Police: Driver damages dump truck protecting Trump motorcade

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Updated 11:53 am CDT, Sunday, August 26, 2018

HAMPTON BAYS, N.Y. (AP) — Police say they've arrested a truck driver who threw a metal object at a dump truck protecting President Donald Trump's motorcade during a recent Hamptons visit.

State Police said Friday that 25-year-old Justin Velez faces a felony criminal mischief charge stemming from the Aug. 17 incident on Sunrise Highway in Hampton Bays.

They say more charges could be filed.

Velez, of Brentwood, was issued an appearance ticket for Sept. 26 in Southampton Town Court. Information on his lawyer wasn't immediately available.

Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/Police-Driver-damages-dump-truck-protecting-13183605.php

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[sandensea]

1. Dump trucks.

How appropriate.

[Judi Lynn]

2. It looks as if they loaded them with sand, making it even more ridiculous. n/t

[sandensea]

4. I wouldn't put it past Cheeto to plant a bomb in his own building

Or rather, his namesake building - since he had to sell it in '91 to pay off debts from his bad investments.

But in all seriousness, I for one wouldn't be surprised at all.

[Judi Lynn]

9. Didn't they already have a fire on a flloor, in an apartment housing a tenant who was anti-Trump?

I think it was last year, and I remember wondering if he would do anything which would call immediate attention to himself like that!

Read that the floor which caught fire was a floor built without sprinklers. Here's a quick google grab:


The Trump Tower floor where a man was killed in a blaze didn't have sprinklers — a requirement Trump once fought
Daniel Brown Apr. 8, 2018, 12:24 PM



. . .

Sprinklers are not installed on the Trump Tower floor where a fire broke out on Saturday, and President Donald Trump once fought a New York City law requiring them.

One man was killed and four firefighters received minor injuries after a four-alarm blaze broke out about 5:30 p.m. on the 50th floor of Trump Tower in Manhattan, New York City.

In 1998, after two deadly NYC fires, legislation was proposed to require sprinklers in all residential buildings — but Trump lobbied against the bill, the New York Daily News reported.

He later tempered his criticism for the March 1999 bill after learning it was amended to allow buildings built before that year to not have sprinklers unless it was completely renovated, the Daily News reported.

More:
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-tower-fire-no-sprinklers-2018-4

Hadn't learned that the building is only his in name only now! Wow. Very cool. Thanks for the info., sandensea.

[sandensea]

17. After the Todd Brassner tragedy, you'd think the city would've obligated them to install sprinklers

To my knowledge, that hasn't happened.

I remember visiting the Trump Tower lobby when I was in school around 20 years ago. The new owners were doing some renovations at the time; but the lobby and doorways were certainly starting to show their age.

To say nothing of how cheesy the gilded, early '80s interiors were. Worse than Graceland (Elvis' Memphis mansion), and very dated.

If you'll excuse the analogy, it reminded me of the '74 disaster film The Towering Inferno.

[Judi Lynn]

18. Wow! A little cheap bling goes way too far, doesn't it? Good grief!

Very interesting to know it was so dated 20 years ago. It should be hilarious by now! Do people go into the lobby and double over laughing? OMG.

It doesn't appear he believes you can go wrong with excess.

The song! Will never get it out of my mind! The horrible lip-syncing.

The actors! Spotted Fred Astaire and Paul Newman right away, before it got crazy.

So funny. Thanks.

[sandensea]

19. My favorite disaster movie from that time, I must admit.

Very formulaic drama; but very well cast.

Bill Holden alone is worth it, if you're still looking for a Sunday night movie.

Have a great evening, Judi.

[Judi Lynn]

20. Interesting to learn. I'll remember the name easily, and won't pass it up.

It is neat seeing those names, actually, especially in a film which one hasn't seen yet.

Thanks for the William Holden alert. It has been decades since I've seen him. Cool.

You, as well, sandensea.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

7. Sand good for absorbing blast energy because it disperses without injuring; shrapnel gets buried. nt

[Judi Lynn]

10. Interesting information. Didn't know it could protect that well. Thanks. n/t

[Bernardo de La Paz]

12. They use trucks because tRump could be out of office any day. . . . nt

[Judi Lynn]

14. Dual purpose! Cool. n/t

[shanny]

3. GMTA

exactly my thought

[sandensea]

5. Of course though, that one practically writes itself.

The day Cheeto is ejected from the White House, he and his regime won't be taken away in paddy wagons.

It'll be garbage trucks.

[trusty elf]

8. ......

[Judi Lynn]

11. OMG. Wonderful! Thank you, trusty elf! It will be hard to forget, after seeing it! Hooray. n/t

[C_U_L8R]

6. I wonder what they fill them with

No doubt some kind of Trump by-product

[Snellius]

13. Was the president in the limo or in with the dirt?

[Judi Lynn]

15. Usually the dirtbag is in the limo, sometimes the helicopter. n/t

[montana_hazeleyes]

16. He wouldn't be in there....

They wouldn't want to get the dirt dirty.

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

21. Lots of idle trucks, but, moneys no object.

[Princess Turandot]

22. The photo you added is from 11/2016, shortly after the election...

It's Fifth Avenue, of course, not the Hamptons where this particular incident of national importance happened two weeks ago. In the short term, they had to do something; the trucks were replaced long ago.

It looks like this now. As best as they could do, all things considered.


REUTERS/Brendan McDermid via vosizneias.com

[Judi Lynn]

23. Was looking for a barrier of dump trucks for an illustration, actually, thinking it seems excessive

and more than a little bit shabby. He should raise his sights and go about his duties as a president just like the actual presidents before him, and stop obsessing about himself so much.

The barricades do look somewhat better than the dump trucks!

[RobinA]

25. They've Been Using

dump trucks for years now. And yeah, it's not the best look. In 1996 I was in a New England town that Clinton, Bill was campaigning in a week before the election. I got a first hand look at what goes on, and that was before 9/11. He was appearing in a town square and they had every road into the square blocked off with municipal dump trucks. The whole thing made me nervous because the buildings surrounding the square had a Schoolbook Depository look to them. Also saw Ted Kennedy and John Kerry. Very cool experience.

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

27. Wow! Id have loved to have seen that.

[Locrian]

24. sewage truck would be more appropriate

[Judi Lynn]

26. Wow! Now we're talking. That's the one. n/t