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

[bimble]

Another man driving his car into protestors. This one didn’t succeed in injuring anyone apparently despite being the head of his local KKK. Wtf ?

Virginia man who plowed his truck into Black Lives Matter crowd is the head of the state's Ku Klux Klan

Over the weekend, a Virginia man was arrested for driving his truck into a crowd of protesters. It has now been revealed that the accused, Harry H. Rogers, is also the head of the Virginia chapter of the Ku Klux Klan.WTVR News reported Monday that Rogers was charged by police with attempted...

www.rawstory.com

 

[ska invita]

Wow. All eyes on this. They're going to have a hell of a fight on their hands.

im feeling too cynical to be able to raise any real interest in this - can anyone change that? leaving aside the odds of it transpiring, what exactly is being proposed here, or rather whats the best possible outcome?
(i have read the link btw)

 

[ska invita]

I see the thread has been renamed, with Riots first and BLM protests last

its not rioting, its an uprising. learned that on urban

 

[Orang Utan]

im feeling too cynical to be able to raise any real interest in this - can anyone change that? leaving aside the odds of it transpiring, what exactly is being proposed here, or rather whats the best possible outcome?
(i have read the link btw)

it raises a lot of other issues - what will those redundant cops do next? Some would just be shitcops elsewhere (this happens a lot in the USA - disgraced cops welcome with open arms elsewhere despite their record), or they'd find some other outlet for their thuggery - wouldn't put it past some to become domestic terrorists (though one could argue they already were)

 

[Sunray]

53 page in, this may already have been posted, but she ended yesterdays Last Week Tonight.

What a brilliant speaker she is.

 

[DaveCinzano]

All the professional anarchists around here have been furloughed

Oh wait, no, looks like we spoke too soon



Seems legit

 

[Marty1]

53 page in, this may already have been posted, but she ended yesterdays Last Week Tonight.

What a brilliant speaker she is.

Wow, that was amazing to hear.

 

[gosub]

Oh wait, no, looks like we spoke too soon



Seems legit

What about paid holidays, does it come with paid holidays? What do professional anarchists do on their days off?

 

[Ax^]

Wow, that was amazing to hear.

not that i really care

but i'll give you about a week before you get a long ban if you keep posting on these threads

and thats being generous

 

[Kasper Jonran]

For the majority of people, especially poor people, and especially especially poor black people, the US is the exact opposite of the wild west. It is a country in which state violence and coercion are a constant threat and disciplining force. Not to mention the power employers have over their employees.

That is kind of what the wild west was like too. Hired judicial officers carrying out the deeds of the cowboy with the biggest interest. Black people were slaves during that time so I think the similarity carries much more weight than you give it. There's still a lot of white people with guns protecting what they think is their America. I think we both agree really.

 

[Kasper Jonran]

Looks pretty wild to me.

Man drives car into Seattle protest crowd and shoots demonstrator

Suspect dashed through crowd and turned himself over to police and injured man, 26, is in stable condition after being shot in arm

www.theguardian.com

 

[MickiQ]

What about paid holidays, does it come with paid holidays? What do professional anarchists do on their days off?

This is America so a more pertinent question is; does it come with healthcare which I imagine would be a biggie in a job like this.

 

[Orang Utan]

What about paid holidays, does it come with paid holidays? What do professional anarchists do on their days off?

Foment

 

[phillm]

Oh wait, no, looks like we spoke too soon



Seems legit

You should double-dip Soros and Gates just to show that they are stupid fuckers that don't know how to fund a revolution properly. Oh and fake the compulsory vax jab when your time comes.

#therevolutionwillnotbefinancialized
#nomorehashtags

 

[phillm]

Foment

They should add a clenched fist to the emoticon library for us armchair revolutionaries.

 

[Marty1]

Not sure how this will fare for Biden but he’s not backing the defunding of police.

Joe Biden won't support defunding the police as part of his 2020 campaign message

Biden supports police-community engagement, greater police department diversity, and the use of body-worn cameras

www.businessinsider.com

 

[Crispy]

Not sure how this will fare for Biden but he’s not backing the defunding of police.

Joe Biden won't support defunding the police as part of his 2020 campaign message

Biden supports police-community engagement, greater police department diversity, and the use of body-worn cameras

www.businessinsider.com

He'd severely damage his election prospects if he did.

 

[phillm]

He'd severely damage his election prospects if he did.

He's 77 ffs who the fuck would want that job at that age? Hopefully, I'll be dead before then. A curse on all their power-crazed houses.

 

[Tankus]

WTF is wrong with these people

 

[DaveCinzano]

WTF is wrong with these people

They did it to the car those two college students they tased were in as well

 

[The39thStep]

Not sure how this will fare for Biden but he’s not backing the defunding of police.

Joe Biden won't support defunding the police as part of his 2020 campaign message

Biden supports police-community engagement, greater police department diversity, and the use of body-worn cameras

www.businessinsider.com

The issue should be about funding and accountability not defunding or more funding. The local police like any other local public service should be accountable to local citizens , 'for whom we serve' etc.

 

[David Clapson]

All this promise of a 'turning point'...will it amount to anything? If I was a black American I'd have no faith in white democrats to improve my situation. What did 8 years of Obama achieve? The guys in this video are spouting heresey, and white people are getting sacked for liking them, but are they on the money?

 

[phillm]

All the monuments to racism that have been torched, occupied, or removed

So far.

www.motherjones.com

 

[bimble]

..The guys in this video are spouting heresey, and white people are getting sacked for liking them, but are they on the money?

I’m gonna go with nope, not on the money maybe after the money- Trump supporters who say there’s no such thing as institutionalised systemic racism in America & sell supplements on their website and hmm.

 

[maomao]

white people are getting sacked for liking them, but are they on the money?

Can you find a non-loon source for the former claim? I can only find it on Trumpist conspiracy sites and relating to one case, not 'people'.

And if you're seriously asking if they're 'on the money' then you're probably at least half nuts yourself.

 

[Mation]

All this promise of a 'turning point'...will it amount to anything? If I was a black American I'd have no faith in white democrats to improve my situation. What did 8 years of Obama achieve? The guys in this video are spouting heresey, and white people are getting sacked for liking them, but are they on the money?

Are they on the money? Is that a serious question?

If so, thank you for asking it, as it's a handy, quick reference guide to why no one should pay attention to a single word you say.

 

[Struwwelpeter]

WTF is wrong with these people

With a bit of luck some insurers of those vehicles will sue the police for the cost of recovery and repair of the vehicles. They will be able to afford bigger lawyers than the police. Unfortunately, the taxpayers will pay the costs, but at least it would reduce their weapons budget..

 

[The39thStep]

All this promise of a 'turning point'...will it amount to anything? If I was a black American I'd have no faith in white democrats to improve my situation. What did 8 years of Obama achieve? The guys in this video are spouting heresey, and white people are getting sacked for liking them, but are they on the money?

Are you American David or are you one of those Joey Barton types ?

 

[Orang Utan]

What’s a ‘Joey Barton type‘?

 

[Crispy]

In Seattle, the cops withdrew completely from the Eastern Precinct (epicentre of recent clashes), boarding up the windows due to a "credible threat" of arson. The protestors have now barricaded and occupied a 6-block area of the street outside. Surprising precisely nobody here I'm sure, there has been no violence. Really good organisation going on, including armed defense (there have been groups of Proud Boys seen wandering the streets, rifles slung). Multi-camera stream here:



Meanwhile, turns out the guy that drove into the Seattle crowd has a brother in the police: