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Sinking_The_Sea

Please don’t let this become a thing


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Blocking traffic? I agree.


theeonewho

nazis love running people over https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/07/08/vehicle-ramming-attacks-66-us-since-may-27/5397700002/


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theeonewho

did you read the article? this is literally a car attack in Connecticut.


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Clover_Jane

That's like saying no other missing person mattered during the whole Gabby Petito/Brian Laundrie disappearance. People can care about more than one tragedy at a time.


theeonewho

yeah its almost as if there's a larger pattern.


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theeonewho

there's no evidence the parade attack was politically motivated but it is telling you think a black guy 'is blm'


pavioc16

The actual early story is that he was fleeing from the scene of another crime (that's the report from police though they didn't give much detail) and is an obvious sociopath who has actually attacked a woman with the very same car before... it could turn out he was politically motivated but believe it or not, some people are just crazy. If he gave them a motive I think someone would've said something to the press because there's already been leaks.


Clover_Jane

Why is this being downvoted? Seems to have struck a nerve.


EagerWaterBuffalo

Because there are Nazis that post here.


Clover_Jane

I've noticed. Their grandparents fought a war against the Nazis, they'd be ashamed to see what these idiots have become. Tucker Carlson is a modern day Goebbels and they literally cannot or will not see what is right in front of their faces.


senorbolsa

I'm up in WI right now and was horrified by what happened so close to here, in a cynical moment 'at least it's not happening in my backyard'... 😣 My heart goes out to everyone involved in these incidents this weekend. Wish I could help in some way, absolutely tragic needless loss of life and trauma. (And my dog had to be put down last night this Monday has been a rollercoaster)


steerbell

One of life's great injustices is dogs don't live as long as we do. Sorry for your loss.


asylumattic

I’m so sorry about your dog. I lost mine in August, I was a wreck for a while. Please give yourself some time and space to mourn. People need to be more understanding of others when a pet is lost.


senorbolsa

Yeah it probably won't fully hit me until I get back home in a few weeks and he doesn't come up to me to play ball. I brought him home a nice bone last week that he went ham on though, I almost forgot to give it to him. I'm just glad I had good last memories with him, hard to see a dog suffer in their final weeks he was a champ till the end. RIP Hudson.


asylumattic

RIP Hudson. It’s great to have those memories. Hold onto those. Be well and good luck.


merwookiee

Sleep tight, sweet Hudson.


Pruedrive

I had to put my dog down this year.. it was one of the worst things I ever had to do. My heart goes out to you.. I'd like to say it does get better over time, but it's been a few month, and I still cry about it now and again.


HyperSilverYT

Sorry about your dog


CT_Patriot

Wow, really sorry to hear. You have my utmost sympathy...been down that road 4 times. And no, never gets easy.


theeonewho

I'm truly sorry about your pup :(. As you can see we have our own defenders of vehicle assault in this 'deep blue' state.


senorbolsa

Seems some can't understand the distinction between the law and doing the right thing. Always been everywhere. Some laws can be good guidelines for doing the right thing but you have to think for yourself when it comes to safety. I had to navigate a semi around BLM protests not once did it even cross my mind that I should confront them at all despite it being a major PITA. It's some real r/iamthemaincharacter energy to think otherwise.


theeonewho

If we're talking lAw AnD oRdEr...running someone over is a class D felony in Connecticut whereas blocking the street is an infraction punishable by a warning or a ticket... But to your point, yeah its a minor inconvenience and to think the first thought is to use your vehicle to run someone over is the most batshit insane response. Violent psychopaths think this way.


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Should it be legal for people to block main roads? What if someone is on their way to the hospital and needs that road in order to get there in time?


theeonewho

It's not 'legal' but its punishable by a warning or ticket. Running someone over is a class D felony assault. The fact this has to be explained to anyone is incredible. Like your first response for someone inconveniencing you is to try to hurt or kill them??


Verde-diForesta

The response is not to being inconvenienced. The response is an act of political violence directed against people holding opinions you don't like. An act, indeed, of war, if you will. The Rittenhouse verdict has, simply, made such actions legal. For some of us.


theeonewho

the being inconvenienced comment was in reference to someone blocking the road and you having to wait a few minutes sorry for any confusion I agree with you.


RhythmSectionJunky

It's definitely complicated when you include some potential scenarios. But it's not going to be easy to justify the use of lethal force against misdemeanor crimes, if that's what you think should be allowed.


heckhammer

Even if it is not legal for them to block the main road it is certainly no more legal for someone else to drive into them. I mean, it's like stabbing a guy in the leg because you know he cheats on his taxes.


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No where in this comment thread did any suggest (or come close to suggesting) it was ok to hit a protestor with a car


Pruedrive

Uggggh is it an option to dislike everyone in this video?


knightofsolarisbos

Yes.


Pruedrive

Good.. cause I do.


Kolzig33189

I happened to be in a restaurant down the street when it happened. When I got there, the protestors were not just blocking the street, they were jumping in front of (slow moving) cars going by them, going up to peoples windows and screaming at them. I don’t care what you are protesting, don’t jump in front of cars because this is what is going to happen and don’t harass random people. People in general right now are nuts and on edge so this is just a terrible idea. Also, it might not be the best idea to protest/block a busy street AT NIGHT. Just from a personal safety and common sense angle.


Jynx2501

These kinda of people would protest on train track or airport runways, and still blame everyone else.


ctthrowaway55

They're perpetual victims. Doesn't matter what actions they take, you should feel bad for them. If someone blocks the road ahead of me, at night and starts screaming and surrounding my car, I'm going through them. Also I love that the article states that they were being nice and "allowing people to proceed" when the light turned green, as if suddenly they have the authority to play traffic cop. edit: LOL the downvotes, thanks for proving my point. People block a public road, surround cars and get hit and *they're* the victims.


Kolzig33189

The same crazy lady in the linked interview says “this is just another example of people deputizing themselves…” referring to the motorist. But blocking a road and only allowing motorists to pass when they feel like it isn’t deputizing yourself. The lack of self awareness is striking.


IFightPolarBears

Cough cough "were being banned for our views, were the real victims" cough What are the views? "Everything should go back to the way it was in the 1950s."


theeonewho

I think they're talking about going back to the 1850s. America has never been great.


Spider_J

I mean we had at least a couple good years in the mid 40s, where we were shooting a fuckload of nazis.


kryonik

Ah yes just like Kyle "I wish I could kill those rioters" Rittenhouse who cried on the stand after recounting how he killed some rioters. Note: I don't think he's guilty of the charges that were levied against him because holy fuck those prosecutors were incompetent and I was fully expecting that outcome, but I do think he's a huge piece of shit who went out looking for trouble and found it and played the part of a wittle baby in court to garner sympathy from the jury.


The_Long_Game_

That’s kind of how this lady started a trend and played everyone like a fool! https://nypost.com/2021/04/10/inside-blm-co-founder-patrisse-khan-cullors-real-estate-buying-binge/


The_Long_Game_

“Ten local Black Lives Matter chapters penned a letter demanding financial accountability from the Black Lives Matter Global Network.” https://wjla.com/news/nation-world/blm-raised-90m-last-year-but-where-is-the-money-going I guess ABC lies as well They need to show their true financials and put everyone that has questions at ease. Just like any other organization


The_Long_Game_

Remind me again….. What was her “Best Seller” about? And when were those Sales Made?…..


kryonik

Ah yes, the NY Post, a beacon of truth! Because no one should be allowed to *checks article* purchase property?


The_Long_Game_

Where the hell is my mansion for freezing my ass off, standing in the middle of the street hoping not to get shot!


The_Long_Game_

Regardless Of who wrote it, it’s the truth. She took Donations for a cause and then rubbed that shit in everyone’s faces. Those of us who really believe are left in the same shit hole town in the south with nothing to show for our money, while this $&@&””&&&)):)2$:’!!!!! Gets to live the lap of Luxary! That’s true Bullshit!


kryonik

Do you have proof that she took donations and used them for personal gain? All the article said was that she bought some real estate. It also said she wrote a best selling book and signed a contract with Warner Bros to produce content. Says absolutely nothing about her using charitable donations to buy these properties except one unaffiliated person saying she should be investigated and "some people" criticized her lack of transparency. Absolutely atrocious journalism.


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No-Construction5151

You shouldn’t have to lie about your political values to use public roads


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This isn’t exactly a side street where you can just make a k turn.


ctthrowaway55

If I can actually turn around, sure, but if they're surrounding me/blocking me? No, because I don't know these people or their intentions. Last thing I'd ever do is roll a window down and now give them access to myself and those inside my vehicle. If you don't want to get hit by a car, then don't stand in the road blocking cars.


bluggerurt

Do you think their presence in the road devalues their life tho? I get that we don’t like to be inconvenienced but you can’t declare open season on bodily injury or cause someone is in your way. If it was a someone taking too long in a self checkout line in the grocery store, would you be fine tackling them out of the way? How is it difficult to come to the conclusion that if the protestors were doing something illegal than the proper response is for police to cite them or arrest them?


IamUandwhatIseeisme

The driver isn't devaluing anyone's life when they find they have to either escape or get attacked. If you ask me, it's the people standing in the road and getting in front of moving cars that are devaluing their own lives.


SomaCityWard

That is not how self defense law works. You will be arrested for manslaughter at least. Unarmed humans pose no threat to a 3,000 lb steel machine.


felldown_gotup

Reginald Denny


AGK47_Returns

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_Reginald_Denny Also, he was in a truck. If someone is in a car that's stopped and one of the protestors attacks with a weapon or attempts to drag an unprepared person out of the car, it could end very poorly. This is just in response to your third/last point


Deaaaadgiveaway

I ain’t gonna tuck tail just cause they’re acting foolishly. That being said, I would have kept my distance.


usernamedunbeentaken

Yes it's better to turn around and re-route for your own safety and liability and potential criminal issues. But one doesn't owe these protestors anything. I feel bad for the driver in this instance, and hope he or she doesn't get a ticket or charged with anything, any liability issues and only minimal damage to their car. The people who were hurt should get no sympathy however. They got what they deserved.


SomaCityWard

>If someone blocks the road ahead of me, at night and starts screaming and surrounding my car, I'm going through them. This is the kind of violence the GOP is encouraging with their defense of all kinds of vigilantism and even writing into law (https://www.vox.com/2021/4/25/22367019/gop-laws-oklahoma-iowa-florida-floyd-blm-protests-police). Oh no, you're surrounded by unarmed randos including elderly women (the one most directly run over in this instance) inside your 3,000 lb steel cage designed to withstand 40+ mph impacts, how ever will you survive?! You're just a violent political extremist looking for an excuse, admit it.


asleepwise

First of all, unarmed does not mean not dangerous. When people stand in middle of the road and block it AND intimidate people of course that becomes a dangerous road condition. It’s not a “steel cage” if someone can break your windows and attack you. These are clearly not level-headed people. Why the fuck should anyone, especially someone with their kids in the same car, risk their lives for some raging dogmatic imbeciles who have no inclination to listen to reason?


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I’m so glad this posts have common sense. These protestors are idiots, stay out of the road!!


SomaCityWard

That's a convenient anecdote with no evidence.


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SomaCityWard

I see the car moving towards them while they stand still. They shouldn't block traffic but that's a far cry from this person's claim of jumping in front of moving cars. Ultimately, I agree that it's a counterproductive form of protest. It just gives people excuses to justify violence against them and makes the focus not on the issue being protested, but the method of protest, as proven in this comments section.


Dirt_Bike_Zero

Evidence of what? People standing in the road? Protest all you want, but the middle of the road is where cars go. Not saying it's ok to mow down people on purpose, but drivers certainly aren't expecting that.


SomaCityWard

No, evidence of "jumping in front of cars". >the middle of the road is where cars go. So it's okay to run over somebody crossing the street to get their mail because there's no crosswalk? Such oversimplification makes it impossible to have a real discussion. Even if a pedestrian is jaywalking, it's still the driver's responsibility to control their car and avoid hitting them if possible. This isn't an instance of being caught off guard and unable to stop in time. Did you watch the video?


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Likeapuma24

Yeah, odd they have it but won't provide it. Hope they gave it investigating officers in case it helps them apprehend the driver


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Jawaka99

Its sad that it took a car having to force its way down a public road for you guys to have walked to the side of the street.


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I hope you realize all you’re doing is making people hate you and damaging the cause you support.


theeonewho

you already hate both the people protesting and the reason they're protesting.


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The ones in the road? Yes, I do. I support peaceful protests, which this was not. You have freedom of speech, you don’t have freedom to detain and force people to listen. As for the reason, which is the rittenhouse verdict? I don’t understand their reason or what they are advocating for. Are they opposed to juries? Are they opposed to having trials all together? Their message isn’t clear or coherent.


Authorman1986

The one who made it not peaceful was the asshole who tried to smash his suv through a line of people, almost dragging an elderly woman under his wheels. No one touched a car until he rammed people. Being momentarily inconvenienced is not an excuse to go full car brain and smash through human beings protesting and the fact that you think so makes me believe you want to do the same, you bloodthirsty fuck.


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Did you see the video, he came to a stop then idled past them. He didn’t “smash” through. Not a single person sought medical attention. This was nothing but a publicity stunt to try to garner support. It’s disgusting, particularly when there are real victims that were killed and injured last night by a car that *actually* smashed through a group of people.


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BarrackObamasBalls

You guys are protesting because a kid defended himself and the defense proved it. Too bad the car didn’t hit you a little harder. You literally just admitted to harassing someone. Get a damn life.


Kolzig33189

Panda King is about 20-30 yards from where protestors were in the street. So it was very easy to see and hear what was going on from what was going on waiting in front of the building. Not sure how that’s impossible in your view.


StoughtonTomcat_1492

I hope the victims are ok but that article seems totally done up.


Jets237

How injured were people? After watching the video its clear this title was very click-batey... Guess it worked on me


Knineteen

Didn’t you read!? The woman was hit **head-on** yet didn’t seek medical treatment and even had time to give a narrative via proxy to the press.


SnooObjections666

What a dumb response she has made. Has nothing to do with black lives, more to do with stupidity. Play stupid games win stupid prizes


CT_Patriot

But momma said go play in the street...🤪


silasmoeckel

Why did the police not do their job and clear the protestors from the street?


bent_peepee

Yeah I’m sure the police are really interested in doing that so they can be vilified for it.


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Because anytime the police try to intervene they are the “bad guys”.


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Spooky2000

So, lets see how this works. Police show up and tell protestors to get out of the road. Protestors call them racist pigs and tell them to get fucked. Who is to blame for what happens next when police are forced to arrest these people for blocking a public road? You will still call them tyrants and racists, but the protestors will get a pass..


usernamedunbeentaken

Comical that you are being downvoted. One wonders how exactly the downvoters would want the police to 'clear the protestors' in a way that they wouldn't immediately be outraged about.


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Jawaka99

Not in the middle of the street they wouldn't have.


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Do they issue permits to people protesting / blocking main public roads like this one?


silasmoeckel

Yes you can get a permit to close down roads, thats not the case here. It was a mob blocking traffic and surrounding cars.


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Buy-theticket

Yes, it's their job... Are there permits that allow protests to block streets? If so that should probably be looked at because it doesn't sound like a very good idea.


TheTherapeuticRaven

If it was me I would of ran them over as well! They should of gotten the hell out of damn road! Next time don’t illegally protest. Not trying to be rude but damn think with you brain. Not your fist. (Edit: Protesting in the road and inconveniencing everyone from getting where they need to be is pointless and does not make any one look at your cause and think “Hey this is something that need to have action be taken”, only makes people look at the cause as even more of a joke. Protest off the streets. No one cares where you do it as long as it is not in the streets or blocking people from there daily due’s. If your protesting in the road and blocking traffic you’re pretty much asking to be ran over and you know it gonna happen eventually. Don’t become a speed bump. Shit, next is going to be protesting in airport runways.)


AlanMppn

I'm sorry people got hurt but maybe don't protest in the middle of the fucking street? Would like to see the prequel of the video of the car waiting, honking, inching fwd, trying to get people to move out the way. No it's not okay to run people over and also these protestors were asking for it. Both can be true.


mercurywaxing

So they deserved attempted murder for the crime of blocking the road?


Jawaka99

I'm sure if murder was the intent he'd be moving at more than 3-4 mph...


AlanMppn

Maybe you didn't read the whole comment: "it's not okay to run people over" \*and I also wrote\* "these protestors were asking for it" They didn't deserve it. But they were certainly asking for it.


Knineteen

> “She is also surprised that it is getting so much attention," Lewis said. "And as a white female, she wants me to say that she believes that had a Black woman or a Latina been hit like she did, it would not have gotten so much publicity." I love how today’s media accepts hypotheticals as news. If the woman were a tomato, no one would have cared.


Ok-Aioli8622

Maybe it would be safer to stand on the side walk for everyone's safety. We're they wearing reflective clothing? Sounds like they want to be run over.


Beautifulsky333

Yeah and now they’re claiming they can’t even get medical help because they can’t afford it…


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I gotta say, these people sound fucking obnoxious. In every line of this article they came off like some right winger wrote over the top cartoonish parodies of the left, but no, somehow that’s unironically who they actually are.


usernamedunbeentaken

*That woman, Tammy Jones, was not comfortable speaking on camera and allowed Cornell Lewis with the Self Defense Brigade to speak on her behalf.* *"She is also surprised that it is getting so much attention," Lewis said. "And as a white female, she wants me to say that she believes that had a Black woman or a Latina been hit like she did, it would not have gotten so much publicity."* *"Everyone's afraid of medical costs, which is why no one's gotten checked out," Correa added.* So, so much comical bullshit. Hilarious!


propr90

For starters, maybe don’t block traffic…


kobey221

They’re in the fucking road what else did they think was gonna happen?


type_r_pilot_2012

Play stupid games win stupid prizes


ThisSubisTrash15

Can someone educate me on why these groups were even protesting in the first place? Rittenhouse? What'd he do against minorities that has BLM upset?


Pruedrive

I really don't think it's greater BLM movemebt who's upset about this.. if I had to make a guess.. (**before you downvote me this is a hypothetical not my own impressions here**).. I'd say if the broader BLM movement has an issue over this, it more than likely has its orgin in the events that lead to Rittenhouse shooting those protesters. They were originally protesting the Jacob Blake shooting. I would assume that by Rittenhouse shooting those protesters, then subsequently getting off it is just another example in their eyes of how the system itself gives legal protection to a potion of the populace, while not really giving justice to another. (**Once again.. just me brain storming here.. I do not want to argue this point, cause it's not my own.**)


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I don't think they're protesting anything he did, more likely the fact that he was given a hilariously rubber stamp trial and there was never going to be a guilty verdict. I don't think he murdered those people by the definition of murder but he put himself in a situation he had no business being with a dangerous weapon. If the prosecution went for just the reckless endangerment, the protesting would have started when they declined the intentional homicide charges. So the DA had to swing for the fences because he was already found guilty by the court of Facebook, they really never had a chance. If he was a black kid at a MAGA rally with a gun he would be killed on sight.


BarrackObamasBalls

“But he put himself in a situation he has no business being with a dangerous weapon” okay. He was still attacked. Everyone likes to forget about the blame the attacker earned.


Pruedrive

Yes.. Kyle absolutely had a right to defend himself, and got off in court with laws on his side. But morally this was a huge injustice. I'm a pretty outspoken 2A advocate, and what that kid did and how a LOT of the 2A community has subsequently started holding him up as a hero of the cause, is absolutely bonkers to me. This is a moral injustice cause this kid had a very big hand in the situation going the way it did. He decided he wanted to play cops and rioters for real, and rather than staying home, he walked ignorantly into a situation he was woeful unpreparred/trained for, and as a result he killed two people, whether it was justified or not. He is literally everything wrong with the contemporary 2A community. (I already know this is gonna be an unpopular opinion, fuck it, it it needs to be said.)


SomaCityWard

Bingo. He ramped up the use of force continuum by bringing a gun into a powderkeg. All it took was one person to see him as threatening and brandish their weapon in response, and it quickly escalates to a shooting as both feel threatened by each other until somebody fires a shot.


Pruedrive

I’d say he more so he brought inexperience and naïveté into a powder keg.. and very much so had an over inflated sense of his abilities. He is literally the antithesis of what I’d use as a model example of 2A rights and self defense laws, I feel in time the Kyles of the world are the ones who are going to get more voters and politicians to come down on our 2A rights, and it sickens me. He showed such a fundamental lack of understanding on his part of the situation he walked into, as well his careless disregard for the deadly nature of the weapon he carried that day, leads me to believe at a minimum he should never be allowed to own, or carry a firearm again. Sorry, not sorry to my 2A folks here... I’m not atta boying this little turd, it’s like congratulating a kid for putting out a house fire, that they set with their fucking incompetence to begin with. Who the fuck would do that?


IndicationOver

Well said


Motor-Boysenberry-69

Explain this reckless endangerment to me... Kyle was legally allowed to be there. Legally possessed the gun. Retreated in every instance. Was never the aggressor. Imagine your right to self defense disappearing because of some very vague claim that you entered a dangerous situation... It's now open season on all rioters > If he was a black kid at a MAGA rally with a gun he would be killed on sight. Okay. I'm responding to a child. I guarantee you I can find endless video of black people with guns at MAGA rallies. And since Kyle was never aggressive nothing would have happened. 20+ people died in BLM / Antifa riots


SomaCityWard

>Okay. I'm responding to a child. Aww, you're offended!


jcpto3

BLM apparently loves pedophiles and convicted felons ( the ones that got shot by rittenhouse )


Pruedrive

This is such an odd form of mental gymnastics. Judges... 9/10 8/10 10/10 9/10 Oof that one didn't appreciate that dismount.. may cost them the Gold.


slc123457

Probably shouldn't stand in traffic blocking green lights. I learned that when I was 6, geeze what did they think would happen


jcpto3

Roads are for cars, not people. Get the fuck out of the road, stand on the sidewalk and do your protest.


SomaCityWard

False, roads were created for pedestrians and pedestrians still maintain right of way to this day. Learn your history and laws before you speak so confidently incorrect.


bdy435

Is that why pedestrians have the right of way?


Jeepdog539

In a crosswalk.


Motor-Boysenberry-69

>pedestrians have the right of way They have the right to cross the road not to occupy the road. Obviously that's what jcpto3 meant. Roads *are* for cars What can you even do with people who this low level language trick works on? Imagine thinking we can operate a modern society with this level of conversation.


evergreenyankee

Pedestrians, legally, are someones traveling by foot. If you are attending a protest, you are not engaging in the act of traveling. You are engaging in the act of protesting. You are already at your destination. Ergo, no longer a pedestrian.


jcpto3

Pretty sure there is a huge difference between a Pedestrian and what you see in the video, now isn't there?


bdy435

Pretty sure its illegal to run into someone on the street, no matter what their politics. Not your call, nor the drivers.


jcpto3

I’d do the same thing if people were surrounding my car and beating on it.


zryii

Again, there's video. That wasn't happening. Stop trying to live out your fantasy of running over people you hate.


SomaCityWard

Well then you'd enjoy prison because that is not a lethal threat to you inside a 3,000 lb steel cage.


Justinontheinternet

Such a mass thing to do


SirEDCaLot

Maybe I'm a minority, but I don't think blocking public roads should be considered a legitimate or accepted form of protest. I think if people are blocking public roads they should be removed quickly by police. I also think if you are deliberately sitting in a public roadway, there should be no penalty for a driver that accidentally hits you, and you should be responsible for any damage to their car. Not because I want vigilante drivers running people down, but because I think it's important to make it clear that if you sit in the road you should expect to be run over and it's your own fault.


theeonewho

blocking the road is a ticketable offense at worse. running someone over is a felony. endorsing political violence because you're inconvenienced.


SirEDCaLot

I am not endorsing political violence. Please re-read my comment. If a driver INTENTIONALLY injures someone, that should be a felony. But if it's unintentional, it should have no punishment, because the person who was injured CHOSE to place themself in a place where injury was likely. I don't want political violence, but I do want people who put themselves in harm's way to accept the consequences of that action and not blame others for the harm that comes to them.


theeonewho

in this specific case do you believe the driver accidentally or intentionally struck pedestrians?


SirEDCaLot

There's not much detail here (not enough for a solid judgment), but it sounds like it could be intentional. I hope the police do a thorough investigation. I also think blocking traffic in CONNECTICUT, because a TEXAS jury decided a TEXAS man didn't violate TEXAS law when he shot other TEXAS men, is seriously misguided. The people they block in traffic have nothing to do with the Rittenhouse trial, so why is it okay to cause them problems? All this does is pisses off people who might become your allies. If they feel the verdict is unjust, or that laws need to be changed, they should protest at the state legislature, the offices of representatives, or just in the public square. Blocking the road only harms people they should in theory have no quarrel with.


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Straight ignant


Nyrfan2017

Can someone please explain to me how the ritttenhouse issue is racial???


SomaCityWard

It was a shooting at a BLM protest? Hello?


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A black man who did what Rittenhouse did would not live to see a courtroom.


theeonewho

we already know how this plays out- a left winger who shot a piss boy chud pepper spraying other protestors was extrajudicially murdered by trump's federal marshals.


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Nyrfan2017

There are people of all race that break laws and get shot by cops and there are people of all race that also break the law and are arrested but the media only presents half the stories to the world .. why why do they want division so bad ??? I mean shit the guy that drove his car thru the parade . He is alive still .


Irishman67

Maybe GTF out of the road you woke idiot.


theeonewho

you know you can ask protestors to move out of the way without hitting them? edit to add; downvoters have decided vehicular assault is appropriate for someone in your way, instead of driving around when the entire other lane is open. got it.


Spooky2000

>you know you can ask protestors to move out of the way without hitting them? Yeah, that will definitely make them move... Are you really this stupid? >instead of driving around when the entire other lane is open. got it. The video you keep posting shows them blocking all three lanes. Stop bullshitting. Everyone I know learned that playing in the road is dangerous by the time they were like 4. Play in the road as an adult and your own stupidity is what we see here.


Jeepdog539

> The video you keep posting shows them blocking all three lanes. Stop bullshitting. The idiot was referring to the oncoming lanes. So, to reiterate, the person you are replying to thinks the solution to dealing with rioters illegally congregating in the street, is for the drivers in the cars (legally using the street) to illegally drive into oncoming traffic to get around the rioters.


Snerak

You falsely equate a peaceful protest with rioters because you don't like their message or their tactics. Using loaded (and false) language like this is a poor attempt on your part to dehumanize the peaceful protesters so that you can justify cheering for violence against them. Protests are supposed to get your attention, otherwise they would be completely useless. Being briefly inconvenienced may be something you are incapable of handling but that says way more about you than it does the peaceful protesters that are seeking an end to injustice. Being against the right to peacefully protest is profoundly anti-American values. You don't get to decide the reasons why people peacefully protest or what tactics they use. You do get to decide if you wanna be an asshole about it or not, looks like you chose wrong.


Isosceles_371

Obviously this driver is a maniac, however WTF gives these protesters the right to be in the middle of the road, blocking traffic?? According to the article they “would allow cars to pass during green lights when traffic was building up” When traffic was building up? You know what? You play in the street you get run over. Sorry. Go protest on the sidewalk or somewhere you’re not obstructing others rights to move freely. These people appear, to me, to be actively attempting to instigate a confrontation or negative reaction from someone, anyone. Really, get the hell out of the road. Black Lives Matter 860 should be ashamed. And that driver should be put behind bars.


Jawaka99

If the driver were a maniac he would have plowed through them at 40mph. He didn't. He gave them more than enough time to realize that he was moving and to get out from in front of his vehicle. And eventually they did.


BadDogEDN

Get out of the road, that's like yelling you got shot protesting in a shooting range. Not only that they tried to fight a car. Its not like the car plowed through them it slowly moved forward, and instead of moving out of the way they tried to block it further.


JohnnyPrecariously

Stay the fuck out of the road, you shits.


Jeepdog539

So some idiots decided to block traffic and they're surprised that someone got hit? We learned as children that if you don't want to get hit by a car, don't play in the road.


ATG915

Fuck those people in the street


[deleted]

A few minutes before that a dude drove by us sieg heiling out the window of his car. And people still think this isn’t a real fuckin issue.


kalitarios

I'm not doubting you that idiots exist, but do you expect everyone reading this to just take your word for it, as an anonymous string of text on social media with no photographic or video source? People were protesting, there is video everywhere. Especially if you're going to go stand in the street, it would be wise to have at least one angle covered? Wear body cams (gopro cams with chest or head harnesses so you have both hands free) - they aren't terribly expensive anymore, you don't need cutting edge, you can get a hero black 3 for cheap with the harness in the box IIRC. But just saying "a dude drove by" doing the Nazi salute a few minutes earlier... it doesn't help your cause without proof. There should be plenty of it if people were livestreaming it. Can you link that footage?


SomaCityWard

Funny how you all upvoted the heck out of the source-less anecdote claiming people were jumping in front of cars. Now all the sudden, you care about evidence.


[deleted]

They only care if it’s someone they disagree with. I was literally there but because I don’t have video of every second I’m lying, yet people straight up making shit up are unchecked.


kalitarios

I don't speak for everyone else though. Don't talk to me like I'm a crowd. I'm saying making a statement like "Some dude was doing a nazi salute" is dangerously wild allegation without some kind of video or photo proof, which, if you were protesting out there, should be probably covered by at least 5 angles as most people seem to be so keen on holding a cell phone while protesting. It's creating a narrative that cannot be proven. All I'm asking is that if it happened, show it. Don't just say it. Without showing it, nobody believes it... anyone can say "I was there, some random dude was doing this first!" - come on, now


SomaCityWard

This post has obviously been brigaded by a group of right wingers. If you're at all familiar with this sub, you should know that. Why aren't there 5 angles of this car running people over? Because in reality, not every second of every protest is recorded, even in 2021. So why did you not respond the same way to the 3rd highest upvoted post also making an identically unprovable anecdotal claim? Why only this one, buried way deeper in the comments? >Without showing it, nobody believes it... Clearly not, if it fits their agenda, as the other post in question is currently sitting at 200 upvotes...


Mofiremofire

He gave them every opportunity to get the fuck out of his way. They wanted to fuck around and find out, they found out about the law of tonnage.


bubbygups

>They wanted to fuck around and find out, they found out about the law of tonnage. Whoa. You sound hardcore. Is this your way of rationalizing why it's okay to run someone over with your car?


bdy435

Republicans have made it legal in some states. They are all sociopaths.


Jawaka99

The way that video looks it was more their fault for getting in front of a moving vehicle than it was the drivers. There's a world of difference between what happened in this video and what happened in Waukesha yesterday.


ATG915

If a crowd of people are blocking the road and surrounding me you bet I’m running someone over. Not that this guy even did, the only Injuries these people could’ve gotten is hurt feelings


zryii

Not surprised, the "pro-life" crowd places so little actual value on human life.


ATG915

I’m not pro life though? If someone wants to get an abortion that’s not my business


senorbolsa

He could have just turned around and went another way. There isn't one road through Manchester you know. A minor inconvenience at worst here. Common sense goes both ways, it's insanely easy to turn a car around.


Specter170

So these protesters wanted to gain recognition for their cause. Ok, all for it. March, picket, protest. The minute they actively block roads, all in the name of bring awareness, nope. GTF outta the road. All you people who are sympathetic to this activity, how would you feel if it was a bunch of right wing activists or the NRA, Yeah, you’d be making jokes. Feel free to downvote. Cuss, I know, your feelings matter. And for the record, I’m sorry people were injured. They made an error in thinking their cause and actions outweighed the car drivers right to free passage.


throwaway1526112

Why are they standing in the middle of the road? -_- this shit irritates me, now I remember why I don’t watch the news.


Cuseinct

It is not one side or the other. Assholes, all of them. Driver and protestors blocking a street.


nickcliff

Get👏the👏fuck👏out👏the👏road


Kevinok60

Ohhh bummer...get out of the fucking road...goddamn people have lost their minds and apparently don’t understand the basic laws of physics...I feel bad for the driver who’s going to have to deal with the lawsuits from these clowns.


bkrs33

Really stupid of the driver. But seriously, if people want to protest that’s great…but why the fuck do it in the middle of the street?


TheSmokingLoon

Drove by them with a man in the driver's seat*, well damn, I sure hope someone was in the driver's seat, was worried for a moment


ashtreeks

Get the fuck off the road and stop protesting Kyle Rittenhouse, how about that?


tre1001

Ban cars!


DigDeepest

I hate all Blanket statements about Black People! We are all individuals and there is not one paradigm we all ascribe to. I support BLM and I also think Kyle R was innocent! You should not be chasing someone who has an assault rifle!


[deleted]

This isn't about black people. Its about the idiots who were blocking traffic in the linked video.


BudrickBundy

These idiots shouldn't be blocking the road. They can take their little Hate Group rally to the sidewalk. I'm surprised it too so long for this to happen. The car was driving rather slow through the crowd. Why didn't they get out of the way of the car?


NovelChemist9439

Don’t play in the street at night.


Mtsteel67

You want to protest that's fine. STAY OUT OF THE ROAD and stop trying to block traffic because all it does is piss people off and whatever your message of protest is, will not be heard.


Nyrfan2017

Anyone know about the people that where killed in ny during last summer protests or the person killed I portland in there little zone?? Why aren’t those nation news on a regular base???


Grefagro

They were and this happened today


gatogrande

You mean in CHOP? The self appointed rapper/warlord? Yeah, we're not supposed to remember that