https://www.newsweek.com/ice-guard-allegedly-drove-pickup-truck-group-peaceful-protesters-he-ran-us-over-1454442

man, allegedly a correctional officer, drove a pickup truck into a group of Jewish peaceful demonstrators protesting outside the Wyatt Detention Center in Rhode Island on Wednesday night.

Hundreds of Jewish protesters, mostly members of Never Again Action, a group that advocates for the rights of migrants detained by ICE, gathered outside the Donald W. Wyatt Detention facility in Central Falls on Wednesday evening. The protesters stood blocking the entrance of the facility, linking arms while chanting for the abolition of ICE and the end to America's harsh immigration policies.

At around 10 p.m. local time, a dark-colored pickup truck drove slowly up to a group of roughly 40-50 protesters blocking the entrance to the location's parking lot, before driving straight through the crowd, according to a video uploaded to Twitter.

ICE protest

A man, allegedly a U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement officer, driving a truck rammed into a crowd of peaceful protesters blocking the Wyatt Detention Center in Rhode Island on Wednesday.

NEVER AGAIN ACTION TWITTER/SCREENSHOT

Amy Anthony, one of the protest's organizers, told Newsweek that the group has identified the man driving the truck as a correctional officer. "We have confirmed that the person driving the truck is a correctional officer who works for the detention facility," she said. "The driver was in his uniform when he hit the protestors. His rank and name were embroidered on his shirt and he was wearing a badge at the time."

Never Again Action claimed in a tweet that the truck belonged to an "ICE guard," however later clarified that he was a correctional officer in a press release.

Although Anthony says the group has obtained what they believe to be the driver's name, they have yet to confirm with law enforcement and has declined to provide details until his identity is officially confirmed.

Videos of the incident showed protesters screaming in panic as the car drove through the crowd. Shortly after the demonstrators began chanting "The whole world is watching" as they gathered around the truck.

Five protesters suffered non-life threatening injuries from being hit by the truck, Anthony told Newsweek. Two of the protesters were taken to hospital for their injuries. The extent of their injuries are currently unknown.

A dozen officers came out of the facility after protesters surrounded the truck and attempted to move the protesters, Anthony said. When the crowd did not disperse, the officers used pepper spray on several of the demonstrators, according to Anthony and a video of the incident.

Anthony also said that state and local police were on the scene, but did nothing to stop the driver.

"I can say that neither the local police nor the state police reacted in anyway to stop the driver or apprehend the driver or help the crowd," she said. "The police did not do anything. They did not talk to the driver, they did not try to apprehend him. Many protesters were trying to give the police statements and they refused to take our statements." She added that between 100 and 150 people witnessed the attack.

Never Again Action also shared a video of the aftermath of the incident to social media. "After the first ICE guard ran us over with his truck, the rest of them ran over & pepper-sprayed us. The police present just stood by and watched, doing nothing," the group tweeted. "#NeverAgainMeans doing what it takes to #ShutDownICE. We'll be back."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4323789&forum_id=2#38691124)

Looks to me like a bunch of people hiding in a crosswalk at night time and acting surprised when a driver has to unexpectedly stop to avoid hitting them, and then violently mobbing his vehicle.

Cartoon world.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4323789&forum_id=2#38691149)

He was making a right turn, but there were people in his right lane (standing) and I'm sure he saw them, thus he makes a turn from a further lane to avoid them. I'm not so sure he saw the people in the crosswalk sitting down on the road he was turning onto, until he's about to hit them.

He's rolling into work at 5AM in the dark, hard for me to tell what he can and can't see, but I wouldn't be surprised if he was focusing more on the standing people in the road he was turning from and genuinely didn't see people sitting or laying on the road he's turning into.

One thing is for certain, if he wanted to hit them, he surely could have.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4323789&forum_id=2#38691186)

With that said, it is more likely that he knew they were there.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4323789&forum_id=2#38691213)

this is the exact smartest course of action to defuse this situation with no one getting hurt. he needs to get past them to go to work, and he did a great job of making them get out of the way without hurting anyone or putting anyone in danger

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4323789&forum_id=2#38691253)

some JEWWWWSSSS

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4323789&forum_id=2#38691304)