A man was hit by a cab in downtown Manhattan Thursday during the second night in a row of protests in the heart of New York City against a grand jury’s decision to not indict a police officer for choking Eric Garner to death on a Staten Island street.
At around 8pm ET, protesters near Broadway and Chambers Street in the Tribeca neighborhood of Manhattan witnessed a taxi cab hit a protester.
The condition of the protester is unknown.
NYC: Manhattan bridge now being closed by NYPD – A car just ran over a protestor at W. Broadway and Chambers st EMS responding.
— NYScanner (@nyscanner) December 5, 2014
https://twitter.com/pzf/status/540673573611139072
Man just hit by cab on chambers and w broadway. License plate tlc 643 414
— Andrew Dunn (@AndrewDunnLIS) December 5, 2014
https://twitter.com/pedrovalor/status/540676463364960256
The march down Chambers St. shut down the entire road, much like the protests did Wednesday to some of New York City’s biggest avenues.
#EricGarner marchers moving down Chambers St. en route to Battery Prk pic.twitter.com/6K1CderaBM
— Dan (@danrosenblum) December 5, 2014
A similar incident took place last week during protests against the Darren Wilson and Michael Brown decision in Minneapolis. A car sped through the crowd then and ran over a female protester who, it turned out, suffered only minor injuries.
This story is developing.
Photo via Patrick Howell O’Neill