Roseville police investigate driver pushing through protesters with car

Bridgette Bjorlo reports

REPORTED AND NOBODY HAS BEENARRESTED FOX 40'S BRIDGETTEBJORLO SPOKE TO A WITNESS ANDPOLICE ABOUT THEINVESTIGATION.TRAFFIC AT A BUSYINTERSECTION BROUGHT TO ASTANDSTILL IN ROSEVILLE MONDAYAS A GROUP OF ABOUT 30 BLACKLIVES MATTER DEMONSTRATORSTOOK TO THE STREETS TO MAKETHEIR VOICES HEARD PROTESTERSCOULD BE SEEN ON VIDEO HOLDINGSIGNS AND SPILLING FROM THESIDEWALK INTO THE ROLLEDFORMING A LINE ACROSS THEROUNDABOUT AND WASHINGTONBOULEVARD AND OAK STREETPREVENTING CARS FROM PASSINGBY THERE WERE STOPPED.THEY WERE PATIENT.

YOU KNOWTHEY TRIED TO MAYBE JUSTLITTLE BIT LIKE A KIND OF LETME GO DEREK AND THE WITNESSTHE TENSION UNFOLD FROM THEPARKING GARAGE ACROSS THESTREET WATCHING AS ABOUT AHALF DOZEN PROTESTERSSURROUNDED THIS BLACK SUV ANDAS THE FEMALE DRIVER INSIDEHIT THE GAS AND PUSHED THROUGHTHE CROWD FROM WHAT IWITNESSED.

IT WASN'T PEACEFUL.YOU KNOW FOR ME WHAT I SAWIT WAS A LOT OF VULGARLANGUAGE.

A LOT OF JUSTAGGRESSIVENESS A ROSEVILLEPOLICE OFFICER PULLED UP TOTHE AREA SHORTLY AFTER THEINCIDENT GATHERING WITNESSREPORTS ABOUT WHAT HAPPENEDHERE IS THAT IT AT LEAST 2 TO3 OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS WEREINVOLVED AS THE VEHICLE DROVETHROUGH PUBLIC INFORMATIONOFFICER OF THE CARA SAYS NOINJURIES HAVE BEEN REPORTEDBUT AN INVESTIGATION ISUNDERWAY.

ROSA POLICE SAY THEYHAVE IDENTIFIED THE FEMALEDRIVER IN THIS INCIDENT, BUTAT THIS TIME, NO ARRESTS HAVEBEEN MADE.DERRICK HARTLEY SAYS FROMHIS VANTAGE POINT THE DRIVERAPPEARED FEARFUL IN THE MOMENTAND ADMITS HE MAY HAVE DONETHE SAME THING HER POSITIONYOU CAN CALL SOMEBODY IN THATSITUATION FOR BEING SCARED.WHEN YOU GUYS ARE DON'TFACE THEIR OWN MIDDLE FINGERSCAR SCENE WHO KNOWS WHAT ALLIS BEING SAID DURING THAT ANDTHEN JUST AGGRESSIVE STANCEBUT BY CARA SAYS WHEN YOU FINDYOURSELF IN THE DRIVER SEAT INA SITUATION LIKE THIS IS THEBEST THING TO DO IS DIAL 911WE WOULD ENCOURAGE THEM TOCALL THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.REPORT WHAT THEY'RE SEEINGON AND LET LAW ENFORCEMENT ANDCALM AND WORK WITH THEINDIVIDUALS.

SO THAT DAY AGAINCAN PEACEFULLY DEMONSTRATEWITHIN THE LAW.TO ENSURE BOTH YOU ANDTHOSE PROTESTING STAY SAFE INROSEVILLE BRIDGETTE BJORLO FOX40 NEWS.ROSEVILLE POLICE TELL US ITIS STILL UNCLEAR IF ANYCHARGES WILL BE FILED NOW WEREACHED OUT TO A WOMAN WHOIDENTIFIES HERSELF AS ANINDEPENDENT PERSONDEMONSTRATING AGAINST RACIALINJUSTICE WHO COORDINATED THISEVENT.

SHE TELLS US QUOTE WEHOLD THE TRAFFIC AND PEOPLEREALLY TAKE OFFENSE TO THAT IFMINOR DELAYS AND TRAFFICOFFEND YOU THAT IMAGINE THESTRUGGLE FOR BLACK PEOPLE IN