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AdvertisementNone hurt after driver speeds by Newton Black Lives Matter protestHide TranscriptShow TranscriptDAVID? JOSH: THIS WAS A BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTEST. MANY OF THE PROTESTERS WERE TEENAGERS. NONE OF THEM WAS HURT, BUT THEY SAY IT WAS A CLOSE CAL VIDEO POSTED ONLINE SHOWS A PICKUP TRUCK ACCELERATIN THROUGH PROTESTERS IN FRONT OF NEWTON CITY HALL. AND AT LEAST ONE OF TH PROTESTERS JUMPS OUT OF ITS WAY. RACHEL: HE WAS JUST RECKLESSLY PUTTING ALL OF THESE PEOPLE DANGER. AND THANK GOD NO ONE WAS HURT. DAVID: PROTESTERS SAY A COUP MINUTES EARLIER, THE MAN HAD COME OUT OF CITY HALL, WALKED PAST THEM AND MADE A COMMENT ABOUT BLACK LIVES MATTER &gt;&gt; ALL BLACK LIV MATTER? [INDISCERNIBLE] AND THEN HE GOES, WHAT ABOUT THE UNBORN BLAC BABIES? &gt;&gt; THE CROWD SHOUTED AT THE MAN TO LEAVE, HE DID BUT TURNED BACK TO ARGUE. HONKING AND HEADS TURNING. AS THE MAN CIRCLED BACK AROUND IN HIS PICKUP. DO I THINK HE WANTED TO HURT PEOPLE? I CAN’T SAY DEFINITIVELY, BUT HE WAS RECKLESS. DAVID: DID ANYON RUN TOWARDS THE TRUCK? &gt;&gt; PEOPLE WENT UP AND YELLED AT HIM. DAVID: DID THE POLICE SEE IT? &gt;&gt; YES. &gt;&gt; WE ARE TRYING TO MAKE SURE WHERE THE POLICE WERE. DAVID: THE MAYOR SAYS WHEREVER THE POLICE WERE, THEY ARE NOW INVESTIGATING WHAT THE DRIVER DID AND IF IT WAS CRIMINAL. IF IT WAS AS DANGEROUS AS THE REPORTS SUGGEST, I A SURE THE POLICE WILL APPROPRIATELY CHARGE THE PERSON. DAVID: N CHARGES AT THIS POLICE POINT, HAVE NOT IDENTIFIED THE DRIVER. WE TRIED TO REACH OUT TO HIM THROUGH THE VEHICLE’S REGISTRATIAdvertisementNone hurt after driver speeds by Newton Black Lives Matter protestA peaceful Black Lives Matter protest by mostly teens on Tuesday took a frightening turn after a man in a truck revved his engine, beeped repeatedly and sped toward a small crowd gathered in front of City Hall, Wicked Local/Newton reported. “It was horrifying,” said Newton North student Rachel Alpert-Wisnia, 16, one of the demonstration organizers. Nobody was hit, but in two videos the truck can be seen moving quickly as students standing in the round driveway hurriedly got out of the way.“We are fortunate that no one was hurt,” said Mayor Ruthanne Fuller in an email. Members of her staff who witnessed the event gave statements to police who are investigating.Fuller and Alpert-Wisnia also noted that the truck could have left from a different exit where nobody was standing.Even before the man drove his truck toward the group of about 50 protesters, he confronted them as one person made a speech on the steps facing Walnut Street. As an organizer spoke about her experiences with racism, the man interrupted and yelled at the crowd, asking if they cared about “unborn Black babies.”Alpert-Wisnia said she didn’t know what would have happened if her dad, a few teachers from Newton North and other adults hadn’t been there to help and get the man to leave.“After this, we’re much more aware” of the potential dangers at protests, she said. “It was a learning experience in many ways.”Before the informal group made their way over to City Hall after 2 p.m., they sat in the middle of Commonwealth and Lowell avenues for eight minutes to honor George Floyd, an unarmed Black man killed by Minneapolis Police.Alpert-Wisnia said they tried to make sure cars could get around the group.Despite the frightening incident, she said she and her fellow organizers are planning to hold another protest next month.A peaceful Black Lives Matter protest by mostly teens on Tuesday took a frightening turn after a man in a truck revved his engine, beeped repeatedly and sped toward a small crowd gathered in front of City Hall, “It was horrifying,” said Newton North student Rachel Alpert-Wisnia, 16, one of the demonstration organizers. Nobody was hit, but in two videos the truck can be seen moving quickly as students standing in the round driveway hurriedly got out of the way.Advertisement“We are fortunate that no one was hurt,” said Mayor Ruthanne Fuller in an email. Members of her staff who witnessed the event gave statements to police who are investigating.Fuller and Alpert-Wisnia also noted that the truck could have left from a different exit where nobody was standing.Even before the man drove his truck toward the group of about 50 protesters, he confronted them as one person made a speech on the steps facing Walnut Street. As an organizer spoke about her experiences with racism, the man interrupted and yelled at the crowd, asking if they cared about “unborn Black babies.”Alpert-Wisnia said she didn’t know what would have happened if her dad, a few teachers from Newton North and other adults hadn’t been there to help and get the man to leave.“After this, we’re much more aware” of the potential dangers at protests, she said. “It was a learning experience in many ways.”Before the informal group made their way over to City Hall after 2 p.m., they sat in the middle of Commonwealth and Lowell avenues for eight minutes to honor George Floyd, an unarmed Black man killed by Minneapolis Police.Alpert-Wisnia said they tried to make sure cars could get around the group.Despite the frightening incident, she said she and her fellow organizers are planning to hold another protest next month.Loading more articles...

AdvertisementNone hurt after driver speeds by Newton Black Lives Matter protestHide TranscriptShow TranscriptDAVID? JOSH: THIS WAS A BLACK LIVES MATTER PROTEST. MANY OF THE PROTESTERS WERE TEENAGERS. NONE OF THEM WAS HURT, BUT THEY SAY IT WAS A CLOSE CAL VIDEO POSTED ONLINE SHOWS A PICKUP TRUCK ACCELERATIN THROUGH PROTESTERS IN FRONT OF NEWTON CITY HALL. AND AT LEAST ONE OF TH PROTESTERS JUMPS OUT OF ITS WAY. RACHEL: HE WAS JUST RECKLESSLY PUTTING ALL OF THESE PEOPLE DANGER. AND THANK GOD NO ONE WAS HURT. DAVID: PROTESTERS SAY A COUP MINUTES EARLIER, THE MAN HAD COME OUT OF CITY HALL,...

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