Los Angeles police responded Sunday after someone drove a U-Haul truck down a street filled with protesters demonstrating in support of the Iranian people, causing protesters to jump out of the way and then run after the vehicle at full speed in an attempt to attack the driver.
The U-Haul truck, with its side mirrors shattered, was stopped several blocks away and surrounded by police cars. Helicopter footage from ABC7 showed officers keeping the crowd at bay as protesters surrounded the truck, throwing punches at the driver and throwing flagpoles through the driver’s side window.
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The police department confirmed its officers were at the scene, but did not immediately say whether anyone was arrested.
Two people were evaluated by paramedics and both refused treatment, the Los Angeles Fire Department said.
Several hundred people gathered Sunday afternoon in the Westwood neighborhood to protest against the Iranian theocracy. The Los Angeles Police Department eventually issued a dispersal order, and by 5 p.m., only about a hundred protesters were still there, ABC7 reported.
Activists say the crackdown on nationwide protests in Iran has killed more than 530 people. Protesters again flooded the streets of Tehran, Iran’s capital, and its second largest city on Sunday.
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