Following the release of the results of an independent autopsy of Stephon Clark, Sacramento has been overtaken by protests in the last few days over the fatal shooting of the unarmed black man by police.

On Saturday night, relations between police and citizens took a turn for the worst when a Sacramento County Sheriff's Department vehicle reportedly ran into a protester at a vigil in honor of Clark.

Protester Wanda Cleveland laid helpless until emergency respondents came to take her to a nearby hospital to treat her injuries, The Sacramento Bee reports.

"He never even stopped. It was a hit and run. If I did that I’d be charged," Cleveland, while at the hospital, told The Sacramento Bee. "It's disregard for human life."

Here’s video of the incident, captured by legal observer Guy Danilowitz pic.twitter.com/Sgy2YRy8fl

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Cleveland had several bruises on her arm and on the back of her head after the collision with the car. Footage captured by Guy Danilowitz of the National Lawyers Guild showed the car get close to Cleveland before the video cuts out and goes blurry.

The accident was confirmed in a statement released early Sunday morning by Sacramento County Sheriff's Department spokesperson Sgt. Shaun Hampton.

"Vandals in the crowd" caused "scratches, dents, and a shattered rear window" to a sheriff's vehicle, the release said.

The release did not explain why the vehicle continued to drive on after the woman was struck. At the time of the incident, protesters were reportedly surrounding the SUV and attempting to clear the street. Cleveland was one of many trying to clear the street.

She said that she started to walk toward the curb because her arthritis was making her knees weak. However, a second police vehicle driver made no request, accelerated toward her, hit her in the knee and sent her into the air.

"I heard wheels spin. And then I saw her body flung to the curb," Tifanei Ressl-Moyer, another legal observer who witnessed the incident, told the Sacramento Bee. "The vehicle sped off and some protesters went after them."

Clark, 22, was shot at 20 times in his grandmother's backyard during a police encounter onMarch 18. Police were responding to a call claiming that a man with a toolbar was vandalizing cars that night and officers assumed that suspect was Clark. The father of two did not have a weapon or a toolbar during the shooting despite officers claiming that he was an imminent threat. He only had his cell phone on his person.

Jamier Sale of the ANSWER Coalition, the vigil organizer, called off the protesters at around 10:40 p.m. and many of the participants went home.

"We were trying to leave," Sale said, "and the police, once again, were provoking people into a confrontation."

Cleveland has since been released from the hospital.

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