Gloves are off, they are shooting anyone for any reason in LA

[Mr.WeRP]

This needs to stop but until a court blocks Trump, we are headed for civil war.

This is what they are doing to citizens:

https://www.reddit.com/r/50501/s/TNySz6XPnl

[lamp_shade]

1. Holy Shit

[Silent Type]

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

Those blue uniforms are not Guard or Marines, not that they wouldn’t shoot if trump and his henchman ordered it.

[Mr.WeRP]

4. LAPD would not be there if not for Trump

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

[Silent Type]

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

[Hekate]

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

…that you know how far Trump has gone.

[C Moon]

12. They're has been a lot of that here in the past week.

To me it sounds like the posters are siding with trump.

[Hekate]

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

This particular thing wasn’t here, but I expect to see it: “Newsom is making this all about himself” according to Susan Del Percio when I tuned in to MSNBC earlier today, whic inanity caused me to instantly turn off the tv.

[C Moon]

36. Newsom's latest speech

was nothing short of brilliant.

[Tribetime]

19. Yes some here think they know better than the Mayor and Govenor

[TnDem]

24. re: blame

Who do we blame for the looting that is all over YouTube? How does that help our case?

[Jack Valentino]

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

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'

[H2O Man]

34. Key points.

[TnDem]

38. re: looting

It doesn't matter, it sets up a video moment and makes the entire protest look bad. We need to be loudly condemning looting and blame it on what it is, and not politics on either side.

And let's be honest, they are doing it to flat out steal shit and we all know it.

[stillcool]

6. I don't think there's any stopping them

as someone said on bluesky we're much further along than we know. The cops, ICE, the Guard...the military are only going to make it worse. The George Floyd protests reminded me exactly who the cops are. All those rubber bullets that blinded 23 people? Those were cops.

[Magoo48]

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

We have not decided, as a nation, if we are willing to be inconvenienced enough to fight for our own freedoms.

[Hekate]

17. Rachel Maddow has been giving a good accounting of nationwide protest numbers...

There are a LOT of us, and growing. Watch Rachel — she’s on every MONDAY night

Apologies for typo

[Magoo48]

18. Thanks.

[Dixiegrrrl]

37. Her shows are also on you tube. N/t

[stillcool]

22. Haven't you seen the 50501 protests?

[Magoo48]

23. Unfortunately, the protests in my community have been small to this point.

I have seen videos of some really impressive crowds around the country, yet, I feel like the sustained masses required for the impact. We desire are a long way off. I will be out on Saturday locally. I do wish more high school and college age young folks would attend. we do have a lot of old folks like myself, and the rest seem to be made up of middle aged people. It is what it is; perhaps, I am simply being impatient. Big respect for all those attending. stay creative everyone.

[stillcool]

25. understandable. I haven't been able

to get to the last ones, and I know there is more I could do, but? I'm having a hard time doing life.

[H2O Man]

35. There are times

when people can't make it to every rally and meeting. In hard times, that can mean not being at any of them. That's okay. Take care of yourself first. That is the most important thing you can do. We are in a long struggle, and our numbers are growing.

[Jack Valentino]

29. If the LAPD continue to shoot somewhat lightly clad single young women with rubber bullets,

that can't fail to help our cause--- even though the police are not our REAL enemy,
just opportunists for violence with a badge....

Probably the shooter would have preferred to RAPE her,
but figured he could only get away with shooting her with a rubber bullet.

THERE's a cop I would like to see DOXXED.... !!!!

[electricmonk]

33. And for anyone that needs a reminder here's a spreadsheet

of incidents of police violence during the George Floyd protests. Unfortunately a lot of the videos were hosted on Twitter so a bunch of them are missing but there's still a ton available there or other places like YouTube. Link opens a Google Drive spreadsheet.

https://tinyurl.com/GFProtestPoliceBrutality

[Deuxcents]

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

[Jack Valentino]

31. And most notably to me, she was a woman of color rushing to help

what I interpreted to be a "white woman"--- although her race wasn't very clear,
she clearly was not a "black woman".... Yes, the "nurse" is an angel and a heroine.

[LauraInLA]

7. Well, shit. Please, everyone share this everywhere you can.

[LauraInLA]

8. Here's a link to the TikTok video.

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8M35Urf/

[StarryNite]

9. I hope the woman who took the video

sent it to Newsom.

[nolabear]

11. I hope she sent it to MSNBC, CNN, MeidasTouch, and everywhere.

[orangecrush]

14. Welcome to DU

Bye.

[Jack Valentino]

32. You leaving, orangecrush ???

I see no good reason for your dismissal of that poster, whom I recognize as being around here for some time...

[orchidlady]

16. questions

has anyone verified where and when this incident occurred? was NOT today, as vid is dark and it's not yet 4 pm in LA. could be from last night? looks like city police and not ICE. any thoughts?

[Figarosmom]

20. The media is pretty much

Selling out the citizens by reporting that its a "riot". Just like elections are horse races, protests are "breaking news" stories and have to be sensationalized.

So people sitting in their houses watching the news are going, "well, they deserve it".

That's exactly what happened with Kent state. People said " well, maybe they shouldn't have been throwing rocks." Like being shot and killed was equal to stone throwing.

The media KNOWS THIS AND STILL THEY DO IT.

[enigmania]

21. The media, like the Right, is really into victim blaming.

[Jack Valentino]

26. Cops who are that anxious to test their rubber bullets against a single non-threatening young woman,

ought to be made to feel something else coming at them---
hey, they're all wearing body armor anyway, aren't they? wtf?

Shocking video.... completely uncalled for--- that motherfucker who fired
DESERVES to be MADE TO FEEL PAIN in return!!!!

When one thinks of the "Los Angeles Police Department",
the words "responsible use of force" have NEVER been the first that come to mind....


I was not inclined to blame the LAPD for anything regarding this riot,
until NOW.....

[Bayard]

28. Once again, I see no rioting crowds

Just this poor girl walking home, and the lady who saved her. Is there a curfew?

[B.See]

30. All of it, Trump's testing of the waters for

Nationwide GESTAPO assaults.

Trump: Well, we’re going to have troops everywhere.
Reporter: What’s the bar for sending in the Marines?
Trump: The bar is what I think it is.
.