Cenk Uygur
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Police Van Runs Over Innocent Protesters
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October 21, 2016
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9:29Now PlayingA rally by Philippine indigenous people protesting the US presence in the country turned violent early on Wednesday, as police efforts to disperse the crowd ended with a police van ramming and running over some demonstrators. Francis Maxwell (TYT Sports), Hasan Piker (Pop Trigger), and Amberia Allen, hosts of The Young Turks, break it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
A Philippine police van rammed into protesters, leaving several bloodied, as an anti-U.S. rally turned violent Wednesday at the American Embassy in Manila.
The van's driver, police officer Franklin Kho, told reporters he did not deliberately hit the protesters but was trying to drive away from them because they were hitting the vehicle with wooden clubs and he feared they would commandeer it and use it to attack other policemen. "They were already trying to seize the vehicle," Kho told reporters.
Associated Press TV footage showed the van repeatedly ramming the protesters as it drove wildly back and forth after activists surrounded and started hitting it with the wooden batons they seized from police.
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Hosts: Francis Maxwell, Hasan Piker, Amberia Allen
Cast: Francis Maxwell, Hasan Piker, Amberia Allen
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