Truck drives through abortion rights protesters in Iowa

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — A truck hit not less than two protesters Friday night time following an abortion rights rally in Iowa.

Lyz Lenz, a neighborhood journalist and creator, instructed The Related Press that she noticed the motive force swerve round one other automobile and hit two girls on a crosswalk in downtown Cedar Rapids round 7:15 p.m.

She mentioned the truck drove over the foot of one of many protesters, and police took the girl to the hospital.

“There was a second the place I mentioned, ‘I feel I’ll see my buddies die,’” mentioned Lenz, who has written about quite a few topics together with the white supremacist who drove his automobile into counterprotesters in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017.

Lenz mentioned the ladies struck Friday had been chanting disparaging issues about Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds. She mentioned it was onerous to know whether or not the truck driver was motivated by the chants or being blocked by protesters.

Cedar Rapids police had no speedy remark however deliberate to launch an announcement.

1000’s of spirited demonstrators took to the streets in cities nationwide to protest Friday’s Supreme Courtroom overturning Roe v. Wade. Most carried indicators, chanted slogans and listened to speeches. In Seattle, lots of of individuals blocked a downtown intersection, whereas in Los Angeles, others briefly walked onto a freeway.