Blocked Truck Driven into Rhode Island Anti-ICE protesters

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It takes a real no brainer to defend the notion of intentionally choosing to strike people with one's vehicle. Oh well, at least your statement is public record so if you ever do it you'll end up caged like James Fields.

If they do, they must be independently wealthy. Another question: how do these people have the time/money to protest? Most of us would have to ration our food for the week if we missed one day of work. Just another reason to be disgusted and contemptuous of individuals with the time and freedom to laze about.

A Rhode Island correctional officer resigned Friday, one day after being placed on administrative leave following an incident in which a truck driver plowed the vehicle into a small crowd of anti-ICE protesters -- reportedly injuring two of them.

It remained unclear whether Capt. Thomas Woodworth -- who had worked at the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Facility in Central Falls, a government facility operated by a private contractor -- was behind the wheel of the truck in the Wednesday incident. The operator holds contracts to detain illegal immigrants on behalf of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Providence Journal report.

The Rhode Island State Police and facility officials are both investigating the incident, the Providence Journal reported.

The detention facility's managers have not confirmed the identity of the driver, citing the ongoing investigation, the Journal reported.

Never Again Action, which claims Woodworth was the driver, issued a statement Friday after the officer's resignation. In addition to the two injuries, the group also claims three people were treated for exposure to pepper spray, the Journal reported

One of the protesters, Jerry Belair, 64, suffered a broken leg and internal bleeding and was being examined for a possible back injury, the organization told Boston’s WBZ-TV.

A Rhode Island correctional officer resigned Friday, one day after being placed on administrative leave following an incident in which a truck driver plowed the vehicle into a small crowd of anti-ICE protesters -- reportedly injuring two of them.

If they do, they must be independently wealthy. Another question: how do these people have the time/money to protest? Most of us would have to ration our food for the week if we missed one day of work. Just another reason to be disgusted and contemptuous of individuals with the time and freedom to laze about.

As I understand, these protesters were mostly Jewish, and Jewish people in America tend to be fairly well off. Here:

https://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/ICE-offi ... gns-598889

My understanding is, they're trying to prevent a repeat of the Holocaust or anything approaching that. They're wanting to go at it early in the process, long before the extermination begins.

So, let me ask you some questions:

How is protesting "laz(ing) about"?

Do you want the people you disagree with to be so poor that they can't afford to protest, and thus you don't have to worry about the status quo changing?

A guard resigned that may or may not have been the guard that drove the truck.