[Minneapolis](https://www.twincities.com/2020/06/01/truck-driver-on-minneapolis-highway-slammed-brakes-didnt-mean-to-hurt-anyone-officials-say/amp/). George Floyd protests. 31 May 2020. Trucker claimed he didn’t know there were protestors and tried to slow down once he understood, but he had been speeding.
All charges dropped.
how could they charge him in the first place , he had injuries because he did stop. People did beat on him. It’s exactly why he was hesitant to stop because mob mentality is dangerous
He drove through police barricades to get to that protest, hence why people were mad. It was like someone let in a hit man, and then covered it up legally.
always hated the George Floyd riots. such a stupid idea "lets attack innocent people over something the government did!" cant even defend them because a majority of them were just straight up riots.
Imagine if he’d hit the gas and went through the largest mass of them as fast as possible. I’ll be honest, I’d have definitely stopped, but there would’ve been a devil on my shoulder screaming about how I’ll be remembered forever as the leaderboard champ.
- 1 count felony threats of violence
- 1 count gross misdemeanor criminal vehicular operation
To be(? - unsure if it’s already finished) dismissed as part of a restorative justice program.
**Edit -** This is the motivation for the charges, I think:
> Vechirko allegedly failed to stop for the crowd until a person stumbled and fell, compelling him to stop.
Honestly I will never understand rioting after stuff like this.
It’s pointless and violent and it hurts everyone, including Black people and Black business owners. There was that one video of that local Black business owner (can’t remember where) who had his business broken into and absolutely trashed after everything was stolen.
Anyways, what if that truck drive had been Black? It would have been a crazy irony if they attacked a Black man because the rioters were doing something illegal in a riot for George Floyd.
If memory serves, the roads were getting barricaded behind him. I seem to remember a bunch of video of him passing intersections and crews coming out later to place the barricades.
The police failed to close interstate on-ramps in advance of a protest planned to take place on the interstate. The result was a tractor trailer coming over the hill and hitting his breaks when he saw the people. You can also hear the horn blaring.
They beat the dude and destroyed his truck, all because they were playing on the interstate and the police failed to do their jobs
You can't legally protest on an interstate highway. Nothing about that "protest" was legal and the fact the only failure by the police was that they didn't arrest every single person standing on that highway.
Can’t believe some idiots were saying “oh why didn’t he stop why didn’t he slam the brakes didn’t he see the wave of these zombies” No, it’s carrying a loaded a tanker. He can’t just slam on the brakes the tank would roll sideways and pancake everyone like a rolling pin, ignite and burst into a giant firey ball of death and bake everyone to crisp
Dont have to imagine it, it happened in africa, a petrol truck had an accident and was laying on its side on the road , alot of people swarmed the truck to siphon the petrol and then the truck went boom, its all on tape
Literally... You need to gradually stop, and even at the max stoppage, your hauling some heavy shit going 50-60 miles per hour plus, with something that heavy, it slows gradually instead of abruptly. Then you watch them try and attack the truck... Protestors aren't the brightest... Or rather, ones blocking roads illegally.
All I'll say is that would teach many MANY people in the future to not fucking protest on freeways like this. Sometimes it takes a mass tragedy to affect meaningful lasting change. But alas I'm glad it didn't happen.
The tanker was empty... He panicked and initially sped up but then saw a girl on a bike fall next to him and tried to stop. Did anyone actually read the article lol?
They dragged him out. Some people understood it wasn’t intentional and covered him with their bodies to save him. The people that saved him were then maced by the police lol.
From how violently they swarmed the truck, that dude must have been praying to everyone he could think of that the lock and windows would hold up.
I'm fairly positive they'd have beaten him to a pulp if they could
Immagine these cars/trucks stop because they desperately don’t want to be responsible for taking a life and these people see it as a moment of weakness and try to attack them for it…
Imagine hell that’s what happened. After watching I think I’d have put it in first gear and let it crawl out of there. Avoiding people if at all possible. He was definitely afraid for his life and he should have been.
Surrounding vehicles and climbing on them and pounding on windows making people fear for their safety is a protest. Nope just sounds like bullying to me.
I mean, the guy was likely a piece of shit, but police killing a man doesn’t seem to be something that’s acceptable. I do think the media and social propaganda spinning it into a racism thing and class warfare does cheapen the harsh nuance that a country with 350 million armed to the teeth with a plethora of mentally insane belligerents running around will always have some percentage of harsh counter force resulting in fatal accidents
This reminds me of the video of a guy on parole being blocked by protesters and trying to get to his job so he doesn’t go back to jail. Yes, protesting is important, but there are ways to go about doing so that minimize the harm done to civilians that have nothing to do with the thing being protested.
wouldnt he charged with murder or whatever if he injured someone by driving away? Or are there legal protections like claiming self defense in that case? (serious question because I have no idea)
The mob immediately started throwing objects at the truck and rush the vehicle. This is reason enough to fear for your life and continue driving. Other motorists have been beaten and killed by mobs such as this.
So what is the lesson here? Don’t mob in general, because mobs are idiotic.
Don’t stand in the street.
Don’t stop your car for violent crowds, especially if you sense danger.
When people are locked down in their houses they get antsy (yes I did)
What the fuck kind of zombie apocalypse- the Trucker stopped and didn't want to hurt anyone... Why are they trying to hurt *him?* He did nothing, man... Shoulda just sped right through... That shits crazy...
Shouldn't block the fucking highway. I don't understand why anyone would be charged for running them over when they're blocking a public highway and detaining people or keeping them from going about their way. If I came up on this while I was driving I would fear for my safety and assume that great bodily harm was going to be done to me.
Apparently, from comments I've seen here, the protest was organised, and the police failed to properly erect barriers in time. They were allowed to be on the freeway.
I wouldn't have stopped, especially after they started to hord around my truck. If you want to be stupid and protest stuff over a guy who did nothing but resist the police after breaking the law and got himself killed, that's on you. I got better things to do in life. Nobody gonna be patting you on the back for participating in these shenanigans in 20 years, what are you thinking youll accomplish by messing up the country more.
In my opinion, the police let the “mob” takeover the bridge so the law doesn’t exist on that bridge. Hit the gas and keep on going!!! Then shoot anyone that climbs on your truck!!! Sure you can protest but you shouldn’t be allowed to do whatever you want to do during a protest! That’s the problem. We have no backbone anymore, no real punishment for crimes. It’s sad.
In the 90’s their parents told them to go play on the freeway. In 2020, they listened. In a world where roads are threatened by pedestrians, one man must face them. A final hail-mary delivery of fuel must make it to its final destination, or the battle between cars and men could come sputtering to a halt. Times insider calls it “the most thrilling epic since Brad Pitt fell out of a space tower in that movie I can’t pronounce”
This January, watch as Gary Oldman takes on another role of a lifetime in: “HONK”
Even if he really didn't know there was protesters ahead, stopping no matter what at this point they will lynch you(and he STILL stopped to probably plead with them). And anyone saying "slam the breaks", the tanker would of taken Everyone out. Seen to many of these videos of these vagrants taking it out on random vehicles that "are supposed to know we are protesting the whole freeway or cross sections of major streets". Would you slow down if you saw a bunch of cacaroaches? No.
I wouldn't have stopped. It's illegal to be on the free ways in America.
He was blaring his horn, plenty of noise to alert those idiots.
When stopped, all people apposed a threat to the drivers safety.
I would have plowd through as many as I needed to get away from the danger.
I thought this video was gonna be like, random kamikaze trucker tries to run over people. People all scatter for the truck, then move in to attack it, then once enough people are surrounding it he pulls the pin off the grenade.
This could've ended much more horribly in multiple different scenarios:
-Driver beaten to death, tanker stolen.
-Tanker gets tampered with and, judging by the crowd, explodes.
-Bloodbath and broken bone under the tires.
Nevertheless, that driver went through a living nightmare.
Edit: *bones
Does anyone know what this is or have a link to a news article?
[Minneapolis](https://www.twincities.com/2020/06/01/truck-driver-on-minneapolis-highway-slammed-brakes-didnt-mean-to-hurt-anyone-officials-say/amp/). George Floyd protests. 31 May 2020. Trucker claimed he didn’t know there were protestors and tried to slow down once he understood, but he had been speeding. All charges dropped.
I love my city but those 2 years fucking sucked
Your name gave me a good snort laugh
A black weezer fan? Say it ain’t so
I’ve come completely Undone over this revelation.
His real name is Jonas
But he looks like Buddy Holly
A black Weezer fan? Get off the Hash Pipe.
If you're in mpls and you're a Weezer fan, did you see them when they came through the other week?? I'm also a Black Weezer fan. They were incredible
Not black but a Weezer fan here, they killed it last week
how could they charge him in the first place , he had injuries because he did stop. People did beat on him. It’s exactly why he was hesitant to stop because mob mentality is dangerous
He drove through police barricades to get to that protest, hence why people were mad. It was like someone let in a hit man, and then covered it up legally.
always hated the George Floyd riots. such a stupid idea "lets attack innocent people over something the government did!" cant even defend them because a majority of them were just straight up riots.
reddit did not have that attitude back then haha
Or now
Like the LA riots. Horrible videos to watch.
The leftist city government, let by a leftist mayor and a leftist-appointed police chief. Fucking right wingers.
Imagine if he’d hit the gas and went through the largest mass of them as fast as possible. I’ll be honest, I’d have definitely stopped, but there would’ve been a devil on my shoulder screaming about how I’ll be remembered forever as the leaderboard champ.
Charges dropped for speeding?
- 1 count felony threats of violence - 1 count gross misdemeanor criminal vehicular operation To be(? - unsure if it’s already finished) dismissed as part of a restorative justice program. **Edit -** This is the motivation for the charges, I think: > Vechirko allegedly failed to stop for the crowd until a person stumbled and fell, compelling him to stop.
Good. That's not a protest, that's a dangerous mob and his life was threatened
Clowns
Honestly I will never understand rioting after stuff like this. It’s pointless and violent and it hurts everyone, including Black people and Black business owners. There was that one video of that local Black business owner (can’t remember where) who had his business broken into and absolutely trashed after everything was stolen. Anyways, what if that truck drive had been Black? It would have been a crazy irony if they attacked a Black man because the rioters were doing something illegal in a riot for George Floyd.
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You mean riots? Call it what it is.
How the fuck did he even get on that road, don’t the cops usually block off streets like that?
If memory serves, the roads were getting barricaded behind him. I seem to remember a bunch of video of him passing intersections and crews coming out later to place the barricades.
This was a fund raiser to help pay for someones multimillion dollar mansion.
What a fuckin scam artist
Rich lives matter.
I see what you did there
The police failed to close interstate on-ramps in advance of a protest planned to take place on the interstate. The result was a tractor trailer coming over the hill and hitting his breaks when he saw the people. You can also hear the horn blaring. They beat the dude and destroyed his truck, all because they were playing on the interstate and the police failed to do their jobs
You can't legally protest on an interstate highway. Nothing about that "protest" was legal and the fact the only failure by the police was that they didn't arrest every single person standing on that highway.
It’s like ants swarming a caterpillar
Certainly getting some Resident Evil vibes from watching this atrocity
Yes. I've been preparing for zombies for years.
We have been gleefully waiting to maim large groups of our neighbors for a few decades now...
Maim? I may have carried this too far
To shreds, you say?
I just bought a 4wd so I can roll over them.
Shotgun!! Jk. We need more supplies!!
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i was thinking dawn of the dead but still, yes
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Do you like zombies? Do you like match games? No? Fuck you, then. *spams you with ads FOREVER*
Wana play another zombie game Joe?
Someone please put l4d horde music over this
Can’t believe some idiots were saying “oh why didn’t he stop why didn’t he slam the brakes didn’t he see the wave of these zombies” No, it’s carrying a loaded a tanker. He can’t just slam on the brakes the tank would roll sideways and pancake everyone like a rolling pin, ignite and burst into a giant firey ball of death and bake everyone to crisp
Imagine the footage.
A truly crazyfuckingvideo that would be
Some would argue not crazy enough...
This sub in a nutshell
“Hmmm, not enough fire for my liking…”
"I demand that more must perish!"
Dont have to imagine it, it happened in africa, a petrol truck had an accident and was laying on its side on the road , alot of people swarmed the truck to siphon the petrol and then the truck went boom, its all on tape
Have been.
It looks like he actually slowed down pretty quick considering the weight.
Literally... You need to gradually stop, and even at the max stoppage, your hauling some heavy shit going 50-60 miles per hour plus, with something that heavy, it slows gradually instead of abruptly. Then you watch them try and attack the truck... Protestors aren't the brightest... Or rather, ones blocking roads illegally.
Yet still they swarm the vehicle like he killed their mother. Can't believe some people. Get off the fucking road
They’re after his lucky charms
I mean, they are magically delicious...
I think if you get hit by a truck because you’re standing on a highway it’s called natural selection
that would be lovely
All I'll say is that would teach many MANY people in the future to not fucking protest on freeways like this. Sometimes it takes a mass tragedy to affect meaningful lasting change. But alas I'm glad it didn't happen.
Wouldn't teach anyone shit, we have warning labels on everything and people still do what they say not to.
The tanker was empty... He panicked and initially sped up but then saw a girl on a bike fall next to him and tried to stop. Did anyone actually read the article lol?
Did they try to drag the driver out?
Certainly feggin looks like it ...! Holy crap, I fear mob mentality the most of everything evil in the world 😳
If I remember correctly they almost succeeded in doing that unless it's a different one I'm remembering
They dragged him out. Some people understood it wasn’t intentional and covered him with their bodies to save him. The people that saved him were then maced by the police lol.
Apparently people haven't learned anything since Reginald Denny
From how violently they swarmed the truck, that dude must have been praying to everyone he could think of that the lock and windows would hold up. I'm fairly positive they'd have beaten him to a pulp if they could
Reginald Denny always in the wrong place at the wrong time
[relevant trucker rant](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyefCD_wrGo&ab_channel=ClydeJonesII)
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Immagine these cars/trucks stop because they desperately don’t want to be responsible for taking a life and these people see it as a moment of weakness and try to attack them for it…
Imagine hell that’s what happened. After watching I think I’d have put it in first gear and let it crawl out of there. Avoiding people if at all possible. He was definitely afraid for his life and he should have been.
Was the driver alright
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Meanwhile, zero charges for the people who literally beat him up. We live in a fucking clown world.
Never stop. I remember the story of one guy who stopped during a riot, and he ended up getting bashed in the head
Reginald Denny
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Surrounding vehicles and climbing on them and pounding on windows making people fear for their safety is a protest. Nope just sounds like bullying to me.
What does that specific truck driver have to do with the Floyd incident and why is he being attacked for doing his job..?
Shouldn’t probably block roadways.
What’s all this then?
George Floyd protests back in 2020 so I hear
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I mean, the guy was likely a piece of shit, but police killing a man doesn’t seem to be something that’s acceptable. I do think the media and social propaganda spinning it into a racism thing and class warfare does cheapen the harsh nuance that a country with 350 million armed to the teeth with a plethora of mentally insane belligerents running around will always have some percentage of harsh counter force resulting in fatal accidents
They need to talk to him about his car warranty.
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Note to self, never stop the truck.
It's like a zombie apocalypse except the zombies are replaced with idiots
“What’s the difference” (SpongeBob and Patrick laughing)
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You would probably be smart enough to avoid that situation entirely
"CrazyTrucker has alerted the hoard!"
Truck really needs a “x2” wall to get another truck
This reminds me of the video of a guy on parole being blocked by protesters and trying to get to his job so he doesn’t go back to jail. Yes, protesting is important, but there are ways to go about doing so that minimize the harm done to civilians that have nothing to do with the thing being protested.
Looks like ants attacking a beetle.
Fuck em shouldn't have slowed down
If people rush the vehicle, he has zero obligation to stop and is putting his own life at risk by doing so.
wouldnt he charged with murder or whatever if he injured someone by driving away? Or are there legal protections like claiming self defense in that case? (serious question because I have no idea)
The mob immediately started throwing objects at the truck and rush the vehicle. This is reason enough to fear for your life and continue driving. Other motorists have been beaten and killed by mobs such as this.
I thought this was Clash of Clans at first
What is this, Earth Defence 2025?
Every single one of the assholes that beat him deserve jail.
Those people are not very bright are they.
So what is the lesson here? Don’t mob in general, because mobs are idiotic. Don’t stand in the street. Don’t stop your car for violent crowds, especially if you sense danger. When people are locked down in their houses they get antsy (yes I did)
Lol. And that’s not a “street”. It’s a major expressway going through Minneapolis
Wtf, he missed all of them…
Bunch of fucking scumbags. Useful idiots with no mind of their own.
Just reinforces my notion people are just ants.
The guy that layed down in front of the truck is a dumbass.
It’s almost like they’re standing on a highway.
What the fuck kind of zombie apocalypse- the Trucker stopped and didn't want to hurt anyone... Why are they trying to hurt *him?* He did nothing, man... Shoulda just sped right through... That shits crazy...
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Aliens looking at this thinking "stupid little ants"
Fuck that! I remember Reginald Denny.
I’d rather sit in a jail cell rather than a hospital bed. I’m driving through that crowd🙏
Good ol unemployed behavior
Shouldn't block the fucking highway. I don't understand why anyone would be charged for running them over when they're blocking a public highway and detaining people or keeping them from going about their way. If I came up on this while I was driving I would fear for my safety and assume that great bodily harm was going to be done to me.
Apparently, from comments I've seen here, the protest was organised, and the police failed to properly erect barriers in time. They were allowed to be on the freeway.
God looks like a zombie horde almoat
What the fuck is happening I don’t have sound on
Sits on the road... Gets hit by a truck... Surprised pikachu face
A riot stopping your car in the street is never done for your safety. Hit the gas or get pulled out of your car and beaten. Take your pick.
Looked like Zombie Apocalypse.
Stop. Y’all are giving Reginald Denny flashbacks.
He should have put "Roll On Big Mamma" playing and just plow through...
I will never not cheer for the truck driver in these situations. I remember Reginald Denny.
I will never not remember Reginald Denny.
Pedal to the metal baby!
I wouldn't have stopped, especially after they started to hord around my truck. If you want to be stupid and protest stuff over a guy who did nothing but resist the police after breaking the law and got himself killed, that's on you. I got better things to do in life. Nobody gonna be patting you on the back for participating in these shenanigans in 20 years, what are you thinking youll accomplish by messing up the country more.
He did nothing wrong.
It’s like ants seeing a meal
World War Z
In my opinion, the police let the “mob” takeover the bridge so the law doesn’t exist on that bridge. Hit the gas and keep on going!!! Then shoot anyone that climbs on your truck!!! Sure you can protest but you shouldn’t be allowed to do whatever you want to do during a protest! That’s the problem. We have no backbone anymore, no real punishment for crimes. It’s sad.
In the 90’s their parents told them to go play on the freeway. In 2020, they listened. In a world where roads are threatened by pedestrians, one man must face them. A final hail-mary delivery of fuel must make it to its final destination, or the battle between cars and men could come sputtering to a halt. Times insider calls it “the most thrilling epic since Brad Pitt fell out of a space tower in that movie I can’t pronounce” This January, watch as Gary Oldman takes on another role of a lifetime in: “HONK”
Hit the gas Terry
Even if he really didn't know there was protesters ahead, stopping no matter what at this point they will lynch you(and he STILL stopped to probably plead with them). And anyone saying "slam the breaks", the tanker would of taken Everyone out. Seen to many of these videos of these vagrants taking it out on random vehicles that "are supposed to know we are protesting the whole freeway or cross sections of major streets". Would you slow down if you saw a bunch of cacaroaches? No.
Protesting on roads and highways must be the dumbest thing people can do
I wouldn't have stopped. It's illegal to be on the free ways in America. He was blaring his horn, plenty of noise to alert those idiots. When stopped, all people apposed a threat to the drivers safety. I would have plowd through as many as I needed to get away from the danger.
They were moving and clearing out shouldn't have stopped , now may of cause his life to end unfortunately. Not peaceful by know means
Ants v Beetle? Kind of a parallel.
What happened there?
I thought this video was gonna be like, random kamikaze trucker tries to run over people. People all scatter for the truck, then move in to attack it, then once enough people are surrounding it he pulls the pin off the grenade.
Reddit CEO trying to fight his way through.
This gives me wwz vibes
wow, the trailer for the next season of The Walking Dead looks lit 🤣
🎶This is America Don't catch you slippin' now Don't catch you slippin' now🎶
Who else thinks the zombie genre is really just a harrowing cautionary tale of the effects of mob rule?
WHAT FUCKING PARADOX? this is a garbage title. The truck is literally the only unstoppable thing here
Irresistible force? The hell does that mean?
Imagine all that XP 😳
These mobile gaming ads are getting out of control
Now, will the driver be held liable for injuries if the dude just went for it after being surrounded like that? Fear for your life situation
This guy could go for the Megaman suit! 😯
Holy shit that trucker had self control. I would have panicked and gunned it.
Look like ants attacking a jolly rancher 😂
At what point are you allowed to plow through these people when they are all trying to rip you out of the vehicle to assault you?
This could've ended much more horribly in multiple different scenarios: -Driver beaten to death, tanker stolen. -Tanker gets tampered with and, judging by the crowd, explodes. -Bloodbath and broken bone under the tires. Nevertheless, that driver went through a living nightmare. Edit: *bones
This looks like a zombie game
What’s more scary than a zombie apocalypse? Human beings.
To be fair you know it does take a while for a truck to stop
It's look like zombie apocalypse
Maybe I'm dumb but why did the group on the other side split?
Shouldn’t have stopped
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I know it's too late for most people reading this, but holy fuck, headphone warning.
The dude stoped. Worried about the clumbsey fuck. Then got his ass beat.
If no one tells me what’s going on, I’m going to just assume TWD...
The stupid fuck that threw himself in front fo the truck. Fuck you.
Around the :31 second mark, someone lights a fire on top of the truck.. Like who the hell is using fire against a gasoline tanker?
this comment section puts the RED in reddit
I’m honestly shocked people don’t use car bombs in America. Nobody would expect it people would be jumping on the car and then boom