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Car accelerates through Black Lives Matter protesters in Times Square, who had gathered to honor Daniel Prude
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Car accelerates through Black Lives Matter protesters in Times Square, who had gathered to honor Daniel Prude

Police say the driver was a pro-Trump demonstrator.

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Dramatic cellphone video captured a car accelerating into a crowd of Black Lives Matter protesters in New York City's Times Square Thursday night. No one was seriously injured, and police are searching for the driver.

The demonstrators had gathered to protest the death of Daniel Prude, who died days after a controversial arrest by Rochester police officers. Prude died in March, but disturbing body camera footage of the incident was released by his family on Wednesday. The video showed officers placing a "spit hood" over Prude's head, then pressing his head into the ground while he lay on the street naked and handcuffed.

Protest erupted nationwide and a day after the video's release, seven officers involved in Prude's death were suspended.