That Elusive White Supremacist (Not)
2nd June 2020
I wrote here yesterday morning about the tanker truck driver who drove into the crowd of “protesters” walking north on Highway 35W through downtown Minneapolis on Sunday evening. Minnesota House Majority Leader Winkler couldn’t wait to declare that he had finally found the elusive white nationalist sought by him and his ilk in the maelstrom of destruction that hit us last week.
According to the preliminary investigation, however, the authorities believe that the driver intended no harm. Indeed, no “protesters” were hit bu the truck. If he had intended harm, he
could have done a lot. He lawfully entered the highway in the normal course of business. He had no foreknowledge of the protesters, who shouldn’t have been walking down an interstate highway on Sunday afternoon.The current Star Tribune story on the incident dated this morning adds that the driver “remained jailed on suspicion of assault but had not been charged.” Those who assaulted the driver remain at large. They aren’t even being sought.