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Right-wing extremists are turning cars into weapons, with reports of at least 50 vehicle-ramming incidents since protests against police violence erupted nationwide in late May.
At least 18 are categorized as deliberate attacks; another two dozen are unclear as to motivation or are still under investigation, according to a count released Friday by Ari Weil, a terrorism researcher at the University of Chicago’s Chicago Project on Security and Threats. Weil has tracked vehicle-ramming attacks, or VRAs, since protests began.
The 20 people facing prosecution in the rammings include a state leader of the Virginia Ku Klux Klan, as well as a California man who was charged with attempted murder after antagonizing protesters and then driving into them, striking a teenage girl. Video footage of some attacks shows drivers yelling at or threatening Black Lives Matter protesters before hitting the gas.
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Two protesters involved in an incident with a driver in downtown Louisville on Wednesday morning have been charged with first-degree rioting and obstructing a highway, among other things.
The driver, who hit a protester with her vehicle as she was leaving a crowd, has come forth to the Louisville Metro Police Department but no charges were filed against her, according to LMPD spokesman Dwight Mitchell. The Jefferson County Attorney's Office is reviewing the case to determined if any charges will be filed, Mitchell said.
According to a police incident report, around 8:30 a.m. Wednesday, a group of protesters blocked the intersection of Liberty and Sixth streets and would not let the driver, operating a Buick LeSabre, pass.
The driver, whose name was redacted in the report, told police that protesters surrounded her car and "a verbal altercation occurred after which the protesters began to reach into her car, scratching her vehicle window ... and assaulting her, pulling her hair (pulling out a dreadlock)." Police say the driver sustained a minor injury.
The report goes on to say that the driver told police that after seeing one of the protesters with a handgun, she was "in fear for her life and drove away from the crowd." She subsequently hit one of the protesters running toward the vehicle.
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