Trucking Co. Won’t Deliver in Cities Pushing to Defund, Disband Police Departments
https://www.theepochtimes.com/jkc-trucki...ts_3452471.html
By Lorenz Duchamps
August 6, 2020 Updated: August 6, 2020


An Illinois trucking company is halting all pickups or deliveries in cities that are calling to defund or disband police departments, the co-owner of the company said during an Aug. 5 interview.

Mike Kucharski, who co-owns Chicago-based JKC Trucking, said he wants to keep his drivers safe, even though it might affect the company’s revenue “tremendously.”

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Truck driving has been ranked by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics as one of the most dangerous jobs in the United States. ...

In a survey conducted by CDLLife this year in mid-June, 79 percent of truckers said they will refuse to deliver to cities that had defunded their police departments. Many truck drivers expressed their concerns via messages to the poll, with one trucker writing, “no cops, no trucks.”

“Why would I wanna risk my life even more than I already do … the cops are out to protect us and everyone else’s bad enough, drivers are already being shot at as it is,” the driver wrote. “Take away the cops and I could die and if I have my kid or family member with me when I’m there they could die. Not risking my life for these [expletive], let the shelves go empty in these defunded areas.”
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Yancy added that the possible dangers to both the load and truckers, and the associated increase in costs, will force companies to choose whether or not to deliver to those areas.
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Many truckers have been fearful of their safety and what might happen if there are no police departments in cities. Truckers have been on the front lines for the past few months, during both the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus pandemic and the protests over police brutality.-- excerpt, rest at link above --

Really interesting read. I had no idea.