Just got home from the Columbus, OH protest.

[Saint Frankenstein]

It's been a day. They were hitting us with tear gas, flashbangs, mace, a sound cannon and wooden bullets all day. I saw the agents provocateurs, myself. They were white people dressed in the notorious "black bloc" style. They were trying to pull the plywood off buildings that was put there to protect them but we all yelled at them to stop, with me being the loudest. I accused them of being cops and told everyone they're there to sabotage it. A number of people agreed. They spray painted graffiti, took a planter and then ran off. One of them gave me a look of hatred. I'm not afraid. I know their tricks and am not having it. I want justice, not destruction.

We were peaceful. We blocked the streets but most didn't seem to mind. Many or most cars and bikers supported us. Many people joined us randomly. There was much solidarity.

The crowd was very diverse - various ethnicities, genders, sexualities, ages, etc.

 

[Left Coast]

It's been a day. They were hitting us with tear gas, flashbangs, mace, a sound cannon and wooden bullets all day. I saw the agents provocateurs, myself. They were white people dressed in the notorious "black bloc" style. They were trying to pull the plywood off buildings that was put there to protect them but we all yelled at them to stop, with me being the loudest. I accused them of being cops and told everyone they're there to sabotage it. A number of people agreed. They spray painted graffiti, took a planter and then ran off. One of them gave me a look of hatred. I'm not afraid. I know their tricks and am not having it. I want justice, not destruction.

We were peaceful. We blocked the streets but most didn't seem to mind. Many or most cars and bikers supported us. Many people joined us randomly. There was much solidarity.

The crowd was very diverse - various ethnicities, genders, sexualities, ages, etc.

Thank you.

 

[Windwalker]

It's been a day. They were hitting us with tear gas, flashbangs, mace, a sound cannon and wooden bullets all day. I saw the agents provocateurs, myself. They were white people dressed in the notorious "black bloc" style. They were trying to pull the plywood off buildings that was put there to protect them but we all yelled at them to stop, with me being the loudest. I accused them of being cops and told everyone they're there to sabotage it. A number of people agreed. They spray painted graffiti, took a planter and then ran off. One of them gave me a look of hatred. I'm not afraid. I know their tricks and am not having it. I want justice, not destruction.

We were peaceful. We blocked the streets but most didn't seem to mind. Many or most cars and bikers supported us. Many people joined us randomly. There was much solidarity.

The crowd was very diverse - various ethnicities, genders, sexualities, ages, etc.

Yes, these are out of town anarchists coming in to create civil unrest. That's what's going on tonight here in Minneapolis.

 

[Lyndon]

theyre not anarchists, they are fascists.

 

[Windwalker]

theyre not anarchists, they are fascists.

whatever label you want to call them. Doesn't matter. It's an attack on America. It's terrorism.

 

[Saint Frankenstein]

Yes, these are out of town anarchists coming in to create civil unrest. That's what's going on tonight here in Minneapolis.

Some of them are actually cops or least working with the cops, as we've seen with the guy smashing the Auto Zone windows in Minneapolis. The cops want to escalate this. I've seen that, too. I saw a kid maced point blank in the face simply because he happened to be standing by where they sped up from a side street. He was on the sidewalk, too!

 

[Saint Frankenstein]

Thank you.

I feel we all have a duty to be out there if we can safely do so.

 

[Left Coast]

Some of them are actually cops or least working with the cops, as we've seen with the guy smashing the Auto Zone windows in Minneapolis. The cops want to escalate this. I've seen that, too. I saw a kid maced point blank in the face simply because he happened to be standing by where they sped up from a side street. He was on the sidewalk, too!

Sickening.

 

[BSM1]

It's been a day. They were hitting us with tear gas, flashbangs, mace, a sound cannon and wooden bullets all day. I saw the agents provocateurs, myself. They were white people dressed in the notorious "black bloc" style. They were trying to pull the plywood off buildings that was put there to protect them but we all yelled at them to stop, with me being the loudest. I accused them of being cops and told everyone they're there to sabotage it. A number of people agreed. They spray painted graffiti, took a planter and then ran off. One of them gave me a look of hatred. I'm not afraid. I know their tricks and am not having it. I want justice, not destruction.

We were peaceful. We blocked the streets but most didn't seem to mind. Many or most cars and bikers supported us. Many people joined us randomly. There was much solidarity.

The crowd was very diverse - various ethnicities, genders, sexualities, ages, etc.

What do you want?

 

[Saint Frankenstein]

What do you want?

Justice and change. We have a problem with the police being authoritarian and wantonly murdering innocent citizens. It's not only a problem for black people, either. We saw that white guy who was on his knees, crying and begging for his life be executed by a demon with a badge. Homeless people and mentally ill people being blown away or beaten to death for no reason. Even pets getting blown away. And they get away with it. The cops have forgotten who they're supposed to be serving, if they ever knew. Structural reform is needed. We need more democracy and community engagement.

 

[gnomon]

Yes, these are out of town anarchists coming in to create civil unrest. That's what's going on tonight here in Minneapolis.

Hmm?

 

[Father Heathen]

What do you want?

Why are you playing dumb? What people want, obviously, is accountability. You do understand that police corruption, incompetence, misconduct, etc. are in fact bad things, right?

 

[Lyndon]

some people are pro police brutality, just saying

 

[sun rise]

We should remember the very long string of such incidents where walking while black, breathing while black etc can be a death sentence. Here's just a partial list of those who died at the hands of cops. If you object to the list, come up with one that shows how many whites died similarly at the hands of cops.

Eric Garner had just broken up a fight, according to witness testimony.

Ezell Ford was walking in his neighborhood.

Michelle Cusseaux was changing the lock on her home's door when police arrived to take her to a mental health facility.

Tanisha Anderson was having a bad mental health episode, and her brother called 911.

Tamir Rice was playing in a park.

Natasha McKenna was having a schizophrenic episode when she was tazed in Fairfax, Va.

Walter Scott was going to an auto-parts store.

Bettie Jones answered the door to let Chicago police officers in to help her upstairs neighbor,who had called 911 in order to resolve a domestic dispute.

Philando Castile was driving home from dinner with his girlfriend.

Botham Jean was eating ice cream in his living room in Dallas, Tx.

Atatiana Jefferson was babysitting her nephew at home in Fort Worth, Tx.

Eric Reason was pulling into a parking spot at a local chicken and fish shop.

Dominique Clayton was sleeping in her bed.

Breona Taylor was also asleep in her bed.

And George Floyd was at the grocery store.

 

[Kangaroo Feathers]

Why are you playing dumb?

What option do they have? Discuss the topic on its merits? Oh come now.

 

[Deeje]

It's been a day. They were hitting us with tear gas, flashbangs, mace, a sound cannon and wooden bullets all day. I saw the agents provocateurs, myself. They were white people dressed in the notorious "black bloc" style. They were trying to pull the plywood off buildings that was put there to protect them but we all yelled at them to stop, with me being the loudest. I accused them of being cops and told everyone they're there to sabotage it. A number of people agreed. They spray painted graffiti, took a planter and then ran off. One of them gave me a look of hatred. I'm not afraid. I know their tricks and am not having it. I want justice, not destruction.

We were peaceful. We blocked the streets but most didn't seem to mind. Many or most cars and bikers supported us. Many people joined us randomly. There was much solidarity.

The crowd was very diverse - various ethnicities, genders, sexualities, ages, etc.

We on the other side of the world are trying to fathom what is happening on planet America...?

 

[Saint Frankenstein]

We on the other side of the world are trying to fathom what is happening on planet America...?

An uprising.

 

[Deeje]

An uprising.

Seems like the straw that broke too many hearts.....what kind of heartless hateful moron kills a man in cold blood, ignores his cries for help...ignores the people who could see he wasn't breathing, and the other three police just stood around and let it happen....all equally culpable because they could have stepped in to stop him. Why are lives not valued? What did he do that was so wrong in the first place?

What is with all this senseless violence?

 

[Lyndon]

It seems like a bunch of real ahole white guys what to get really violent to try and frame innocent peaceful black people protesting a horrific crime by the Police.

 

[Saint Frankenstein]

Seems like the straw that broke too many hearts.....what kind of heartless hateful moron kills a man in cold blood, ignores his cries for help...ignores the people who could see he wasn't breathing, and the other three police just stood around and let it happen....all equally culpable because they could have stepped in to stop him. Why are lives not valued? What did he do that was so wrong in the first place?

What is with all this senseless violence?

It's a systemic problem that has existed for centuries here but has never been really addressed. Police are often enforcers of the status quo instead of true servants of the people. Then you add in pervasive racist prejudices that are ingrained in American society, and people tend to blow up from time to time. It won't end until the injustice ends. Keep in mind that the vast majority of protesters are peaceful and just want to be heard. Most of us don't support violence and destruction and have been trying to stop it.

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