Vehicle Attacks Rise As Extremists Target Protesters
Right-wing extremists are turning cars into weapons, with reports of 50 vehicle-ramming incidents since protests against police violence erupted nationwide in late May.
At least 18 are categorized as deliberate attacks; another two dozen are unclear as to motivation or are still under investigation, according to a count released Friday by Ari Weil, a terrorism researcher at the University of Chicago's Chicago Project on Security and Threats. Weil has tracked vehicle ramming attacks, or VRAs, since protests began.
The 20 people facing prosecution in the rammings include a state leader of the , as well as a California man who was charged with attempted murder after antagonizing protesters and then driving intoof some attacks shows drivers yelling at or threatening Black Lives Matter protesters before hitting the gas.
