• March 28, 2024

SUV Driver Breaks Through BLM Blockade…Gives Protester a Ride on His Hood

 

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BLM protesters were blocking the road in Carbondale, Illinois, when a driver got impatient and began arguing with them.  As they surrounded his SUV, he drove through them and one of the protesters got a free ride on the hood of his car.

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From KFVS 12:

As many as 100 protesters were setting off fireworks, chanting and marching through the streets of Carbondale, Ill. around  11 p.m. when the incident occurred.

Police say an unknown demonstrator was either hit by the passing vehicle, or jumped on the hood of the vehicle. They say the vehicle then drove off before stopping a block away.

The demonstrators followed the vehicle and surrounded it. Police say as the driver tried to get out of the vehicle, he was hit in the face by an unknown suspect.

Next, police say an unknown suspect ignited a smoke bomb inside of the victim’s vehicle, causing it to fill with smoke. It was then towed from the area.

Officers with the Carbondale Police Department responded to break up the crowds.

Police say neither suspect has been identified. They say the driver had minor injuries and did not require medical attention.

According to Lieutenant Matt Dunning with the Carbondale Police Department, at this time, no one has been arrested and no charges have been filed pending an investigation of the incident.

We reached out to Carbondale’s human relations commission chair, Jerrold Heinrich, who said there were wrongs and rights done on both sides; and now it’s time to come together.

“I think that we saw a manifestation here in this video of not, of not the police and the community having relationship issues, but in fact that the community itself expressing polarized opinions,” he said. “And I think that that’s something that needs to be addressed more specifically.”

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