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Video shows SUV colliding with protesters in Boston street

Video shows SUV colliding with protesters in Boston street
OUT. SOMEONE JUST GOT HIT. OH. SEVERAL JUST GOT HIT RUN OVER. >> SOMEONE -- I DIDN'T GET IT. SEVERAL PEOPLE JUST GOT RUN OVER BY A CAR. THE FRONT WINDSHIELD WAS SHATTERED. THAT WAS WHAT WE WERE AFRAID OF EARLIER WITH ALL THESE PEOPLE IN THE STREETS AND NOW THE
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Video shows SUV colliding with protesters in Boston street
During a live report Sunday night on the violence in downtown Boston, an SUV went through a crowd and appeared to hit several people.The incident occurred on Tremont Street while reporter Peter Eliopoulos was describing the chaotic scene. "Several people just got hit," he said. "Several people just run over by a car. The front windshield was shattered."Eliopoulos later explained he reported the incident to a police representative. Violent confrontations and looting occurred throughout the area after a day of mostly peaceful protests calling for justice in the death of George Floyd, who died in Minneapolis on Memorial Day when a police officer kneeled on his neck during an arrest.

During a live report Sunday night on the violence in downtown Boston, an SUV went through a crowd and appeared to hit several people.

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The incident occurred on Tremont Street while reporter Peter Eliopoulos was describing the chaotic scene.

"Several people just got hit," he said. "Several people just run over by a car. The front windshield was shattered."

Eliopoulos later explained he reported the incident to a police representative.

Violent confrontations and looting occurred throughout the area after a day of mostly peaceful protests calling for justice in the death of George Floyd, who died in Minneapolis on Memorial Day when a police officer kneeled on his neck during an arrest.