The thing about protesters — and we’ve seen this before — is that they will literally throw themselves in front of a moving car rather than let it pass through one of their illegal human roadblocks. Something infects their brains and takes over.
As Twitchy reported earlier, the Washington Post reported on a Detroit police SUV whose driver “just floored it” and “plowed through” a large group of “largely peaceful” protesters who had surrounded the vehicle and reportedly broken out the back window. Did a few protesters who’d climbed on the hood of the SUV get flung off? Yes, they did.
It seems the Detroit Police Department didn’t enjoy the publicity and decided to release some dash cam video of police vehicles being surrounded by protesters, some of whom decided to lean up against the hood to force the drivers to stop.
Protesters surround two Detroit Police vehicles. Here's dash cam video for 1st vehicle pic.twitter.com/WGB6pgJeLk
— Detroit Police Dept. (@detroitpolice) June 29, 2020
Protesters surround two Detroit Police vehicles. Dash cam video from 2nd vehicle pic.twitter.com/o5JPjU1ycL
— Detroit Police Dept. (@detroitpolice) June 29, 2020
It really does look like “The Walking Dead” out there. And here’s Detroit’s police chief giving a briefing on that SUV plowing through protesters.
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Today @detroitpolice @ChiefJECraigDPD held a press conference regarding the incident involving protesters and officers on the city’s west side. pic.twitter.com/vc0Pl4Xxfa
— Detroit Police Dept. (@detroitpolice) June 29, 2020
And here’s a shot of the SUV with the back window smashed out.
While surrounding the vehicle protesters damaged the rear window of the scout car. pic.twitter.com/95dKymPoyF
— Detroit Police Dept. (@detroitpolice) June 29, 2020
If you’re having a mostly peaceful protest, could you march on the sidewalk and still get your point across?
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Detroit police SUV ‘plows through’ protesters, flings off ‘largely peaceful’ protesters who had climbed on hood, broken out window https://t.co/87UvhcXp4g
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) June 29, 2020
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