MANCHESTER — A peaceful sit-in by Black Lives Matters protesters outside the Manchester Police Department last Saturday was interrupted when a truck displaying a large Trump flag drove by at about 1:30 p.m.
A confrontation between the truck’s driver and the group ended with a gun threat and two arrests.
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