Is America burning? (Black Lives Matter protests, civil unrest and riots 2020)

[Orang Utan]

You can't even see a brick there anyway!

Someone tweeted a pic of someone carrying a cat bed, but identified it as a breeze block!

 

[SovietArmy]

Latest from New York City. Carnage on the streets as priest joins the protestors.
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That made me lough a lot of.

 

[Ax^]

appears to be differenct depending on decent

 

[Orang Utan]

sorry if it not been pointed out in america it depends if your white

What

 

[Ax^]

i amended it

 

[Orang Utan]

appears to be differenct depending on decent

What

 

[Ax^]

 

[Orang Utan]

What are you talking about Ax^ ?

 

[DaveCinzano]

Ax^ a silly question...

 

[Ax^]

what?

 

[Orang Utan]

what?

Just a bit bamboozled by your last posts. I presume you want people to understand you. If you don’t, fair enough, crack on

 

[Ax^]

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[rekil]

What’s the legal position on intervening in an assault by police? If you try to stop your mate being killed by a cop by smashing a fence post over their head, I’d imagine you’d be imprisoned for a long time. Americans have the constitutionally protected right to defend themselves from government tyranny with big fuck off guns, so whacking a cop with a big stick should be fine

Obstruction of an officer in performance of his racism. The DA would nail your ass to the wall.

 

[rekil]

Especially if there's an election coming up.

 

[Indeliblelink]

I don't think we've had the man stealing/liberating a police horse yet, it was a few riots/nights ago

 

[YouSir]

Obstruction of an officer in performance of his racism. The DA would nail your ass to the wall.

What was left of it after a kicking anyway.

 

[bimble]

He didn’t steal the horse it’s his horse. It this man.

Who’s That Man Riding A Horse On The Streets Of Chicago? The Dreadhead Cowboy.

www.wbez.org

 

[Indeliblelink]

Yeah, yeah, we've all tried that one. " I can assure you officer it's my horse, we were just out for a pleasant evening's ride when we encountered this riot"

 

[bimble]

Yeah but it really is, his horse. Not as fun I know but still very cool.

 

[Orang Utan]

I’m reminded of The Day Shall Come but that would be an insult to this legend

 

[Gimigimi]

What’s the legal position on intervening in an assault by police? If you try to stop your mate being killed by a cop by smashing a fence post over their head, I’d imagine you’d be imprisoned for a long time. Americans have the constitutionally protected right to defend themselves from government tyranny with big fuck off guns, so whacking a cop with a big stick should be fine

Bad Elk v. United States - Wikipedia was a ruling in 1900 that said you could resist an unlawful arrest, but I don't think it could apply to intervening in someone else's unlawful arrest. Also the right to resist an unlawful arrest has been eroded by legislation over the last century and according to the article only 13 states still allow it. Realistically, though, even if you're resisting your own arrest in a state where it's technically legal, good luck winning the court case against a cop. If you're defending someone else against a cop running shoes are going to help you a lot more than laws, I'd say.

 

[YouSir]

Cowboys out in force.

 

[Pickman's model]

What’s the legal position on intervening in an assault by police? If you try to stop your mate being killed by a cop by smashing a fence post over their head, I’d imagine you’d be imprisoned for a long time. Americans have the constitutionally protected right to defend themselves from government tyranny with big fuck off guns, so whacking a cop with a big stick should be fine

tbh rather fussing about the legal position, you should be concentrating on the matter at hand, retrieving your mate and departing at some speed. The legal position only comes into play if you're nicked and charged.

 

[Artaxerxes]

Cant leave the bricks alone. . The internet of brick conspiracies is a deeply strange place probably deserving of a tangent thread.
This video is pretty good though, especially as it looks like it comes from a Trumper.
Whats the least silly story to match whatever is going on here ?

Was about to post this, saw it this morning. Possibly MRE's but honestly just a couple of cops passing each other bricks one by one out of the back of the pickup.

Everyones doing it.

 

[Orang Utan]

Was about to post this, saw it this morning. Possibly MRE's but honestly just a couple of cops passing each other bricks one by one out of the back of the pickup.

Everyones doing it.

MRE? Just looked at an acronym list and can’t find owt that fits

 

[Artaxerxes]

MRE? Just looked at an acronym list and can’t find owt that fits

The first result of a google search should enlighten you.

 

[Pickman's model]

MRE? Just looked at an acronym list and can’t find owt that fits

Meals ready to eat

 

[Orang Utan]

The first result of a google search should enlighten you.

Oh, I discounted that one!

 

[krink]

Not sure if it has been posted here already but a book about policing and responses in america is currently free for the e version. Thought people might be interested

Who Do You Serve, Who Do You Protect?

Explores the reality of US police violence against Black, Brown and Indigenous communities.

www.haymarketbooks.org

 

[ska invita]

Was about to post this, saw it this morning. Possibly MRE's but honestly just a couple of cops passing each other bricks one by one out of the back of the pickup.

Everyones doing it.

interesting response here...one to remember