SUV plows into BLM protest in NYC's Times Square, similar potentially deadly attacks happening around U.S.

#BreakingNews an SUV just plowed through protesters on 42nd street in #manhattan Still assessing injuries if any. More on @NY1 #blacklivesmatter #nycprotest more on @NY1, tweeted NY1 news reporter Ruschell Boone [@RuschellBoone] at 10:19pm New York Time.

#BreakingNews an SUV just plowed through protesters on 42nd street in #manhattan Still assessing injuries if any. More on @NY1 #blacklivesmatter #nycprotest more on @NY1 pic.twitter.com/RMs1tsc2zT

— Ruschell Boone (@RuschellBoone) July 8, 2020

The tactic was used in Charlottesville, and resulted in the death of a protester. SUVs driving into Black Lives Matter protesters is a thing that has been happening in mid-2020 throughout the United States. This is a domestic terrorism meme of sorts, and copycats seem to be copying one another.

While we dont know who was driving this SUV, we do know theres a clear pattern of extremist vehicle attacks targeting BLM protesters.

As I told @NPR the other week, this is increasingly a deliberate tactic (as we saw in Charlottesville, Richmond, etc): https://t.co/ajiRh9LVS6

— Amy Spitalnick (@amyspitalnick) July 8, 2020

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