DPS: Tanker truck that drove through George Floyd protest in Minneapolis was not intentional act

[@maureenthefirst1]

The law enforcement officials should not have allowed them to block state highways. They are not doing their job.

[@Zeakthecat]

actually they don't have to enforce the law. its supreme court case law. that said, yes they should be enforcing the rule of law, but often times a big mob like that, not many officers are gonna start mass arrests, as the local jails would fill up with mobs of rioters. yes i don't consider them "protestors", they are rioters.

[@kennethharvey1884]

THEY SHOULD HAVE PUT TEAR GAS OUT THERE SHOOTING RUBBER BULLETS ..

[@Zeakthecat]

@@kennethharvey1884 nothing you said is gonna get anywhere in the courts. the supreme court has already ruled on this in castle rock v Gonzales. law enforcement is not required to help you or save your life, unless it is made mandatory for cops to enforce a law or ordinance.

[@davidmartin2136]

I-35 is a major interstate traveling from Canada to Mexico. There is no reason for this interstate to be blocked, it should have been cleared immediately by law enforcement.

[@DatOneSwedishBoi69]

@@Zeakthecat cringe

[@paradidledidle]

“Protestors attack innocent truck driver on freeway” - fixed it for you.

[@makiagrigsby8211]

Rioters.

[@DoctorCreepy]

Now it's fixed@@makiagrigsby8211

[@PhantomPanic]

​@@makiagrigsby8211rioting protesters.

[@epictimebreaker]

criminals*

[@Kyle_402]

Welfare leaches attack*

[@VitaminAR10]

Reginald Denny saved this driver's life. You DO NOT STOP for these violent idiots.

[@Shorty_Lickens]

thats right, the only violent idiots we tolerate have guns and demand you call them "Officer".

[@jed-henrywitkowski6470]

As someone who has logistians and lawmen in my circle, I agree.

[@kennethharvey1884]

TRUCK DRIVERS IN 18 WHEELERS SHOULD JUST PLOW DONT STOP FOR THESE IDIOTS…….IF THEY GET SMASHED OH WELL SHOULD’NT BE BLOCKING THE ROAD..

[@ttp_007]

This is so wrong, attaching vehicles proves it's far from being a peaceful protest, and it must stop! Infringing the rights of other citizens from coming and going is a not peaceful protest! Nobody has the right to stop civilians from living their lives normally, period! This is anarchism and should be considered a crime!

[@courtneyw6224]

Actually I was there ans it was completely peaceful. You have protesters, rioters, looter, ans marchers. Basically think of mlk vs malcom x. This was more mlk.. we were told the road was blocked off otherwise we wouldn't have gone. It seems like cops on that side weren't there to warn drivers, but on my side it stayed clear. Plus the driver was protected by a group of black men when some of the people got angry.. they let everyone know that violence couldn't be used and majority of us went home. We returned another day and it was soooo peaceful. Even elderly people and kids came out to watch. So you can eat shit. We even stopped occasionally to allow traffick to pass for those that didn't get the memo about which roads were blocked. Happy I was there.. the coos had an easy day with us

[@Fritz_Ludw1g]

My respect to the tanker driver:📈📈📈

[@HelperUTTP]

Dude this was 3 years ago

[@seijikun8305]

@@HelperUTTPso 😭😭

[@eskieateucse3966]

the tank driver didnt know there was a protest ahead and the highway was legally open?

[@kaydoeteccc7741]

​@@HelperUTTPso what

[@HelperUTTP]

@@kaydoeteccc7741 you're living under a rock

[@Rucnas]

"Violent rioters assaulted a truck driver." That's a better title.

[@EnergeticSpark63]

hey

[@cyrbuzz6615]

Remember Reginald Denny! Got the shit kicked out of him during the LA riots.

[@crossfirehurricane2285]

@@cyrbuzz6615 Florence & Normandie. Saw it live on the local news. IIRC, that was the first day of the riots.

[@cowboykody6775]

100% Law Enforcements FAULT. They looked at the trucks computor???? How about ARRESTING THE A HOLES blocking the Interstate???

[@beesandtractors]

Shld be called ANTIlaw enforcement in that state

[@scottwhite-f9w]

LE Officers have bosses too. If you’d like to blame someone, blame Minnesota’s hyper liberal, woke politicians.

[@willquigg8265]

That truck driver was very lucky he didn't end up like Reginald Denny did in Los Angeles during the Rodney King riots. In the video you saw people that had climbed up on his truck and kicked out his window and we're trying to get it him. Those people that did that could have grabbed the steering wheel and actually hurt somebody. It is against the law to block a highway or freeway.

[@Usernamehear]

Terminator 2 style

[@randyb3576]

You're right. Crazy to stop in that crowd. Looked like someone was kicking the windshield.

[@bobbrua8758]

that truck driver should of been armed

[@christerry1773]

Lol like any of these people cared about law

[@willquigg8265]

@@christerry1773 that is their problem!

[@highbrass3749]

Stay. Off. The. Freeway.

[@7GSC251]

YOU. ARE. RACIST.

[@IndoClaudioGT]

Don't play in the street, that's where the vehicles belong.

[@markswearingen117]

The roads were paid for by the citizens, they have every right to be there. They are tax paying American citizens

[@highbrass3749]

@@markswearingen117these people have never paid for or worked for anything in their life. They were taught to be entitled and they were taught the world owes them everything.

[@pulverize3]

@markswearingen117 they woul totally have the right to be there if the were driving a motor vehicle. But no they were illegally blocking traffic. With your own flawed logic the citizens pay for the government so why cant we go to any military base and casually walk around? Citizens pay for the white house so we have the right to go anywhere we want. Do you see now the criminals illegally blocking the road which is for cars, are wrong? Probably not, i bet you think the looting and massive theft going on around certain democrat run cities is a form of protest 🤔

[@audi797]

People need to realize "trucks are like trains they never stop for anything it it's way"

[@7GSC251]

Explanation is racist. The truck was racist you are wrong. This is founded in white lies.

[@user-tb9mg4md7d]

@@7GSC251 source?

[@user-tb9mg4md7d]

@@7GSC251 if you were alone in a little cabin and huge crowd around you just wanting to hurt you, would you stop? If you get ran over on a freeway, thats not someone elses fault, its yours :DDD

[@juas_nossaqwerty2763]

trucks are like nerfed trains but this is still very true

[@augustopinochet3830]

@@user-tb9mg4md7d "would you stop?" fuck yes but only because I tote guns

[@brian.a.bell.sr2968]

Exactly what happens when you glorify, encourage, and enable criminals and lawlessness

[@Gnomemansgarage]

yup our govt has high jacked our country to take it to communism, everything our fathers fought against

[@larry-333]

Kind of like George Bush Jr....

[@cpainter56]

@@larry-333more like george "drug addict" floyd

[@marchellochiovelli7259]

George Floyd was always a bum.

[@chakalaka811]

man. its a george floyd protest. the same criminals were glorified encouraged and enabled to commit racial injustices against black people until someone filmed them doing it to geroge....

[@SuperSuperdude88]

thats insane they were breaking his windshield and trying get at him! exactly why the 2nd-A is needed!

[@tyrius_herne2716]

Truck drivers can't carry.

[@crystalmath4145]

@@tyrius_herne2716yes they actually are allowed to carry.

[@tyrius_herne2716]

@@crystalmath4145 I'm just assuming based on what truck drivers have told me.

[@crystalmath4145]

@@tyrius_herne2716 interesting

[@crystalmath4145]

@@tyrius_herne2716 Truck drivers in the US right?

[@connorrowley2849]

Drivers should be rewarded per-person

[@beesandtractors]

Points accumulated🤣

[@pizzaslice3891]

50$ a pop

[@exotik4123]

Welcome to America, a truck driver has to defend him self for driving on a freeway where people are illegally standing/blocking on a fucking FREEWAY for VEHICLES, cartel like behavior

[@MrWolfSnack]

Until the people rise up and fight these morons and the government that enables them to do this, it will keep happening.

[@DanielSmith-lv5ed]

Cartel wouldnt have even done that, they would have said "vamanos da akie"

[@Quickscop3r4u]

Cartel like behavior is shooting him or stealing the truck

[@Gage_b_67]

Some people Just don’t get punched enough

[@FlowKio]

The way the protestors started to climb on his truck like a bunch of zombies, I don’t blame him for barreling through

[@TheMrmack070]

Hazmat loads should be required NOT to stop for protesters blocking a roadway. Imagine a protester opening the valves on that tanker if it was loaded with fuel and ignited it.

[@pauldelaney5990]

They'd probably blame the trucker for all the barbecued assholes on the highway

[@Mahlak_Mriuani_Anatman]

​@@pauldelaney5990 bbc Ahole 😂

[@coolmacatrain9434]

I hope everyone who attacked that driver has been jailed for a very long time....

[@beesandtractors]

Good luck with that

[@deathhunter1029]

Black guys

[@ericwilliamson263]

they wont but theyll be working at arbys for eternity so basically the same thing. thats assuming taxpayers stop giving them handouts.

[@kikisekscotermann5332]

Well it was the distinguished gentlemen of darker shade, so I guess they got a life sentence or smtn

[@nicholashi3334]

His only mistake was trying to hit the brakes

[@PatrickHenryLibertyorDeath]

Everyone who attacked him belongs in jail.

[@FlinthillsFloyd]

He should've just kept going. I wouldn't have found him guilty.

[@ffrreeddyy123456]

Imagining protesting peace in the middle of a war zone cuz you can’t do anything else. That’s fine. But blaming them shooting you is ignoring your own responsibility to not risk your own safety. No different than standing in the interstate, just less important reasons to protest.

[@jamessmith-rd3sf]

Truck driver should have NEVER stopped.

[@texasandpacific610]

Shout out to the truck driver. Nice job.

[@TisEyerish1]

George Floyd. A frequent flyer in the legal system. He was fighting against being arrested when he died. Yet, he has become a hero. It shows how far morals and decency have slid down the pole in this country. As for these protesters...it's too bad a few of them weren't taken out.

[@Rucnas]

These people love equality so much that they would glorify a criminal who assaulted a pregnant woman. It makes a lot of sense.

[@jackstone8074]

Amen. Sick of this country being ruined by woke leftists and race baiters.

[@PoorBoyPennyShow]

they look for a reason to hate

[@hmc2s]

Yep it's all part of BLM, the black loser movement. We all know now what a scam it is, aka money grab.

[@congheleechconghelach9860]

​@@PoorBoyPennyShowitsa a sad day when a thriving junkey is elevated to hero

[@DaveWasHere112]

Should’ve kept going.

[@WhiteTiger333]

Right? Let them hang on to the cab at 60mph.

[@realbigbear]

Hope the truck is fine.

[@rintintinification]

They need to pass laws that if you deliberately stand in traffic and get hit, there's no liability to the driver. Now that's what I call fun!

[@davidodonnell207]

Look at that poor guy he's got people in the hood of his truck beat and trying to kick it in those are home grown terrorists and I wouldn't stop for their asses either you can't blame him or the one on when I got behind the wheel of that big truck just think of the damage I could have done and whether that gasoline tankers empty or not it's still got Vapors in it and it's it's not totally empty when they say empty there's still some kind of fuel inside that thing could be very dangerous

[@comradebismarck]

Absolutely correct. As a ADR driver here in the UK I Transport 25 tons of diesel every day its a very dangerous job!

[@johnharris8191]

Those who do not work trying to prevent those who do from work.

[@nutsackmania]

yeah none of those people have jobs! thats a totally plausible and not at all prejudicial thing to assume

[@chevyboss97]

Bro should've never stopped. He was driving on the roadike he should.

[@vaughnmaurt5013]

Anyone starting a statement with ‘Bro’ shows what an idiot they are

[@Walhor]

Honestly he should have sped up

[@demondragonshi5161]

Should of grabbed another gear. This is when you need a V Style Snow Plow.

[@oahuhawaii2141]

@demondragonshi5161: Some train have a "cow-catcher" plow in front to clear the tracks to avoid derailment.

[@Eternallyblessed-4ever]

Hammer down! I absolutely WOULD NOT STOP, PERIOD!!!

[@beesandtractors]

East bound and down!

[@princeharming8963]

It's going to be VERY DIFFICULT in the future, to ask people to pay taxes for roads that THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED TO USE. I see a storm coming.

[@nutsackmania]

at what point in your paranoid delusional life have you not

[@JensSchraeder]

Trucker lives matter

[@davidbeebe1718]

WHAT THE HELL KIND OF PEOPLE WOULD MAKE A HERO OUT OF A CRIMINAL, IS BEYOND ME!!!!

[@HimoftheBoat1967]

I assume you're one of the mob ILLEGALLY blocking the highway....

[@Nisen3000]

what criminal?

[@IeeIee778]

​@@Nisen3000George Floyd the dude on meth when he was arrested

[@GozUnlimited]

Well, criminals would.

[@honeygecko9434]

Remember do not stop.

[@Kelliebelle44]

I recently saw a story where a man accidentally hit a child with his vehicle. The kid had darted out in front of him and he braked immediately but couldn’t stop on a dime because it’s impossible. He stopped to get out and help the boy and the relatives and neighbors of the kid converged on the scene and killed him. If he didn’t get out of the car they would have said he was heartless but at least he’d still be alive. Possibly. Unless the mob was able to break into his car before police came.

[@oldhick9047]

Don't stand in the road, kinda simple when you think about it.

[@MissouriAgitater]

FYI, There is a big difference between a "Protest" and a "riot"

[@itsskat3]

The truckers only mistake here was stopping. If you end up in this situation, KEEP GOING DONT STOP. The level of fuck around and find out is necessary to protect your life.

[@deebo1103]

with a hazmat type cargo/load, you are required by law to keep going if there are protestors blocking the road.

[@Mahlak_Mriuani_Anatman]

​@@deebo1103nice

[@stuby2014]

This should happen at every protest on a road until protesters do their constitutionally protected right on the side of the road.

[@richardcline1337]

It's just a terrible shame that the trucker didn't manage to grease the highway with some of that slime blocking the road.

[@richardweyland116]

Department of Public Safety...why the hell did they allow this protest on the road? Especially an interstate.

[@beesandtractors]

Maybe they're sissy and let things get out of control and the higher up have no spine and feel the need to let the morons run ruffshod over everyone bcs it's politically correct and after all us white crackers have it coming?

[@ScottLanders770]

We need more men like this truck driver. To hell with the "protesters".

[@nutsackmania]

whats a legitimate protest

[@sethirwin1610]

Anyone remember Reginald Denny?? Why shouldn’t the driver expected the same from this crowd?

[@sanfranciscobay]

The Protesters are so stupid that they would have stood in front of the Truck not understanding that the Driver is in fear of being beaten to death so he's not going to stop and he's going to run over whoever is in his way. Guess who dies and who survives?

[@schoolmarmjackson7656]

Police need to act and keep roads clear.

[@ceedaddy]

For anyone to have to try and defend that lawful trucker driving and doing his job is absurd. Those clowns should never have been able to gather onto and block the highway. The cops and media should have been demanding and moving them.

[@danvick3219]

It is illegal to block an interstate or highway. Unless there is a state of emergency or a natural disaster.

[@thekaerichtexas]

Yep I hate the mob mentality....they beat that man senseless.

[@wildgoosedreaming1]

Misinformation shill, no one beat the driver!

[@leonrenner8403]

@@wildgoosedreaming1 Yeah...he looks all time like this: wikiglobals.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/bogdan.jpg

[@robadoba8497]

​@@wildgoosedreaming1 If you watch the video at 00:43, the "peaceful ptotesters" climbed on his hood, busted his windshield and appear to be kicking him in the face as he was driving.

[@robadoba8497]

If a crowd of people tried breaking into your stopped vehicle to do you bodily harm, I am pretty sure most of us would do exactly what this driver did. You have to applaud how calmly he handled it. He could have just floored it to get out of the riot, but he slowly accelerated in order to give the rioters a chance to get out of the way.

[@benblevis354]

@@wildgoosedreaming1 you can literally see him get punched

[@faustinreeder1075]

Hey let’s give a big shout to George Floyd. He’s been sober for over three years and has managed to stay out of jail.

[@TheMNrailfan227]

Haha

[@bronz9371]

LOL

[@ceedaddy]

I heard he has a job in the cemetery also.

[@Mahlak_Mriuani_Anatman]

​@@ceedaddy😂

[@Lunk42]

Lmao

[@Daniel_P116]

They have the right to peaceful protests. That's not protesting. They are criminals. We need protections that allow drivers to escape those attacks.

[@matthewwilson5019]

Actually the state of Florida does have a law about that now

[@DanielNordhorn]

Respect for the driver!

[@ChopxAnkx]

God bless the trucker.

[@treasurechristie39]

These videos just make me so happy.

[@kneehisniper6209]

Let's protest against violence with our violence! And they wonder why no one is on their side...

[@rooksman64]

he should’ve never stopped

[@WiseAsSerpentsHarmlessAsDoves]

I hope the truck driver is ok

[@staceylong5286]

GEORGE FLYOD WAS NO HERO ! GEORGE FLYOD WAS A BIG ZERO !

[@miketexas4549]

That is the most American thing I've ever seen

[@topaznightengale1433]

“Protesters should not be on the interstate” NO SHIT!

[@caspar0777]

Hope the truck is OK!

[@ncstonecrew]

I hope the truck and trailer weren’t harmed.

[@georget5071]

A working guy has to stop for people that don't work. Don't play on the streets.

[@georgenichols855]

Dude driving should have had his gun ready for the boy kicking his windshield

[@beesandtractors]

True if drivers were allowed to carry

[@georgenichols855]

@beesandtractors I know lots of drivers that are armed and I think you have to be crazy not to be when you are in some pretty nasty areas when you drive a truck for a living.

[@engineeric2756]

List of things to do: 1. Clean the house 2. Clean the truck 3. Add spiked plow to truck

[@PpPp-gi7ef]

Man time for me to weld one of those wedges on a semi truck

[@slow6.7]

GTA style not a bad idea just use a kenworth t800 or w900 they neva stop in

[@nicholasrhodes4550]

Roo bars are a great idea for any trucker going through or to a leftist area...

[@GardenDude1]

Or maybe a forestry mulcher head.

[@joshuahall2302]

Cow catcher

[@Athithan_2000]

I like this, they put themselves in harms way, now they have to face the consequences of their actions!

[@MontanaCamp]

Although empty, that is an extreme hazmat danger. A fuel tanker is required by law to not stop or leave his load unattended. Absolutely ridiculous people. Fighting for a fentanyl addict . Crazy times 2020 was

[@johnvtram]

So much for the cameras on the roads. Keep making that golden parachutes

[@Bomb6A9Head]

it's a road for driving. why are we even talking about this.

[@thetruth6270]

The news should have been playing "roll on 18 wheeler roll on along until you get back home" Too bad there wasn't a convoy!!😂😂😂

[@beesandtractors]

Or "he never hit the brakes and he was shifting gears" 🤣🤣🤣

[@loganentertainment1814]

Whether or not it was intentional, those protestors shouldn’t be blocking any roads that have heavy traffic.

[@futurelane3377]

If I was the driver, The only prayer I would’ve said was lord let their blood not be on my hands.

[@DulcetNuance]

Driving on the highway in your truck is a legal grey area now.

[@joymahiko]

You go my man!

[@GarretGarlinger]

That is 100% not the Truckers fault. In fact, The City should be ashamed they did not remove those people off the roads. that is Illigal to stop traffic.

[@Noluna92]

I hope the protesters that vandalised that vehicle get charged.

[@marcuswhitfield1651]

IF that is not a breech of the Constitution then what is ? “ you shall not impede commerce “ HELLO truck driver delivering fuel = Commerce .

[@robertslattery6464]

What about the two men attacking the driver, were charges ever pressed on them for aggravated assault

[@dreamsofturtles1828]

I would not have stopped either. I would not want to hurt anyone, but i would not stop. You would be putting your life & livelihood at stake from a mob.

[@agentM1991]

Need I remind everyone that roads are for driving on not for protesting. And also truck drivers or on a strict schedule. They have to be at a certain place at a certain time. If you want to protest, that is what the sidewalk is for. That’s what parks or for. Anywhere but the roads. I think God that nobody was hurt or even killed in this incident.

[@G.A.C_Random]

He has my respect

[@ryans9930]

If you’re standing on the freeway you’re going to get hit by a vehicle. I do not understand how anyone is surprised.

[@Hendrikson_squid]

they swarmed the truck like a hoard of zombies

[@mcbeans2602]

stand in a street and your gonna hit by cars. they should stand on train tracks

[@YTCensorshipFindTheCure]

I'd like to see that.

[@farthammer7126]

Tanker driver is a true legend

[@canadianfreepress]

To bad the driver wasnt armed. To get those people off his front.

[@jimputnam2044]

This trucker was in fear for his life. Hammer down...

[@colemccormick7929]

Should’ve turned them into pink mist.. it’s illegal to block a road or highway and they are now road hazards😂

[@knucklestheechidna5718]

That's insane. What does excessive force by law enforcement have to do with this trucker? Nothing. People wanted to act out and all they needed was a reason.

[@DELvEK]

Maybe when a couple of them will unfortunately die from being hit by a moving vehicule/truck they will change their approach and start to be more technical and organized ! Its horrible to think that this solution can only benefits both parties, because when we understand that a solution being good in both ways for the defendants and plaintiffs is always the best way to solve a problem. I hope we never have to experience that scene from someone who will have enough of this or by unwanted accident! Only way is for them to stop throwing themselves in front of vehicules in hope they affect Oil companies but p!ss!ng OFF Everybody on the streets ! They are hurting their cause more than everything by doing this and making everyone on the streets angry agaisnt their methods NOT their cause but It even push the people that are agree about their cause because of the way they use to diffuse It !

[@spaghetti9845]

The world needs more of this.

[@AiShart57]

Good job truck driver...

[@Normal1855]

Question. Why are they shutting the interstste down? It can only be shut down because of an accident, construction, or the weather.

[@gitpicker9933]

Wow one of the few times where a commercial driver wasnt immediately blamed

[@E5_GH0ST]

That truck driver is a hero

[@comradebismarck]

I support the trucker! Those protesters need to be arrested! And he did not deserve such cruelty towards him!

[@adamjester5990]

It's against the law to block traffic, protest all you want but stay off the fucking roads

[@nuggetsonon]

Protesters block a highway and attack a trucker that stopped as fast as he could. Lets call it what it is now

[@yourmaskedman8299]

He should have drive through

[@CeliodustheFirst]

my question was why he tried to avoid the people.