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OR Until Rogel Is Free... Millions of people have signed a petition asking Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) for a then-23-year-old truck driver's 110-year prison sentence to be reduced and to grant the driver "clemency or commutation-as time served." Signers have pointed out that the driver, Rogel Aguilera-Mederos, had nothing on his driving record and no criminal history."This accident was not intentional, nor was it a criminal act on the drivers (sic) part. No one but the trucking company he is/was employed by should be held accountable for this accident," the petition said.
Aguilera-Mederos had crashed and killed four people in 2019 after his brakes malfunctioned, though prosecutors argued he should have still steered out of the way to a runaway ramp.
This case is causing outrage among truck drivers. Three days ago drivers across the country organized a large protest in solidarity with Aguilera-Mederos called #NoTrucksToColorado. As a result of the protest, drivers have refused to offload goods in Colorado. #NoJusticeNoTrucks
So far, more than 4 million people have signed a petition on Change.org asking for "commutation as time served, or grant clemency."
At the same time, many people are calling attention to how differently this case has been treated compared to Ethan Couch, a rich white teen from Texas, known as the "affluenza teen." Couch was sentenced to probation after driving drunk and killing four people.
As the petition says, "no one but the trucking company he is/was employed by should be held accountable for this accident." https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/breaking
Rich White kid only got probation! Brown kid gets 110 years for an accident.
Rolls eyes.
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Topic - No Trucks For Colorado For 110 years - RGA 15:34:04 12/21/21 (36)
- Company CEo should get the same 110 year sentence - fat chance. - RGA 19:26:20 12/22/21 (0)
- Well, this is really gonna help the truck driving shortage. nt - tinear 11:42:50 12/22/21 (0)
- umm, you do know about the Canadian case I presume? - Jim Pearce 10:45:18 12/22/21 (0)
- Lock 'em ALL up for 110 years, I say !!! - peppy m. 07:24:40 12/22/21 (0)
- Couldn't claim affluenza as a mitigating circumstance. - ghost of olddude55 04:07:33 12/22/21 (0)
- The found-guilty counts - cdb 20:37:03 12/21/21 (15)
- Over-charged? - Ivan303 05:38:01 12/22/21 (0)
- RE: The found-guilty counts - RGA 21:15:05 12/21/21 (13)
- RE: The found-guilty counts - RV817 21:53:29 12/21/21 (12)
- RE: The found-guilty counts - pictureguy 22:30:55 12/21/21 (11)
- RE: The found-guilty counts - RV817 12:28:14 12/22/21 (8)
- RE: The found-guilty counts - pictureguy 12:58:41 12/22/21 (7)
- RE: The found-guilty counts - RV817 14:12:24 12/22/21 (6)
- RE: The found-guilty counts - pictureguy 14:51:13 12/22/21 (5)
- RE: The found-guilty counts - RV817 15:15:38 12/22/21 (4)
- RE: The found-guilty counts - pictureguy 15:25:20 12/22/21 (3)
- RE: The found-guilty counts - RV817 15:35:45 12/22/21 (2)
- RE: The found-guilty counts - pictureguy 19:46:43 12/22/21 (1)
- RE: The found-guilty counts - RV817 21:44:53 12/22/21 (0)
- Either that... - Ivan303 05:41:25 12/22/21 (1)
- RE: Either that... - pictureguy 13:04:43 12/22/21 (0)
- So many issues, bad law, ineffective counsel? under training, overbooking, etc. - PabloP 18:04:15 12/21/21 (2)
- So if I don't pass the eye test for my New Mexico drivers license next week... - Ivan303 06:30:26 12/22/21 (0)
- +10. nt. - MWE 05:54:31 12/22/21 (0)
- RE: No Trucks For Colorado For 110 years - AbeCollins 16:08:14 12/21/21 (9)
- The sentence is ridiculous - Goober58 17:13:24 12/21/21 (2)
- RE: The sentence is ridiculous - AbeCollins 20:06:10 12/21/21 (1)
- RE: The sentence is ridiculous - Goober58 21:31:51 12/21/21 (0)
- He lost his brakes and missed the runaway truck... - Ivan303 16:12:21 12/21/21 (5)
- If he was white with tattoos on his face he would be in jail. (nt) - Goober58 17:24:45 12/21/21 (1)
- That would likely be for other crimes that led to pictures of kids on milk cartons. nt - jdaniel@jps.net 18:11:43 12/21/21 (0)
- RE: He lost his brakes and missed the runaway truck... - AbeCollins 16:21:53 12/21/21 (2)
- RE: He lost his brakes and missed the runaway truck... - RGA 17:07:15 12/21/21 (1)
- That would be a great idea. nt. - MWE 05:52:30 12/22/21 (0)
- RE: No Trucks For Colorado For 110 years - pictureguy 16:01:44 12/21/21 (0)
- RE: "Rich White kid only got probation! Brown kid gets 110 years for an accident." - Ivan303 15:48:07 12/21/21 (0)