2011/11/04



  Car Plows into Crowd of Occupy D.C. Protesters in Northwest: MyFoxDC.com

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wapo's Tim Craig twitter feed




2 incidents involving the same driver

Sunday, 11:39 my google news search turns up :


Washington protesters hit by car, no visible injuries: police

Reuters - 
(Reuters) - Three activists protesting economic inequality were struck by a car and mildly injured late on Friday night as they attempted to block traffic near a gathering of conservatives in the nation's capital, police said on Saturday.

Police, Occupy DC Protesters Differ on Collision

ABC News - 
The driver slowed down, threw up his hands in apparent frustration and then drove forward, hittingthem, she said. Brandy Sippel, who is six months pregnant, was grazed by the car's rearview mirror. Heidi Sippel said she and her son were both hit by ...

Witnesses differ over fault when car hit 3 protesters

WJLA - 
They were trying to block cars from driving past the convention center. ABC7's Mike Conneen talked with the protesters who were hit by the car, a family from Dayton, Ohio, including a 36-year-old pregnant woman and a 13-year old boy.

Protesters Hit By Car at End of Occupy March

NBC Bay Area - 
As the protest was winding down around 8 pm, two participants were injured when a car hit them in what would have been an open intersection.

Latest Developments in the Occupy Protests

ABC News - 
The driver slowed down, threw up his hands in apparent frustration and then drove forward, hittingthem, she said. Brandy Sippel, who is six months pregnant, was grazed by the car's rearview mirror. Heidi Sippel said she and her son were both hit by ...


MPD and Occupy D.C. Offer Different Versions of Collision: DCist

dcist.com/2011/11/mpd_and_occupy_dc_offer_different_v.php
1 hour ago – MPD said the driver, 38-year-old Shawn Valentine of Clinton, Md., was not cited because he had a green light when his vehicle struck three ...

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