A Florida sheriff's office says a man drove his car into protesters gathered outside a Tesla dealership in Palm Beach County, but nobody was injured.

A man drove his car into protesters outside a Tesla dealership in Palm Beach County, Florida, but did not injure any of those who had gathered to demonstrate against billionaire Elon Musk and President Donald Trump over the weekend, according to law enforcement.

  • grue@lemmy.world
    22·
    2 days ago

    Quit your bullshit. If this guy wasn’t a terrorist, he would’ve stopped and backed up before getting anywhere near the protestors.

    • toy_boat_toy_boat@lemmy.worldEnglish
      122·
      2 days ago

      The protest on Saturday was interrupted when Andrew Dutil drove his vehicle onto the sidewalk full of protesters at a slow speed, forcing people to scramble out of the way to avoid the being hit, according to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office.

      Dutil was arrested and faces an assault charge, according to court records. An attorney who could speak on Dutil’s behalf wasn’t immediately listed in court records.

      yeah, you’re right. i must have scanned over this part, but i saw it again when you replied. he drove up onto the sidewalk.

      • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
        6·
        2 days ago

        How come you had no problem editing your original comment to add to your point, but when your entire argument gets shut down you decide to leave it up unedited?

        • toy_boat_toy_boat@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4·
          2 days ago

          posterity. (edited to add:) people learn and grow. i think it’s probably best to show that to others. i hope you’re not as offended by this edit.

          • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
            1·
            1 day ago

            I think the point of my comment was missed.

            I have no problem with the edit, because I was referring to editing a comment to add things to the bottom, not to change the comment completely.

            All one would need to do is to add a comment to the bottom of the comment saying, “I have since learned that I was wrong” or something. But you didn’t.

            However, you did do that when it came to adding to your point. So clearly you’re aware of the possibility and chose to leave the disinformation up.

        • JustAnotherKay@lemmy.world
          3·
          2 days ago

          This is actually good debate etiquette in my opinion. I have no issue going and having the conversation however it happens, but as soon as you take my argument apart I’m gonna leave it as is so that others can see the learning opportunity that I had

          • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
            2·
            1 day ago

            I think you misunderstood…

            I meant that they had no problem adding an edit to the end when it’s adding to their point, but when their entire point is shot down, they don’t add a comment indicating that everything you just read is wrong.

            That is not good ettiquite, as anyone reading the conversation in passing might not make it to the part of the thread where the person realizes they were wrong and admits it. They just see the original, wrong, unedited comment.

            • JustAnotherKay@lemmy.world
              1·
              18 hours ago

              Actually yeah, I see your point and that’s something I’ve done before. Just something like

              Edit: Got this one wrong