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Winnipeg news: Cyclist struck during protest [Video]

A car struck a cyclist during a demonstration at Portage and Main Wednesday afternoon.

The protest was taking place after a woman was hit by a Winnipeg police vehicle near a homeless encampment Monday night near Fort Rouge Park, dying from her injuries. She has been identified by family as Tammy Bateman.

Images from the scene show multiple people hanging off the car and the vehicle being swarmed by protesters.

The cyclist, who declined to give her name, said she was at the protest when the car arrived trying to get through.

“He stopped a bit, and then revved his engine when someone was in front of him,” she said. “A bunch of us came to stop him, but as he was turning, I was also there, and he, like, came at me. My bike was in …

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