2020 Protests megathread

[lfromnj]

https://twitter.com/MarkDice/status/1266542279348465664

Wow not commenting on the exact nature but if you told me that there was an explosive thrown in the CNN HQ during a riot even a few weeks ago I think we could all agree who we thought it would be.

[lfromnj]

https://twitter.com/MarkDice/status/1266542279348465664

Wow not commenting on the exact nature but if you told me that there was an explosive thrown in the CNN HQ during a riot even a few weeks ago I think we could all agree who we thought it would be.

LMAO

Ik it seems ironic but its still depressing overall that this is happening.

[lfromnj]

https://themetrodetroitnews.com/19-year-old-shot-and-killed-during-downtown-detroit-protest/

Teen shot in detroit in driveby shooting.

[lfromnj]

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Wtf no
Just no.

[lfromnj]

Its absolutely legal and it didn't directly harm anyone to "storm" the Michigan building
FWIW I believe it should be like the Roman Pomerium and weapons should be banned inside that building but its still absolutely legal and they didn't harm anyone.

[lfromnj]

Am I the only one that sees an implicit threat when civilians have weapons inside a legislative body?

In the end these protesters did not fire a single bullet or touch a single dollar of property.
As I said earlier I agree that a state legislative body should not have weapons in it but no one should try to compare the groups of protesters. The worst these protesters did was cause some littering with their signs.

[lfromnj]

Am I the only one that sees an implicit threat when civilians have weapons inside a legislative body?

Yea. Probably in every other functioning democracy too.

In any other functioning democracy it would've been called a coup.

Where was the overthrow of the government?

[lfromnj]

Am I the only one that sees an implicit threat when civilians have weapons inside a legislative body?

Yea. Probably in every other functioning democracy too.

In any other functioning democracy it would've been called a coup.

Where was the overthrow of the government?

Fine, attempted coup.

How was said coup stopped?
The came, they saw, and they left, their only goal was to convey their grievances .

[lfromnj]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXXFf0Q2bcU

GO to 0.57 for some of the "storming"
Really the worst I saw was one dude aggressively leaning into a cop and yelling into his face out of all the pics.

[lfromnj]

https://twitter.com/aishahhasnie/status/1266754921627598849

[lfromnj]

My apologies for abetting a hijacking of this thread - I'll stand down and hopefully that will resolve.

Isn't a hijacking to compare it to the Michigan protests, plenty of mainstream news sources have tried and failed to do that.

[lfromnj]

I have literally heard the past 2 nights armed white supremacists going to the protests in order to create a panick idea of a mass shooting.

[lfromnj]

https://twitter.com/USATODAY/status/1266807589913927680

ANTIFA was just a bunch of peaceful anti fascist group and if you oppose them you are the real fascists because they have the words anti fascist in their name just like the DPRK has Democratic.

[lfromnj]

The only "outside agitators" are white supremacists and instigator cops.
Miss me with that Antifa BS

Bullsh*t , there have been possible claims of cops but name one actual white supremacist arrested !

[lfromnj]

The only "outside agitators" are white supremacists and instigator cops.
Miss me with that Antifa BS

Bullsh*t , there have been possible claims of cops but name one actual white supremacist arrested !

https://www.courthousenews.com/minnesota-officials-link-arrested-looters-to-white-supremacist-groups/

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/pkyb9b/far-right-extremists-are-hoping-to-turn-the-george-floyd-protests-into-a-new-civil-war

Are you also implying that there are no white supremacists within the police depts?

The 1st article as I said was a lie by the officials just like they lied out of state.
Those far right groups mentioned aren't white supremacists. They are genuine temporary ancap allies. They are basically a little bit more whack hillgoose . Look at the video of those 2 defending the tobacco store.  That article was bs. They literally shared an anarchist meme page .

[lfromnj]

And now my home has been set on fire. This is unacceptable.

Well sprouts atleast the revolution against the bourgiouse  or the acceleration against leftism will happen
Just had to give up your house.

[lfromnj]

Pyro I got a simple idea for you edgy LARPING revolutionary tankie(you can claim to be libertarian left or whatever that bs is)
Go tell sprouts RN his house being burnt is necessary for the greater good of reform or condemn the looting or don't post in this thread again.

[lfromnj]

F the Cops for being idiots and violent bullies trying to escalate the protests by randomly firing with their guns against the more peaceful protestors.

[lfromnj]

https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/1266931911445880833

He is in criitical condition.

Governors and Prosecutors need to announce no penalty for shooting looters even in duty to retreat states now !
All looters are dangerous people who should be assumed as a threat .

[lfromnj]

I said this before but curfews are unconstitutional and stupid bs.
Society agrees to laws with a sense of moral community. Most believe that going out of your house at a certain time is not immoral and it is impossible to enforce.

[lfromnj]

At this point, I'm not even angry any more. I'm just really, really sad. I saw a video of a white man beaten to death in Texas by a mob. I saw a little black girl writhing and screaming because she was pepper sprayed. I can't even look at Twitter.

This is history. This is something that we will be talking about in fifty years.

EDIT: Just saw the man in Texas is *not* dead. That is good to know. I already watched one man die on video this week, and I'd rather not see that again.

That guy was chasing around black people with machette. That doesn't mean it's justified but its not that they're attacking random white people.

https://twitter.com/uncookednoodle/status/1266938119972171778

https://mobile.twitter.com/CatWithADurag/status/1266956232834899974
Nope they attacked him first. I wish he had an ar15 with a 20 round magazine. This would have been a much better outcome. It's also been confirmed the looters were attacking a store.

[lfromnj]

Cops should arrest him immediately after this chaos.

[lfromnj]

https://twitter.com/CalebJHull/status/1266955915531636736

The cops in the 2nd tweet are too nice
ARREST THEM!

Why do we have cops enforcing a bs curfew but can't even attack looters? Its impossible to keep all the protesters off the streets and it should be unconstitutional.

[lfromnj]

https://twitter.com/OrwellNGoode/status/1266945655219654659

Finally stopping the looters, what a hero

Commentary is great.

[lfromnj]

https://twitter.com/stillgray/status/1266994347200798726

Unless if this person turned out to be someone trying to stop a fire this is good ol fashioned natural karma.

Hopefully everyone here agrees on that.

Cops should arrest him in a month to avoid paying for his stupidity.