China News Service, January 26, reported that a policeman in Washington State, USA, was on duty on January 23 when he drove a police car into a crowd, causing at least one person to be injured.
According to the video taken by bystanders at the time, the police car drove off the scene after "rolling over" a person.
According to the latest news, an independent team will investigate the incident.
According to reports, the police said that at about 6:20 pm local time on the 23rd, the police officer responded to a street racing incident in downtown Tacoma, Washington.
When the police arrived, about 100 people and a few vehicles blocked an intersection.
Later, the police tried to drive away the crowd at the intersection, but his police car was allegedly surrounded by the crowd.
The Tacoma police officer said: “When the policeman (driving vehicle) was stopped on the street, people knocked on the body and windows of the police car.” “The policeman was worried about his safety and tried to retreat (driving), but because The crowd is too crowded to do it."
According to videos uploaded to social networking sites by bystanders, a police car appeared to have rushed into the crowd, knocked down several people, and then left.
The video showed that a man was "run over" by the police car when the police car left the scene.
The police pointed out: “This (driving) policeman tried to get out of the trap, drove the car forward, and hit one person, possibly affecting others.” The injured person was taken to the hospital.
Sarah Jones, a Tacoma resident, said she had witnessed "a bunch of people" being hit at the scene.
Jones said that he didn't know if the policeman was panicking or something else, but his car was surrounded by people. "I turned around for 1 second, and when I looked back, I saw the police car hit a bunch of people."
Tacoma Sheriff Mike Ike said in a statement that day: "I express my concern to the injured in the incident tonight, and I promise that the police will fully cooperate with the independent investigation." In addition, relevant personnel in Pierce County will set up an independent investigation team. To investigate the incident.