It was just yesterday that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed his “anti-riot” bill into law, which would, among other things, free drivers of liability if they were mobbed in a riot. We’re sure this trucker didn’t want to become the next Reginald Denny, and it looks to us like he was just trying to make a turn from one street to the next in Minneapolis. Tony Webster, however, says the truck “just came aggressively through.”
Incident with a semi truck that just came aggressively through, then the crowd confronted them as shown in the video, then they proceeded. Unsure if any injuries. 7th St S and 3rd Ave S in Minneapolis. pic.twitter.com/DtuWQ6zndR
— Tony Webster (@webster) April 20, 2021
I’ve seen zero police or National Guard presence in protecting this crowd from vehicles, by the way. They are just protecting the government buildings. Community members are trying to keep cars out by standing in the road a block away. pic.twitter.com/aJ1X8QMTlu
— Tony Webster (@webster) April 20, 2021
He hasn’t seen the police or the National Guard protecting the crowd from vehicles, and yet community members are standing in the road trying to keep cars out. Where are the police protecting vehicles from the crowd? This is the sort of thing DeSantis’s legislation was trying to prevent, but critics called it an attack on free speech and actual fascism.
It was late June 2020 when a man fired a gun into a vehicle that was trying to get around a Black Lives Matter blockade in Utah. And in August, a man was beaten unconscious in front of his female passenger by a Black Lives Matter mob in Portland after he crashed his truck. CNN afterward did a story asking if online memes were a factor in drivers “attacking” protesters in the street.
Truck Being Mobbed By BLM Crowd Following The Derek Chauvin Verdict #Minnesota | #Minneapolis
H/T: @KBoomhauer
?https://t.co/BvL7Nuqi1m pic.twitter.com/MFGEwLsqH2
— J̵̟̦̲̞̭̱̀̈́͑̄̇̈́̚͝ustice (@The_Justice7) April 20, 2021
Another Angle Of The Incident #Minnesota | #Minneapolis pic.twitter.com/gtlAG8HWlc
— J̵̟̦̲̞̭̱̀̈́͑̄̇̈́̚͝ustice (@The_Justice7) April 20, 2021
Another Video Showing The Truck Driving Away As The Crowd Shouts… #Minnesota | #Minneapolis pic.twitter.com/QCdU7J94u0
— J̵̟̦̲̞̭̱̀̈́͑̄̇̈́̚͝ustice (@The_Justice7) April 20, 2021
Is that Reginald Denny?
— Otto L. Feldman (@ofTacoFame) April 20, 2021
Not this time.
Omg it’s as though we are watching Reginald Denny all over again? How did that truck even get there?!?
— Kathryn Elizabeth (@Kathrynisms) April 20, 2021
Semi trucks aren’t even allowed on that street are they!?
— The One That Got Her Way (@PuppyBongRips) April 20, 2021
How did he even get there? I thought the streets were closed.
— Bechk45 (@bechk45) April 20, 2021
they aren't closed
— Dr Lady Vice Chancellor Susan Bruiser PhD Esq. III (@SusanBruiser) April 20, 2021
All peaceful and non aggressive I see.
— Billy (@Billygrass9) April 20, 2021
Was the truck also confrontational?
— Eileen (@Eileen2955) April 20, 2021
"aggresively through"
you mean trying to actually use the street as intended and then swarmed by a mob that tried to break into the cab? nice propaganda. you probably have a few readers with IQs low enough to buy it.
— The Elusive Obvious (@MirrorImmersed) April 20, 2021
They are blocking the street. They probably shouldn’t. The next guy may not have any fear of running a mob down. Though, I am not condoning this action. Life has choices and gambles that have real consequences.
— ??? GREY LIVES MATTER ??? (@soaalltheway1) April 20, 2021
Is it really an infringement on First Amendment rights to tell people to keep the streets clear?
Related:
CNN: Online memes were a factor in drivers ‘attacking’ protesters in the street this summer https://t.co/u3QeNyhYSt
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) October 22, 2020
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