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Jack Valentino

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27. It isn't the true "protesters" who are doing the burning and looting,

Tue Jun 10, 2025, 10:25 PM

Jun 10

at least for the most part, I would suggest--- IMHO--- that the worst things are being done
by trouble-making opportunists---- BUT---
it is no worse than things that happened in East Lansing when an MSU sports team lost an important game,
AND, EVEN Republican Governors felt no need to send in the National Guard on those nights----

The local police were quite able to 'handle' the situation,
although in their riot gear, they often went overboard.
I was a taxi driver there on some of those nights,
and heard from passengers about how tear gas canisters were bouncing through doors
into the local bars.... and dodged my share of burning couches in the middle of the street,
but I never thought any National Guardsmen were needed...

There is a difference between the peaceful protests during the day,
and the things that are happening at night,
which are being characterized as a continuation of those same protests,
but I don't think that they are.... more like, a 'transition'

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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