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THREAD: President Trump says these protests are professionally organized and the result of domestic terrorists and anarchists. Based on my reporting on the ground today, the vast majority of people gathering outside of the White House are everyday Americans demanding change.— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) June 1, 2020
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 1 June 2020 13:36 (four years ago) link
https://preview.redd.it/pi0qzmgml7251.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=982fb2e17d8a7b122e193e8e0fd9ba8428e59679
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 1 June 2020 13:44 (four years ago) link
A good twitter about what's happening in Richmond/DC.
https://mobile.twitter.com/BreRVA
― I am a free. I am not man. A number. (Neanderthal), Monday, 1 June 2020 13:47 (four years ago) link
I'm seeing reports/footage of purported gang members protecting stores and chasing off looters, a rare instance of a neighborhood protection racket actually coming into play. Also saw an insane clip of a looting squad grabbing stuff from a moving freight train!
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 1 June 2020 13:48 (four years ago) link
From that photo, the III% tat looks like it could be a Monster Energy Drink tat.
― peace, man, Monday, 1 June 2020 13:48 (four years ago) link
Right wing XTREME-ist.
Anyway,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZrFsEqVS7A
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 1 June 2020 13:49 (four years ago) link
apparently that's a thing 3%ers do, which makes total sense *shrugs* xp
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 1 June 2020 13:50 (four years ago) link
Wayne Campbell's home town of Aurora looted last night.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 1 June 2020 13:52 (four years ago) link
I can't keep up with all the monikers for US Nazis, cant they just pick one?
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Monday, 1 June 2020 13:54 (four years ago) link
General Mills cereals are conducting a naming contest.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 1 June 2020 14:00 (four years ago) link
Garbage Wites
― I am a free. I am not man. A number. (Neanderthal), Monday, 1 June 2020 14:12 (four years ago) link
GOP
― Yanni Xenakis (Hadrian VIII), Monday, 1 June 2020 14:13 (four years ago) link
Sorry if this has been posted before:
please watch. please listen closely. if anyone has any information on this man / a link to his go fund me please let me know. this is absolutely not okay. we will not be silenced. pic.twitter.com/t2h6FovmoL— (っ'-')╮ (@sweeeetdee_) June 1, 2020
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 1 June 2020 14:13 (four years ago) link
what the FUCK
― Yanni Xenakis (Hadrian VIII), Monday, 1 June 2020 14:16 (four years ago) link
heartbreaking
― french flaps, sparkly letters, all the bells and whistles (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 1 June 2020 14:21 (four years ago) link
Some more background:
https://www.reddit.com/r/PublicFreakout/comments/gug7i4/young_man_gets_arrested_for_exercising_his_first/fsiecc8
― pomenitul, Monday, 1 June 2020 14:25 (four years ago) link
I can't keep up with all the monikers for US Nazis, cant they just pick one?― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Monday, June 1, 2020 11:24 AM (thirty-one minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Monday, June 1, 2020 11:24 AM (thirty-one minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
boogers
― maffew12, Monday, 1 June 2020 14:27 (four years ago) link
that video is by far the most visceral thing i've seen from all of this
― imago, Monday, 1 June 2020 14:29 (four years ago) link
CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Officials with the Charleston Police Department say a total of 35 people were arrested on Sunday in connection to protests in downtown Charleston. Arrests began early Sunday afternoon when police responded to Marion Square for what they said was an illegal gathering. The arrests began shortly after authorities gave warnings that arrests would begin if protesters did not disperse. Pictures and videos from the scene showed several people being taken into custody. Police said protesters were illegally gathering on the square. City of Charleston spokesman Jack O’Toole said the protesters did not have a permit to assemble on the square, making their gathering illegal. Police ordered them to disperse and when protesters did not do so, police began arresting them for disorderly conduct.
Is the bolded bit true, that you need a special permit from the cops to have a demonstration even if it's a public space?
― Tuomas, Monday, 1 June 2020 14:30 (four years ago) link
In the States, I mean.
The number of posts I've written itt and deleted so as to keep me off a watchlist must be in the triple digits at this point.
― Fun-Loving and Furry-Curious! (Old Lunch), Monday, 1 June 2020 14:31 (four years ago) link
wtf
― maffew12, Monday, 1 June 2020 14:31 (four years ago) link
xpost - That reddit link just posted goes into some research - apparently that park in Charleston is privately owned but leased to the City and that's the loophole the cops used to justify their actions. (not agreeing with those, just passing along the context)
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 1 June 2020 14:33 (four years ago) link
nobody gives a shit about the legal technicalities. that video is a declaration of war
― imago, Monday, 1 June 2020 14:33 (four years ago) link
Ok, thanks for the info. I was baffled by that detail.
(xpost)
― Tuomas, Monday, 1 June 2020 14:34 (four years ago) link
His message was beautiful, i shared on my wall both to share the injustice but also that people would hear what the young man had to say
― I am a free. I am not man. A number. (Neanderthal), Monday, 1 June 2020 14:36 (four years ago) link
@Tuomas re that reddit link for context:
some parks in the US (Bryant Park in NYC by the Public Library with the lions for ex) are privately funded even tho they are "public spaces" which means they usually have their own funding arm and mall cops (you need specific permission from BP Conservancy to film there for ANY reason, whereas you can lumber into central park and do a news interview, for example)
So yeah, there's a peacetime world where cops could have bagged those people ANYWAY, protests or not, if the organizing group that manages the park wanted them arrested for trespassing
this is not said to justify cops doing cop things ever, and if a space is presented as "public" (ie not gated) then those spaces should be equal under the law but here we are
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 1 June 2020 14:38 (four years ago) link
another example are some of the plazas that surround buildings in NYC. they are built with plazas bc of incentives that came into play following the success of the seagram building in midtown and the additional daylight that you got from having a building setback from the edge of the sidewalk. those plazas are "public" spaces but they still belong to and are maintained by the building managers and can revoke that access if you, say, protest or setup showtime or start busking. the lobby of trump tower is such a space as well, if you wanna wrap your head around all that
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 1 June 2020 14:41 (four years ago) link
Thanks for the info, I've been to Bryant Park, but I had no idea it's "private". What's the history behind such places, how did something that clearly should be a public space become privately owned?
― Tuomas, Monday, 1 June 2020 14:46 (four years ago) link
Xpost
because lol america
― mookieproof, Monday, 1 June 2020 14:47 (four years ago) link
Capitalism
― (so serious) (DJP), Monday, 1 June 2020 14:47 (four years ago) link
This week, I am introducing the Ending Qualified Immunity Act to eliminate qualified immunity and restore Americans’ ability to obtain relief when police officers violate their constitutionally secured rights. pic.twitter.com/PiNYP8cX8i— Justin Amash (@justinamash) June 1, 2020
― Yanni Xenakis (Hadrian VIII), Monday, 1 June 2020 14:48 (four years ago) link
But even in lol America most parks are owned by the city/municipality, no?
― Tuomas, Monday, 1 June 2020 14:48 (four years ago) link
yes that is true.
― Its big ball chunky time (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Monday, 1 June 2020 14:54 (four years ago) link
xpost
Here's the GoFundMe for Charleston protestor bail:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/charleston-sc-protestor-fund?utm_source=customer&utm_medium=copy_link-tip&utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet
"This is a general community fund to help any Black Lives Matter protestors in the Charleston, SC area receive bail funds should they need it. We are in the early stages so please stayed tuned for more info. This is not officially affiliated with any organization or organizer, this is created by allies wanting to help create positive change.
UPDATED 5/31: After speaking with protest organizers this campaign will now include funds for supplies such as masks, water, and safe transportation for protestors."
I'm in Columbia but have to isolate and can't get involved with the protests right now. We and Charleston were both under curfew last night, we'll see about tonight. (Columbia in recent times has had decent relations between police and the community as far as I know, but the same can't be said for Charleston, idk really what the situation there specifically is like. I also have not really lived in SC for decades before this year.)
― locked in a death spiral of vindictive gatekeeping (viborg), Monday, 1 June 2020 15:05 (four years ago) link
Donated earlier. Thx!
― I am a free. I am not man. A number. (Neanderthal), Monday, 1 June 2020 15:08 (four years ago) link
that you need a special permit from the cops to have a demonstration even if it's a public space?
I believe this is how Bloomberg and Obama were able to ultimately smash/level the homebase of Occupy Wall Street.
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Monday, 1 June 2020 15:08 (four years ago) link
as they always burned to from Day One
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Monday, 1 June 2020 15:09 (four years ago) link
acab— New New York Times (@NYT_first_said) June 1, 2020
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 1 June 2020 15:11 (four years ago) link
Straight up cried watching that Charleston video
― valet doberman (Jon not Jon), Monday, 1 June 2020 15:13 (four years ago) link
Listening to the Chicago mayor right now, she said there were 65,000 911 calls in the last 24 hours. She says that is 50,000 above the usual. 1,000 every half hour.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 1 June 2020 15:35 (four years ago) link
JUST IN: President Trump unloads on the nation's governors on a call, calls on them to step up enforcement: "You have to dominate, if you don’t dominate you’re wasting your time. They’re going to run over you, you’re going to look like a bunch of jerks. You have to dominate."— Ed O'Keefe (@edokeefe) June 1, 2020
― mookieproof, Monday, 1 June 2020 15:38 (four years ago) link
Cool, that'll show them.!
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 1 June 2020 15:40 (four years ago) link
when a problem comes along, you must whip it
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 1 June 2020 15:42 (four years ago) link
Dammit, can someone change June 2020 thread title to "You have to dominate"?
― I am a free. I am not man. A number. (Neanderthal), Monday, 1 June 2020 15:45 (four years ago) link
On the call, Trump references Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Milley and Attorney General Bill Barr. "We will activate Bill Barr and activate him very strongly," Trump says.— Ed O'Keefe (@edokeefe) June 1, 2020
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Monday, 1 June 2020 15:50 (four years ago) link
Tuomas: the parks/open plazas you're talking about are business improvement districtshttps://www1.nyc.gov/site/sbs/neighborhoods/bids.page
this thread is making me ill
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Monday, 1 June 2020 15:51 (four years ago) link
Bill Barr goes online and becomes operational!
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 1 June 2020 15:58 (four years ago) link
UNLEASH THE BARR
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 1 June 2020 16:05 (four years ago) link