Bloomington, Indiana. Protesters block a car by throwing a scooter in front of it. The passenger removes it and protesters jumps in front of the vehicle. He gets dragged away and injured.
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Law enforcement, witnesses and videos posted on social media indicated the driver of a red Toyota Corolla heading north on Walnut Street stopped near Fourth Street, and a male passenger stepped out of the vehicle to remove an electric scooter in the road. Bloomington Police Department Capt. Ryan Pedigo said in a statement Tuesday that a 29-year-old woman stood in front of the vehicle with her hands on the hood of the car.
The car began to accelerate, causing the woman to go further onto the hood of the car, according to the statement. A 35-year-old man grabbed and clung to the side of the car as the driver sped rapidly north on Walnut Street. Both the man and the woman on the outside of the car fell off at the intersection of Walnut and Sixth streets as the driver turned right onto Sixth Street.
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One thing I see is missing: The driver needs to call 911 the moment he is away and explain the situation. The way it is stated in the article, the police is searching for the car.
He Who Calls First and Does Not Want To #DefundThePolice Has A Better Chance To Win.
My wife and I do most of our driving errands together. She gets carsick if she’s not driving, so I usually ride shotgun.
With two of us, if this happens (and yes, we’ve mapped our plan-of-action beforehand), I’m running comms (read: dialing 911) and she’s focusing on driving.
If street-blockers get violent, I’m also handling that (I practice shooting one-handed while holding the phone in the other). While she’s a good shooter in her own right, we’ve agreed it’s best for all on board (we have small children and almost never go out just the two of us) for her to have both hands on the wheel if things get dicey.
Not that we don’t avoid areas where these people are gathering, but watching the various stories from around the nation, it’s clearly possible to be driving along normally, take a right turn … and suddenly be in the thick of it. Better to have a plan and not need it, than the other way around.
I remember growing up that “go play in traffic” wasn’t a serious brush-off, because we were all smart enough to not play in traffic.
And, well, play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
Blocked traffic with an obstacle so the vehicle could be surrounded. Sounds like an ambush to me.
You do realize that you have more torque in reverse, and your radiator is protected?
I swear I heard one of the female “protesters” say “Hey, you can’t do that!” in regards to the guy moving the scooter.
You did. The objection was probably because he was touching her property.
Big truck. Large tires. Brush guard. Low gear, 4 low. Proceed.
The fleet and halfway clever will flee.
The slow, well, will have a life changing epiphany regarding mass, velocity, kinetic energy, and the interrelationship among these variables.
I, too, have read of the ambushes in Iraq involving crowds and designated shooters. Be really bad if such an effort hereabouts, met a response tested in that crucible
I think I will put the snow plow back on the truck
Given that the rioters started by throwing a piece of property in front of the car, the optimal answer (certainly at this point) is to drive on, over the scooter. Much harder to argue against the driver if no alleged human was hurt by the event.
High ground clearance is your friend, en route to distance, which is your BFF
Not a good plan, IMO, given the low clearance. It’d be pretty easy to puncture fluid lines or the oil pan. Absent moving the scooter, backing out would be better.