George Rebane
The videod murder of George Floyd at the hands of the Minneapolis police gave rise to justified public protests that quickly turned into destructive and violent riots which have little to do with the death of Mr Floyd, and instead have again revealed that we Americans are no longer ‘one people’ who can be called to ‘come together’.
Law enforcement agencies of all stripes provide daily demonstrations that they are an institution unto themselves, there to overwhelmingly look after their own interests and provide little or no security for those who pay them to preserve society and civilization. As clearly admitted by the Minneapolis police chief who publicly stated the reason his officers are standing back, standing down, and hightailing it from rioters is that he does not want to put them in harm’s way in situations that could turn dangerous. Think about that. What if firemen would only fight unrisky fires? What if the FBI adopted a similar policy, no field operations in which their agents were put at risk? What if the Secret Service would protect the President only to the extent that it would not be dangerous to them? What if our military didn’t want to commit troops into situations in which casualties would result?
So the police et al, those who do attend the riots now taking place in cities across the land, simply gather in solid self-defensive phalanxes to watch the rioting mob loot and burn. Over the lamestream media we are informed in an ongoing stream of commentary that these are not riots (a word absent in lamestream reports) led by criminal thugs, but simply justified “protests” attended by “protesters”. The rest of us are told by our politicians that any criminality that is evident is justified, and that we must simply let it play out. Actually, its more than that as FN’s Tucker Carlson explained in a landmark monologue last night – ‘Our leaders have sided with the agents of chaos – we're told crimes of the mob are our fault’.
Local business owners who witness their life’s work and savings go up in flames are seen pleading with the mob to no avail. Some are again taking up arms to defend their lives and livelihoods, and most cynically, the police are arresting those who dare shoot (at) rioters inside their premises in acts of arson and looting.
No doubt one can draw a connection between the lengthy pandemic lockdowns and the number of urban dwellers eager to get out of their houses and small apartments to protest undeniable injustices at the hands of law enforcement and our entire ‘justice system’. But in doing so, they do underline that we are not one people as former DNC chairwoman Donna Brazile asserts in her ‘We are one people’. The rioters are not people who built this country, as they claim, and are therefore entitled to ‘burn it down’. These are people who have their very own and distinct social contract with the institutions of our government – contrary to their protestations, they have rights and privileges, demonstrated daily, that people like me and mine wouldn’t dream of having in a civilized society.
Here’s an interesting question – what would the police do if law abiding folks of all colors showed up armed in downtowns to protect and defend the properties and property owners against the rioting mobs?
And here’s an even more interesting question – what would local governments and law enforcement agencies do if the streets were filled with peaceful protesters of all colors who looked like you and me?
And finally – what if all those law-abiding peaceful protesters against LE injustice showed up also demonstrating why Americans are unique with their constitutional 2A rights?
[update] A reader sent me a link to a Powerline article on the Twin Cities riots. It appears that both Democrat Mayors Jacob Frey and Melvin Carter are doing their best to dodge any and all responsibility for what's going down in their mismanaged metropolises, even to the anticipated desperate accusation that the riots are being instigated by out-of-state "white supremacists". How do self-respecting Democrats elect such misfits to office? (more here and here)
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79 responses to “Riot Reflections – 30may20 (updated)”
OMG, where did Obama find these wingnuts? Unbelievable. Good writing by Re lately
‘Susan Rice makes claim Russians could be behind violent George Floyd demonstrations’
“Former Obama administration national security adviser Susan Rice bizarrely suggested in a televised interview Sunday that the Russians could be behind the violent nationwide demonstrations following the in-custody death of George Floyd, although she offered no evidence for the incendiary claim.
Rice’s made the claim after top Democrats insisted for years that the White House had conspired with Russia, although Special Counsel Robert Mueller found no evidence to support any conspiracy with Russia by any U.S. actor to influence the 2016 election. Her remarks also came amid efforts by Democrats to pin the blame on outside white supremacist agitators, even though data suggests the vast majority of arrested protesters in recent days are local.
“To designate Antifa a terrorist organization, fine, but let’s also focus on the right-wing terrorist organizations,” Rice told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, referring to President Trump’s decision earlier in the day to brand the left-wing militant group as a terrorist organization. “The white supremacists that he’s called, in the past, very fine people.”…..
“I would not be surprised to learn that they have fomented some of these extremists on both sides using social media,” Rice said. “I wouldn’t be surprised to learn that they are funding it in some way, shape, or form.”
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/susan-rice-suggests-russians-behind-violent-george-floyd-demonstrations
No Susan, it is not the Russians or Russian bots on social media. It is the Alinsky, the Van Jones plan, and the Obama playbook, you idiot. And chances are Slap Happy, the KVMR news director, believes you.
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Ah the limousine socialist antifa fan boy until ………….
A former ESPN writer is being called a hypocrite for urging rioters to burn down the inner city, then chastising them when they attacked his neighborhood.
On Thursday, the former ESPN basketball reporter, Chris Palmer, was seen gleefully posting about the confrontations occurring in Minneapolis by rioters claiming to be infuriated by the police-involved death of George Floyd. At one point, Palmer posted a tweet featuring a burning building that he captioned, “Burn that sh*t down. Burn it all down.”
But just over two days later, early on Sunday morning, Palmer posted a tweet excoriating the rioters for attacking a “gated community” near where he lived.
“They just attacked our sister community down the street,” Palmer wrote just after midnight on Sunday. “It’s a gated community and they tried to climb the gates. They had to beat them back. Then destroyed a Starbucks and are now in front of my building.”
Then came the hypocrisy: “Get these animals TF out of my neighborhood. Go back to where you live.”
https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2020/05/31/nba-writer-cheers-mob-burning-affordable-housing-development-calls-animals-when-they-come-his-neighborhood/
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Blue city blues –
Donald Trump: ‘World Is Watching and Laughing’ at Democrats During Riots
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/05/31/donald-trump-world-watching-democrats-riots/
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Good guy with a gun stops 2 with stolen cop AR’s, way to go dude! –
Rioters in Seattle reportedly had stolen two loaded AR-15s out of a smashed Seattle Police Department cruiser lit on fire earlier in the evening. Someone started firing one weapon into vehicles, sending crowds of protesters running from the scene.
That’s when the security guard, a former Special Forces member with Q13 Fox Reporter Brandi Kruse at the scene, got the news crew to safety before pulling his own handgun on the rioter, yanking the AR-15 out of his hand and disarming the weapon.
The guard returned to the crew, who then called 911, but, while waiting for police to arrive, crowds could be heard starting to panic once again. Realizing a second man was armed with another AR-15, the security guard sprung into action again.
The second man, wearing a hoodie and a blue bandana over his face to conceal his identity, could be seen on live broadcast footage carrying an AR-15 before the security guard entered the frame, who pointed his own gun at the man and snatched the rifle.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/seattle-security-guard-ar-15-rifle-rioter-stolen-smashed-police-cruiser
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George 1:58 – “So there was no apparent legal basis for the police to order people off their own front porch. If that’s correct,…”
And there’s the difference.
I was assuming it was a legal order.
If not and he was being a jerk, then that would change my opinion of his actions. I think there was a lot more to that particular incident than what was shown. I have a hard time believing they were just wandering down some random peaceful neighborhood.
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Back to Russians behind every street sign?
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/susan-rice-suggests-russians-behind-violent-george-floyd-demonstrations
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DB 4:59 – “Ah the limousine socialist antifa fan boy until ………….”
There’s no end of white (and black) elites cheering on the destruction. Funny how none of them invited the mob to their own neck of the woods!
And the wealthy lefties promising to pay bail for the ‘protestors’??!!
They aren’t arresting ‘protestors’ – they’re arresting rioters and looters.
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Guy brings now and arrow to a protest,
https://www.tmz.com/2020/05/30/salt-lake-city-man-uses-hunting-bow-on-protesters-swarmed-attacked/?fbclid=IwAR0gLdYe9g-Nbcuu0MyQCTvwHZqAhIGbI_s9-US7RJkzKZCq1WUBOQcFVBM&fbclid=IwAR1u8ilJVqqdEWRc5463WIyipDCkxYziE_aLc0yggQ6YGc-bZttWH9jtgeM
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Antifa is anti sematic like good little fascists –
Rioters Loot Jewish Stores, Vandalize Synagogue in L.A.: ‘Free Palestine’; ‘F*** Israel’
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/05/31/rioters-loot-jewish-stores-vandalize-synagogue-in-l-a-free-palestine-f-israel/
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@637 RIOT not protest foolio!
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Uh,, old news there Marty. Please try and keep up.
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The socialists are what they are –
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/son-of-minnesotas-attorney-general-declares-support-for-antifa
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The antifa red guard is in full thought police mode, God no don’t tell the truth about looters –
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/lana-del-ray-george-floyd-looting-video-backlash
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in case anyone is online right now, good live footage.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NAikdVu0Uc
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Saw this earlier, but I like to see Dan get riled up
https://www.facebook.com/dan.bongino/videos/2620109848259456/
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The socialist resistance is all in on the party line. Jewish temples and churches are not loved by the left. Does anyone remember that hands up don’t shoot never happened? –
MSNBC’s Haake Near White House as St. John’s Church Burns: ‘This Is Still Peaceful Protesters’
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2020/05/31/msnbcs-haake-near-white-house-as-st-johns-church-burns-this-is-still-peaceful-protesters/
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While I don’t have time to do the searches of RR I know there was a particularly spirted discussion about team 0’s concerted efforts to strip riot control from local, county and state police that they got from federal surplus. OY VEY!
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Well, how about doing something novel and blame the rioters.
‘Trump, White Supremacists And Russia: Here’s Who Democrats Have Blamed For Riots So Far“
“David Reaboi laid out the Democrats’ alleged playbook even as it was still being implemented, saying, “I’m living for the moment between Democrat talking points, when riots are both (a) totally righteous and justified, and (b) the dastardly work of Trump, Russians, white nationalists, etc.”
https://dailycaller.com/2020/05/31/trump-white-supremacists-russia-democrats-blamed-riots-george-floyd/?
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Mark Levin
16 hrs
“My quick search for statements by Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer condemning the violence, rioting, looting, and arson finds nothing. As best I can tell, not a word. Their silence is shockingly irresponsible. Joe Biden’s staff is donating to a group that funds the release of rioters. Unbelievable.”
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I wish Susan Rice would make-up her full of mush mind. This morning she said the burning of American cities was because of the Russians Messing with us. Later she said it is because a Trump was mean to that multi-millionaire Colin K, a Nike salesperson. (Like Al Bundy, Colin sells shoes and watches football on Sundays.)
SUSAN RICE: WE ARE HERE BECAUSE TRUMP DEMONIZED PEACEFUL PROTESTER COLIN KAEPERNICK
https://americanpriority.com/news/susan-rice-we-are-here-because-trump-demonized-peaceful-protester-colin-kaepernick/
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Buck sez:
“Gotta say, with riots, looting, mob assault, and arson in cities across the country involving tens of thousands of people-
There’s a clear and thus far absolute absence of MAGA hats on any of the rioters. Not one.
These aren’t Trump voters, that’s for damn sure.”
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Buck Sexton
@BuckSexton
There will be no shame on air tomorrow at CNN, MSNBC, or any lib channel. They will feign concern over “violence from all sides” and focus on “raising awareness” and “having tough conversations”
What they won’t do: call out the evil rioters for all this violence and destruction
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Dan sez:
This is not a protest anymore, this is an insurrection.
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Riot reflections: what rebuilding can’t replace.
‘Minneapolis Rioters Burned One Of America’s Most Beloved Independent Bookstores To The Ground’
“The political moral to draw is obvious and banal. But when a cultural institution like a good bookstore is burned, the damage goes beyond the physical. It is not really possible to merely clean up and rebuild, as you might a Target or a police station. The bustle of the street, the fabric of the city itself, is damaged. The destruction of a bookstore hurts people’s souls, even if they don’t realize this.
“A city cannot be a work of art,” Jane Jacobs writes in her seminal book “The Death and Life of Great American Cities.” By this she means that a city is not like a statue. It is an unplanned web, a crazy network of individuals doing productive, artistic, crazy, and interesting things, all at once. It pulsates with life and change in some areas, accretes tradition or staleness, or both, in others. It’s never the same.
The hustle and bustle of the street, the shops and restaurants and churches and halfway houses and all the rest engender this hustle and bustle. When you burn such places down (or, as was Jacobs’ concern, plough them under with ill-conceived top-down urban projects), you are not clearing for renewal. You are destroying the very possibility for growth and change in a community. You are killing hope.
“The economic value of new buildings in replaceable in cities,” Jacobs writes. “But the economic value of old buildings is irreplaceable at will. It is created by time. This economic requisite for diversity is a requisite that vital city neighborhoods can only inherit, and then sustain over the years.”
Cities stripped of places like Uncle Hugo’s become pits of despair, barbarism, and danger because the businesses are gone and buildings are burned. Don Blyly may rebuild with our help.
But no amount of money or good wishes after the fact can renew a city that has stood by and allowed its own heart to be ripped out. Or worse, that rips out its own heart and calls it justice.“
https://thefederalist.com/2020/06/01/minneapolis-rioters-burned-one-of-americas-most-beloved-independent-bookstores-to-the-ground/
Detriot never recover from their riots in 1967. In 1960, Detroit was the 4th largest city in the US. Now the city doesn’t rank in the top 20. The city ain’t the sameaftet all these years.. The Ferguson riots were more recent (2014) and the city has not recovered. Parts where riots broke out are still a wasteland. Baltimore? DC? Same. A city is its energy, all the things going on, all the various actives happening at the same time.
Imagine, if you will, if the Historical District of Nevada City was burned down, or even if just one side of Broad Street. How do you replace those buildings, those memories, the vibe? You don’t because you can’t.
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News programs should Stop posting the riots are based on Floyd. That is untrue. The riots are by people that could care less about him and just want anarchy.
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Cops don’t like WSJ,
“Lost my glasses and my ankle is in searing pain after NYPD hit me in the face multiple times with riot shields and pushed me to the ground. I was backing away as request, with my hands up. My NYPD-issued press badge was clearly visible. I’m just sitting here crying. This sucks.”
https://www.wsj.com/news/author/tyler-blint-welsh
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The time is getting short. People will start fighting back, and dropping rioters in their tracks.
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IN SEARCH OF THE ELUSIVE WHITE NATIONALIST
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2020/06/in-search-of-the-elusive-white-nationalist.php
Best to stay away when there is a riot going on.
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Well, maybe the Blue State Governors were right to keep their citizens under lock-down until it is safe to go outside. They eased some of the police state shelter-in- place orders and look what happened. Best to keep the Dems under home detention for another year.
If nothing else, the looting, violence, rioting and lawlessness has blown COVID-19 news off the front page, thank goodness. Just in time. I was getting bored with the Wuhan Virus anyway. What have you done for me lately?
Judging by the videos coming from the streets of America, the anarchists have given social distancing the big middle finger. Radicals and anarchists are that way.
The pics of the graffiti left behind is quite informative. Maybe someone will put together a nice big book of the graffiti glossy pictures so I can put it on the coffee table as part of the interior design. Or, maybe not. A book of pictures of the F Bomb on every page may not be suitable for decent good folk, not to mention redundantly boring.
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Easy come,,, easy go.
https://dailycaller.com/2020/05/31/looters-loot-man-philadelphia-video-riot/
“There’s no honor among thieves, looters in Philadelphia demonstrated Sunday when one looter appeared to rob another looter in a CBS News video.
Seen pushing a cart of large boxes through what looks like a littered alley, two men spot another man wearing a white hat holding something that looks even more enticing. The men attack the man in the white hat holding the box, punching him until he loses grip of the box, and then they make off with it”
“Thanks Bro,, We will take it from here.”
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Fine upstanding LIBS just wanted to have fun.
https://dailycaller.com/2020/06/01/three-individuals-nyc-lawyers-face-federal-charges-damage-fire-explosives-police-vehicle/
They should have gotten some pointers from their clients on how not to get caught.
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Oh my. Sparks in Reno-Sparks. Getting closer to Truckee.
Tensions run high in Downtown Reno as National Guard is called to assist with protests
“RENO, Nev. (News 4 & Fox 11) — Washoe County, including the cities of Reno and Sparks, has issued a curfew for the city until 7 a.m. after what started as a peaceful protest to demand justice for George Floyd, quickly turned violent downtown.”
https://mynews4.com/news/local/protest-planned-in-reno-to-demand-justice-for-george-floyd
Hmmm. Thoughts:
-Maybe if they bust up enough things and loot enough stuff, there will be an end to racism!
-Are they ‘protesting’ for George Flyod or for George Soros?
-Why are all these peaceful protests “quickly turned violent”?
Why did they torch an afforable living development in MN? Thats not who we are, its who they are.
Thats taking NIMBY to the extreme. I am not sure George Flyod would approve, but bullionaire George Soros does.
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Excuse me it this has been posted before, but I can’t stop laughing. You get one view from the Ivory Tower and quite another when you have your feet firmly planted on the ground.
‘NBA Writer Cheers Mob for Burning Affordable Housing Development, Calls Them ‘Animals’ When They Come to His Neighborhood‘
“On Thursday, the former ESPN basketball reporter, Chris Palmer, was seen gleefully posting about the confrontations occurring in Minneapolis by rioters claiming to be infuriated by the police-involved death of George Floyd. At one point, Palmer posted a tweet featuring a burning building that he captioned, “Burn that sh*t down. Burn it all down.”
But just over two days later, early on Sunday morning, Palmer posted a tweet excoriating the rioters for attacking a “gated community” near where he lived.
“They just attacked our sister community down the street,” Palmer wrote just after midnight on Sunday. “It’s a gated community and they tried to climb the gates. They had to beat them back. Then destroyed a Starbucks and are now in front of my building.”
Then came the hypocrisy: “Get these animals TF out of my neighborhood. Go back to where you live.”
He also went on to slam the rioters, saying, “Tear up your own shit. Don’t come to where we live at and tear our neighborhood up. We care about our community. If you don’t care about yours, I don’t give a shit.”
https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2020/05/31/nba-writer-cheers-mob-burning-affordable-housing-development-calls-animals-when-they-come-his-neighborhood/?
Hmmm. It’s a little different when you got skin in the game, eh Palmer? Yep, burn that shot down turns into NIMBY.
Quote of the weekend from violent protestor: “Now we are going to the neighborhoods to take back what is ours.” How precious. Children say the darnest things. Take back what is not yours, you mean. Just ask Chris Palmer, ROFLMAO
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They let the mask slip –
Fairfax County Democrats Call Riots ‘Part of This Country’s March Towards Progress’; UPDATE: Tweet Deleted
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/06/01/fairfax-county-democrats-call-riots-part-of-this-countrys-march-towards-progress/
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