From James Liddell’s article for theindependent.com:
More than 2.5 million people have signed a petition urging Florida Governor Ron DeSantis to show leniency towards Harjinder Singh, the truck driver accused of causing a crash that killed three people last week.
The petition, posted on Change.org, calls for both DeSantis and the Florida Board of Executive Clemency to reexamine the case against Singh, arguing he did not have any criminal intent or history.
The 28-year-old Indian native, who the U.S. Marshals Service says entered the country illegally in 2018, was charged with three state counts of vehicular homicide and immigration violations, and he was denied bond on all charges. Singh faces up to 45 years in prison.
Officials said he was operating a commercial semi-truck with a trailer on the Florida Turnpike in Fort Pierce, about 50 miles north of West Palm Beach, on August 12 when he allegedly attempted a U-turn in an unauthorized area.
A minivan in the neighboring lane was unable to avoid the truck’s trailer and slammed into it, killing a 37-year-old woman from Pompano Beach, a 54-year-old man from Miami, and a 30-year-old driver from Florida City.
Days after Singh was arrested in California last Monday, Florida Lt. Gov. Jay Collins personally escorted him back to the state on Thursday. Since then, more than 2.65 million people have signed the petition asking DeSantis to commute any possible sentence.
“This was a tragic accident — not a deliberate act. While accountability matters, the severity of the charges against him does not align with the circumstances of the incident,” wrote Manisha Kaushal, who started the petition under the name “Collective Punjabi youth.”
“By granting clemency, you would reaffirm the value of proportional justice, the power of community advocacy, and the potential for rehabilitation.”
Translation:
-HarJinder Singh is an illegal alien who, instead of being deported, was given a truck driver’s license in California – despite being unable to read road signs. He drove with disastrous recklessness, which resulted in the deaths of three people.
-And our media are reporting that, instead of demanding Singh be prosecuted/deported, over 2.5 million people allegedly are on board with giving him clemency (though none of the media reporting this, to my knowledge, have asked for or received any evidence that this petition’s success rate is real/they are just accepting it as fact…just as they accept the word of hamas on death/injury reports in Israel).
Which side are you on? Which side do you think the leaders of our major political parties are on?
Your call. Think about it. And think about what it means.
