Convoy news for Saturday, March 19, 2022, for DC

[mahatmakanejeeves]

The convoy is headed back to D.C.

(3/19 @ 10:50 AM) Demonstration activity expected on roadways in and around DC today. Traffic delays are possible. @DCPoliceDept is monitoring closely and prepared to implement traffic control measures as needed. Sign up for updates http://alert.dc.gov

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[mahatmakanejeeves]

1. Links to Maryland DOT traffic cameras:

I haven't seen anything on the traffic cameras.

Fri Mar 18, 2022: Links to Maryland DOT traffic cameras:

Thu Mar 10, 2022: And they're off. Links to Maryland DOT traffic cameras:

Links to Maryland DOT traffic cameras:

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Maryland Department of Transportation Live Traffic Cameras

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Try this one. I-70 runs through Maryland from north of Hancock to Baltimore. It's the Interstate that the truckers would take were they to head east from Hagerstown toward Frederick, which is on the way to DC. At Frederick, I-270 splits off from I-70. I-70 heads east to Baltimore, and I-270 heads southeast to DC.

Cameras By Route from I-70 at PA Line to I-695 at I-70

I-70 East at South Mountain is a good choice

Cameras By Route from I-270 at I-70 to I-270 at I-495. This is the big enchilada. Any camera on that stretch will work.

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Check the camera at I-70 at Mount Phillip Rd. at the tab labeled "Cameras By Route from I-70 at PA Line to I-695 at I-70." The convoy has made it that far at 11:45 a.m.

[SheltieLover]

2. Who is funding these morans?

[mahatmakanejeeves]

3. They sent a vehicle out to see how close they could get to the White House.

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They sent a vehicle recon to see how close they could get to our Capitol. S GW, inbound Roosevelt, onto Constitution Ave

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This next tweet refers to the vehicle sent to scope out the streets. There is no report that the White House is being circled by trucks.

We stand corrected, they're circling the White House.

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[cbabe]

4. Spring break is happening in Florida. Lots more fun. Go for it, guys.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

5. If you are trying to come into D.C. from Virginia via 395/695 expect SIGNIFICANT delays.

If you are trying to come into D.C. from Virginia via 395/695 expect SIGNIFICANT delays. Traffic is backed up for miles from Blue Plains in DC all the way into Pentagon City into Virginia due to the Trucker Convoy. #TruckersConvoy2022

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[mahatmakanejeeves]

6. Tweets added early Sunday morning

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Today The People’s Convoy was defeated by one person riding a bike in downtown DC.

“I’m sorry, I can’t hear you, it’s too loud.”

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Adding to the list of people who should never have to buy their own beer at the bar ever again.

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In this round of DC v Fascist Convoy, guess who wins, again?

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A lead trucker with the People’s Convoy this afternoon turned on his fellow truckers after he claims they committed an “abduction” by boxing in a car on the highway.

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People’s Convoy Leader Turns on Truckers Over ‘Abduction’
One trucker claims his fellow truckers committed an “abduction” by boxing in a car, which has generated infighting among the ranks.

People’s Convoy Leader Turns on Truckers Over ‘Abduction’

One trucker claims his fellow truckers committed an “abduction” by boxing in a car, which has generated infighting among the ranks.

Updated Mar. 19, 2022 7:16PM ET / Published Mar. 19, 2022 6:28PM ET

Truck drivers with the so-called “People’s Convoy” boxed in a white Tesla on Saturday afternoon, sparking a clash with fellow truckers. A lead convoy participant, who goes by the alias “Sasnak” on YouTube, captured a video of truckers boxing in the car near the Frederick, Maryland area after the freeway driver in question allegedly brake-checked convoy-goers. “A Tesla pulled in...slammed the brakes on real hard and caused a brake-check,” the YouTuber claimed, while saying his fellow trucker then encircled the Tesla driver and boxed in the car. “Sasnak” said that upon police arriving, they let the white Tesla go on its way—but he wasn’t ready to let the incident go. “That’s illegal. You can’t do that. You can’t block somebody in like that,” he continued, ripping into the actions of his fellow truckers. “That’s considered abduction. The person in the car has the right to go bang bang and shoot you!” “Sasnak” said his fellow truckers—who have been triggered by drivers giving them the middle finger—should have conducted a “citizens arrest” on the Tesla motorist who allegedly brake-checked the convoy participants. Reached for comment by The Daily Beast, a Maryland State Police official stated Saturday evening that “no abduction occurred” on the highway while noting that “abduction and boxing a car in and road rage are two different things.”

This morning the trucker convoy entrapped a tesla driver, supposedly to make a citizen's arrest.

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[mahatmakanejeeves]

7. Don't miss this thread at DU:

Hat tip, riversedge

Sat Mar 19, 2022, 07:21 PM: This is classic. Bicyclist in DC making his own counter-protest to truckers. From @ShutDown_DC

[mahatmakanejeeves]

8. "On a beautiful Saturday afternoon on U Street??? ..."

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On a beautiful Saturday afternoon on U Street??? Shoutout to all the residents heckling this very very small “truck convoy” 🙄

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