Diesel activism: Truck drivers turn counterprotesters by 'rolling coal'

Though many of the vehicles that passed the June 6 Black Lives Matter protest outside the Historic Cache County Courthouse just honked or waved, others responded by “rolling coal” on the protestors.

The experience is “almost cliche now,” according to Mike Taylor.

“I’ve been to many different gatherings at the courthouse over the last 10 years,” Taylor said, “and it seems like at every gathering, there’s people rolling coal, even though people are peacefully protesting.”

So he decided to film the diesels that slowed down in front of the protesters only to accelerate, dumping black smoke directed at the crowd. In two hours, he had footage of 11 trucks — roughly one every 10 minutes.

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(Logan Herald Journal)