George Floyd Protests

Spiritual_Chaos

Sweden.





(All with our corona problems and 50 ppl limit.)

Cool cop though:

Bentleyspop

https://twitter.com/PearlJam/status/1268317523910496257?s=19

dignin

Three right-wing ‘boogaloo’ militants arrested on terrorism charges in Las Vegas: report

The report continued: “They 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,'”

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/06/three-right-wing-boogaloo-militants-arrested-on-terrorism-charges-in-las-vegas-report/

Halifax2TheMax

dignin said:

Three right-wing ‘boogaloo’ militants arrested on terrorism charges in Las Vegas: report

The report continued: “They 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,'”

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/06/three-right-wing-boogaloo-militants-arrested-on-terrorism-charges-in-las-vegas-report/

CNN and the WaPo reported on them today. Q is alive and well.

http://lite.cnn.com/en/article/h_d6d6b595d81af739433423967889d708

tempo_n_groove

Halifax2TheMax said:

dignin said:

Three right-wing ‘boogaloo’ militants arrested on terrorism charges in Las Vegas: report

The report continued: “They 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,'”

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/06/three-right-wing-boogaloo-militants-arrested-on-terrorism-charges-in-las-vegas-report/

CNN and the WaPo reported on them today. Q is alive and well.

http://lite.cnn.com/en/article/h_d6d6b595d81af739433423967889d708

This sin't the place but i went digging and HOLY SHIT!

Go to the Q page for one hell of an eye opening article.

Gern Blansten

I live in a suburb of Indpls.  Tuesday evening my neighbor (65 year old tRumpster) walked over and said that there was a "mob" in the suburb west of our city and that they would likely be coming to our city "tonight" (being Tuesday).  

I told her that it was likely just a peaceful demonstration as we are too far away from the city for a "mob", etc.  She looked at me like I was naive and just asked me to let her know if I heard about any damages being done downtown (of our suburb) as she has a friend that owns a business downtown.

I got done mowing the yard and just looked up the neighboring city facebook page.  There had been a student led demonstration that day and everyone was saying how nice it was.  The police came out and supervised yet kneeled along the demonstration route, etc.  Yesterday we had a similar student led protest in our city.

The moron level in tRumpsters is high right now.  

dankind

From today's Globe (personal note: Urban Grape is my go-to wine/liquor shop in Boston):

At 6 on Monday morning, Hadley Douglas awoke to a text from a friend. It was the news that she’d been dreading: Urban Grape, the South End storefront that Douglas owns with her husband, TJ, had had its window smashed in as thieves took advantage of the chaos that erupted after Sunday’s peaceful protest.

The hours and days that followed tested the Douglases emotionally and were yet another significant setback after months of financial strain. But the Douglases, and other independent business owners in the city who suffered looting damage, sided with the protesters voicing outrage over police brutality.

When the text message about the looting came, Hadley Douglas, who is white, stayed home with their kids while TJ, who is Black, drove from their home to the South End to check on the store. Then her phone rang: Someone had tripped the store’s alarm, and the representative from the security company needed a password to turn it off. Her mind went blank — they usually called TJ first — and the dispatcher told her she would have to call the police.

She panicked, the fear and frustration that have fueled the protests of the past week forcing a tightening in her chest.

“You can’t call the police," she sobbed. Her husband, she explained, "is Black and in a broken-into liquor store the night after protesting and rioting. I need you to hear me when I say you can’t send the police,” she told the dispatcher. “If you call them, you have to understand what you’re condemning him to.”

The dispatcher was sobbing, too — she was torn, and had to do her job — when suddenly the alarm stopped.

TJ had arrived at the store and typed in the security code to disarm it. But the moment underscored the importance of the protests, Hadley says. And it helped inspire the message that she posted to social media that morning. “[W]indows are not lives. Dreams deferred cause rage. Our window is broken but the roots of this are in 400 years of knees on necks.”

...

“The fact is,” TJ continued, “it’s a broken window, it’s not a life. ... The looting and breaking windows in my store have nothing to do, in my eyes, with the protest and having equal rights.”

Bentleyspop

dankind said:

From today's Globe (personal note: Urban Grape is my go-to wine/liquor shop in Boston):

At 6 on Monday morning, Hadley Douglas awoke to a text from a friend. It was the news that she’d been dreading: Urban Grape, the South End storefront that Douglas owns with her husband, TJ, had had its window smashed in as thieves took advantage of the chaos that erupted after Sunday’s peaceful protest.

The hours and days that followed tested the Douglases emotionally and were yet another significant setback after months of financial strain. But the Douglases, and other independent business owners in the city who suffered looting damage, sided with the protesters voicing outrage over police brutality.

When the text message about the looting came, Hadley Douglas, who is white, stayed home with their kids while TJ, who is Black, drove from their home to the South End to check on the store. Then her phone rang: Someone had tripped the store’s alarm, and the representative from the security company needed a password to turn it off. Her mind went blank — they usually called TJ first — and the dispatcher told her she would have to call the police.

She panicked, the fear and frustration that have fueled the protests of the past week forcing a tightening in her chest.

“You can’t call the police," she sobbed. Her husband, she explained, "is Black and in a broken-into liquor store the night after protesting and rioting. I need you to hear me when I say you can’t send the police,” she told the dispatcher. “If you call them, you have to understand what you’re condemning him to.”

The dispatcher was sobbing, too — she was torn, and had to do her job — when suddenly the alarm stopped.

TJ had arrived at the store and typed in the security code to disarm it. But the moment underscored the importance of the protests, Hadley says. And it helped inspire the message that she posted to social media that morning. “[W]indows are not lives. Dreams deferred cause rage. Our window is broken but the roots of this are in 400 years of knees on necks.”

...

“The fact is,” TJ continued, “it’s a broken window, it’s not a life. ... The looting and breaking windows in my store have nothing to do, in my eyes, with the protest and having equal rights.”

I work for a woman owned liqour store.
We were told Monday that there was a chance that our small shopping area was being targeted that evening. That same day the city D.A. announced no charges in "a self-defense" killing of a young black man by a white bar owner in the downtown area.

My boss called her insurance agent, took pictures of stock on hand, updated inventory, and told us she was ready for whatever might happen but the loss of a few thousand dollars worth of booze was nothing, and meant nothing, in comparison to the loss of life and rights.

Luckily nothing happened and we are still open and doing business.

People Like T.J. and Hadley is what drives the American engine.

Now get out and #FUCKINGVOTE

Lerxst1992

tempo_n_groove said:

So besides myself being duped by a fake twitter account, there have been more and more popping up.  The local police got a hold of them too and took it as a credible threat and found themselves in the area of question.

These tweets have scared the crap out of the local white people, heard a few that I work with clamoring about it.

Nothing happened.  Peaceful protesting. A few thousand on the boardwalk and a few thousand in the streets.  Two different areas and same results.

Areas were Merrick and Longbeach.

Hopefully more hope than hopelessness.

Ironically per the daily beast Merrick is one of the more racially segregated suburbs in the country and one of the few places with counter protest that are people trump:

The Daily Beast: Ugly Counterprotests Are Happening on Long Island for a Reason.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/ugly-counter-protests-over-the-killing-of-george-floyd-are-happening-on-long-island-for-a-reason?source=us-news&via=rss

Ledbetterman10

https://twitter.com/D_How124/status/1267497659067240450?s=20

brianlux

Ledbetterman10 said:

https://twitter.com/D_How124/status/1267497659067240450?s=20

I can totally understand her grief but she is calling out protesters in general for their "ignorance".   The vast majority of protesters had nothing to do with her sister death.

static111

Ledbetterman10 said:

https://twitter.com/D_How124/status/1267497659067240450?s=20

Good argument for gun control

pjl44

Bentleyspop said:

dankind said:

From today's Globe (personal note: Urban Grape is my go-to wine/liquor shop in Boston):

At 6 on Monday morning, Hadley Douglas awoke to a text from a friend. It was the news that she’d been dreading: Urban Grape, the South End storefront that Douglas owns with her husband, TJ, had had its window smashed in as thieves took advantage of the chaos that erupted after Sunday’s peaceful protest.

The hours and days that followed tested the Douglases emotionally and were yet another significant setback after months of financial strain. But the Douglases, and other independent business owners in the city who suffered looting damage, sided with the protesters voicing outrage over police brutality.

When the text message about the looting came, Hadley Douglas, who is white, stayed home with their kids while TJ, who is Black, drove from their home to the South End to check on the store. Then her phone rang: Someone had tripped the store’s alarm, and the representative from the security company needed a password to turn it off. Her mind went blank — they usually called TJ first — and the dispatcher told her she would have to call the police.

She panicked, the fear and frustration that have fueled the protests of the past week forcing a tightening in her chest.

“You can’t call the police," she sobbed. Her husband, she explained, "is Black and in a broken-into liquor store the night after protesting and rioting. I need you to hear me when I say you can’t send the police,” she told the dispatcher. “If you call them, you have to understand what you’re condemning him to.”

The dispatcher was sobbing, too — she was torn, and had to do her job — when suddenly the alarm stopped.

TJ had arrived at the store and typed in the security code to disarm it. But the moment underscored the importance of the protests, Hadley says. And it helped inspire the message that she posted to social media that morning. “[W]indows are not lives. Dreams deferred cause rage. Our window is broken but the roots of this are in 400 years of knees on necks.”

...

“The fact is,” TJ continued, “it’s a broken window, it’s not a life. ... The looting and breaking windows in my store have nothing to do, in my eyes, with the protest and having equal rights.”

I work for a woman owned liqour store.
We were told Monday that there was a chance that our small shopping area was being targeted that evening. That same day the city D.A. announced no charges in "a self-defense" killing of a young black man by a white bar owner in the downtown area.

My boss called her insurance agent, took pictures of stock on hand, updated inventory, and told us she was ready for whatever might happen but the loss of a few thousand dollars worth of booze was nothing, and meant nothing, in comparison to the loss of life and rights.

Luckily nothing happened and we are still open and doing business.

People Like T.J. and Hadley is what drives the American engine.

Now get out and #FUCKINGVOTE

Vote for who? Most of these cities are run by Democrats from top to bottom. I can’t fathom Republicans being any better on this. Is this a push to primary incumbent Democrats? Time to look at Libertarians? Who exactly is finally going to shepherd change?

static111

pjl44 said:

Bentleyspop said:

dankind said:

From today's Globe (personal note: Urban Grape is my go-to wine/liquor shop in Boston):

At 6 on Monday morning, Hadley Douglas awoke to a text from a friend. It was the news that she’d been dreading: Urban Grape, the South End storefront that Douglas owns with her husband, TJ, had had its window smashed in as thieves took advantage of the chaos that erupted after Sunday’s peaceful protest.

The hours and days that followed tested the Douglases emotionally and were yet another significant setback after months of financial strain. But the Douglases, and other independent business owners in the city who suffered looting damage, sided with the protesters voicing outrage over police brutality.

When the text message about the looting came, Hadley Douglas, who is white, stayed home with their kids while TJ, who is Black, drove from their home to the South End to check on the store. Then her phone rang: Someone had tripped the store’s alarm, and the representative from the security company needed a password to turn it off. Her mind went blank — they usually called TJ first — and the dispatcher told her she would have to call the police.

She panicked, the fear and frustration that have fueled the protests of the past week forcing a tightening in her chest.

“You can’t call the police," she sobbed. Her husband, she explained, "is Black and in a broken-into liquor store the night after protesting and rioting. I need you to hear me when I say you can’t send the police,” she told the dispatcher. “If you call them, you have to understand what you’re condemning him to.”

The dispatcher was sobbing, too — she was torn, and had to do her job — when suddenly the alarm stopped.

TJ had arrived at the store and typed in the security code to disarm it. But the moment underscored the importance of the protests, Hadley says. And it helped inspire the message that she posted to social media that morning. “[W]indows are not lives. Dreams deferred cause rage. Our window is broken but the roots of this are in 400 years of knees on necks.”

...

“The fact is,” TJ continued, “it’s a broken window, it’s not a life. ... The looting and breaking windows in my store have nothing to do, in my eyes, with the protest and having equal rights.”

I work for a woman owned liqour store.
We were told Monday that there was a chance that our small shopping area was being targeted that evening. That same day the city D.A. announced no charges in "a self-defense" killing of a young black man by a white bar owner in the downtown area.

My boss called her insurance agent, took pictures of stock on hand, updated inventory, and told us she was ready for whatever might happen but the loss of a few thousand dollars worth of booze was nothing, and meant nothing, in comparison to the loss of life and rights.

Luckily nothing happened and we are still open and doing business.

People Like T.J. and Hadley is what drives the American engine.

Now get out and #FUCKINGVOTE

Vote for who? Most of these cities are run by Democrats from top to bottom. I can’t fathom Republicans being any better on this. Is this a push to primary incumbent Democrats? Time to look at Libertarians? Who exactly is finally going to shepherd change?

I would say one point of voting that would be a step would be voting out the divider in chief. I’ve never lived through a time this divisive in my life on earth and it all started around the time dickwad announced his presidential ambitions and started drumming up the deplorables. At least he has brought the ugliness to the surface for all to see.  Maybe now that everyone has our eyes open we will do something about it.

OnWis97

pjl44 said:

Bentleyspop said:

dankind said:

From today's Globe (personal note: Urban Grape is my go-to wine/liquor shop in Boston):

At 6 on Monday morning, Hadley Douglas awoke to a text from a friend. It was the news that she’d been dreading: Urban Grape, the South End storefront that Douglas owns with her husband, TJ, had had its window smashed in as thieves took advantage of the chaos that erupted after Sunday’s peaceful protest.

The hours and days that followed tested the Douglases emotionally and were yet another significant setback after months of financial strain. But the Douglases, and other independent business owners in the city who suffered looting damage, sided with the protesters voicing outrage over police brutality.

When the text message about the looting came, Hadley Douglas, who is white, stayed home with their kids while TJ, who is Black, drove from their home to the South End to check on the store. Then her phone rang: Someone had tripped the store’s alarm, and the representative from the security company needed a password to turn it off. Her mind went blank — they usually called TJ first — and the dispatcher told her she would have to call the police.

She panicked, the fear and frustration that have fueled the protests of the past week forcing a tightening in her chest.

“You can’t call the police," she sobbed. Her husband, she explained, "is Black and in a broken-into liquor store the night after protesting and rioting. I need you to hear me when I say you can’t send the police,” she told the dispatcher. “If you call them, you have to understand what you’re condemning him to.”

The dispatcher was sobbing, too — she was torn, and had to do her job — when suddenly the alarm stopped.

TJ had arrived at the store and typed in the security code to disarm it. But the moment underscored the importance of the protests, Hadley says. And it helped inspire the message that she posted to social media that morning. “[W]indows are not lives. Dreams deferred cause rage. Our window is broken but the roots of this are in 400 years of knees on necks.”

...

“The fact is,” TJ continued, “it’s a broken window, it’s not a life. ... The looting and breaking windows in my store have nothing to do, in my eyes, with the protest and having equal rights.”

I work for a woman owned liqour store.
We were told Monday that there was a chance that our small shopping area was being targeted that evening. That same day the city D.A. announced no charges in "a self-defense" killing of a young black man by a white bar owner in the downtown area.

My boss called her insurance agent, took pictures of stock on hand, updated inventory, and told us she was ready for whatever might happen but the loss of a few thousand dollars worth of booze was nothing, and meant nothing, in comparison to the loss of life and rights.

Luckily nothing happened and we are still open and doing business.

People Like T.J. and Hadley is what drives the American engine.

Now get out and #FUCKINGVOTE

Vote for who? Most of these cities are run by Democrats from top to bottom. I can’t fathom Republicans being any better on this. Is this a push to primary incumbent Democrats? Time to look at Libertarians? Who exactly is finally going to shepherd change?

I do think it's problematic that we essentially have one-party systems in so many big cities. It's also very difficult to get a lot of people interested in local elections and while bike lanes (of which I am a fan) get talked about, more intricate discussions of how to improve the PD is trickier.  And I'm not sure many local officials are able to change those cultures (or withstand the pressure of the PD).

cincybearcat

brianlux said:

Ledbetterman10 said:

https://twitter.com/D_How124/status/1267497659067240450?s=20

I can totally understand her grief but she is calling out protesters in general for their "ignorance".   The vast majority of protesters had nothing to do with her sister death.

Oh really?  No kidding it wasn't the vast majority.  The amount of explaining for murderers and thieves is getting crazy on TV and here.  I honestly cannot believe this was your response.

cincybearcat

static111 said:

Ledbetterman10 said:

https://twitter.com/D_How124/status/1267497659067240450?s=20

Good argument for gun control

It is.  Its also an argument to stop ignoring or excusing the shitty part of the last few days.  

static111

cincybearcat said:

static111 said:

Ledbetterman10 said:

https://twitter.com/D_How124/status/1267497659067240450?s=20

Good argument for gun control

It is.  Its also an argument to stop ignoring or excusing the shitty part of the last few days.  

cincybearcat said:

brianlux said:

Ledbetterman10 said:

https://twitter.com/D_How124/status/1267497659067240450?s=20

I can totally understand her grief but she is calling out protesters in general for their "ignorance".   The vast majority of protesters had nothing to do with her sister death.

Oh really?  No kidding it wasn't the vast majority.  The amount of explaining for murderers and thieves is getting crazy on TV and here.  I honestly cannot believe this was your response.

I don’t see where anyone is excusing the behavior of any bad actors especially those that result in unneeded deaths. Do you feel the same about state sponsored murders? Also it is a double standard at its highest that we see these days, a country that has historically grown and preserved order through force and violence as a rule expecting more from the people that are protesting against them. Perhaps had the police greeted protesters in regular uniforms  and non violence as they did the armed militias at the various capitals recently the overall levels of violence would have been much lower.  

brianlux

cincybearcat said:

brianlux said:

Ledbetterman10 said:

https://twitter.com/D_How124/status/1267497659067240450?s=20

I can totally understand her grief but she is calling out protesters in general for their "ignorance".   The vast majority of protesters had nothing to do with her sister death.

Oh really?  No kidding it wasn't the vast majority.  The amount of explaining for murderers and thieves is getting crazy on TV and here.  I honestly cannot believe this was your response.

Maybe I heard it wrong (it's difficult to hear her words) but it sounds like she is blaming protesters in general for her sisters death.  If that's not what she said, please correct me.

static111

What do you expect when the police are going to war against the public that they are supposed to be protecting?   Do you not think that showing up with military vehicles and shoving senior citizens around is going to actually deescalate things? 

https://twitter.com/mikehouston2/status/1268771856569466881?s=20