BREAKING: Car plows through Trump supporters at BLM protest in California, police charge driver with attempted murder
Editor’s Note: It is clear by the videos below that BLM activists are organized and instructed in terroristic tactics by their leaders.
A car reportedly plowed through a crowd in California as Black Lives Matter protesters clashed with counter-protesters. This is the third vehicle to hit protesters in California in just one week.
The incident in Yorba Linda, California reportedly occurred after counter-protesters crossed the highway to confront Black Lives Matter demonstrators. Initial reports suggested that the white sedan tore through both groups as their demonstrations met in a parking lot, but footage shows that the driver got in [her] car following an argument with Trump supporters and ripped through them.
Police arrested the driver, 40-year-old Tatiana Turner, and charged her with assault with a deadly weapon and attempted murder.
WATCH: A car ripped through a crowd of Trump supporters at a BLM counterprotest in Yorba Linda. It was clearly deliberate and the driver did not stop even as the Trump crowd gathered to tend to the wounded. Trump supporters did NOT attack the driver. pic.twitter.com/f9nu6L0WBu
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) September 27, 2020
Initial reporting from The Orange County Register suggested that two people were injured.
The Orange County Sheriff’s Department released a statement hours after the vehicular attack, stating that the protest resulted in two arrests, and two injuries.
“On September 17, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department became aware of a protest planned in the city of Yorba Linda for today at 2p.m. by a group called Caravan for Justice. Shortly after, a counter protest was planned for the same time. Deputies were present at the beginning of the protests to protect the constitutional rights of all individuals and to protect life and property. Just after the beginning of the protests, it is estimated there were approximately 150 individuals total,” the police wrote.
Caravan for Justice is a Black Lives Matter-affiliated organization that drove through California following the death of George Floyd in late May.
“Approximately 30 minutes after the protests began, we began to receive reports of physical altercations occurring between the two protest groups, including at least one individual who was pepper sprayed by another protester,” stated the police.
Statements on the ground provided to The Post Millennial by independent videographer Tomas Morales suggests that Caravan for Justice protesters pepper sprayed Trump supporters without cause or provocation.
“Today was chaos. BLM started 100% everything. They started pepper spraying for no reason. I got peppered sprayed for filming & accosted,” said Morales. “I was at their event & a BLM organizer was instructing people to use force against Trump supporters.”
According to the police, the physical altercations and reports of individuals in the crowd having weapons prompted them to declare an unlawful assembly and issue a dispersal order. One man, Jason Mancuso, 46, of Anaheim, was reportedly arrested for refusing to obey the order.
“At approximately 3p.m. after several dispersal orders, a vehicle in the parking lot of the Yorba Linda Public Library at 18181 Imperial Highway struck at least two individuals,” stated the OCSD. “The driver, believed to be part of the Caravan for Justice, continued to leave the parking lot and was detained a short distance away from the incident. The two people struck, a man and a woman believed to be at the protest, were transported to a nearby hospital with major injuries but are expected to survive.”
According to police, the driver, Tatiana Turner, 40, of Long Beach, was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon and attempted murder. Police say she will be booked into the Orange County Jail and that an investigation is ongoing.
Images posted to social media show one individual bleeding from the knee.
A car just drove through a crowd. The crowd then chased after the white sedan. This person was hurt. pic.twitter.com/0iAhWkcRnu
— Brian Rokos (@Brian_Rokos) September 26, 2020
Independent videographer Tomas Morales captured the aftermath of the violence.
*GRAPHIC* Trump supporter was struck by a car. Details unclear on who hit the man. His ankle is visibly broken. #YorbaLinda pic.twitter.com/zhqcFcE8Gt
— Tomas Morales (@TomasMorales_iv) September 26, 2020
Someone ran their car through a crowd of Trump supporters. OC Sheriffs took the person into custody. Ambulances were dispatched, but I don't have information on injuries pic.twitter.com/EAWBSXS8R1
— Border Photog #blm (@desertborder) September 26, 2020
YORBA LINDA: BLM supporter pepper sprays man for no reason (only caught the tail end).
— Tomas Morales (@TomasMorales_iv) September 26, 2020
She then proceeds to pepper spray me for filming & a woman tells me to go to the other side. I was wearing plain clothes and recording the BLM speakers earlier. pic.twitter.com/MbvjjJkpPp
“I was at their event & a BLM organizer was instructing people to use force against Trump supporters,” Morales added.
#YorbaLinda: BLM organizer was instructing the crowd to push people with flags away.
— Tomas Morales (@TomasMorales_iv) September 27, 2020
“Once they start putting that thing in your face, push it to the side” pic.twitter.com/1koqsavffb
2:25pm shortly after the March for Equality event gathered, a man not affiliated with BLM was pepper sprayed for being in the area.
— Tomas Morales (@TomasMorales_iv) September 27, 2020
This was starting point for what followed after. #YorbaLinda pic.twitter.com/Ijg4hP25sU
Local reporter Brian Rokos tweeted a photo of a Sheriff helicopter, reportedly warning the crowd that they had five minutes to vacate the area.
And the Orange County Sheriff’s Department just announced from a helicopter loudspeaker that this is an unlawful assembly and that all protesters have five minutes to leave. pic.twitter.com/q8P2zxApeI
— Brian Rokos (@Brian_Rokos) September 26, 2020
