2020 Protests megathread

[Gass3268]

Act Blue is seeing a surge in donations:

https://twitter.com/ShaneGoldmacher/status/1267625342598029313?s=20

[Gass3268]

Support of BLM is surging right now:

https://twitter.com/markos/status/1267612076429565953?s=20

Nickelodeon of all networks had ~9 minutes of silence with the words 'I can't breathe' on the screen for Floyd's death. People can make jokes about #wokecapitalism and the like but clearly public opinion is shifting, or else a bunch of these brands decided to play fast and loose with their marketing.

I was dropping people off at the Milwaukee Airport this morning and the Mars Cheese Castle in Kenosha, Wisconsin had "I Can't Breathe" on their sign.

[Pyro]

These police have intentionally assaulted members of the press, medics and other neutral parties.
Anyone who continues to defend these monsters is an unprincipled crank.

https://twitter.com/AshleeMullany/status/1267596369562394627

[Dr Oz Lost Party!]

Act Blue is seeing a surge in donations:

https://twitter.com/ShaneGoldmacher/status/1267625342598029313?s=20

I’d be curious to see if they get any stats on this... are the donations largely coming from African Americans?

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Why does he look like a fourth grader bsing his way through a book report without having read the book?

This one comment was actually funny and it made me laugh.

[Gass3268]

https://twitter.com/jeremyjojola/status/1267602083508703233?s=20

[The Dowager Mod]

Support of BLM is surging right now:

https://twitter.com/markos/status/1267612076429565953?s=20

Nickelodeon of all networks had ~9 minutes of silence with the words 'I can't breathe' on the screen for Floyd's death. People can make jokes about #wokecapitalism and the like but clearly public opinion is shifting, or else a bunch of these brands decided to play fast and loose with their marketing.

I was dropping people off at the Milwaukee Airport this morning and the Mars Cheese Castle in Kenosha, Wisconsin had "I Can't Breathe" on their sign.

I love that place, I used stop there a lot. 

[Gass3268]

https://twitter.com/kenvogel/status/1267625318090706944?s=20

[NOVA Green]

Philly: Earlier Today...

Peaceful protesters hit with tear gas and rubber bullets attempting to block a freeway.

https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2020/06/01/peaceful-protests-turn-chaotic-as-police-use-tear-gas-protesters-shutdown-i-676/

Baltimore: Earlier Today...

Peaceful protesters shut down highway.

https://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2020/06/01/george-floyd-death-protest-baltimore-maryland-latest/

[Bidenworth2020]

These police have intentionally assaulted members of the press, medics and other neutral parties.
Anyone who continues to defend these monsters is an unprincipled crank.

https://twitter.com/AshleeMullany/status/1267596369562394627

If you aren't voting for Biden I don't want to hear it.

[NOVA Green]

Louisville Police Chief fired:

https://abcnews.go.com/US/louisville-police-chief-fired-fatal-shooting-david-mcatee/story?id=71004972

https://www.wlky.com/article/lmpd-chief-man-fatally-shot-by-law-enforcement-as-they-broke-up-crowd-breonna-taylor-protest/32726967

https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/01/us/louisville-protests-man-shot-dead/index.html

[GeorgiaModerate]

https://mobile.twitter.com/sahilkapur/status/1267626627967725570

[NOVA Green]

Richmond, Virginia:

Teargas deployed against peaceful protesters prior to "curfew"...

https://www.richmond.com/news/local/hundreds-march-in-downtown-richmond-on-fourth-night-of-protests-police-use-teargas-to-break/article_52b7b0bc-64f0-58d9-a99a-155252639273.html

[Pyro]

These police have intentionally assaulted members of the press, medics and other neutral parties.
Anyone who continues to defend these monsters is an unprincipled crank.

https://twitter.com/AshleeMullany/status/1267596369562394627

If you aren't voting for Biden I don't want to hear it.

"Sorry, I'm ignoring massive human rights abuses because I suspect your voting intentions."

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

Red meat for the midwest suburbs.

Imagine believing that FUBAR disgrace helped Trump with Midwest suburbanites

[Reaganfan]

https://twitter.com/KatiePavlich/status/1267607363533578246

[Rover]

https://twitter.com/FOXNashville/status/1267570523632013312?s=19

https://twitter.com/Oregonian/status/1267282082532741121?s=19

https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/1267306821947097088?s=19

Obviously those police officers are outliers, because many on this site claim that most/all cops are bad and evil 🤷‍♂️

[Mr. Reactionary]

Why does he look like a fourth grader bsing his way through a book report without having read the book?

This one comment was actually funny and it made me laugh.

Trump's imbecilic and condescending attempts to pretend he's a practicing Christian of any consistent doctrine is probably the thing he does that pisses me off the most. When I drunkenly booed him at a rally in 2016 the thing that really set me off was when he said he "loves the evangels [sic] Christians." Using a church as a prop like this, especially without the church's approval is offensive.

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

Trump's speech was great. No mercy for rioters and looters. Trump's bringing me (and many other pubs) home with these remarks.

Yep. Today is the day Trump stepped up to the plate. After completely losing me for the last three months, I am cautiously teetering back toward him again. He still seems a bit weak, but I would be extremely confident if he put someone dependable like Tom Cotton in charge of the response since he is a bit too lazy.

So, he threatens to violate posse comitatus to use military force against American citizens, and that's what brings you back to the fold?

They were always going to go back to the fold. They just needed the excuse

Chapo made me go neutral --> slight FF for Biden on last week's episode. He was just so endearing even if he punches down a lot. This move makes me go tilt HP to tilt FF on Trump prospectively. But it's not a crazy gap between them. It's completely feasible I just go third party again. We'll see which culture wars are happening in October.

[Virginiá]

Pretty stereotypical for a rich white guy like Trump, who has spent his entire life hiding behind private security and the police, in addition to totally rejecting the very concept of exercise (and thus the ability to defend himself), to also spend his entire life and presidency acting the part of a tough guy. He is so utterly fake, and even more so than the average politician, if only because of how aggressive he is in seeking attention.

I don't know how you could argue in good-faith that any of this is good for Trump.

It's just partisanship. The idea that a president presiding over a pandemic, and economic catastrophe, and now nationwide civic instability in the form of violent protests and widespread police brutality in response, is going to somehow NOT damage his electoral prospects, let alone help him somehow, is pure fantasy.

[The Dowager Mod]

Real classy move to tear gas peaceful protesters for a photo op.

[WD]

I’m surprised trump hasn’t openly called for the military to fire live ammunition at the protesters yet

[Bidenworth2020]

These police have intentionally assaulted members of the press, medics and other neutral parties.
Anyone who continues to defend these monsters is an unprincipled crank.

https://twitter.com/AshleeMullany/status/1267596369562394627

If you aren't voting for Biden I don't want to hear it.

"Sorry, I'm ignoring massive human rights abuses because I suspect your voting intentions."

You have no interest in removing the root of the problem and are therefore in no position to decry its effects. Period.

[Corbyn is (no longer) the leader of the Labour Party]

Anyone else think curfew's are just another way to quell peaceful protestors? If so, that is unconstitutional.

[Bidenworth2020]

Trump's speech was great. No mercy for rioters and looters. Trump's bringing me (and many other pubs) home with these remarks.

Yep. Today is the day Trump stepped up to the plate. After completely losing me for the last three months, I am cautiously teetering back toward him again. He still seems a bit weak, but I would be extremely confident if he put someone dependable like Tom Cotton in charge of the response since he is a bit too lazy.

So, he threatens to violate posse comitatus to use military force against American citizens, and that's what brings you back to the fold?

They were always going to go back to the fold. They just needed the excuse

Chapo made me go neutral --> slight FF for Biden on last week's episode. He was just so endearing even if he punches down a lot. This move makes me go tilt HP to tilt FF on Trump prospectively. But it's not a crazy gap between them. It's completely feasible I just go third party again. We'll see which culture wars are happening in October.

Wait Biden was on Chapo? Or are you referring to something else?