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Golden Valley Menards closes after protests over employee’s death (Minnesota)
Alpha News ^ | July 23, 2021 | Anthony Gockowski

Posted on 07/23/2021 11:39:13 AM PDT by READINABLUESTATE

A Golden Valley Menards shut down Thursday amid protests over an employee’s work-related death.

According to the Golden Valley Police Department, a male employee died Thursday morning when a pallet of lumber struck his forklift. He was dead by the time first responders arrived.

A woman who identified herself as the decedent’s sister and a group of protesters later arrived at the location and were angered that the store was still open.

“This needs to close down. Look at all these workers. Look at all these workers and nobody gives a flying f*** my brother just died working the job,” a woman says in a video from the scene.


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The new norm.
1 posted on 07/23/2021 11:39:13 AM PDT by READINABLUESTATE
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To: READINABLUESTATE

She’s so upset that her brother died that she managed to get a group together to protest within a few hours?!

She doesn’t care about her brother at all


2 posted on 07/23/2021 11:45:06 AM PDT by Skywise
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To: READINABLUESTATE

Menard’s is rasis!


3 posted on 07/23/2021 11:45:13 AM PDT by brownsfan (Term limits! Without term limits, we are doomed.)
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To: READINABLUESTATE

Any bets the sister wants a payout just to keep from suing Menards (frivolously)?


4 posted on 07/23/2021 11:50:28 AM PDT by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021)
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To: READINABLUESTATE

“The new norm.”


This is the equivalent of demanding that everyone take a knee. You are required to show respect to a certain demographic and if you decline there will be hell to pay.

You may have forgotten that one reason that the Ferguson situation really boiled over was the charge that police left the sainted gentle giant’s body on the street for hours as they investigated his death. This was seen as ‘disrespect’.

The same reaction occurs when monuments and shrines to the new saints aren’t shown proper respect.


5 posted on 07/23/2021 11:54:36 AM PDT by hanamizu
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To: READINABLUESTATE

Insanity and entitlement are the new norm.

Somehow him hitting a pile of lumber and killing himself is somebody’s fault but not his own.

We have hit the limit.


6 posted on 07/23/2021 11:57:33 AM PDT by Sequoyah101 (Politicians are only marginally good at one thing, being politicians. Otherwise they are fools.)
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To: READINABLUESTATE

And what’s accomplished by this? All of the other workers get to earn less until they reopen? This isn’t about your brother, it’s about you. Would you have shut down the highway if he died in a car accident? Yeah, you probably would because it’s not about him.


7 posted on 07/23/2021 11:58:13 AM PDT by econjack
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Bingo, that’s what this is all about. $$$$$$!


8 posted on 07/23/2021 11:58:50 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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WTF?!? A pallet of lumber struck his forklift?!? HTF did that happen?!?
My guess is the forklift struck the pallet of lumber.


9 posted on 07/23/2021 12:00:04 PM PDT by mozarky2 (Ya never stand so tall as when ya stoop to stomp a statist...)
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To: READINABLUESTATE

“…male employee died Thursday morning when a pallet of lumber struck his forklift…”
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When I used to work in a lumber yard the forklift I was driving would “strike” pallets of lumber to be moved instead of a pallet of lumber “striking” my forklift.

I’m guessing an accident due to operator error could have happened if he was inserting or removing a pallet of lumber to or from an overhead level. I’m assuming they’ll be doing a drug test on the deceased.

In any case, the deceased man’s family was out of control and were misdirecting their grief and anger.


10 posted on 07/23/2021 12:02:36 PM PDT by House Atreides
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To: mozarky2

My guess is the forklift struck the pallet of lumber.

From his lift when he tilted it too far...


11 posted on 07/23/2021 12:03:51 PM PDT by tired&retired (Blessings )
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To: House Atreides
Was the Forklift driver named "Klaus" by any chance?


12 posted on 07/23/2021 12:06:10 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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Menard’s near me has a high turnover of young people. The ones on the floor inside, I can’t tell what gender some of them are. I don’t even go there anymore. It’s like the walmart of home improvement stores. Bunch of china crap “distributed by Menard’s”.


13 posted on 07/23/2021 12:07:32 PM PDT by Pollard
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To: READINABLUESTATE

It will be such a relief when the civil war goes hot.


14 posted on 07/23/2021 12:12:10 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("Communism is not love. Communism is a hammer which we use to crush the enemy." ― Mao Zedong)
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Forklift safety starring “Klaus”. Funniest safety film ever!

In the original German.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-lc70Mjp-U


15 posted on 07/23/2021 12:22:28 PM PDT by dynachrome ("I will not be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.")
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To: dfwgator

🤣👍❣
LOVED the Klaus forklift driver safety video.
Been a long time since I saw it last.
Due time for a review😁


16 posted on 07/23/2021 12:22:44 PM PDT by TianaHighrider (God bless President Trump. Prayers for PDJT and his loyal supporters.)
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To: Pollard
It’s like the walmart of home improvement stores. Bunch of china crap “distributed by Menard’s”.

Please share the name of the home improvement store you go to that sells predominantly American made products. TIA

17 posted on 07/23/2021 12:23:38 PM PDT by Mr.FixIt (Ethanol: Growing in four months what the U.S.A. burns in one day)
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To: READINABLUESTATE

Let me guess, do I need to look at the video?


18 posted on 07/23/2021 12:24:44 PM PDT by peggybac (My will is what I wanted. God's will is what I got.)
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To: Skywise

Looking for a quick settlement check.


19 posted on 07/23/2021 12:25:00 PM PDT by Qui is (Biden spews and Harris swallows)
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To: READINABLUESTATE

“a pallet of lumber struck his forklift...

There ought to be a law!


20 posted on 07/23/2021 12:26:03 PM PDT by Kenny500c ( )
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