On Saturday December 13, 2014, at approximately 3:12 p.m., Central Precinct officers responded to the report that a protester standing in the street was injured by a passing motorist on West Burnside Street at 10th Avenue.
Officers contacted the injured man, 19-year-old Julian Rist, who was suffering from a foot and ankle injury. Officers called for medical personnel to respond to the scene but medical personnel were delayed due to all traffic in the area being blocked by the protest march.
Medical personnel finally arrived and transported Rist to a Portland hospital for treatment to the non-life-threatening injury.
Witnesses told police that the involved vehicle was driving eastbound on Burnside at the time of the crash and continued driving out of the area.
At approximately 3:30 p.m., the Milwaukie Police Department received a call from 37-year-old Thomas Munsey, who told police that he was involved in the crash but was too afraid to stop as the protesters surrounded his car and he was concerned for his safety and the safety of his family.
Traffic Division officers conducted the investigation and learned that Munsey was driving his 2015 Audi SUV eastbound on Burnside Street. The protest crowd of 30 or more people was in the street blocking traffic.
Rist was part of the group and was not in a crosswalk, standing in the eastbound lanes of Burnside Street when one of Munsey's tires came into contact with one of Rist's feet. Munsey drove slowly through the crowd and out of the area before calling 9-1-1.
After the completion of the investigation, officers issued the pedestrian, Rist, was given a citation for Improper Position on a Highway (ORS 814.070).
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