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People were peacefully protesting against the fatal shooting of Andrew Brown Jr.
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A North Carolina woman was arrested Monday evening after she allegedly struck peaceful protesters with her car, and police are investigating the incident as a possible hate crime.
The incident occurred at approximately 6:45 p.m. ET at an intersection in Elizabeth City, a small coastal town some 90 miles northeast of Greenville. People were holding a peaceful demonstration to call for transparency in the fatal shooting of a local resident, Andrew Brown Jr., when a motorist hit two protesters, according to the Elizabeth City Police Department.
A white woman was arrested in North Carolina Monday after she drove her car into two Black women “peacefully protesting” the police shooting of Andrew Brown Jr., authorities said, saying the incident may have been a hate crime.
According to a Facebook post from the Elizabeth City Police Department, the incident occurred on Monday at around 6:45 p.m. local time when police responded to a motor vehicle crash at the