update on this:

nobody was killed but this peaceful protest quickly turned violent as the crowd tried to stop the truck by jumping on it and throwing things at it. when the truck was stopped, they dragged the driver out of the truck. (more below) https://twitter.com/denkitopia/status/1267248142447190017">https://twitter.com/denkitopi...

they proceeded to beat the shit out of him. a group of people started to attempt to throw him off the bridge but another group stopped them. the police then showed up and started assaulting the people who had been protecting the driver. + https://twitter.com/drafter28/status/1267233046731915265">https://twitter.com/drafter28...

the police unjustly sprayed, shot rubber bullets, and beat the peaceful protesters even though it was only a small group of people who were beating the driver. they even sprayed people who were standing by quite a bit away. i don’t know how many arrests were made. + https://twitter.com/esowtion/status/1267240429541613568">https://twitter.com/esowtion/...

the driver is now in the hospital. as far as i’ve seen, they’re still unsure of how the driver even made it onto the freeway as it had been closed. the truck was full of gas and there is now a leak. 2 kids were separated from their parents in the chaos but have since been found.

i’m making this thread because there’s so much information coming from so many different places that it’s hard to get facts straight. i hope this helps clear up this specific situation. https://twitter.com/erickfernandez/status/1267235643370934282">https://twitter.com/erickfern...

oh, while i’m at it. check this out. it has links to a lot of petitions, places to donate, numbers to call/text, resources for protesters, etc. https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/# ">https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/...