“There has been some online and community speculation that the incident was handled in the manner it was because of connections between the motorist and Waller city officials. At this point we can confirm there are some connections…”
Honestly, that’s the only surprising bit - because the cops routinely respond to these kinds of situations in that entirely shitty way even when they don’t have any sort of connection to the driver. Running down bikers or pedestrians? No big deal, generally, as far as cops are concerned, in any part of the country. Plus, being white, conservative and privileged, even without a family connection, would have provided immunity.
I wish it was only Texas.
And maybe cause them to drive themselves off the road.
Unfortunately I’ve been reading about this - specifically truck drivers “rolling coal” and blasting fuel efficient car/bike riders in order to poison them/cause them to have accidents, for many years now. It’s an established part of the right-wing culture war in response to talk about climate change, I’m afraid.
