Penske Company Bans White Supremacists From Renting Trucks

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6. I'm wondering how impactful this really is.

Here's the statement from Penske, posted on X (Twitter):

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Penske said in a statement posted on X, formerly Twitter: "Penske Truck rental is aware of an incident involving one of its vehicles yesterday in Springfield, Missouri. This incident is unacceptable. We strongly condemn these individuals and their actions, which violate out rental agreement. Effective immediately, the individual(s) on the rental agreement are banned from future rentals."

Camera footage captured the truck's license plate and DOT number, so Penske was able to identify the rental agreement for the truck used in this particular incident. Accordingly, they have banned the person or persons listed on that particular rental agreement.

But that does not prevent future rentals by Patriot Front members, unless they try to rent a truck under the Patriot Front name, which is unlikely. Future incidents may result in the banning of those particular individuals on the rental agreements, but it's essentially whack-a-mole after the fact for Penske.

I do applaud their action, but I have to wonder how much of a deterrent this will really turn out to be.