White man uses his truck to drive into Columbus Day protesters– still no arrest

In a scene recalling the terrorist attack in France, a white truck drove into a crowd of people in Reno, Nevada Monday night.  Police are still reviewing the videos, which show it from multiple angles.  One person remains hospitalized.  Minutes earlier, the man drove by the protesters and yelled at them.  Then he returned.  He then engaged the protesters in a confrontation at his truck and threatened to run them down.  Then he did.

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If we were to apply Trump’s standard for Muslims, shouldn’t his white neighbors be notifying the authorities about him?  Where are the white moderates?

 

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About Stephen Carr Hampton

Stephen Carr Hampton is an enrolled citizen of Cherokee Nation, an avid birder since age 7, and a former resource economist for the California Department of Fish & Game, where he worked as a tribal liaison and conducted natural resource damage assessments and oversaw environmental restoration projects after oil spills. He writes most often about Native history and contemporary issues, birds, and climate change.
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1 Response to White man uses his truck to drive into Columbus Day protesters– still no arrest

  1. Here’s the latest. It’s a really poorly-written article but apparently the Reno police have arrested the driver, but also two of the Native protesters as well. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/nick-mahaffey-charged-for-allegedly-driving-into-reno-protest/

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