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No Trucks For Colorado For 110 years

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)

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