KNOCKED OUT
Driver dragged from pickup truck & kicked unconscious by Black Lives Matter protesters after he ‘tried to run them over’
A DRIVER was pulled from his truck and beaten unconscious by Black Lives Matter protesters, who claim he had been trying to run them over.
The man, who hasn't been identified, was driving a pickup truck near protesters in Portland, , and crashed it into a sidewalk in the downtown area on Sunday night.
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He was then pulled from the car, punched and kicked in the head.
Graphic video posted to Twitter shows a group of protesters throwing the man to the ground before one violently kicks him in the head, which appears to knock him unconscious.
Other video shows medics tending to the man, who can be seen bleeding from the head.
One of the people helping the man shouts for bystanders to call 911.
Cops has launched a manhunt for the suspect, who has been .
Cops have made several attempts to reach 25-year-old Love – aka "Keese Love" – to no avail.
Cops said they have probable cause for his arrest.
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Protesters claimed the man who was beaten was trying to hit them with his car before the violent altercation, .
However, the driver denied that he was targeting protesters.
In one of the videos, he can be heard saying, "I ain’t tryna hurt no one," before he was knocked out.
A woman who was with the man can be seen sobbing and asking why he's bleeding in another video of the clash.
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Police were called to the area, which was several blocks away from a rally in front of the Justice Center in , around 10.30pm on Sunday, according to a from the Portland Police Bureau.
"The report said protesters were chasing the truck before it crashed, and they assaulted the driver after the crash," Sgt Kevin Allen told The Post.
"The driver was transported to the hospital by ambulance with serious injuries."
It's unclear what exactly led to the violent altercation. Portland has been the for nearly three months, since the police killing of in in May.
While protests have been mostly peaceful, on several occasions, typically after dark.
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Journalist Drew Hernandez, who to Twitter, said the man in the truck was attempting to evade protesters by driving away.
He said the protesters "began to harass and physically assault him and his female partner in the street for defending someone they robbed."
"He then began to drive away to evade them," Hernandez said. The protesters also caused the man to crash his truck, Hernandez said.
The Portland Police Bureau is reportedly still investigating the incident.
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The crowd was "hostile" when officers arrived on the scene Sunday night, according to police.
Riot-gear clad officers cleared the area around the crashed truck, which reportedly had no license plates and was left partially on the sidewalk.
No arrests had been made as of Monday morning.
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