Protests over police violence have been ongoing since the summer, with protestors and police often clashing and, occasionally, protests spilling onto highways, which could make it difficult for drivers to continue routes through cities where protests are taking place.
If a truck driver gets caught up in a situation where he or she is surrounded by protesters, such as Kenan Advantage Group independent contractor Bogdan Vechirko, fleets need to be able to tell their drivers how to handle such a situation.
In the case of Vechirko, he was found to have inadvertently driven into a crowd of hundreds of protesters on I-35 West in Minneapolis on May 31. He didn’t hit anyone, and no one was hurt, but after he came to a stop, he was pulled out of his cab and beaten until some protesters stepped in to shield him until police arrived.
