Iowa police say truck made ‘contact’ with person during pro-choice protest after Roe v. Wade reversal

Police in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, say {that a} pickup truck made “contact” with an individual at a pro-choice protest.

A spokesperson with the Cedar Rapids Police Division advised Iowa Information Now that one individual was despatched to the hospital after the incident on Friday, and defined that protesters had been crossing a road whereas a correct sign was displayed, however when it modified, the group was nonetheless strolling on the crosswalk.

A verbal confrontation started between the motive force and protesters, and “contact was made between a car and one of many pedestrians,” based on the police.

Ashley Vanorney, a council member for district 5 in Cedar Rapids, mentioned on Twitter that the truck “plowed into peaceable protestors crossing the pedestrian walkway on the Federal Courthouse.”

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Alexis Russell, who was hit by the truck, advised the outlet that the motive force grabbed her signal and pushed her down.

“I used to be over right here, I turned across the mild was crimson, and the truck bought impatient for no matter purpose and charged into the gang,” Russell mentioned. “There’s at the very least three individuals, I look over I see individuals making an attempt to push the truck again, and I simply immediately bought mad and ran over and tried to cease the truck. I attempted to cease him, he grabbed (and) ripped my signal, and push me down drove off and that was it.”

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Protesters shout as they be part of hundreds marching across the Arizona Capitol after the Supreme Court docket determination to overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade abortion determination Friday, June 24, 2022, in Phoenix. 
(AP Photograph/Ross D. Franklin)

Cedar Rapids Mayor Tiffany O’Donnell mentioned the police division is investigating the incident, including that “we should act in a peaceable and respectful method.”

“Cedar Rapids is a metropolis with a various inhabitants and plenty of viewpoints. In the present day’s Supreme Court docket determination is more likely to elicit robust opinions. What we should do as a metropolis is come collectively, particularly in instances like these. The Cedar Rapids Police Division is conducting a radical investigation into tonight’s incident. All of us have a proper to our opinions, however we should act in a peaceable and respectful method,” O’Donnell mentioned.