Police arrested a white British man, 53, after he drove his car into a crowd celebrating Liverpool’s FC’s Premier League victory.
Notice how the media immediately identified the race of the man? I’m still seeing media reporting it as “a car” driving through a car…because a car can totally do that on its own.
I guess it could if a person got out without putting it in park but still. Not like this.
“We would ask people not to speculate on the circumstances surrounding tonight’s incident on Water Street in Liverpool city centre,” a police spokesman said, according to The London Times. “Extensive inquiries are ongoing to establish the circumstances leading up to the collision. We would ask people not to share distressing content online but to send the footage or information directly to us @MerPolCC or pass on information by calling 101 quoting log 784.”
Witnesses said they heard screams and their descriptions sound like the man did it on purpose, not losing control of the car:
Dom, who declined to give his last name, said: “We were just walking back and a car was next to a police van honking his horn. People were moving out the way and he just put his foot to the floor and went straight through.“Loads of lads chased him down and about three minutes later a bunch of police chased [him] down. An elderly guy jumped right into my feet.”
Another person said it looked deliberate:
A witness who was walking with a group of friends saw a car “speeding up” and hit pedestrians. Mike Maddra said the “car turned left” and “mounted pavement” before driving towards him and his friends.“We got out the way and it was speeding up,” he said, adding that he thought he saw two people being hit. “It looked deliberate,” he said.
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