She’s not going to do that. She’s probably risking her clearance by being the subject of this article
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She got roughed up, arrested, her car impounded, lost hours of her time and generally fucked over by some dick on a power trip.... but honestly I am mostly relieved that she is still alive. “Still alive” is a pretty low bar, but they can’t make that height all too often.
Piece of shit racist fucks.
But of course, Corinne Geller, the spokeswoman for the Virginia State Police, defended the arrest, claiming that Brooks was driving “without any headlights or taillights, tailgating other vehicles and making unsafe lane changes, which are indicators of an impaired driver”
Nice price *until Ford sells 75,000 more EVs after 1/1/2021 plus two quarters.
“Would he have done that to a white woman? No,” Brooks said. “He didn’t see me as a human being. … This has to stop. It’s racism at its core, and it should be seen as such.”
I would assume it would be very similar to the F150 powerboost. The normal van shares a lot with the F150, but on a heavier duty chassis. The standard engines are similar to the F150 though, so I’d bet the powerboost is pretty close to what you’d find in a PHEV version of the van.
Because he wasn’t interested in advising her in a way that might make her and other drivers safe. He wasn’t willing to give her the benefit of the doubt - ie just a simple oversight. He wanted any reason to hassle and arrest a Black person.
Because he couldn’t put handcuffs on her and shove her around if she’s still in the car.
Because that could lead to a civilized discussion that would be much more difficult for him to quickly escalate into a racism based arrest and battery.
The Virginia General Assembly banned pulling people over for dark taillights, effective March 1, because it led to the type of pretextual traffic stops that can cause unnecessary conflict and consequences for otherwise law-abiding citizens.
Because cops hope that black people say something that either incriminates themselves or — as in this situation — can be seen as being belligerent so they can beat, arrest and/or shoot them.
“Ma’am, the reason I pulled you over is because your tail light is out.”
“unsafe lane changes”
Nice price *until Ford sells 75,000 more EVs after 1/1/2021 plus two quarters.
This is a great deal for the local service companies, assuming they all charge in the same place every night. It seems like a no-brainer, honestly.
Be great for trips to state parks down here in Texas.
67 kWh is actually pretty big. For reference a 1700 sqft New England home uses about 10 to 25 kWh per day depending on the weather for everything but heat. Of course you’re not driving a house, but if you’re doing proper camper van things with the camper van, you could arrive at your destination and maybe have a small…
It’s not hard (I’ve installed them on all homes I’ve lived in) but the process might be a issue for some people. If we want to promote adoption, we need to target incentives to potential barriers of adoption and having a place to charge is usually near the top of the list.
The dealer could have a list of installers and…
I’d like to see the subsidy changed from a discount on the car to being paid to electricians for completely installing L2 chargers at buyers homes.