"And today in thoroughly depressing news — because we needed more of it, apparently — police are looking for protesters in Columbus, Ohio, who attacked a 58-year-old man with cerebral palsy.
In a series of social media postings, the Columbus Division of Police with information about the rioters who attacked Eldon Hawkins on May 31 to come forward.
Police also posted a three-minute composite video of attack on YouTube.
As the clip begins, Hawkins’ car is being blocked by protesters.
He reverses at slow speed and ends up hitting someone on a bike with his rear bumper. Sadly (yet predictably), things got ugly from there.
“They threw a bicycle on my windshield and started kicking my doors and windows. It scared the life out of me,” Hawkins said at a Monday Columbus City Council meeting, according to the Columbus Dispatch.
As the clip begins, Hawkins’ car is being blocked by protesters.
He reverses at slow speed and ends up hitting someone on a bike with his rear bumper. Sadly (yet predictably), things got ugly from there.
“They threw a bicycle on my windshield and started kicking my doors and windows. It scared the life out of me,” Hawkins said at a Monday Columbus City Council meeting, according to the Columbus Dispatch.
WARNING: The following video contains vulgar language and violent images that some viewers will find disturbing:
Protesters even ransacked his trunk, littering the street with flowers that had been in the back of the car. Read all.
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