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Showing Original Post only (View all)The real reason the buses stopped at Coachella? The angry mob attacked the bus drivers. [View all]
Ran across these on the Coachella Valley subreddit about what really happened with the buses :
I know multiple people that worked there that night as bus drivers. The real reason they stopped shuttling them was for safety. One of the male drivers was punched in the face and had to go to the hospital and one of the female drivers had someone spit on her (ironically she's a huge trump supporter.) They were all apparently pounding on the bus windows and just generally out of control but I guess that's what happens when you go to a hate rally.
And then this was one of the responses:
My father was attacked at a rally
He works for the bus company that was doing transportation for the rally in Coachella. The rally didn't think about the logistics of 15k people and the buses weren't enough.
People got angry and began to riot. Throwing themselves in front of buses, banging on the windows and doors, and attacked two bus drivers. (One female driver was spit on by an elderly woman. The woman had to be restrained by another person from grabbing the driver by the hair)
The other driver was my father. He is a veteran and served in Vietnam and has head trauma from the war and from an car accident years ago...he was sucker punched from behind the head while he was walking outside his bus. He has a broken nose and hopefully his prior head trauma isn't worsen but won't know until some time. (He did get a CAT scan) He didn't see who hit him and he lost vision temporarily in his right eye (it's back now).
I just cannot understand this cult of violence and hate. My dad is 70 and what a coward to hit someone from behind because of something that was not my dad's fault.
The news didn't report this and even riot police showed up because of this behavior with the buses...
Just had to vent and get this off my chest. I just am angry and sad at the state of our political climate
He works for the bus company that was doing transportation for the rally in Coachella. The rally didn't think about the logistics of 15k people and the buses weren't enough.
People got angry and began to riot. Throwing themselves in front of buses, banging on the windows and doors, and attacked two bus drivers. (One female driver was spit on by an elderly woman. The woman had to be restrained by another person from grabbing the driver by the hair)
The other driver was my father. He is a veteran and served in Vietnam and has head trauma from the war and from an car accident years ago...he was sucker punched from behind the head while he was walking outside his bus. He has a broken nose and hopefully his prior head trauma isn't worsen but won't know until some time. (He did get a CAT scan) He didn't see who hit him and he lost vision temporarily in his right eye (it's back now).
I just cannot understand this cult of violence and hate. My dad is 70 and what a coward to hit someone from behind because of something that was not my dad's fault.
The news didn't report this and even riot police showed up because of this behavior with the buses...
Just had to vent and get this off my chest. I just am angry and sad at the state of our political climate
https://old.reddit.com/r/CoachellaValley/comments/1g3p123/the_actual_reason_trump_supporters_got_stranded/
So, it was the angry mob that stopped the buses. Hope some news outlets pick up on this.
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The real reason the buses stopped at Coachella? The angry mob attacked the bus drivers. [View all]
tinrobot
Oct 15
OP
There's a big difference between reporting something the candidate for President says vs. something
Wiz Imp
Oct 15
#64
It Could Be, of Course. Do You Have Any Independent Information, or Even a Suggestion of Where Such Might Be Found?
The Roux Comes First
Oct 15
#105
With the specifics that can be checked by those with access to hospitals, etc.,
slightlv
Oct 15
#109
If this is true, it makes more sense than buses just disappearing for the night.
Think. Again.
Oct 15
#2
What makes MOR sense is Trump didnt pay for the return trips. HE was long gone!
oldsoftie
Oct 15
#74
Would anything have been reported if the drivers being hurt were black of hispanic? I doubt it really.
LiberalArkie
Oct 15
#67
Well that is the first hint of anything from any source other than that reddit post
Wiz Imp
Oct 15
#130
The OC Register is a conservative newspaper catering to Orange County Republicans.
SunSeeker
Oct 17
#142
The rally was on PRIVATE LAND. That is why the Riverside County Sheriff got involved.
SunSeeker
Oct 17
#144
That does not indicate the CHP was involved. In fact, it confirms the Sheriff's Dept. was who was involved.
SunSeeker
Oct 17
#147
That is exactly what happened. The rioting made an already poor bus supply collapse.
SunSeeker
Oct 17
#145
Proper headline: Random redittor makes up a story - gullible people believe it
AZSkiffyGeek
Oct 15
#33
The localler the reporting the better. Should we be skeptical about Reddit posts? Dunno. nt
LAS14
Oct 15
#21
I'm pretty sure this is complete bull shit. Somebody trying to get people to read his reddit posts
Wiz Imp
Oct 15
#24
If it is reporting and not "citizen journalist" made-up bullshit. . . . . nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Oct 15
#39
Nobody said people being stranded was made up before and nobody said it was made up now.
Wiz Imp
Oct 15
#102
If this is proven true then I'll believe it, but this is just anonymous rumormongering. Our side is better than this nt
ramen
Oct 15
#56
It is what they do-what they have been programmed (by Trump) to do. Is is all about the hate-fueled adrenalin outrage
Scalded Nun
Oct 15
#68
It just now occurred to me, the main tweeter that the media picked up on about this was Wesley Johnson
Wiz Imp
Oct 15
#81
This was not reported by any media that I heard...digraceful...the media lets Trump
Demsrule86
Oct 15
#96