Drove into the crowd Was frustrated

the lorry driver, who on Sunday (local time), ran against the protesters on a closed highway bridge in Minneapolis, was 'frustrated' about the closure.

It says Tim Walz, the governor of Minnesota, where Minneapolis is located.

Waltz also says that the driver braked when he saw the demonstrators on the road.

As the tankbilen stood still, he was pulled out of the cab and beaten up by some of the protesters.

the Driver says to the authorities, that most of the protesters tried to protect him against others, which would give him the bank, says Walz.

There are dramatic television pictures from the event. Here, it seems as if tankbilen running towards the demonstrators deliberately on the barricaded road.

A protester captured the scene on his mobile phone.

'today I was witness to sheer malice. Thousands and thousands of protesters marched peacefully to demand justice for George Floyd, as tankbilen com pløjende directly toward the crowd,' wrote Zachary Donald on Twitter.

He added that the protesters had permission to be on the motorvejsbroen that because of the protest were blocked for traffic.

'the Driver did not come accidentally to spin down the motorway. He did it with will and illegal,' wrote Donald.

Late Sunday evening local time, informed the authorities in the jail Hennepin County Jail, that the lorry driver had been charged with assault, wrote CNN.

the Demonstrators had gathered to continue protests against police violent arrest of the black man George Floyd in Minneapolis on Monday.

Floyd died in connection with the arrest.