As dozens of federal agents arrived Thursday at Coast Guard Island near Alameda, protesters trying to block vehicles from entering the base were met with flash bangs and other use of force.

Video captured one of the vehicles running over a protester. That man was hurt but appeared to be OK.

“We were helping traffic … asking people to be peaceful not to drive through crowds of people … and then I started to walk away, and he drove forward and ran over my foot,” said Matthew Leber of Team Berkeley. “I was yelling for several seconds, and he didn’t back up. I don’t know why he wasn’t backing up.”

Leber added that he was feeling OK and was proud of the protesters.

The protesters started arriving early in the morning and walking in groups back and forth across a crosswalk on the roadway in

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