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

[DaveCinzano]

Obama speaking out is great though purely because Orange Joffery will blow a gasket

Hydroxychloroquine steam blowing out his ears

 

[Tankus]

Corrosive Effects of Tear Gas Could Intensify Coronavirus Pandemic (Published 2020)

Tear gas brings temporary misery by stinging eyes and throats. There’s also evidence that it may increase the risk of respiratory illness.

www.nytimes.com

There just seems no letup

 

[William of Walworth]

I don't think detail of this latest has been posted here yet, but .....

Three more officers are charged in George Floyd’s death, and officials upgrade charges against Derek Chauvin.

Minnesota officials charged three more former police officers on Wednesday in the death of George Floyd, and added a higher charge to those already lodged against the former officer who held his knee to Mr. Floyd’s neck for nearly nine minutes.
Keith Ellison, the attorney general of Minnesota, announced the charges at a news conference Wednesday afternoon.

The three, Thomas Lane, 37, J. Alexander Kueng, 26, and Tou Thao, 34, were charged with aiding and abetting murder, court records show. Mr. Kueng was in custody on Wednesday, county jail records showed. The authorities said they were in the process of arresting Mr. Lane and Mr. Thao.
The fourth, Derek Chauvin, 44, who was arrested last week, faces an increased charge of second-degree murder.

 

[Pickman's model]

Hydroxychloroquine steam blowing out his ears

Blowing off his ears perhaps

 

[xes]

Australia probes US police assault on its journalists

Australia is investigating a US police attack on two Australian television journalists outside the White House, the foreign minister said Tuesday, expressing "strong concerns" about the assault caught live on camera. "We have asked the Australian embassy in Washington, DC to investigate this...

www.yahoo.com

ACLU files suit on behalf of journalists in Minnesota

The American Civil Liberties Union says it is filing a class-action lawsuit and asking a Minnesota court to stop what it calls "unconstitutional conduct targeting journalists."

edition.cnn.com

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

If anyone is interested Obama is going to speak here:



Maybe this will be what finally makes Trump's head explode.

 

[two sheds]

The President addresses the Nation

 

[editor]

American drummer playing black styles like Jazz, Roots and Funk unleashes racist rant. Swiftly kisses goodbye to lucrative drum franchise.

Kevin Hayden Media — Coming Soon

She's getting torn apart on her FB page.

I am personally glad that you wrote what you wrote. Otherwise how would we have known who you truly are, down to the rotten core? Freedom of speech isn't quite free, as you are about to pay the price for yours.

Hilary Jones

Hilary Jones. 1,641 likes · 2 talking about this. Drumming With Love, Passion, And Fury...

www.facebook.com

 

[Artaxerxes]

If anyone is interested Obama is going to speak here:



Maybe this will be what finally makes Trump's head explode.

"Sponsored by the OCP Drone development initiative"

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

"Sponsored by the OCP Drone development initiative"

I can't say I've agreed with everything Obama has done and the use of drones is just one. At least he's not a gibbering moron, unraveling by the hour.

 

[petee]

have we had this yet?

Crowds cheer as activists on horseback join Houston protest of George Floyd’s death

Thousands of people took to downtown Houston Tuesday to protest the death of George Floyd including some protesters who arrived on horseback.

www.ksat.com

 

[DaveCinzano]

The Drug Enforcement Administration has been granted sweeping new authority to “conduct covert surveillance” and collect intelligence on people participating in protests over the police killing of George Floyd, according to a two-page memorandum obtained by BuzzFeed News.

Floyd’s death “has spawned widespread protests across the nation, which, in some instances, have included violence and looting,” the DEA memo says. “Police agencies in certain areas of the country have struggled to maintain and/or restore order.” The memo requests the extraordinary powers on a temporary basis, and on Sunday afternoon a senior Justice Department official signed off.


Attorney General William Barr issued a statement Saturday following a night of widespread and at times violent protests in which he blamed, without providing evidence, “anarchistic and far left extremists, using Antifa-like tactics,” for the unrest. He said the FBI, DEA, US Marshals, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives would be “deployed to support local efforts to enforce federal law.”

Barr did not say what those agencies would do, however.

The DEA is limited by statute to enforcing drug-related federal crimes. But on Sunday, Timothy Shea, a former US attorney and close confidant of Barr's who was named acting administrator of the DEA last month, received approval from Associate Deputy Attorney General Bradley Weinsheimer to go beyond the agency’s mandate “to perform other law enforcement duties” that Barr may “deem appropriate.”

The DEA Has Just Been Authorized to Conduct Surveillance on Protesters

The Justice Department gave the agency the temporary power “to enforce any federal crime committed as a result of the protests over the death of George Floyd.”

www.buzzfeednews.com

 

[planetgeli]

And, the Secretary of Defence has spoken out against such action, and therefore Trump.

Pentagon chief opposes Trump threat to deploy military at protests

Mark Esper categorically opposes using the Insurrection Act amid mounting disquiet over the increasingly militarized response

www.theguardian.com

Yeah, his balls lasted a long time.

Pentagon reverses decision to move troops away from Washington
The Obama event is about to begin but here’s a snap from the Associated Press: defense secretary Mark Esper has reversed the decision to send active duty troops back to their bases after they were moved towards Washington, as the president threatened to deploy them against protesters.
Earlier, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany pointedly did not say Esper’s job was safe, after he told reporters he disagreed with Trump over the possible need to deploy troops.

In an abrupt reversal, Defense Secretary Mark Esper on Wednesday overturned an earlier Pentagon decision to send a couple hundred active-duty soldiers home from the Washington DC region, amid growing tensions with the White House over the military response to the protests.
Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy told the Associated Press that the reversal came after Esper attended a meeting at the White House, and after other internal Pentagon discussions. It is unclear if Esper met with President Donald Trump. McCarthy said he believes the change was based on ensuring there is enough military support in the region to respond to any protest problems if needed.
McCarthy said he received notice of the Pentagon order to send about 200 soldiers with the 82nd Airborne’s immediate response force home just after 10am Wednesday. Hours later, the Pentagon notified him that Esper had reversed the decision.

 

[phillm]

He may have been a drone meister and a shill for Wall St - but these things do matter ultimately. How we feel about the theatre of our lives constructed by the hands we are dealt with. If our 'leaders' aren't happy in their own skins then there is no hope for the road they want us to travel with them. If travel we must.

 

[Tankus]

A lost opportunity for Obama methinks.

Meanwhile

Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) on Twitter

Sean Spicer to interview the trumpster tonight.

 

[DaveCinzano]

O noez, who are we supposed to believe?

 

[DaveCinzano]

I'm sure being ‘interviewed’ by his well-respected former Press Secretary will more than neutralise this

James Mattis Denounces President Trump, Describes Him as a Threat to the Constitution

In an extraordinary condemnation, the former defense secretary backs protesters and says the president is trying to turn Americans against one another.

www.theatlantic.com

 

[phillm]

I'm sure being ‘interviewed’ by his well-respected former Press Secretary will more than neutralise this

James Mattis Denounces President Trump, Describes Him as a Threat to the Constitution

In an extraordinary condemnation, the former defense secretary backs protesters and says the president is trying to turn Americans against one another.

www.theatlantic.com

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What a fucking mess of a human being in every respect. How did we come to a place where any significant portion of our fellow man could think that this pathetic excuse of a man is worthy of anything other than our derision and utter contempt? He is a sordid stain on humanity.

 

[MrSki]

This photo will last the test of time.

 

[DaveCinzano]

Athens residents respectfully indicate to the US Ambassador their concerns over the state of America right now

Greek demonstrators hurl firebombs towards U.S. embassy in Athens

Demonstrators hurled firebombs in a march towards the U.S. Embassy compound in Athens on Wednesday in a protest over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

www.reuters.com

 

[gosub]

He may have been a drone meister and a shill for Wall St - but these things do matter ultimately. How we feel about the theatre of our lives constructed by the hands we are dealt with. If our 'leaders' aren't happy in their own skins then there is no hope for the road they want us to travel with them. If travel we must.

The bloke made his money from writing books, and now makes his living speaking and still writing books I think it hard to think that you'd get a less Wall St shill President. A shill would have gone running into consultancy.

 

[ska invita]

What a fucking mess of a human being in every respect. How did we come to a place where any significant portion of our fellow man could think that this pathetic excuse of a man is worthy of anything other than our derision and utter contempt? He is a sordid stain on humanity.

as opposed to all those other great presidents theyve had

 

[MrSki]

as opposed to all those other great presidents theyve had

You can't slag off the septics when we have such a cunt in the UK. I used to think how could they elect such a twat but it happened here.

 

[DaveCinzano]

‘Boogaloo bandits’ nicked in Nevada:

Three Nevada men with ties to a loose movement of right-wing extremists advocating the overthrow of the U.S. government have been arrested on terrorism-related charges in what authorities say was a conspiracy to spark violence during recent protests in Las Vegas.

Federal prosecutors say the three white men with U.S. military experience are accused of conspiring to carry out a plan that began in April in conjunction with protests to reopen businesses closed because of the coronavirus and later sought to capitalize on protests over the death of George Floyd, a black man who died in Minneapolis after a white officer pressed his knee into his neck for several minutes even after he stopped moving and pleading for air.

The three men were arrested Saturday on the way to a protest in downtown Las Vegas after filling gas cans at a parking lot and making Molotov cocktails in glass bottles, according to a copy of the criminal complaint obtained by The Associated Press. [...]

The complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Las Vegas on Wednesday said they self-identified as part of the “boogaloo” movement, which U.S. prosecutors said in the document is “a term used by extremists to signify coming civil war and/or fall of civilization.”

Stephen T. Parshall, 35, Andrew T. Lynam Jr., 23, and William L. Loomis, 40, were being held on $1 million bond each in the Clark County jail Wednesday, according to court records.

Each currently faces two federal charges — conspiracy to damage and destroy by fire and explosive, and possession of unregistered firearms. In state court, they’ve been accused of felony conspiracy, terrorism and explosives possession.

Prosecutors: 3 men plotted to terrorize Vegas protests

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Three Nevada men with ties to a loose movement of right-wing extremists advocating the overthrow of the U.S. government have been arrested on terrorism-related charges in what authorities say was a conspiracy to spark violence during recent protests in Las Vegas.

apnews.com

 

[DaveCinzano]

NYPD using fake taxi cabs to pick up people trying to get home from protests after curfew and then nicking them seems very, well, unreasonable.

 

[DaveCinzano]

A majority of Americans, 54 percent, believe that burning down a Minneapolis police precinct building following the death of George Floyd was justified, according to a new poll.

The survey, which was conducted by Monmouth University, surveyed 807 U.S. adults from May 28 to June 1. It asked respondents if they thought the actions taken by protesters, including the burning of the precinct building, was fully justified, partially justified or not at all justified.

According to the poll, 17 percent said the actions were fully justified and 37 percent said partially justified, for a total of 54 percent.

https://www.newsweek.com/54-americans-think-burning-down-minneapolis-police-precinct-was-justified-after-george-floyds-1508452

 

[bimble]

There is something very unfortunate about the gesture that police etc are doing is one knee down. I know why that’s the symbol but really jarring given what the final straw is that set this all off.

 

[bimble]

The united states army has sent round a memo to remind (or reassure) its soldiers that protest is an American right they are sworn to defend and that the trust built up between citizens and military must not be broken.
'Every Soldier and Department of the Army Civilian swears an oath to support and defend the Constitution. That includes the right of the people peaceably to assemble and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. We will continue to support and defend those rights..'

A message to the Army community about civil unrest

Draft

www.army.mil

Also this (same thing, right from the top, sending message to Trumpo that they won't just be co-opted.




And this, from the former defence sec.

James Mattis Denounces President Trump, Describes Him as a Threat to the Constitution

In an extraordinary condemnation, the former defense secretary backs protesters and says the president is trying to turn Americans against one another.

www.theatlantic.com

Does look like the army is standing up to him.

 

[Johnny Vodka]

Trump claims 'something snapped' in officer who knelt on George Floyd's neck for almost nine minutes

'Nothing good comes out of that. Nope, that was a very bad thing'

www.independent.co.uk

George Floyd: Trump says 'something snapped' in officer who knelt on victim's neck for almost nine minutes

'Nothing good comes out of that. Nope, that was a very bad thing'

Really? Sounds like this cunt is trying to play down the incident as much as possible, almost make it sound like a fucking accident.

No mention of systemic racism or the fact that this cop had a load of allegations against him in the past.

 

[Spymaster]

NYPD using fake taxi cabs to pick up people trying to get home from protests after curfew and then nicking them seems very, well, unreasonable.

Looks like bollocks again to me. Many police forces have disguised cars and the fact that this one has flashing lights on it and is stopped in the middle of the road, strongly suggests it’s not being used to trick protestors into asking for a cab ride home. The twitter poster has just made that bit up.

General rule of thumb; when a post is ALL CAPITALS and ends “SPREAD THIS!!!” ... don’t.