Brooklyn, NY As doctors, nurses, and other medical staff bravely battle the coronavirus on the front lines, there are other industries out there who are providing extremely vital services, but get overlooked. In a time in which grocery store shelves are being emptied at furious rates, truck drivers are tirelessly carrying tons of supplies from coast to coast to make sure society does not break down during this crisis.
The supplies range from food to medical supplies that are invaluable during these times. One would think that these brave men and women behind the big wheels would be given leeway by law enforcement during this outbreak. However, as the following case illustrates, one would be wrong.
In many places, these truck drivers are actually greeted with kindness and thanked for their service. In Eufaula, Alabama, the police department announced they wanted to help the hungry truck drivers, AL.com reported.
To that end, if you are a truck driver, and need to take time off the road in Eufaula, we will assist you in getting food, the Eufaula Police Department posted on their official Facebook page. With more and more restaurants limiting their dining room access, it is becoming harder for our truck driving friends to find places to eat. We will either go get something for you, or give you a ride to the nearest drive through (if you dont mind riding in the back seat).
We are working non-stop, but its to make sure people get what they need, says Ronda Aucoin, a truck driver from Kentucky.
Aucoin told KRNV that people have been kind of enough to bring her a warm meal when she and her daughter post-up at truck stops across the country.
Nevadans have been especially nice since a few places are closed and not allowing us to stay the night when were done working, says Aucoin.
But these cases are in Nevada and Alabama. In New York, the same brave men and women hauling crucial supplies during this crisis are being preyed on by police. Instead of bringing them warm food and salutations, officers from the NYPDs 66th Precinct brought them extortion and theft.
Because many rest stops are closed across the country, Truckers have been forced to stop on the side of the road to sleep while hauling these supplies. Instead of realizing this, NYPD cops raided the sleeping truckers, issued them fines and impounded their vehicles for sleeping on the side of the road.
Completely oblivious to the heinous nature of preying on people trying to keep the nation from falling into chaos, the officers who conducted the raid took to Twitter to brag about it.
Our traffic safety officer was out on Bay pkwy towing these illegally parked trailers, the NYPD 66th Precinct tweeted on Monday morning. Please remember commercial vehicles cannot be parked on residential blocks.
The tweet has since been deleted after they received a massive wave of backlash. The act of extorting truckers hauling much need supplies was so over the top that it even drew criticism from other cops.
Even the pro-police media outlet Blue Lives Matter decried the actions of NYPDs 66 Precinct in an article on Tuesday. Blue Lives Matter described what happened in the 66th Precinct as utterly disgusting.
Also, retired NYPD Detective David Chianese captured the tweet and then took to his Advocacy for LEOs Blog to sarcastically flog the brave cops for raiding sleeping truckers.
Parked along a deserted mixed-use street in the wee hours of the morning lay truckers. Over the road truckers who have been working nonstop the last few weeks in a desperate attempt to win shelf space in stores to prevent the American people from going without. Truckers sleeping in their rigs to catch a few moments of rest before pulling out to take loaded trailers to their next destination. Trailers full of water, diapers, baby formula, and the ever-elusive toilet paper. Trailers that will now go undelivered and further set back the fight to keep goods flowing to stores so that the citizens of the United States have what they need.
As the sun slowly begins to crack just over the elevated subway station, a crack comes over the radio signaling the beginning of Operation Cluster F**k. An operation spearheaded and ran by no other than Long Island native, Deputy Inspector James King. Like the brave soldiers on Omaha Beach, members of the 66 Pct and the NYPD Traffic Enforcement Division charged the block and risked it all to wake sleeping out of state truckers.
Luckily, this time, the waters would not turn red from the blood of slaughtered patriots risking their lives to save an enslaved nation halfway across the world but it would mean people not getting what they need, while sitting in quarantine during the largest global emergency since the deadly Spanish influenza pandemic of 1918.
Blue Lives Matter said they spoke with an NYPD official who said the cops in the 66th precinct are doing the bidding of community leaders who dont want trucks parked in their neighborhoods.
This is a situation where the precinct commander didnt have the balls to tell the community leaders that theyre being ridiculous, the NYPD official told Blue Lives Matter. Why would he send officers to mess with these truckers who need to deliver supplies, effectively exposing all of the officers and the truckers to each other for no reason? Its just inexcusable.
And there you have it. To keep you safe during this crisis, at the behest of their rich community leaders, cops are extorting truck drivers and impounding the supplies they are hauling which are keeping the country from falling into utter chaos. Seems legit.
#1: rustynail To: Deckard (#0)
rustynail posted on 2020-03-26 08:10:48 Reply Private Reply
#2: sneakypete To: Deckard (#0)
sneakypete posted on 2020-03-26 12:59:05 Reply Private Reply
#3: Gatlin To: sneakypete (#2)
Why?
One reason ...
There are other such damning reportsWhile I have absolutely no basis to correct you since I dont have access to the facts, I will however politely say that I will forever need to fact-check what I read that is presented by TFTP - and especially those articles written by Matt Agorist.
Gatlin posted on 2020-03-26 13:48:32 Reply Private Reply
#4: watchman To: Gatlin (#3)
Try the link in the article: "Advocacy for LEOs Blog"
The comments on the blog are from people who live in the neighborhood...very enlightening.
Oh, yes, Gatlin, one more thing...try to stop whining...it's unbecoming to a gentleman of your age. Thanks in advance.
watchman posted on 2020-03-26 14:21:27 Reply Private Reply
#5: Deckard To: Gatlin, watchman (#3)
The comments there might just enlighten you.
Deckard posted on 2020-03-26 14:34:13 Reply Private Reply
#6: Deckard To: Gatlin (#3)
Thanks for reminding us all that you favor censorship of ideas, opinions and websites that you find disagreeable.
Deckard posted on 2020-03-26 14:40:05 Reply Private Reply
#7: Gatlin To: Deckard (#6)
I got tired of having to fact-check almost every sentence in those web publications that supply unverifiable information, so it has become common practice for me to now look at source and author of any newly posted article and pass it by if I have found many cases in the past where they only present agenda driven biased stories by rewriting local news story to comply with their point of view.
I have never stated anything about censorship. That is not within my purview and neither do I ever want it to be. What I have done is to continually advocate for and recommend the fact-checking and further investigation on an each article basis when obtaining information from any of these sources before anyone makes a crusading dedicated effort to promote unverifiable information in the articles from these untrustworthy sources.
I will continue to do that
Gatlin posted on 2020-03-26 15:41:34 Reply Private Reply
#8: Gatlin To: watchman (#4)
Until I receive such enlightened information, I will stand by my statement:
Moving on There is a distinct difference between complaining and whining which can easily be distinguished by the nature of the expressed dissatisfaction and by the motivation for expressing it. Complaining is said to involve voicing fair and legitimate dissatisfactions with the goal of achieving a corrective remedy which is a good thing. My goal is to MLFGA. I voice the dissatisfactions that I feel are legitimate and I do so to attain a resolution. I will continue to do that ...I say it is complaining and as I so aptly stated in a previous post that complaining has a constructive good.
While you say it is whining.
Oh yes In any case, I will take your request under careful advisement and get back to you at some future date
Gatlin posted on 2020-03-27 22:01:18 Reply Private Reply
#9: Gatlin To: watchman, Deckard, ALL (#4)
Matt Agorist in The Free Thought Project article posted here stated that truck drivers are tirelessly carrying tons of supplies and in these trucks:
While Ashley in an article published in CDL Life stated:
SoMatt Agorist stated the trucks were full and delivering supplies that range from food to medical supplies.
While Ashley stated that the trucks were empty and waiting for a load.
We are to believe whom
Knowing Matt Agorists posting history of yellow journalism that has over time presented little or no legitimate well-researched news while instead simply taking stories from other sources and rewriting them to use eye-catching exaggerations and scandal-monger with sensationalism to show a situation in an agenda driven bad light I chose to believe Ashley.
You may believe whomever you wish to
Gatlin posted on 2020-03-27 23:18:51 Reply Private Reply
#10: A Pole To: Gatlin (#9)
Not at the same time, you silly. They do drive and do sleep, but hopefully not at the same time.
A Pole posted on 2020-03-28 01:21:11 Reply Private Reply
#11: Gatlin To: A Pole (#10)
Of course, you silly, and carrying your masterful thought process further and doing so without overlooking complexity that begs the question: Were the trucks filled with supplies ranging from food to medical supplies that are invaluable during these times as Matt Agorist said. or were the trucks empty waiting for loads as Ashley said. But definitely they cannot be both at the same time an oddity that you have so dialectically exposed.Smart ass, you tell us all which. Was the glass half full or was the glass half empty using an age old analogy. Call upon the high degree of sapience you seem to think you are displaying and use your divine knowledge coupled with the abundance of wisdom you have indulging in to act with mythical ability and riddle us which it was.
Can you
Remembering of course, as you have digressed and wandered off into the wilderness that the issue here is not whether the trucks were filled or empty, but that it has been stated that the residents called NYPD because the trucks were blocking their driveways.
Suddenly, toying with you and Herr Wächter has become more entertaining than ridiculing Deckard with the truth.
Thank you for this glorious early morning opportunity
Gatlin posted on 2020-03-28 06:02:59 Reply Private Reply
#12: A K A Stone To: Deckard (#0)
Nah nevermind. Not reading the article. Matt lies too much.
A K A Stone posted on 2020-03-28 07:12:12 Reply Private Reply
#13: Deckard To: A K A Stone (#12)
Virtually all of Matt's articles are backed up by other websites and media outlets.
AllIn Eufaula, Alabama, the police department announced they wanted to help the hungry truck drivers, AL.com reported.
To that end, if you are a truck driver, and need to take time off the road in Eufaula, we will assist you in getting food, the Eufaula Police Department posted on their official Facebook page.
Aucoin told KRNV that people have been kind of enough to bring her a warm meal when she and her daughter post-up at truck stops across the country.
Also, retired NYPD Detective David Chianese captured the tweet and then took to his Advocacy for LEOs Blog to sarcastically flog the brave cops for raiding sleeping truckers.
Even the pro-police media outlet Blue Lives Matter decried the actions of NYPDs 66 Precinct in an article on Tuesday. Blue Lives Matter described what happened in the 66th Precinct as utterly disgusting.
There's FIVE links right there!
Deckard posted on 2020-03-28 07:40:54 Reply Private Reply
#14: Gatlin To: Deckard (#13)
Nah, Deckard You lie.To your first pint Those other websites you refer to are biased websites with the same agenda as Matt Agorist.
As to the other media outlets you refer to What Matt Argoist does is take articles from other media outlets and without any investigation he rewrites those articles and files it with his lies to prejudice those who read his article to believe it to be true and not investigate and read those other media articles.
Gatlin posted on 2020-03-28 07:54:02 Reply Private Reply
#15: Gatlin To: Deckard, A K A Stone (#13)
Shrewd tactic Very shrewdMatt Agorist sprinkles his articles with a bit of sympathetic truth to sway the readers into believing all the information contained within his articles is true.
He is one conning and deceptive individual who has shown skill in achieving his ends by deceit and evasion.
You have learned your lessons well from Matt Agorist.
You are displaying that right now
Gatlin posted on 2020-03-28 08:02:38 Reply Private Reply
#16: A K A Stone To: Deckard (#13)
A K A Stone posted on 2020-03-28 08:07:30 Reply Private Reply
#17: Gatlin To: A K A Stone, Deckard (#16)
I can only wonder what Matt Agorist's intentions really are.
Moreover
I really wonder why he must consistently lie and exaggerate.
Gatlin posted on 2020-03-28 08:44:20 Reply Private Reply
#18: Deckard To: Gatlin (#14)
Advocacy for LEOs Blog?
Blue Lives Matter?
Eufaula Police Department Facebook Page?
Alabama.com?
KNRV News 4?
All of these sites have the same agenda as FTP?
Seriously?
Deckard posted on 2020-03-28 09:02:59 Reply Private Reply
#19: Deckard To: Gatlin (#14)
If anything, he may be guilty of editorializing.
Deckard posted on 2020-03-28 09:04:31 Reply Private Reply
#20: Gatlin To: Deckard (#13)
Five links of truths to support a deceptive article
Does not one lie by Matt Agorist cancel ...
Gatlin posted on 2020-03-28 09:04:43 Reply Private Reply
#21: Deckard To: Gatlin (#20)
Of course, the links support Matt's article.
Advocacy for LEOs Blog?
Blue Lives Matter?
Eufaula Police Department Facebook Page?
Alabama.com?
KNRV News 4?
All of these sites have the same agenda as FTP?
Seriously?
You're a frigging joke!
Deckard posted on 2020-03-28 09:08:03 Reply Private Reply
#22: Gatlin To: Deckard, A K A Stone (#19)
Bullshit
Editorializing is the means of inserting your own opinion there should be no personal opinion by the author in a news article.
When editorializing does happen, a writer is either consciously or unconsciously expressing doubt, censure, praise or injecting lies into a news story.
It is not to be that persons are permitted to express an opinion in a straight news story they are writing.
When the author states an opinion by any person in the article the quoted must definitely be attributed to the person who gave it.
News stories should always be written in the third person.
The writers personal opinions is never to be injected into a news story.
Facts should be reported as they are found, without personal pronouns.
Working in the news media You should know this.
Why dont you
Gatlin posted on 2020-03-28 09:22:10 Reply Private Reply
#23: Deckard To: Gatlin (#22)
As far as your "straight from the AP style guide" gibberish - well, you know where you can stick that.
It's a stone-cold gas watching you attempt to reconcile the fact that two-pro cop sites are in agreement with FTP.
Gosh, that must really chap your ass!
Deckard posted on 2020-03-28 09:29:06 Reply Private Reply
#24: Gatlin To: Deckard (#21)
The five links of truth did not in any way pertain to the NYPD which Matt Argoist was writing about.
They were simply inserted into the article by Matt Agorist merely to present some undeniable truths which Matt Agorist used to support his lie.
I advocate for no one
You ask: Seriously?
I answer: Yes.
You say: You're a frigging joke!
I say: I am your worst nightmare constantly hounding you to stop posting and supporting lie.
I will continue to do that
Gatlin posted on 2020-03-28 09:36:23 Reply Private Reply
#25: Gatlin To: Deckard (#23)
The precinct commander should have never been so stupid as to issue the dumb tweet. If questioned, he should have issued a press release and stated that he was responding to complaints by the home owners in the residential area that the big rigs were blocking their driveway.
Gosh, yu must be really disappointed that you did not get the response you expected
Gatlin posted on 2020-03-28 09:52:43 Reply Private Reply
#26: Deckard To: Gatlin (#24)
Good grief! These two did:
The tweet has since been deleted after they received a massive wave of backlash. The act of extorting truckers hauling much need supplies was so over the top that it even drew criticism from other cops.
Even the pro-police media outlet Blue Lives Matter decried the actions of NYPDs 66 Precinct in an article on Tuesday. Blue Lives Matter described what happened in the 66th Precinct as utterly disgusting.
Also, retired NYPD Detective David Chianese captured the tweet and then took to his Advocacy for LEOs Blog to sarcastically flog the brave cops for raiding sleeping truckers.
In Gatlin Bizarro World, the cops are telling the truth, yet Agorist is a liar for linking to the truthful pro-cop pages.
Geesh!
Deckard posted on 2020-03-28 10:05:10 Reply Private Reply
#27: Hondo68 To: Gatlin, twink snowflake, meltdown (#11)
Calm down, ya twink !
Take a chill pill.
Hondo68 posted on 2020-03-28 10:30:52 Reply Private Reply
#28: Gatlin To: Deckard (#26)
The complaints must have been lawfully valid for the NYPD to take that action. Then the stupid precinct commanded issued one of the most dumbass tweets I have ever read from any LEO. Two pro-cop web sites condemned the tweets and make comments about the tweet. There was no mention in the tweet that he was responding to the home owners complaint and the wording in his stupid tweet made it appear this was some glorified quasi tow operation. I can find no evidence to show that the pro-cop websites knew that.
An anti-cop website picked up on the local information and the original story from the first anti-cop website reverberated through all the other anti-cop websites with each site flavoring it with their own brand of bias. That is the reason Deckard said something like others are preseting the same information. Yes, they were parroting. None of these dark-side websites took the occasion to link to any media source that presented conflicting information which supported the tow operation. Instead, Matt Agorist linked to some websites far away frp, MUC and in Alabama where folks were doing yoemans work to assist long=haul truckers. That information had absolutely nothing to do with the op[eration in NYC. It was merely a move to gain sympathetic support ny Matt Agorist for his cop-condemning article. It is obvious that it work, judging from the response by a poster here.
And Deckard once again operated as a pimp for Matt Agorist by posting this article here
Shameful
Gatlin posted on 2020-03-28 10:37:21 Reply Private Reply
#29: Deckard To: Gatlin (#28)
Show me one link in the article that is anti-cop.
So...more than one site reported it? Good - Freedom of the press is one of the bedrock principles that real Americans hold dear.
You don't like alternative news sites?
Stick with your WSJ.
Deckard posted on 2020-03-28 11:04:28 Reply Private Reply
#30: Gatlin To: Deckard (#26)
Matt Aorist is a liar for reasons unknown.
He has been proven to be on numerous occasions here of LF.
Putting aside the stupid tweet by the precinct commander which I have condemned There are questions that need to be answered before passing judgment and condemning the NYPD.
When and if I can find answers to any or most of those question and the answers point to wrong doing by the NYPD I will gladly join your crusade to crucify the NYPD for their actions here.In the meantime, I reserve the right to condemn or assign blame.
I will not now, nor will I ever, read an article by Matt Agorist and pass judgment.
You can, you are and you will continue to do so
Gatlin posted on 2020-03-28 11:14:10 Reply Private Reply
#31: Gatlin To: Deckard (#29)
LMAO ...
The whole damned article is ...
It does however contain supporting facts to support that ...
Gatlin posted on 2020-03-28 11:16:59 Reply Private Reply
#32: Gatlin To: Deckard (#29)
Gatlin posted on 2020-03-28 11:25:27 Reply Private Reply
#33: Gatlin To: Deckard (#29)
Thats indeed something you should try doing
Gatlin posted on 2020-03-28 11:27:07 Reply Private Reply
#34: Hondo68 To: Gatlin, lies lies i cant believe a word you say (#33)
Hondo68 posted on 2020-03-28 11:45:04 Reply Private Reply
#35: sneakypete To: Gatlin (#3)
Fair enough.
Let us know what you find and decide,ok?
sneakypete posted on 2020-03-28 12:19:44 Reply Private Reply
#36: sneakypete To: Gatlin (#9)
What practical difference does it make. A truck waiting to be loaded being towed means it doesn't get loaded,and it doesn't get to deliver a load.
The end result is the same.
sneakypete posted on 2020-03-28 12:22:56 Reply Private Reply
#37: A Pole To: sneakypete (#36)
He thinks that the way to win an argument is by quibbling and twisting. Does not know any better.
A Pole posted on 2020-03-28 13:06:08 Reply Private Reply
#38: Gatlin To: A Pole (#37)
I know that an argument is defined as: A course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating truth or falsehood."
In the study of logic and philosophy, you will find that an argument is neither a win or lose situation.
It is simply a series of profoundly complex statements called premises which are intended to determine the degree of truth of another statement.
Understanding this then all I do, and all I have ever done, is continue to strive to superbly determine the truth.
I am doing a great job at that I will forever continue to do that
Gatlin posted on 2020-03-28 13:35:28 Reply Private Reply
#39: A Pole To: Gatlin (#38)
For ever and ever ;)
A Pole posted on 2020-03-28 17:52:59 Reply Private Reply
#40: Gatlin To: A Pole (#39)
be afraid to shout out his good features and talents.
My mystical motto back then was "If you've got it, flaunt it!"
You have provided me the golden opportunity to once again shout
Brother I got it, so Im really gonna flaunt it!"
Thanks for providing me with the platform and reason.
Another idiom I favored for its blunt message of confidence is
if you don't toot your own horn - nobody will.
Pay close attention now
Pretty good Eh
Toot Toot.
Major Gatlin
That is not an honorary title.
It was well earned through a deliberate and obstinate desire
to be of great service to our wonderful nation..
Toot Toot.
Gatlin posted on 2020-03-28 19:41:26 Reply Private Reply
#41: sneakypete To: Gatlin (#38)
Truly,you are a legendary something.
sneakypete posted on 2020-03-28 20:18:49 Reply Private Reply