Six people were hit by a truck during a 'Fight for $15' rally in Flint early Tuesday morning, according to several news outlets.

The accident occurred near the McDonald's off of Dort Highway and Lapeer Road, where workers had gathered starting at 7 a.m. The truck reportedly also hit a Consumers Energy Vehicle.

Police told WEYI-TV (Flint) that the driver is cooperating with the investigation but is not in custody. All victims sustained non-life-threatening injuries, WEYI reported.

Around 1,000 fast food workers in both Flint and Detroit plan to walk out of their jobs on Tuesday to demand union rights and higher wages. Gubernatorial candidate Gretchen Whitmer attended the Flint rally, tweeting that she was "incredibly sad that so many people were hurt."

https://twitter.com/gretchenwhitmer/status/1047091602471178240

https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2018/10/02/flint-michigan-truck-accident/1490304002/

Most #Florida thing ever - Democratic Golf Cart parade in the Villages today - over 130 carts causing traffic in the typically red area. #BringItHome

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In 2015, Kavanaugh gave a speech—entitled “The Judge as Umpire”—at Columbus Law School at Catholic University. It was during this event that he now-infamously said, “What happens at Georgetown Prep stays at Georgetown Prep.” But later in the speech, Kavanaugh explained the importance of judicial temperament. He described the attributes required for a “good judge”: to have the “proper demeanor,” to keep “our emotions in check,” to be “calm amidst the storm,” to “demonstrate civility.” And Kavanaugh added, “Don’t be a jerk.”

Here’s what he said.

To be a good judge and a good umpire, it’s important to have the proper demeanor. Really important, I think. To walk in the others’ shoes, whether it be the other litigants, the litigants in the case, the other judges. To understand them. To keep our emotions in check. To be calm amidst the storm. On the bench, to put it in the vernacular, don’t be a jerk. I think that’s important. To be a good umpire and a good judge, don’t be a jerk. In your opinions, to demonstrate civility. I think that’s important as well. To show, to help display, that you are trying to make the decision impartially and dispassionately based on the law and not based on your emotions. That we’re not the bigger than the game….There’s a danger of arrogance, as for umpires and referees, but also for judges. And I would say that danger grows the more time you’re on the bench. As one of my colleagues puts it, you become more like yourself—and that can be a problem.

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Also in that 2015 speech, Kavanaugh made another key point: “First and most obviously,” a judge cannot be a “political partisan.” A jurist, he added, must “avoid any semblance of…partisanship.” At the hearing, Kavanaugh did not demonstrate the ability to put aside partisanship.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/10/kavanaugh-in-2015-a-judge-must-keep-emotions-in-check-and-not-be-a-political-partisan/