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A St. Louis motorist was arrested after he struck several protesters with his minivan and flashed a gun in the Central West End on Wednesday.
Police said the man was trying to pass a group of people protesting in the street just before 8 pm. From the Post-Dispatch:
Protesters chased and then surrounded the minivan, and the driver waved a black handgun at them. At one point, protesters broke out the van?s back window. The van was dented, and police recovered a rock from the back seat. Police took the driver, a 57-year-old man, into custody.