Justice
Why Vehicle Attacks Against Protesters Are Rising
Drivers have repeatedly targeted George Floyd demonstrations with vehicle ramming attacks — a lethal terror tactic fueled in part by far-right memes.
Hundreds of protesters who occupied a highway in Minneapolis on Sunday faced a harrowing moment when a tanker truck came barreling toward them. In a widely shared video of the incident, the crowd of people on I-35 parts like the river as they realize that the truck wouldn’t be stopping.
On Tuesday afternoon, the driver of that truck was released from jail. A full investigation is still pending, but Minnesota authorities don’t believe that he was trying to actively terrorize the protesters — he just panicked.