Transportation
In Minneapolis and NYC, Bus Drivers Are Refusing to Drive Arrested Protesters
Transit unions are supporting members who have balked at assisting police during demonstrations over the killing of George Floyd.
As demonstrations in Minneapolis continued Friday over the death of George Floyd, a black man who died on May 25 after pleading for help while pinned under the knee of a police officer, some local bus operators have refused to assist police in transporting protesters to jail.
PayDay Report first reported the news that operators had been asked by police to use their vehicles to facilitate mass arrests on Wednesday. A petition to refuse such requests is circulating among members of ATU 1005, which represents drivers employed by Metro Transit in Minneapolis and St. Paul.