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Mr.WeRP

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4. LAPD would not be there if not for Trump

Reply to Silent Type (Reply #2)

Tue Jun 10, 2025, 05:46 PM

Jun 10

And I agree that the mayor has a responsibility to leash the LAPD.

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Gloves are off, they are shooting anyone for any reason in LA [View all] Mr.WeRP Jun 10 OP

Holy Shit lamp_shade Jun 10 #1

Presumably, the Democratic Mayor and Governor could put a stop to that if warranted because it's LAPD. Silent Type Jun 10 #2

LAPD would not be there if not for Trump Mr.WeRP Jun 10 #4

It's Mayor and Governor's responsibility to handle this situation, even when trump and henchmen are agitators. Silent Type Jun 10 #5

So you are blaming Mayor Bass and Governor Newsom for Trump's actions. Just checking... Hekate Jun 10 #10

They're has been a lot of that here in the past week. C Moon Jun 10 #12

Yes it does & a few have been removed. There's also the smearing of Newsom... Hekate Jun 10 #15

Newsom's latest speech C Moon Jun 11 #36

Yes some here think they know better than the Mayor and Govenor Tribetime Jun 10 #19

re: blame TnDem Jun 10 #24

It isn't the true "protesters" who are doing the burning and looting, Jack Valentino Jun 10 #27

Key points. H2O Man Jun 10 #34

re: looting TnDem Jun 11 #38

I don't think there's any stopping them stillcool Jun 10 #6

Yes there's a way, but we have to show up in the hundreds of thousands, not just in the hundreds. Magoo48 Jun 10 #13

Rachel Maddow has been giving a good accounting of nationwide protest numbers... Hekate Jun 10 #17

Thanks. Magoo48 Jun 10 #18

Her shows are also on you tube. N/t Dixiegrrrl Jun 11 #37

Haven't you seen the 50501 protests? stillcool Jun 10 #22

Unfortunately, the protests in my community have been small to this point. Magoo48 Jun 10 #23

understandable. I haven't been able stillcool Jun 10 #25

There are times H2O Man Jun 10 #35

If the LAPD continue to shoot somewhat lightly clad single young women with rubber bullets, Jack Valentino Jun 10 #29

And for anyone that needs a reminder here's a spreadsheet electricmonk Jun 10 #33

The woman running to help put her life in danger of being shot, too. She's an angel with a medic bag 💙 Deuxcents Jun 10 #3

And most notably to me, she was a woman of color rushing to help Jack Valentino Jun 10 #31

Well, shit. Please, everyone share this everywhere you can. LauraInLA Jun 10 #7

Here's a link to the TikTok video. LauraInLA Jun 10 #8

I hope the woman who took the video StarryNite Jun 10 #9

I hope she sent it to MSNBC, CNN, MeidasTouch, and everywhere. nolabear Jun 10 #11

Welcome to DU orangecrush Jun 10 #14

You leaving, orangecrush ??? Jack Valentino Jun 10 #32

questions orchidlady Jun 10 #16

The media is pretty much Figarosmom Jun 10 #20

The media, like the Right, is really into victim blaming. enigmania Jun 10 #21

Cops who are that anxious to test their rubber bullets against a single non-threatening young woman, Jack Valentino Jun 10 #26

Once again, I see no rioting crowds Bayard Jun 10 #28

All of it, Trump's testing of the waters for B.See Jun 10 #30