An investigation has been ordered after a snowplow drove directly through a crowd of pro-Palestinian demonstrators outside the U.S. consulate on University Avenue two days ago.

Video posted to social media from people who were at the protest shows a sidewalk plow moving at a slow speed through the crowd, with people attempting to get the driver to stop.

“In the middle of our chants, our messaging, a city-contracted tractor runs through the crowd, maybe to ram into us or to run over us. Luckily, we were on our toes and were successfully able to get out of the way,” said Omar Mahmoud, who attended the protest.

Shortly after going through the crowd, the snowplow driver was interviewed by police before being allowed to continue on.

In a statement, Toronto Police say, “Police reviewed the i

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