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Man found dead in tractor trailer near burned CVS

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A 51-year-old man was found dead in the cab of a tractor trailer, about a block away from where a crowd of police, protesters and reporters gathered just before the citywide curfew went into effect Thursday night, police said.[FONT=trb_Icons]l[/FONT]RelatedBALTIMORE CITYFive shot Thursday as violence in west Baltimore surgesSEE ALL RELATED

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The man was not identified, and police labeled his death "suspicious." Officers found the body, which showed no obvious signs of trauma or foul play, in the 2500 block of Pennsylvania Ave. at about 9:30 p.m., police said.

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/bs-md-ci-suspicious-death-20150501-story.html

So what do y'all make of this? Since the whole Freddie Grey thing is now being driven by wild speculation, does anyone think this is related? And if it is, what does that say about policing in the area? Sounds awfully safe when cops time is diverted to handle other things doesn't it....?
 
So what do y'all make of this? Since the whole Freddie Grey thing is now being driven by wild speculation, does anyone think this is related? And if it is, what does that say about policing in the area? Sounds awfully safe when cops time is diverted to handle other things doesn't it....?
Carbon monoxide poisoning while he slept. Most of the time they leave the engine running and some sort of heat or a/c on. If it was an older semi as well. Not a lot of information yet.
 
So what do y'all make of this? Since the whole Freddie Grey thing is now being driven by wild speculation, does anyone think this is related? And if it is, what does that say about policing in the area? Sounds awfully safe when cops time is diverted to handle other things doesn't it....?

Without any further information, I'd say 51 year old men, particularly those in occupations like long distance truck driving, die of heart attacks every day. Without any obvious signs of foul play or trauma, natural cause death is likely.
 
Without any further information, I'd say 51 year old men, particularly those in occupations like long distance truck driving, die of heart attacks every day. Without any obvious signs of foul play or trauma, natural cause death is likely.
I was just thinking about coming back and commenting that their lifestyle and diet could easily lead to heart attack, also many are meth heads and/or take other intense stimulants that could also lead to a "natural" death by heart attack.
 
Carbon monoxide poisoning while he slept. Most of the time they leave the engine running and some sort of heat or a/c on. If it was an older semi as well. Not a lot of information yet.

Not anymore they don't....Most, are equipped today with separate APU units that provide heat, and AC...Truck engines running all night is a thing of the past.
 
Without any further information, I'd say 51 year old men, particularly those in occupations like long distance truck driving, die of heart attacks every day. Without any obvious signs of foul play or trauma, natural cause death is likely.

We shall have to wait and see, but Homocide dectives were on the scene last night, and labeled the death "suspicious".... So, I guess my point is, if we have to wait for the facts about this truck driver, then why not in Grey's death? Did the thugs kill him?
 
What the heck is a 'CVS'?

Or do you mean CV's (combat vehicle)?
 
I was just thinking about coming back and commenting that their lifestyle and diet could easily lead to heart attack, also many are meth heads and/or take other intense stimulants that could also lead to a "natural" death by heart attack.

:doh What in the hell are you talking about? Where do you get your information? From Smokey and the Bandit? Good grief....Truck drivers are regulated and tested tougher than Airline pilots....Good god, please don't smear us.
 
Not anymore they don't....Most, are equipped today with separate APU units that provide heat, and AC...Truck engines running all night is a thing of the past.

Really, that's odd because when I travel I park at truck stops, and with my trailer I park between two rigs, and I just love that they run all night because it makes the ground rumble a bit and feel so lovely like a super gentle massage bed. So whatever you believe, or whatever they're supposed to be doing, they're running their engines a bunch. Moreso in the colder months, but some even in the warmer.
 
Not anymore they don't....Most, are equipped today with separate APU units that provide heat, and AC...Truck engines running all night is a thing of the past.

She did say older semis though.
 
:doh What in the hell are you talking about? Where do you get your information? From Smokey and the Bandit? Good grief....Truck drivers are regulated and tested tougher than Airline pilots....Good god, please don't smear us.
I lived in one's house for a year just a year and a half ago? He had lots of trucker buddies.
 
I lived in one's house for a year just a year and a half ago? He had lots of trucker buddies.

Good, I've been an OTR trucker for 21 years now....I think I have a pretty good handle on what's going on out there.
 
So what do y'all make of this? Since the whole Freddie Grey thing is now being driven by wild speculation, does anyone think this is related? And if it is, what does that say about policing in the area? Sounds awfully safe when cops time is diverted to handle other things doesn't it....?

From the article
The man was not identified, and police labeled his death "suspicious." Officers found the body, which showed no obvious signs of trauma or foul play, in the 2500 block of Pennsylvania Ave. at about 9:30 p.m., police said.
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Doesn't sound like he was beaten or shot from the report that he didn't show any obvious signs of trauma or foul play. They said they will do an autopsy which may explain his death. Am really not certain what this thread is about.
How about we wait until we see an autopsy report before we decide the story.
 
From the article .

Doesn't sound like he was beaten or shot from the report that he didn't show any obvious signs of trauma or foul play. They said they will do an autopsy which may explain his death. Am really not certain what this thread is about.
How about we wait until we see an autopsy report for we decide the story.

I know, but like I said, why not speculate? It seems to be how we decide things today...Personally I think he died of a heart attack, but hell, I want justice!
 
Good, I've been an OTR trucker for 21 years now....I think I have a pretty good handle on what's going on out there.

I know that there's testing and all because he'd freak out if I even rolled a j in the house because it stays in the system, the rest really doesn't so much. And as for turning the engines off, I don't know what to say. I just know I really enjoy sleeping between running ones and I have no problem finding ones running all night at truck stops up and down from the Southwest to the Northwest.
 
We shall have to wait and see, but Homocide dectives were on the scene last night, and labeled the death "suspicious".... So, I guess my point is, if we have to wait for the facts about this truck driver, then why not in Grey's death? Did the thugs kill him?

Homicide detectives are always called when someone dies in an unexplained way, in order to collect evidence just in case the death was the result of criminality. A coroner's report will clear things up pretty quickly. If it wasn't natural causes, then the conjecture can run wild. I'm betting it's natural causes.

As an aside, I don't think this death and the Gray death are even remotely similar. It is a very rare occurrence that a prisoner dies in custody and as such a great deal of investigation takes place, often taking months. We have one here in Canada that's been the subject of an inquest for years - but no rioting here, just saying.
 
Homicide detectives are always called when someone dies in an unexplained way, in order to collect evidence just in case the death was the result of criminality. A coroner's report will clear things up pretty quickly. If it wasn't natural causes, then the conjecture can run wild. I'm betting it's natural causes.

As an aside, I don't think this death and the Gray death are even remotely similar. It is a very rare occurrence that a prisoner dies in custody and as such a great deal of investigation takes place, often taking months. We have one here in Canada that's been the subject of an inquest for years - but no rioting here, just saying.

Probably not even protests, right? I have to ask, was the prisoner part of a group that's been routinely abused by the police and penal system as the impoverished and especially non-white impoverished have been here in the States?

You can, "just say" all you want, but before you imply a valid comparison, it'd be important to know and share more details.
 
The truck shown was at least a 2012 Freightliner....Not "older" enough to not have an APU. Just sayin'

I wasn't looking to debate that truck, just saying maybe she knows newer truck have them.
 
Probably not even protests, right? I have to ask, was the prisoner part of a group that's been routinely abused by the police and penal system as the impoverished and especially non-white impoverished have been here in the States?

You can, "just say" all you want, but before you imply a valid comparison, it'd be important to know and share more details.

No - it was a young white girl, in this particular case. However, is the concern in Baltimore police brutality or is it racism? Seems to me, if the complaint is that cops are lawless, cops are over militarized, cops are abusive, etc., it shouldn't matter the colour of the victim's skin. Or are you saying that only people of colour should be demonstrative and destructive?

We, here in Toronto, have had many people of all flavours and sexes who've died interacting with police and we've had no rioting for any of them. In fact, in most cases, where protests have occurred, it has been mothers of black youth who have died at the hands of other black youth who rally their communities in an attempt to stop the violence. Many of them are mothers of children who were just in the wrong place at the wrong time. And in all of these protests, the police walk along with those trying to change their communities for the better - they ask police here to participate, and they do.

Different culture, different attitudes, and different outcomes for the most part.
 
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