Man killed after being dragged by FedEx truck following night of protests in downtown St. Louis

[superpatriotman]

https://www.kmov.com/news/man-killed-after-being-dragged-by-fedex-truck-following-night-of-protests-in-downtown-st/article_f8a89482-a259-11ea-84b8-a374c58a7d47.html

Detectives are investigating after a man was killed after being dragged by a FedEx truck overnight in downtown St. Louis following a night of protests.

The accident happened near N. Broadway and O'Fallon around 3:08 a.m. The man was taken to a hospital where he later died, police said.

Bystander Jared Arms captured a video of protesters blocking off a section of the road with their cars and setting something on fire when the FedEx truck approached. As it came to a halt, a crowd of protesters surrounded the front of the truck and began banging and climbing onto the passenger side.

[TheBlackAdder]

1. I read this and it reminded me of the truck driver beaten near death in LA during Rodney King riots.

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Why pick on a FedEx driver?

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[superpatriotman]

3. Reginald Denny

I'm sure that is who the driver thought of immediately.

[NutmegYankee]

2. On first glance it is hard to be critical of the driver.

A crowd pounding on your vehicle is frightening, and the man killed chose to crawl between two hitched trailers in an obvious blind spot, which was incredibly stupid. Its likely the driver believed the crowd pounding on the truck meant to harm him and so he took off.

[leftyladyfrommo]

4. I would have kept going too. nt

[bottomofthehill]

5. Tragic

This is why some type of order must be restored. The driver most likely had no idea there is a person stuck between the trailers.

He now has to live with the fact that he was involved in the loss of a human life.

[Calculating]

6. I don't blame the driver one bit

If an angry crowd surrounds my car and starts trying to break in I'm assuming my life is in danger and stepping on the peddle.

[rockfordfile]

9. I agree

[Igel]

7. You act in a way that creates fear to produce a political outcome,

you get the consequences of the fear you create.

No peace means no peace.

[ProfessorGAC]

8. +1 (nt)