DHS warns police of US trucker protests around Super Bowl, State of Union
By Rebecca Beitsch - 02/09/22 06:48 PM EST
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is warning law enforcement partners of planned protests among truck drivers to protest vaccine mandates that could disrupt both the Super Bowl and President Biden’s first State of the Union address.
The memo indicates U.S.-based truck drivers may stage protests in support of a similar movement in Canada, which has mandated COVID-19 vaccines for truck drivers that cross the border.
DHS “has received reports of truck drivers potentially planning to block roads in major metropolitan cities in the United States in protest of, among other things, vaccine mandates. The convoy will potentially begin in California early as mid-February, potentially impacting the Super Bowl scheduled for 13 February and the State of the Union address scheduled for 1 March.”
While it notes the protests include no plans for violence, “if hundreds of trucks converge in a major metropolitan city, the potential exists to severely disrupt transportation, federal government operations, commercial facilities and emergency services through gridlock and potential counter protests.”
The memo notes that the convoy plans to travel from California to Washington, D.C., and that drivers from Canada may join.
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https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/593608-police-warned-of-us-trucker-protests-around-super-bowl-state-of
