Car drives through crowd of protesters

A vehicle plowed through a group of demonstrators in Minneapolis Tuesday afternoon during a march and rally in the wake of a Missouri grand jury decision not to indict a white police officer for fatally shooting a black teenager. A solidarity rally and march for Michael Brown, who was killed by Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson, was planned Tuesday near the Minneapolis Police Department's 3rd Precinct headquarters at Lake Street and Minnehaha Avenue S. A Star Tribune reporter who is at the rally says that witnesses say the vehicle started honking at protesters blocking the intersection before running down a woman around the start of the rally at 4:30 p.m. In video captured by Star Tribune videographer Mark Vancleave, what appears to be a dark-colored Subaru Outback is seen driving with a few people clinging to its hood as it pushes and then apparently runs over a victim's leg. Protesters rush the vehicle with some people hitting its windows and windshield before it takes off. Other demonstrators stood hand in hand around the woman, who was the only one treated for injuries. She was attended by paramedics in the intersection before she was wheeled into an ambulance. The woman was taken to Regions Hospital in St. Paul with very minor injuries, said Minneapolis police spokesman John Elder. The driver of the vehicle, which was described on the scanner as a dark-colored station wagon, did eventually stop near E 31st Street and 42nd Avenue S., according to authorities. Police are currently speaking with the driver. The driver, who is male, is cooperating with police and not currently under arrest, Elder said. The crowd at the rally has swelled to over 1,000 demonstrators. Credit: Star Tribune