Back in 2004, Chinese Nationalist Party legislator Chiu Yi decided to contest a narrow presidential election in Taiwan by standing atop a truck with a bullhorn, and ordering it to crash through a police barricade around a courthouse in the southern Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung.
Oddly enough though, Taiwan's China Post neglects to mention that, saying only that Chiu tried to "break into" the building with a mob. The Post then mentions the aftermath:
Eight police guards were injured in a melee that followed.
No, not exactly. At least ONE policeman was injured when the truck smashed into the barricade, not from any melee that happened afterwards. He was led away in agony with a sprained (or broken?) arm - I saw the tape.
That's assault with a motor vehicle, in my book.
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