Not being automated anytime soon either.
Teslas smashing into people and catching fire setting the whole movement back
Being a news junkie I try not to post too many stories I read and didn't post this one the other day but it corresponds with your Tesla post. I also recently read about two more Tesla mishaps out in Cali.
Liberty City entrepreneur who championed Black businesses killed in 8-car crash on I-95 BY DEVOUN CETOUTE, JEFF KLEINMAN, AND DAVID J. NEAL UPDATED JUNE 16, 2023 7:56 AM
Danny Agnew, the co-founder of Roots Collective, reenacts the famous picture of Huey P. Newton inside the Roots Collective Black House located on the 5400 block of 7th Avenue in Miami, Florida on Wednesday, March 16, 2022. From having their own Black empowerment apparel line to hosting youth enrichment summer camps to renting out their event space, Roots Collective does a little bit of everything. AL DIAZ
adiaz@miamiherald.com
Prominent Liberty City business owner and activist Danny Agnew was killed in an eight-car crash Thursday morning on Interstate 95, sources told the Miami Herald. Around 2:10 a.m.,
a Tesla driver, believed to be Agnew, crashed into a concrete barrier and came to a stop in the middle of the highway. Shortly after, a Dodge sedan smashed into the Tesla, ejecting its driver, Florida Highway Patrol Lt. Alex Camacho said. A driver of a white Nissan slowed down as to not run over the Tesla driver but was hit by a Chevrolet SUV. “As a result of the collision, the Nissan was projected forward and ran over the victim,” Camacho said.
A deadly crash involving eight vehicles closed the southbound lanes of I-95 in Miami south of Northwest 62nd Street. FHP/Miami Fire Rescue After that, “a series of minor crashes occurred” involving other vehicles, including a tow truck. Agnew was the co-founder of The Roots Collective, an organization which sells Black empowerment apparel and provides spaces for businesses through the Roots Black House. Since the collective formed in 2015, they have prioritized amplifying Black ownership and building wealth with a social conscience.
Isaiah Thomas, left, Sherina Jones and Danny Agnew by the refrigerator they placed in front of the Roots Collective to provide free food to locals. Jose A Iglesias
jiglesias@elnuevoherald.com Its mission — to stay firmly entrenched in communities of color — was partly championed by Agnew as he worked with other like-minded organizations to grow an activist enclave around Northwest 54th Street and Seventh Avenue. In an interview with Shoutout Miami, he described The Roots Collective as “an organization of ambitious visionaries dedicated to the economic growth, social awareness, and self-sufficiency of black and brown communities nationwide.”
This story was originally published June 15, 2023, 5:18 AM.