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Friday morning filled with ominous tension down in the markets. A small skirmish took place that was settled by the police agreeing not to let the trucks move and the mass crowds of demonstrators dispersing. Both sides leaving only a "squad" for patrol. This was not enough to quell the tensions that were rising throughout the day.
2pm. The police started to implement their trap. The truckers amassed again in the market.
Suddenly a delivery truck roared down the market street and cut through the oppressive heat. The truck was guarded by 25 police squad cars that proceeded to pull up to the vendor in an attempt to load produce. Police jumped out armed with riot guns - Thompson Submachine Guns.
A stunned wonderment amongst the crowd left all to ask: what are they going to do?
The truck left the dock with a measly load of oatmeal and cornflakes. This was a decoy in an attempt to see how the truckers would react, but this time there was no strategy strong enough to out run a bullet.
Deboer and Maloney watched to see what was going to happen next. As the truck started to leave the dock, the "Rid the City of Rats" union truck moved full bore to cut off the delivery truck. Maloney and Deboer started running towards the action down an alley, but they were too late. Shots were already being fired off. Police started to shoot the unarmed picketers' truck. The men tried to flee the scene but got shot in the backsides as they were running away.
Shooting without discretion. Shots ringing out for 5 minutes.
Maloney and Deboer came up from the alley and both got pegged when they emerged. Maloney was barely grazed and Deboer was hit in the leg. Deboer bleeding, snaked his way underneath a shipping dock for shelter.
