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WATCH: U-Haul Driver Rams Through Protestors
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Posted By: Mercedes44, 1/12/2026 5:44:34 AM

A U-Haul truck mowed through a crowd of protesters in Los Angeles on Sunday during a demonstration in support of the Iranian people. The number of injured individuals is currently unclear. Video from the scene shows protesters surrounding the truck and smashing a window before the truck drives through the crowd. Protesters can be heard screaming as the truck makes its way through the crowd.Aerial footage shows police later surrounding the abandoned U-Haul truck. Authorities have reportedly not identified the driver.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: chumley 1/12/2026 7:32:15 AM (No. 2053586)
If I read the story right, the protestors surrounded the truck and started smashing windows out without provocation. Anyone remember Reginald Denny? I'd accelerate to get away too. Oh, I ran over a few thugs? Darn.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: Venturer 1/12/2026 7:55:47 AM (No. 2053606)
Sounds like self defense to me. If these people want to stand in the streets and the police won't move them then it should be legal to run them down.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: laurenc 1/12/2026 8:39:25 AM (No. 2053627)
To the protesters - FAFO...
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Reply 4 - Posted by: Birddog 1/12/2026 8:57:00 AM (No. 2053636)
They guy WAS a protestor, but the crowds did not like his message...he had a big sign on the side saying "No Mullahs, No Pahlavi"...I think he may have been advocating for a Communist Iran instead. The revolution that overthrew the Shah, the monarchist/semi Feudel system of Pashas(with Carter and the Dems support) was both Islamists and Communists, joining together, but once the Shah was gone, they fought it out between them for who would be in control...the young activist Leftists may have had organizing strength, numbers, funding, and Russian backing...but they were nowhere near as brutal or bloodthirsty, and it didn't taking long for the black turban Islamists to wipe them out
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Reply 5 - Posted by: Attila DiMedici 1/12/2026 9:21:29 AM (No. 2053649)
#4, thanks for the context. I was trying to figure out what was going on. I understood the same thing as #1, but didn't understand why the protesters were attacking the truck.
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