Violence erupted on the third night of protests in Rochester against the death of Daniel Prude, with anti-police demonstrators terrorizing diners inside a restaurant and setting off what looked like fireworks near officers.
Hours later, two cars with counter-protests drove through the crowd.
Video and photos posted on social media show a crowd of nearly 1,000 descending on a restaurant downtown, where Prude suffocated to death while in police custody.
Diners were inside when protesters started smashing their glasses and breaking their plates, the Daily Mail reported. One woman tried to run away, but a piece of her clothing caught on the table.
“No need to run,” a voice told her. “Nobody is hurting you. Nobody’s going to touch you … we’re shutting the party down.”
The protesters yell: “‘If you don’t give us our s–t, we shut s–t down.”
Hours later, about 1 a.m. Saturday, a reporter for 13WHAM ABC in Buffalo posted photos on Twitter that showed cars headed into the crowd.
“Two cars just Pepper sprayed and hit demonstrators with their vehicles,” reporter Dan Schrack tweeted.
