the incident took place during the march of the Black Lives Matter movement participants and the rally in support of US President Donald Trump.
The Ford Taurus drove into the square, slowed down, but then sharply rammed the crowd.
No casualties were reported.
After the car left, the rallies continued.
In many American cities, after the death of African American George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, protests continue. At the end of May, the police received a complaint against him, during the arrest one of them squeezed Floyd’s neck. The man later died in intensive care. The police officers involved in this were fired, one of them was accused of negligent murder. In early June, the Minnesota attorney general indicted three more police officers in the Floyd case.
A new wave of unrest erupted after police in the city of Kenosha, Wisconsin, shot several times in the back of African-American Jacob Blake. The victim was hospitalized in serious condition.
The US presidential election is scheduled for November 3.
On August 18, former US Vice President Joe Biden was confirmed by Democratic delegates. A week later, Republicans officially nominated Trump for a second term.