The man who was detained after driving his car through a crowd of protesters rallying for Breonna Taylor says he had no intention of hurting anybody and was only defending himself after his vehicle was surrounded by demonstrators outside the Colorado State Capitol building Wednesday night.
“I was driving to go pick up a client and I saw a commotion, I saw police lights at 14th and Lincoln and so when I was there, at the Capitol, I wasn’t really looking left, I was looking right to see the accident and by the time I turned, I started getting surrounded by people,” said Jonathan Benson, who claimed demonstrators yelled, kicked and even used a hammer on his windshield as they tried to get him to leave the area.
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A small crowd of protesters surrounded Benson’s vehicle and blocked his way. Benson told Denver7 he didn’t know at that moment if one of the protesters was trying to get into his vehicle, adding the whole situation was “just chaos.”
“I had the intent to defend myself, that’s it,” Benson said. “I had no intention of hurting anybody and I’m glad it was a bike that I ran over because I thought I ran somebody over, so I was glad that nobody got hurt.”
The driver has not been cited or criminally charged, but the investigation is ongoing, Denver police said Thursday.
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