A man drove an SUV into a group of people protesting Saturday morning on the streets of Bloomington near the Community Farmers' Market. Here's a thread, with some video, about what @idsnews saw and reported on:
Abby Ang with No Space for Hate said the GMC Terrain that drove toward the group, which included black-clad antifa members, seemed to appear out of nowhere. Then Brad Clapper, 41, started yelling at them to get out of the road and onto the sidewalk.
“I got little kids, and you’re scaring them to death,” Clapper said to the protesters.
Later in an interview, Clapper said he felt like he had to go through the group because they were blocking the road. He said his children were screaming and crying in the back of the car.
Later in an interview, Clapper said he felt like he had to go through the group because they were blocking the road. He said his children were screaming and crying in the back of the car.
The video from @hannahboufford shows the next part of what happened. Clapper is trying to take a bandana off an antifa member as others try to draw them away. Clapper said he got out of his car the second time because someone had called him a pussy, which can't be heard here.
Here's the second part of this exchange, where things get more physical. All the footage we have of this situation is shown. The video is broken up because Hannah had to run down the street to get a better view of what was happening.
Ang said she felt Clapper was extremely angry, although he said he never intended to be violent. Some of the parts we didn't get on video are disputed. No police reports have been filed with BPD as of Saturday evening, although Clapper said he talked with officers.
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