Protesters Attack Motorist Who Drove Into Their March for Woman Killed by Police Car

Demonstrators protesting the death of a woman hit by a Winnipeg police car on Sept. 2 responded violently after a speeding car drove into their downtown protest on Sept. 4. The demonstrators were drawing attention to an incident Monday night in Fort Rouge Park where a woman in her 30s was hit by a police car transporting someone to a river bank encampment. The woman was critically injured and died in hospital, police said. Manitoba’s Independent Investigation Unit, a civilian oversight agency that investigates incidents involving police, is investigating. On Sept. 4, demonstrators were at the intersection of Portage Avenue and Main Street, which police had blocked to limit vehicle access during their protest, when a car came speeding toward them....