Penske issues a statement on Instagram saying that DHS’s actions violated the terms of the rental agreement and they will “reinforce” that to DHS.
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aug 6, 2025, 7:37 pm • 0 0 • view
Hey Penske, how about giving Fox News a raft of shit about being a party to the violations? They know better, but they don't GAF How about letting them know, and telling them you don't ever want to see one of their crews in the cargo area of your trucks again?
aug 6, 2025, 5:34 pm • 3 1 • view
Holding you to that, Penske.
aug 7, 2025, 2:19 am • 1 0 • view
Isn’t that also how the Proud Boys get around?
aug 6, 2025, 11:06 pm • 1 1 • view
Are they going to send them a strongly worded letter?
aug 6, 2025, 5:14 pm • 9 1 • view
Weak sauce. "DHS violated the terms of our agreement and will therefore be banned from using our vehicles in the future."
aug 6, 2025, 5:19 pm • 2 0 • view
Unfortunately, Penske holds no power under this regime.
aug 6, 2025, 8:23 pm • 0 0 • view
this teaches people that any box truck is a potential trojan horse jammed full of agents
aug 6, 2025, 5:14 pm • 16 0 • view
Super unsafe to ride like that, easy to get hurt. Just FYI.
aug 7, 2025, 10:41 am • 1 0 • view
Especially if people start ramming into them in the hopes of damaging some nazis
aug 7, 2025, 1:12 pm • 1 0 • view
Or brake checking in front of?
aug 7, 2025, 2:12 pm • 2 0 • view
And here comes the Seinfeld episode references….
aug 6, 2025, 5:39 pm • 1 0 • view
Someone needs to take charge of the Penske file.
aug 6, 2025, 5:34 pm • 6 0 • view
And tmrw Trump shuts down Penske
aug 6, 2025, 5:13 pm • 2 0 • view
Hey Penske , ICE has more in their budget than you have money. So you let them rent yr trucks and then complain that humans were in your trucks ? Spare me , you Trumper.
aug 7, 2025, 11:25 pm • 0 0 • view
Not the main point but wondering what the insurance situation would be if there was an accident. Clearly unsafe and outside its permitted use to have unsecured humans in a cargo area.
aug 6, 2025, 5:06 pm • 29 5 • view
It would be a mess but if the ICE agents were injured I would think federal workers' comp would be the main avenue for first party medical coverage. A CA personal injury attorney would know more about how other coverage would work.
aug 6, 2025, 5:38 pm • 2 0 • view
I suspect you’re probably right. I’m in the U.K. and I’m pretty sure it would be seen as a breach of the employer’s duty of care here.
aug 6, 2025, 5:40 pm • 6 0 • view
In terms of a tort/negligence case by the agents against the government? You'd have to do some research into the Federal Tort Claims Act AND any bar under federal workers' comp laws. Not familiar with exact answer, just an idea of the messy issues to look into.
aug 6, 2025, 5:48 pm • 1 0 • view
Like even if Penske's policy has liability coverage for the operator, which would be typical, I'd be concerned about whether the driver and govt employer have some statutory immunity.
aug 6, 2025, 5:50 pm • 1 0 • view
It’s just often insurance policies have exclusions for non-permitted use. Like if a taxi takes more passengers than its capacity.
aug 6, 2025, 5:56 pm • 1 0 • view
Also a potential issue!
aug 6, 2025, 5:58 pm • 1 0 • view
To me it seems almost as irresponsible as allowing somebody to ride in the trunk of your car. And even ICE agents whatever you think of them have the right to a reasonably safe working environment.
aug 6, 2025, 6:02 pm • 1 0 • view
No…no they most certainly do not.
aug 6, 2025, 6:57 pm • 5 0 • view
OH they did that Proud Boy thing of packing agents into a truck?
aug 6, 2025, 5:07 pm • 6 0 • view
Well, they're all PB's anyway.
aug 6, 2025, 5:10 pm • 3 0 • view
fucking boycott Penske they will do it again "show me the money "is in the contract
aug 6, 2025, 5:52 pm • 2 0 • view
Ahhh... Penske with the non condemnation of the fascist action just the way they used the trucks.
aug 6, 2025, 5:06 pm • 38 8 • view
Hey Penske! 👇
aug 6, 2025, 6:13 pm • 3 0 • view
And I am sure GESTAPO goons will follow policy as well as the follow laws and court orders against racial profiling Oh wait.
aug 6, 2025, 5:42 pm • 4 0 • view
I liked it better when George Costanza had the Penske files.
aug 6, 2025, 5:10 pm • 5 1 • view
He did have the smaller office.
aug 6, 2025, 5:25 pm • 1 0 • view
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aug 6, 2025, 5:14 pm • 3 1 • view
It's interesting to see people already blaming Penske for not being forceful enough. It seems that no matter what these monsters do, innocent, unsuspecting people who did nothing wrong get blamed.
aug 6, 2025, 5:34 pm • 1 1 • view
It's okay. They're sending ICE a strongly worded letter.
aug 6, 2025, 5:36 pm • 0 0 • view
I don't know when wannabe comedians will realize the "strongly worded letter" talking point is you advertising that you don't understand how the legal system works. Documentation matters. Nothing gets accomplished without strongly worded letters because that's what the courts call EVIDENCE.
aug 6, 2025, 5:41 pm • 4 0 • view
I was a litigator for 30 years. I cannot count how many strongly worded letters I wrote and how many more I responded to.
aug 6, 2025, 6:30 pm • 1 0 • view
I'm seeing a commonality here. The owner also donated to Orange Pedo's inauguration. bsky.app/profile/lore...
aug 6, 2025, 6:32 pm • 11 1 • view
These could be anyone.No one would never know. This has to stop. There needs to be some semblance of professionalism.
aug 7, 2025, 1:36 am • 1 0 • view
Why not let us know (via the media) who rented the truck? 🤷🏻♂️
aug 6, 2025, 10:25 pm • 2 0 • view
I’ll be using anyone but them and U-Haul, fuck around and find out. They’re complicit with human trafficking.
aug 6, 2025, 5:09 pm • 2 0 • view
Ah, yes... The "strongly worded letter. I was wondering when we were going to see one of those.
aug 6, 2025, 10:04 pm • 1 0 • view
I'm a truck rental place, ICE comes in to rent a truck, what the actual fuck did Penske THINK ICE was moving?
aug 6, 2025, 6:22 pm • 10 1 • view
I doubt they said it was ICE.
aug 7, 2025, 12:51 am • 0 0 • view
Only on their social media account… bsky.app/profile/potr...
aug 6, 2025, 5:28 pm • 4 1 • view
Yeah, good luck getting this administration to follow laws, let alone a mere policy.
aug 6, 2025, 6:12 pm • 3 0 • view
I called Penske this morning. IMO, they are not ok with this.
aug 6, 2025, 7:06 pm • 2 0 • view
aug 7, 2025, 2:18 am • 1 0 • view
How about you simply don't rent trucks to them? They have billions of dollars.Let them buy their own trailers.
aug 6, 2025, 6:44 pm • 9 1 • view
FWIW, per my conversation with Penske this morning, they do not rent to governments so some person or corporation rented it.
aug 6, 2025, 7:09 pm • 5 0 • view
So they are fine renting the trucks to them? Not good enough.
aug 6, 2025, 5:26 pm • 4 0 • view
The rest of us would pay a hefty penalty if we did such a thing. Another chicken company.
aug 6, 2025, 5:06 pm • 8 1 • view
DHS or the Proud Boys…
aug 6, 2025, 5:33 pm • 0 0 • view
So does that mean Penske is flagging dhs from all rentals ? Or are they just going to hand slap them and keep renting?
aug 6, 2025, 5:12 pm • 15 3 • view
Pretty sure they are not being rented under the name of “DHS”.
aug 6, 2025, 5:50 pm • 1 1 • view
Joe Smith seems too obvious. Kristi Gnome? Lil Marco? Shrek?
aug 6, 2025, 6:21 pm • 2 1 • view
Loser McFuckface?
aug 6, 2025, 6:28 pm • 1 0 • view
I’d like to know that also. It sounds like other rental truck manufacturers should be alerted to this scheme.
aug 7, 2025, 9:21 am • 0 0 • view
Local police should surround and search all UHauls and Penske trucks on the road. Arrest the kidnappers. Confiscate all weapons.
aug 7, 2025, 2:18 pm • 0 0 • view
The company should ban them from renting. An organization that is unilaterally slicing out portions of the Constitution is not going to abide by a rental agreement.
aug 7, 2025, 3:59 pm • 1 0 • view
Keep calling, #makeeviluncomfortable #Penske customer service 1-800-526-0798
aug 7, 2025, 1:45 am • 3 1 • view
Their legal department must be having several cows right now.
aug 6, 2025, 5:13 pm • 13 0 • view
But I'm sure they were careful to make an 'I' formation with their, uh, heaviest items.
aug 7, 2025, 1:32 am • 5 2 • view
One would be pretty naive to believe Penske was unaware their trucks were being used for ICE operations. Their statement upon to media was pretty weak, too.
aug 7, 2025, 5:23 pm • 1 0 • view
Step on up and be the next company to donate to presidential museum
aug 6, 2025, 5:40 pm • 0 0 • view
"Reinforce"? You all know what to do #putdownpenske #iceoutofoenske
aug 6, 2025, 5:31 pm • 1 1 • view
Penske's liable if anyone gets hurt. Seems awfully risky to rent to DHS.
aug 6, 2025, 9:13 pm • 0 0 • view
What an heartfelt statement Stephen Miller have dictated for Penske.
aug 6, 2025, 6:43 pm • 4 0 • view
Boycott Penske rentals until they stop renting to Federal agencies.
aug 7, 2025, 9:51 am • 6 3 • view
Penske Period !!not just rentals,they own shit load of shit
aug 9, 2025, 12:54 am • 1 1 • view
Penske needs to say they will no longer rent to DHS.
aug 6, 2025, 5:50 pm • 6 1 • view
Doubtful, but you can call and ask if their insurance includes kidnapping and human trafficking. #Penske customer service 1-800-526-0798
aug 7, 2025, 2:19 am • 2 0 • view
aug 6, 2025, 8:16 pm • 1 0 • view
And that will do…what? Like saying stop or I’ll say stop again?
aug 7, 2025, 9:18 am • 2 0 • view
aug 6, 2025, 5:31 pm • 6 1 • view
DO FN. MORE!!!
aug 7, 2025, 3:52 am • 2 0 • view
Small steps, but good job Penske.
aug 6, 2025, 5:06 pm • 113 2 • view
Penske has been informed about this for months. They know, they just don't care.
aug 6, 2025, 6:08 pm • 5 0 • view
Penske will “reinforce its policy to avoid improper use of its vehicles in the future,” eh? C’mon. This isn’t Penske’s first rodeo with Patriot Front tactics. They’re playing fey 🙄 “Oh wE hAD nO iDeA tHeY’D be dOinG thAT” ain’t cuttin’ it, Penske.
aug 6, 2025, 5:24 pm • 88 3 • view
Boycott Penske
aug 6, 2025, 7:54 pm • 2 0 • view
Yes, Patriot Front tactics is right. Wonder how ICE knew to copy them 🤫
aug 6, 2025, 5:33 pm • 68 4 • view
Must be pure, magical coincidence.
aug 6, 2025, 5:34 pm • 35 0 • view
Dove into the comments looking for this and the post that it is responding to. Well said.
aug 6, 2025, 6:41 pm • 7 0 • view
I said this same thing when I saw the moving truck
aug 7, 2025, 5:50 am • 3 0 • view
Frequent renter discount? Because you know some of these goons ARE Patriot Front.
aug 6, 2025, 6:24 pm • 3 0 • view
Just a reminder that Roger Penske, who's the founder and chairman of the privately held Penske Corp, received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Trump in 2019. www.indycar.com/News/2019/06...
aug 6, 2025, 6:42 pm • 4 1 • view
:nods: Good to share that reminder.
aug 6, 2025, 6:47 pm • 2 0 • view
Hey Penske does this help clarify things for ya? bsky.app/profile/lore...
aug 6, 2025, 6:15 pm • 2 2 • view
I don’t think they can help that. They don’t do background checks. They can’t verify that a customer is going to abuse their trucks unless it’s on record and any of these groups can just get a guy with a clean record to get it in his name.
aug 10, 2025, 7:22 pm • 0 0 • view
Bc Penske currently doesn’t check out who they’re renting to doesn’t mean they can’t. In this world of constant surveillance, how hard is it for Penske to install internal cameras in cabs & cargo areas of their trucks? Then they might notice people being loaded in the back instead of cargo!
aug 10, 2025, 7:28 pm • 0 0 • view
I don’t WANT that surveillance though. Them not invading privacy is a GOOD thing.
aug 10, 2025, 7:50 pm • 1 0 • view
Well, agreed; yet…we’re being surveilled anyway, regardless how we feel about it. But to claim there’s “nothing” Penske can do is not accurate.
aug 10, 2025, 8:19 pm • 0 0 • view
It will all be settled with a quick bribe.
aug 6, 2025, 11:44 pm • 2 0 • view
ICE is a fucking criminal gang they don’t care.
aug 6, 2025, 5:05 pm • 7 0 • view
Amazing that DHS using rental trucks is the same tactic white supremacist and neonazi marchers use. Impossible they're not aware of that, gross.
aug 6, 2025, 5:13 pm • 20 2 • view
Elon did the same thing in his massive blockwalking efford for Trump in battleground states. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
aug 6, 2025, 5:31 pm • 1 1 • view
Of note, they are more concerned about people riding in the cargo area than they are about their vehicles being used as a means for kidnapping. Priorities, right?
aug 6, 2025, 10:22 pm • 3 1 • view
“Hey please don’t transport kidnapped people in our vans k?”
aug 6, 2025, 5:27 pm • 3 1 • view
I’d like to know how that ‘reinforcement’ will go.
aug 6, 2025, 5:48 pm • 2 0 • view