And so it goes........... Derek's report was excellent. I supported him when he was a candidate. I still wear his shirt :-) If anyone can be taken at his word it's he. It's troublesome and sad that we have men serving as police officers who probably shouldn't be. It makes it difficult for all the wonderful officers that serve.
I told Derek that I first heard about him through you. I remember at the school board meetings, everyone was saying: "Keep the politics out of the boardroom!" And here you were during your allotted speech time telling everyone to vote for Derek! We all ate it up!
I have 2 incidents of rollin' coal to report but until now I've kept silent.
1. The first was at the March protest on Tamiami. A black jacked-up truck (no surprise) turned left exiting Marina Jacks onto Tamiami, accelerating quicking and appearing to head directly toward myself and others (on the curb) before swerving to center himself into the far right lane of Tamiami. Then he did the black smoke thing. If the driver continued on his path to jump the curb, I would have been hit by his front grill. I yelled and pointed to the truck. "CAMERA! take pictures". The reaction of the people next to me was "Oh that's happened before".
2. The second incident was at the protest outside of Steube's office on Fruitville in April, 2025. Smaller group of protesters on the curb and a handful of sheriff deputies kept watch. Again, a truck swerved from the eastbound lane, acting as if to go into the right hand turn land, revved his engine, dumped his load of coal onto us, then swerved back into the eastbound lane and headed off. A deputies were right there. Later overheard a conversation between a deputy and a protester asking about the rollin' coal...and the deputy said it is their first amendment right too. Upon reflection, I thought that odd...how do you know the person isn't driving drunk...it seems to be reckless driving at least. But again...protesters just keep protesting with an "oh well, that happens" attitude.
One day we will get a repeat of the Charlottesville murder of Heather Heyer (the murderer got a First Degree murder conviction, a death penalty offense in VA) at some peaceful protest.
Thank you for the information regarding the statute on the books about rollin' coal. Good to know.
Wondering what 50501 or Indivisible would say if every victim of this activity were to make a complaint. Does it hurt the cause?
Don't know who you are Dear Bubbie, but I like you.
Thank you for letting us know. I'll follow up next week on this topic and pass your experiences on to authorities. You aren't alone. I don't know who you are either and I like you. (Strangers are friends that we've yet to meet.)
I have 2 incidents of rollin' coal to report but until now I've kept silent.
1. The first was at the March protest on Tamiami. A black jacked-up truck (no surprise) turned left exiting Marina Jacks onto Tamiami, accelerating quicking and appearing to head directly toward myself and others (on the curb) before swerving to center himself into the far right lane of Tamiami. Then he did the black smoke thing. If the driver continued on his path to jump the curb, I would have been hit by his front grill. I yelled and pointed to the truck. "CAMERA! take pictures". The reaction of the people next to me was "Oh that's happened before".
2. The second incident was at the protest outside of Steube's office on Fruitville in April, 2025. Smaller group of protesters on the curb and a handful of sheriff deputies kept watch. Again, a truck swerved from the eastbound lane, acting as if to go into the right hand turn land, revved his engine, dumped his load of coal onto us, then swerved back into the eastbound lane and headed off. A deputies were right there. Later overheard a conversation between a deputy and a protester asking about the rollin' coal...and the deputy said it is their first amendment right too. Upon reflection, I thought that odd...how do you know the person isn't driving drunk...it seems to be reckless driving at least. But again...protesters just keep protesting with an "oh well, that happens" attitude.
One day we will get a repeat of the Charlottesville murder of Heather Heyer (the murderer got a First Degree murder conviction, a death penalty offense in VA) at some peaceful protest.
Thank you for the information regarding the statute on the books about rollin' coal. Good to know.
Wondering what 50501 or Indivisible would say if every victim of this activity were to make a complaint. Does it hurt the cause?
Don't know who you are Dear Bubbie, but I like you.
And so it goes........... Derek's report was excellent. I supported him when he was a candidate. I still wear his shirt :-) If anyone can be taken at his word it's he. It's troublesome and sad that we have men serving as police officers who probably shouldn't be. It makes it difficult for all the wonderful officers that serve.
I told Derek that I first heard about him through you. I remember at the school board meetings, everyone was saying: "Keep the politics out of the boardroom!" And here you were during your allotted speech time telling everyone to vote for Derek! We all ate it up!
Did I really do that? Oh dear there I go breaking rules again. Just blame it on my being so old. :-)
I have 2 incidents of rollin' coal to report but until now I've kept silent.
1. The first was at the March protest on Tamiami. A black jacked-up truck (no surprise) turned left exiting Marina Jacks onto Tamiami, accelerating quicking and appearing to head directly toward myself and others (on the curb) before swerving to center himself into the far right lane of Tamiami. Then he did the black smoke thing. If the driver continued on his path to jump the curb, I would have been hit by his front grill. I yelled and pointed to the truck. "CAMERA! take pictures". The reaction of the people next to me was "Oh that's happened before".
2. The second incident was at the protest outside of Steube's office on Fruitville in April, 2025. Smaller group of protesters on the curb and a handful of sheriff deputies kept watch. Again, a truck swerved from the eastbound lane, acting as if to go into the right hand turn land, revved his engine, dumped his load of coal onto us, then swerved back into the eastbound lane and headed off. A deputies were right there. Later overheard a conversation between a deputy and a protester asking about the rollin' coal...and the deputy said it is their first amendment right too. Upon reflection, I thought that odd...how do you know the person isn't driving drunk...it seems to be reckless driving at least. But again...protesters just keep protesting with an "oh well, that happens" attitude.
One day we will get a repeat of the Charlottesville murder of Heather Heyer (the murderer got a First Degree murder conviction, a death penalty offense in VA) at some peaceful protest.
Thank you for the information regarding the statute on the books about rollin' coal. Good to know.
Wondering what 50501 or Indivisible would say if every victim of this activity were to make a complaint. Does it hurt the cause?
Don't know who you are Dear Bubbie, but I like you.
Thank you for letting us know. I'll follow up next week on this topic and pass your experiences on to authorities. You aren't alone. I don't know who you are either and I like you. (Strangers are friends that we've yet to meet.)
I have 2 incidents of rollin' coal to report but until now I've kept silent.
1. The first was at the March protest on Tamiami. A black jacked-up truck (no surprise) turned left exiting Marina Jacks onto Tamiami, accelerating quicking and appearing to head directly toward myself and others (on the curb) before swerving to center himself into the far right lane of Tamiami. Then he did the black smoke thing. If the driver continued on his path to jump the curb, I would have been hit by his front grill. I yelled and pointed to the truck. "CAMERA! take pictures". The reaction of the people next to me was "Oh that's happened before".
2. The second incident was at the protest outside of Steube's office on Fruitville in April, 2025. Smaller group of protesters on the curb and a handful of sheriff deputies kept watch. Again, a truck swerved from the eastbound lane, acting as if to go into the right hand turn land, revved his engine, dumped his load of coal onto us, then swerved back into the eastbound lane and headed off. A deputies were right there. Later overheard a conversation between a deputy and a protester asking about the rollin' coal...and the deputy said it is their first amendment right too. Upon reflection, I thought that odd...how do you know the person isn't driving drunk...it seems to be reckless driving at least. But again...protesters just keep protesting with an "oh well, that happens" attitude.
One day we will get a repeat of the Charlottesville murder of Heather Heyer (the murderer got a First Degree murder conviction, a death penalty offense in VA) at some peaceful protest.
Thank you for the information regarding the statute on the books about rollin' coal. Good to know.
Wondering what 50501 or Indivisible would say if every victim of this activity were to make a complaint. Does it hurt the cause?
Don't know who you are Dear Bubbie, but I like you.