Buffalo Police: Protester injured when struck by pickup truck in Niagara Square Full Video

 Buffalo Police:  Protester injured when struck by pickup truck in Niagara Square Full Video

A person was struck by a pickup at a protest in Niagara Square Wednesday night, police and witnesses at the scene said.

The victim's injuries weren't considered life threatening, a police source said.

The vehicle suspected of striking the victim was stopped, consistent with police.

A video streamed live by a witness at the scene captured the instant . within the video, a gaggle of protesters surrounds a white car between hall and therefore the McKinley monument. The witness recording the video says he had heard that the car had struck someone, but it doesn't appear anyone is injured. Seconds later, a pickup drives toward the gang and a loud sound is heard. The pickup then drives off.

“Whoa, whoa, whoa,” says the witness within the video, later adding, “so one person was just hit.”

The collision can't be seen within the video. Several people run after the truck, trying to follow it. a gaggle of individuals is then seen around a pickup stopped on Court Street, near the police and fire headquarters building.

Police, at about 9:30 p.m., said no arrests had been made.

Two protesters at the scene said they believe the driving force of the pickup was an equivalent as a lady who was yelling at the protesters earlier within the night.

Chelsea Kofod, a protester from Buffalo who was outside hall when the person was hit, said she was upset that the lady drove away. "It feels very targeted," Kofod said.

A protest of several dozen people was held Wednesday evening in Niagara Square and thru downtown after news from Kentucky that a jury had decided to indict one former policeman on charges of "wanton endangerment" associated with the death of Breonna Taylor. The jury didn't indict the opposite two officers involved during a raid that resulted in Taylor's death.

Kofod and Ike Amyn, another protester, said they noticed the driving force of the pickup before the march returned to Niagara Square.

"She ran over one among our people," Amyn said.

Niagara Square has been the scene of multiple protests since the top of May within the wake of the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.