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Eugene

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Tue Oct 11, 2016, 12:18 PM Oct 2016

Truck Plows Through Nevada Crowd During Columbus Day Protest

Source: Associated Press

Truck Plows Through Nevada Crowd During Columbus Day Protest

By SCOTT SONNER, ASSOCIATED PRESS RENO, Nev. — Oct 11, 2016, 12:00 PM ET

The founder of a Native American rights group that was rallying in Reno, Nevada, when a pickup truck plowed through protesters wants to know why police haven't arrested the driver.

One woman remained hospitalized Tuesday with non-life threatening injuries. Four others suffered minor injuries Monday night in what one witness described as a hate crime.

A Facebook Live video of the protest shows a pickup truck revving its engine in front of the crowd in Reno's downtown. Several protesters confronted the driver and the passenger before the truck drives through the crowd at about 6:40 p.m. Monday.

The driver of the white Nissan pickup stopped several blocks away and called police "to provide his account of the events," Reno Police Sgt. James Pitsnogel said in a statement early Tuesday. The driver and a passenger were interviewed and are cooperating, he said. No other details were released.

Mike Graham, founder of the Oklahoma-based United Native American Association, said he planned to meet with Reno police Tuesday to find out more about the incident.

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Truck Plows Through Nevada Crowd During Columbus Day Protest (Original Post) Eugene Oct 2016 OP
Here's a clip from the live feed. progressoid Oct 2016 #1
Maybe the protesters shouldn't have threatening the driver. NobodyHere Oct 2016 #2
 

NobodyHere

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2. Maybe the protesters shouldn't have threatening the driver.
Tue Oct 11, 2016, 09:32 PM
Oct 2016

I fully support the driver in this case.

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