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Then they should denounce them. Loudly. Otherwise it's compliance and they're part of the problem.
I don't disagree with you one bit. Hopefully they do. Just trying to be realistic.
They did.
Twitter link: https://x.com/PenskeNews/status/1953130587411066951
Edit to add: they didn't say "omg we don't approve of this for politics/ethics" they said "omg that's not safe and you're not allowed to use our trucks that was". I get that the first would be more satisfying to hear, but the second is a legalistic reason to refuse to rent to them again.
Woof. Not the best response.
As a business, it's a good response. They denounce it without talking a side.
Personally, I would take more action, but I'm not a business.
imagine if picking a side in illegally kidnapping people off the street is seen as controversial lol
wtf is happening america
They did. They said it was illegal in a statement.
Do you have a plan to undo the damage you did by jumping on this bandwagon?
The damage is the point. Their brand was associated with this.
The damage. Is the point.
The employee rented a truck to a random white guy. They do this every day.
The company stated the act was illegal after learning about it. What more could they do, or have done? If the answer is nothing, then the damage is undeserved.
how about legally press the guy they rented the truck to if it was illegal? Unless I see arrests, penske did absolutely nothing but say "woopsie"
We can't hold police accountable for murder, what makes you think that a corporation can hold them accountable for this? On what legal grounds would Penske even build that case? It's not fraud. And Penske can't got after them for laws the police break while using the rental. So they ban that one guy that signed the rental agreement, so what? What exactly will that accomplish? The only effect would be to cost Penske money and make an enemy of a fascist police state that has made no secret of their eagerness to break the law and abandon due process.
What makes you think they know which of their many customers supplied the rented truck to ICE?
Not here to argue for or against, but the license plate is visible in the picture which gives a narrower starting point.
I bet some of them own iPhones. Does that make Apple complicit?