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Protesters try to attack driver after truck speeds  through anti-Iran demonstration

Share FacebookTwitterWhatsAppPinterestLinkedinCopy URLTelegramEmailTumblrReddItPrintKoo LOS ANGELES, Jan 12: Los Angeles police responded Sunday after somebody drove a U-Haul box truck down a street crowded with marchers demonstrating in support of the Iranian people, causing protesters to scramble out of the way and then run after the speeding vehicle to try to attack the driver. The U-Haul truck, with a window and side mirrors shattered, was stopped several blocks away and surrounded by police cars. ABC7 news helicopter footage showed officers keeping the crowd at bay as demonstrators swarmed the truck, throwing punches at the driver and thrusting flagpoles through the driver’s side window.

Protesters try to attack driver after truck speeds  through anti-Iran demonstration

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Key Highlights

  • The driver, a man who was not identified, was detained “pending further investigation,” police said in a statement Sunday evening.
  • The police statement said one person was hit by the truck but nobody was seriously hurt.
  • Two people were evaluated by paramedics and both declined treatment, the Los Angeles Fire Department said.
  • Several hundred people, some waving the flag of Iran, had gathered Sunday afternoon along Veteran Avenue in LA’s Westwood neighborhood to protest against the Iranian theocracy.
  • Police eventually issued a dispersal order, and by 5 p. m.
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