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Driver of Truck That Rolled Through Minneapolis Protest Charged With Assault

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   Authorities in Minnesota they say the driver of a semitrailer who
   rolled toward of crowd of thousands of people marching on a closed
   Minneapolis freeway over the death of George Floyd has been charged on
   suspicion of assault.

   The Hennepin County Sheriffs' office identified the driver as
   35-year-old Bogdan Vechirko.

   Law enforcement officials say Vechirko was driving the tanker truck
   late Sunday as it sped towards a group of protesters on Interstate
   highway 35W near downtown Minneapolis. Witnesses say the driver sounded
   a horn but did not slow down as his truck approached the crowd.

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