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

[RTWL]

Seems to be what they do with them less lethal rounds ... shoot people in the face with them . Happened the other day with some m8e

 

[NoXion]

And this is what the pigs say when people come prepared for their deliberate attempts at maiming people:



Protecting yourself from police violence means that you're not the peaceful one, in the topsy-turvy world of the authoritarians.

 

[teqniq]

You know it's come to a sorry pass when the UN are telling you to rein it in.

U.N. rights office urges U.S. to rein in police at protests

U.S. police and security forces must not use disproportionate force against protesters and journalists in U.S. cities including Portland or detain them unlawfully, the United Nations human rights office said on Friday.

www.reuters.com

 

[CNT36]

You know it's come to a sorry pass when the UN are telling you to rein it in.

U.N. rights office urges U.S. to rein in police at protests

U.S. police and security forces must not use disproportionate force against protesters and journalists in U.S. cities including Portland or detain them unlawfully, the United Nations human rights office said on Friday.

www.reuters.com

They might as well start packing in New York.

 

[RTWL]

Trump will not care. I mean: He has Blackwater and other private militias at his disposal . If he can get the military on board then he could go for something desperate :/

anyway ... Amnesty have all incidences of unlawful police violence from the protests on a map :

Exclusive: Amnesty maps out US police violence at #BlackLivesMatter protests.

Amnesty maps out US police violence at #BlackLivesMatter protests. 125 incidents in 40+ states

www.amnesty.org

really puts things in perspective

 

[FridgeMagnet]

"Just don't break the law and you won't get in any trouble with the cops"



I have to say that I have seen a man detained by the police in London for doing a satirical dance about Brazil, not anywhere near them either. However he was not jumped on by a dozen armed Michelin men and dragged off.

(The rattling noise there is them firing their automatic paintball guns I think.)

 

[cupid_stunt]

Fucking hell, they are so out of control.

 

[RTWL]

Another headshot

https://s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/devstage.usa-protests.amnesty.org/mapbox/video/FL001.mp4

 

[Orang Utan]

Fucking hell, they are so out of control.

No they are not. Why do people keep saying this?

 

[FridgeMagnet]

I came back onto this thread to post yet another video of someone being pepper sprayed in the face for no good reason but honestly what's the point? There are so many videos. I could sit here all day posting them. They're not hidden, they're not secrets, anyone can see this stuff. Part of the point I guess is to normalise it, to make it an accepted part of life that cops just beat the crap out of people because they can and hey you lefties need to get used to the real world.

 

[Crispy]

A protestor has been shot and killed in Austin. Car driven into the crowd, where it was quickly surrounded. Armed protestor (ie. he was open carrying an AR) approaches the vehicle among many others. Multiple shots fired (from different weapons by the sound of it) and the driver makes a getaway. Armed man dies at the scene.



(nothing much to see, but the sounds are chilling enough)

 

[spring-peeper]

So much for the children being better behaved than their parents....

A mini-golf complex got flooded with hundreds of kids after a mass parent drop-off, who then started wreaking havoc when they couldn't get their money back ... so say cops, anyway.

This went down Saturday night at the Putt-Putt Fun Center in Memphis, where police officers responded to call for service over reports of chaos breaking out after several different parents left upwards of 300 to 400 children at the facility, who began destroying the joint.

The staff told cops the sheer number of people put them in violation of local COVID-19 regulations, but that was the least of their worries based on this video.

One of the teens ripped up the plexiglass at the front desk and threw it at the workers, and then proceeded to hurl even more objects ... which helped kick off a stampede and more destruction. There was even a firework that was set off -- just pure mayhem, really.

Cops say witnesses told them the girl on video chucking crap was fed up because she couldn't get a refund. People online who say they were there claim some of the Putt-Putt Center's gaming machines were faulty and taking people's money ... without playing time.

It appears when this girl was given the cold shoulder, she just lost it. When cops arrived, they gave her a juvenile summons for disorderly conduct. The staff was left to clean up the mess left behind after everyone left.

Just another day in the 'rona life, right?

300 Kids Dropped Off at Memphis Putt-Putt Center, All Hell Breaks Loose

A putt-putt center in Memphis came under siege by hundreds of kids.

www.tmz.com

 

[petee]

 

[Streathamite]

C4U

gave it a like, but mind you, the old git's dead

 

[RTWL]

Trump does not appear to be changing tact .
Protestors seem focused on not esculating violence . Steady world wide humanitarian response to catalog the crimes Exclusive: Amnesty maps out US police violence at #BlackLivesMatter protests. . It's a massive standoff .

 

[Pickman's model]

Trump does not appear to be changing tact .

he remains tactless

 

[Pickman's model]

gave it a like, but mind you, the old git's dead

these days you never know, might have been fake death

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

Can I just say that the "Portland anarchist disaster area" video that's been posted a few times is pretty shit - a guy loops round the same block of expensive shops in the centre of town a few times and whoa they're boarded up, and still boarded up when he comes round again. A pretty suburban idea of what disintegration of civilisation looks like, you literally can't get into the Apple Store.

Meanwhile there's two million Americans who live without running water every day of every year. They need to get a little perspective.

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

Oh , your another fucking troll . Got to be .

You can't claim everyone who disagrees with you is a "troll." TomUS has been here for while and while I don't agree with everything he says, he's not a troll, or even a particularly vindictive person.

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

I know that I'm posting yet another Beau youtube but, again, he seems to have a valid take on things - and he's not talking about actual dancing btw

He's sure been piling on the subscribers. I think when I first saw his videos he had something like 75K. He's nearly 400,000 now, with no signs of it slowing.

 

[RTWL]

You can't claim everyone who disagrees with you is a "troll." TomUS has been here for while and while I don't agree with everything he says, he's not a troll, or even a particularly vindictive person.

I agree. I was just showing my lack of knowledge of the U75 populace to my defence . It was a combination of TomUS saying there were 75 workers at the apple store and my disbelieve that anyone might be concerned about it that made me jump to that . Apologies TomUS .

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

Just so no one thinks protests have ended everywhere else. He's some video of the cops breaking up a peaceful protest in downtown Omaha:





I hope no one's regional settings keeps you'all from seeing it.

The reporting on this is really odd. They said that several people were arrested for "suspicion of resisting arrest." WTF is that? Sounds like code for "we made something up as a pretext to arrest anyone we want."

" Police said one pepperball was deployed, and up to five people were arrested on suspicion of resisting arrest. "

https://omaha.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/75-80-people-taken-into-custody-during-protest-in-midtown-omaha/article_749d385a-280f-563b-a7e6-d7e389bc1c49.html?fbclid=IwAR08u3lqOP-_AM9YtRTDFa6BXgrQ9NF9mibEd3LKdkk0guJcuT5ycR61y7k

 

[Crispy]

A protestor has been shot and killed in Austin. Car driven into the crowd, where it was quickly surrounded. Armed protestor (ie. he was open carrying an AR) approaches the vehicle among many others. Multiple shots fired (from different weapons by the sound of it) and the driver makes a getaway. Armed man dies at the scene.

Good writeup from WP

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/07/27/garrett-foster-protest-shooting-austin/

 

[8ball]

" Police said one pepperball was deployed, and up to five people were arrested on suspicion of resisting arrest. "

Seems like that can only happen if the police were arresting people ambiguously, which would make things their own fault.

 

[High Voltage]

He's sure been piling on the subscribers. I think when I first saw his videos he had something like 75K. He's nearly 400,000 now, with no signs of it slowing.

I have watched FAR TOO MANY of his vids (ask Mrs Voltz ) but, hand on my heart, there's few, less than a handful, that I've had any disagreement with him on his PoV and he's got me checking things on my own . . . which in itself is nothing short of miraculous

 

[Streathamite]

I agree. I was just showing my lack of knowledge of the U75 populace to my defence . It was a combination of TomUS saying there were 75 workers at the apple store and my disbelieve that anyone might be concerned about it that made me jump to that . Apologies TomUS .

fair play to you. I don't agree with TomUs on, well just about everything, but he should have the right to speak here.

 

[8ball]

fair play to you. I don't agree with TomUs on, well just about everything, but he should have the right to speak here.

Careful, now.

 

[Pickman's model]

fair play to you. I don't agree with TomUs on, well just about everything, but he should have the right to speak here.

quite right too. but not the right to type.

 

[RTWL]

I totally believe in freedom of speech and not calling people things they are not

 

[8ball]

I totally believe in freedom of speech and not calling people things they are not

You won't be here long.