LOS ANGELES, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- A student has been injured after being hit by a car which displayed a Trump flag during an anti-ICE protest outside a high school in the U.S. state of Nebraska, authorities said.
Fremont Public Schools said in a statement that the incident happened around 2:00 p.m. Thursday local time during a non-school sponsored, student-led demonstration outside of Fremont High School, while school administrators were supervising the demonstration to ensure students were safe and peaceful.
"At one point, a few students entered the street," the statement said. "One student was hit by a car that stopped in front of the crowd and then began moving."
Dozens of students were part of the protest and were holding signs and chanting. A red SUV with a Trump flag on the back drove by the protest multiple times. On the final pass, a boy, who appeared to be high-school aged, parked the SUV in front of the school, got out of the vehicle and exchanged words with the protesters. He then got back into the SUV, revved the engine and drove forward, local media reported.
The driver accelerated and hit a protester, knocking her to the side. The driver stopped briefly as a school administrator approached, then drove away from the scene, the report added.
Fremont police issued a statement Friday, saying the driver is a juvenile. "Appropriate charges will be determined at the completion of the investigation," it said.
Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen said on X that "there is a lot about this particular situation we still need to learn, and we trust that local law enforcement will carry out a thorough and complete investigation."
"Political violence -- no matter what -- is never okay," said the governor. ■