At least two people were injured when a police officer responding to a report of a street race ploughed his car through a crowd of pedestrians that had gathered around him and were pounding on the car's windows in downtown Tacoma on Saturday night, officials said.
The incident happened just before 7pm as about 100 people were blocking an intersection and watching several cars spinning in circles, police told the News Tribune of Tacoma.
A police car arrived, then drove through the crowd after people tried to block the vehicle, a witness said.
Video posted on social media shows the police car hitting several people and running over at least one person.
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