I feel like we've been extremely lucky that no right wing nutjobs have opened fire at any of these protests so far. It's a possibility that really scares me.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Sunday, June 7, 2020 10:18 PM (three minutes ago)
One did (well, some white guy did) hours ago, in Seattle, after driving a car into a crowd of protestors. He shot a man in the arm who was trying to get his gun. He then brandished his gun, walked up to the police line unmolested by the cops who had used pepper spray and explosives against protestors the night before, and was taken into custody.
― all cats are beautiful (silby), Monday, 8 June 2020 05:23 (three years ago) link
someone did that at the 4th pct protests for jamar clark a few years back in mpls, he's in prison for 15 years now
― j., Monday, 8 June 2020 05:26 (three years ago) link
source unknown:
"I’m pretty sure we are watching the police collectively having the experience of being pulled over for a crime they didn’t personally commit because they “fit the description” and are actively resisting, while the entire world is yelling repeatedly “stop resisting!” and they really don’t like it."
― sleeve, Monday, 8 June 2020 05:36 (three years ago) link
Ilxors in Seattle, are you hearing the explosions from 11th and Pine right now? I'm about a half mile away and it sounds like a war zone.
― The fillyjonk who believed in pandemics (Lily Dale), Monday, 8 June 2020 07:42 (three years ago) link
tweets have been frightening too - please stay safe seattle ilxors
― Karl Malone, Monday, 8 June 2020 07:52 (three years ago) link
Also, there was that guy with the crossbow last week.
― Ste, Monday, 8 June 2020 08:06 (three years ago) link
Hey fuck the fucking pigs btw
― all cats are beautiful (silby), Monday, 8 June 2020 10:50 (three years ago) link
I hope SPD collectively choke to death on their own vomit, Nazi pig scum
― all cats are beautiful (silby), Monday, 8 June 2020 11:07 (three years ago) link
I know not everyone on this board thinks all cops should die and to you I say: get fucked
― all cats are beautiful (silby), Monday, 8 June 2020 11:11 (three years ago) link
Wifebeaters, sadists, and cowards, all of them.
― all cats are beautiful (silby), Monday, 8 June 2020 11:17 (three years ago) link
idk sounds contentious
― plax (ico), Monday, 8 June 2020 11:27 (three years ago) link
is this about anything specific
not that i don’t think cops should get fucked but i’m wondering if something happened to inspire this outburst
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Monday, 8 June 2020 11:57 (three years ago) link
“something happened” i guess i mean on the streets recently, not the entire history of racist policing etc.
Idk Silby didn't seem to need a specific 'something' to go off in the past. Which is fine imo.
― Le Bateau Ivre, Monday, 8 June 2020 12:01 (three years ago) link
i know i’m just worried about the cops hurting people, as always
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Monday, 8 June 2020 12:02 (three years ago) link
get fucked
not during a pandemic
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 8 June 2020 13:20 (three years ago) link
Every time one of you posts ACAB I briefly think I'm on a Genesis thread.
But yeah, it is amazing that no lunatic has opened fire. I have seen a couple of videos of old white people ranting and raving while surrounded by peaceful protestors. They mostly just fume and froth until the police lead them away, but it could easily go the other way. Then again, the closest I've seen (recorded) of kooks threatening violence have been, for example, the SLC crazy with the bow and arrow, or that guy with the chainsaw. The guys with the bigs guns seem to (no surprise) prefer posing symbolically, so as threatening as they are at least they apparently have the discipline not to shoot. Or at least the discipline to pretend to be disciplined.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 8 June 2020 13:32 (three years ago) link
There was the guy with the quadruple knives in his hand who tried to run over those protesters on the sidewalk.
― peace, man, Monday, 8 June 2020 13:53 (three years ago) link
he seems funhttps://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/ny-wolverine-blm-george-floyd-protesters-overpass-suv-surrenders-20200604-vgxcvb2to5eyrkq7avclryxoci-story.html
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 8 June 2020 13:57 (three years ago) link
What to make of the fact that there are so many legally bought and wielded assault weapons on display, but that the people getting arrested are the ones threatening people with arrows, chainsaws and wolverine claws?
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 8 June 2020 14:11 (three years ago) link
almost like 'good guys with guns' are scared shitless of, and/or totally in cahoots with, the 'bad guys with guns'
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 8 June 2020 14:13 (three years ago) link
while we're celebrating the relative lack of violent rightwing protestors, let's not forget that the fascist scum formerly known as "cops" have killed at least 11 people since this started, injured and terrorized countless others, illegal arrested hundreds, etc etc
― sleeve, Monday, 8 June 2020 14:17 (three years ago) link
a primerhttps://www.themarshallproject.org/2020/06/08/the-short-fraught-history-of-the-thin-blue-line-american-flag
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 8 June 2020 15:21 (three years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZPeD2miyF8
― budo jeru, Monday, 8 June 2020 15:40 (three years ago) link
not familiar with AGNB, but will def start following now. Just letting people speak for themselves and be heard is so rare.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, 8 June 2020 16:23 (three years ago) link
If I mysteriously disappear, this will be why pic.twitter.com/DAV8GgZfC5— iancanwrite (@iancanwrite) June 7, 2020
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 8 June 2020 16:29 (three years ago) link
May have something to do with SPD spending most of last night bombing the shit out of 11th and Pine with tear gas and flashbangs to a degree that's shocking even after a week of constant brutality. I was hearing explosions from midnight through 2:30 in the morning. People half a mile away had tear gas coming into their houses.
― Lily Dale, Monday, 8 June 2020 16:29 (three years ago) link
wow fuck that
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Monday, 8 June 2020 16:30 (three years ago) link
yeah the cops were totally out of control in Seattle and PDX last night
defund them all
― sleeve, Monday, 8 June 2020 16:30 (three years ago) link
guess that tear gas ban in seattle is off to a great start
― ACAB for cutie (voodoo chili), Monday, 8 June 2020 16:50 (three years ago) link
yep.
― all cats are beautiful (silby), Monday, 8 June 2020 16:52 (three years ago) link
anyway I made a cool new website yesterday
http://isjennydurkanstillthemayor.com
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, June 8, 2020 10:23 AM (thirty minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
otm
― lumen (esby), Monday, 8 June 2020 16:54 (three years ago) link
LA had this guy (dressed up as Natl Gd and stood with them for a while at city hall), who a friend said is also involved in cosplay conventions.
https://taskandpurpose.com/news/gregory-wong-la-protest
― nickn, Monday, 8 June 2020 16:59 (three years ago) link
not familiar with AGNB, but will def start following now. Just letting people speak for themselves and be heard is so rare.― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, June 8, 2020 11:23 AM (fifty-three minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Monday, June 8, 2020 11:23 AM (fifty-three minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
he also does the same at flat earther conventions/don jr book signings etc. they're great for a completely different reason than that video though. the tallegeda speedway one is truly appalling
― global tetrahedron, Monday, 8 June 2020 17:19 (three years ago) link
yeah this was totally different from what he normally does
― Yanni Xenakis (Hadrian VIII), Monday, 8 June 2020 17:50 (three years ago) link
Person who drove into crowd and shot protester was the leader of local KKK
― I am a free. I am not man. A number. (Neanderthal), Monday, 8 June 2020 18:05 (three years ago) link
oh worm?
― all cats are beautiful (silby), Monday, 8 June 2020 18:15 (three years ago) link
long story (not really), but go here and reply "boing" or "boingboing" to add $1 or $2 to my contribution to the national lawyers guild and troll boingboing (who always steal my images and suck).
Hi everyone. This is a GIF titled boingboing.gif. For every reply that says simply "boing", I will donate $1 to the amazing National Lawyers Guild, which works to defend #BLM protesters, immigrants, people of color, LGBTQ+ persons ,and others. (Cap $1K, I'm not rich). Please RT pic.twitter.com/eH5Oma6SBM— Z_S (@weinventyou) June 8, 2020
― our god is a might god (Karl Malone), Monday, 8 June 2020 20:05 (three years ago) link
Javier Ambler was driving home from a friendly poker game in the early hours of March 28, 2019, when a Williamson County sheriff’s deputy noticed that he failed to dim the headlights of his SUV to oncoming traffic.Twenty-eight minutes later, the black father of two sons lay dying on a North Austin street after deputies held him down and used Tasers on him four times while a crew from A&E’s reality show “Live PD” filmed.Ambler, a 40-year-old former postal worker, repeatedly pleaded for mercy, telling deputies he had congestive heart failure and couldn’t breathe. He cried, “Save me,” before deputies deployed a final shock.His death never made headlines.
Twenty-eight minutes later, the black father of two sons lay dying on a North Austin street after deputies held him down and used Tasers on him four times while a crew from A&E’s reality show “Live PD” filmed.
Ambler, a 40-year-old former postal worker, repeatedly pleaded for mercy, telling deputies he had congestive heart failure and couldn’t breathe. He cried, “Save me,” before deputies deployed a final shock.
His death never made headlines.
― mookieproof, Monday, 8 June 2020 20:37 (three years ago) link
jesus
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Monday, 8 June 2020 20:45 (three years ago) link
extremely thorough reconstruction of the st. john's church photo-op: https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2020/06/08/timeline-trump-church-photo-op
― mookieproof, Monday, 8 June 2020 22:26 (three years ago) link
off topic: anybody have an opinion about subbing to WaPo? Is it worth the investment for digital do you think?
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 8 June 2020 22:55 (three years ago) link
i'm tempted with that $29/yr deal going on right now. but how much depressing news can I read in a day? do i need that AND the NYT?
― Nhex, Monday, 8 June 2020 22:58 (three years ago) link
SPD currently vacating and boarding up the East Precinct building, site of two weeks of occupation and protest, and multiple nights of tear gas deployments.
― all cats are beautiful (silby), Monday, 8 June 2020 23:00 (three years ago) link
Just use Paywall Bypass and don’t make Jeff Bezos richer
― Donald Trump Also Sucks, Of Course (milo z), Monday, 8 June 2020 23:04 (three years ago) link
Re: mookieproof’s post, it’s been mentioned before but the podcast Running From COPS is u&k on the influence of reality TV including Live PD
― dip to dup (rob), Tuesday, 9 June 2020 00:12 (three years ago) link
The guy on the left is the former public defender for our county here in Tennessee, he just retired last year. He is nominally a Republican, although his bona fides have always been suspect. He's posing with the only Democrat on our County Commission.
https://i.ibb.co/ydTszbH/103177661-2994443623938568-7962910037832991075-n.jpg
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 9 June 2020 01:18 (three years ago) link
sorry, not trying to spam up the thread, but the NLG fundraiser is going well (thanks especially to several ilxors), with more than $1100 raised so far, beyond my own donation. it's ridiculous but it's actually leading to donations, so i'm thrilled. also NLG responded to me to thank an ilxor who matched me for 374 dollars, and someone responded with something that makes the case for NLG better than i ever could:
Seriously as a protestor who got arrested last weekend and being unemployed because of COVID, National Lawyers Guild is a blessing to me and one of the first to contact me after my release. Thank you for drawing more attention to their org, it’s a life saver for people like me.— ACAB for cutie (@localsadghoul) June 9, 2020
― our god is a might god (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 9 June 2020 02:50 (three years ago) link
<3 to both of you
― Clay, Tuesday, 9 June 2020 03:00 (three years ago) link