Trucker Facing Charges For Driving Into Protesters

1700 on a weekday, on an interstate in the middle of a metro area and there is absolutely NO traffic - if a driver isn't looking for the problem then he isn't paying attention.

To me it's no difference if it's people who aren't supposed to be there or traffic at a standstill. The driver had time to come to a stop long before he did.

 

Sure just sit and wait for the mob to pull u out and beat u as has happened to other drivers and police, yeah no. I'm preserving my life......

 

Yes but tires are expected because they blow and belong on a highway, human rioters do not belong there, period and a human is a lot smaller to see on a highway then a big truck tire and actually in some situations its either hit the object or risk flipping the truck, most say hit the debris if unavoidable, again when in the moment u wouldn't necessarily be thinking straight, its easy to sit and judge but u dont actually know, how do u know he didn't have a braking issue slowing down or a sudden loss of braking effectiveness....theres numerous things to consider.......

 

And if Thomas Jefferson's passage on slavery wasn't omitted from the Declaration of Independence, none of this would have happened.

We can go back along the chain of events and say "if this" or "if that" was different then there would have been no problems. But at the end of the day, the driver made a choice. He could have stopped before entering the crowd. Whether he wasn't paying attention (what I think), or he was afraid, or he wanted to hurt the protestors (unlikely) only impacts the mens rea, not the actual crime itself.

 

Park next to a couch or a tire and you'll be waiting awhile before either one of them break your windows and beat you mercilessly.
Park in front of a violent mob on the other hand and it's highly likely you're going to be assaulted or worse.

The worst part about it in my opinion is people thinking it's acceptable behavior to block the highway. We pay taxes to use the highway. Whoever is responsible for not keeping the highway clear should answer for not doing their job. The answer is not to give the SJW's free reign of public highways but rather to punish them for the crimes they are committing.
Try parking your truck and trailer sideways on the interstate in protest of rising big mac prices and see how swift and severe the punishment is. It's not right that these people get a free pass to disrupt society while we pay the price.

 

So drive into them, then get beaten is a better idea?

You're assuming that the driver thought his life was in danger. I think he wasn't paying attention and was hammering down looking to get to the barn and be done. If it had been stopped traffic instead of people he would have rammed into a dozen cars.

One person's bad actions do not necessarily make another's actions lawful or moral.

 

Because you can see him slowing down fast after one off the protesters tripped and fell down.
Read the article posted.
Look at the videos.

 

I actually think it was road rage or indifference rather than not paying attention. He waited until the very last moment to actually brake hard, but he gave people plenty of notice by laying on the horn early and hoping they'd move.

 

How are "social justice warriors" trying to restrict your civil rights?
Restricting our lawful travel is a pretty easy one to start with... I'm not going to get into the specific political agenda of the groups that are organizing these marches and riots but our first amendment rights are without a doubt in jeopardy if they get their way.

I think hiring people based on skill, work history and credentials is true equality. These mobs are trying to get affirmative action reinstated in an attempt to have people hired based solely upon race and gender which is the exact opposite of equality. Exactly what MLK faught for is being torn down.

I have friends that are mechanics for a nascar race team. They are no longer allowed to use the word tranny, just gearbox or transmission. They'll lose their jobs over saying the word tranny while referring to a transmission.
There's no end to the far reaching effects of policing language.
What these groups stand for is far more radical than most people realize because it's hidden behind a veil of "social justice" while they rapidly re define words to fit their agenda.

I'm all for change and betterment of society. A clean safe city with no need for police sounds great...
You and I both know that we can't snap our fingers and get zero violence, rape, murder, robbery, arson, white collar crime and the list goes on.

Change starts with a way of thinking, these violent criminals are thinking violence. Their immediate reaction to the semi truck entering their mob was to attack it. It's insane mob mentality by people unfit to direct any form of social reform. They're out for blood and the poor trucker got in the way.

Here's a link so you can read about our emerging segregation within the Seattle public libraries.
The New Segregation | City Journal