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Protests in Detroit

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PassiveAce
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States18076 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-05-30 20:36:03
May 30 2020 19:55 GMT
#1
I went to the protests in Detroit last night and wrote down some of what I saw before I went to sleep. Here it is:

There were maybe a thousand protestors just kind of chilling around city hall when riot police started slowly pushing the crowds back with tear gas, shields and mace. I didn't see anyone rioting but there were a few people who were obviously trying to provoke a bigger confrontation with the police.

Occasionally the police would charge crowds without their shields and arrest whoever didn't get out of the street fast enough. I saw about five or six unarmed people with their hands in the air get thrown to the ground and beaten during these charges. I saw one police officer fire some sort of tear gas cannon directly into a girl's back from about 3 feet away as she was walking away. I also saw police beat and arrest numerous people who's only crime was shit talking them.

A teenager was shot in the head about 50 feet away from me. The sound of the shot started a small stampede. I saw his feet as the body was loaded into the ambulance a few minutes later.

Some videos I took before and during the initial riot police push:






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Starlightsun
Profile Blog Joined June 2016
United States1405 Posts
May 30 2020 21:00 GMT
#2
On May 31 2020 04:55 PassiveAce wrote:
A teenager was shot in the head about 50 feet away from me. The sound of the shot started a small stampede. I saw his feet as the body was loaded into the ambulance a few minutes later.


Shot in the head with a tear gas canister I hope you mean? Frightening to watch...
PassiveAce
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States18076 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-05-30 21:06:07
May 30 2020 21:01 GMT
#3
Not a tear gas canister, sadly...
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Starlightsun
Profile Blog Joined June 2016
United States1405 Posts
May 30 2020 21:07 GMT
#4
Just looked it up... some guy in a van fired into the crowd?
PassiveAce
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States18076 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-05-30 21:12:36
May 30 2020 21:10 GMT
#5
I think it was a Dodge Durango. It was only a single gunshot though. If he had fired a bunch of shots off instead of just the one than I would have joined the stampede.
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Starlightsun
Profile Blog Joined June 2016
United States1405 Posts
May 30 2020 21:12 GMT
#6
That's fucked... hope they catch who it was.
PassiveAce
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States18076 Posts
May 30 2020 21:15 GMT
#7
I bet they will... The guy committed a murder literally right in front of the city hall. I assume there are cameras all over.
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Deleted User 3420
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
24492 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-05-30 22:04:46
May 30 2020 22:04 GMT
#8
There are bad actors out there in many of these cities attempting to escalate things as much as possible.
Thank you for sharing with us.
NrG.Bamboo
Profile Blog Joined December 2006
United States2756 Posts
May 30 2020 22:06 GMT
#9
That is intense.. thank you for sharing what you saw.
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farvacola
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States18825 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-05-30 22:26:26
May 30 2020 22:22 GMT
#10
Just visited my brother in Detroit today, not many signs of last night’s events in the downtown. Thank you for sharing your story.
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JoinTheRain
Profile Blog Joined September 2018
Bulgaria408 Posts
May 31 2020 11:27 GMT
#11
What are they protesting against in Detroit? I read about protests in Minneapolis over the death of a black man. Is this the reason elsewhere? If so, I must praise the US society.
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AttackZerg
Profile Blog Joined January 2003
United States7454 Posts
May 31 2020 13:28 GMT
#12
On May 31 2020 20:27 JoinTheRain wrote:
What are they protesting against in Detroit? I read about protests in Minneapolis over the death of a black man. Is this the reason elsewhere? If so, I must praise the US society.

From what I saw in our city last night, it is more like... the straw that broke the camels back.

I feel bad for what's coming. White America didnt give a shit when police tortured and beat people in every major city back in Occupy.

This is a protest-rebellion-riotus mix.

I think the next week there will be more videos of police brutality than the year 2020 has seen to date.

The riots got a few blocks from my appt and destroyed basically 15 blocks on the Northside of J st.

The hood showed up as the actual protest ended and... the group of geniuses I was near conscripted the group I was in to break into a bevmo. I left.

Just saw bevmo got pummeled.

Be safe and if you are going out. Please, consciously decide what you will be involved in. Dont fall for groupthink. Make your own choices.




JoinTheRain
Profile Blog Joined September 2018
Bulgaria408 Posts
May 31 2020 17:46 GMT
#13
AttackZerg wrote:
From what I saw in our city last night, it is more like... the straw that broke the camels back.

Oh, I see. But if they don't have cohesion they will amount to nothing. I mean, protesting points to some high level of disturbance in the society but without a cause protests are like droplets of water in a hot pan.

AttackZerg wrote:
This is a protest-rebellion-riotus mix.

People have to have a cause to stand behind. Anti police brutality rally - I can get that anytime. Abuse of power from governing officers is no doubt repulsive and should not be tolerated.
But to just go out and vandalize a bevmo or whatever, this smacks on criminal activity that needs severe punishing, arrests and interrogations at the least and prison time is highly possible.

Whatever the case is, I hope things get settled for the good of all involved parties, change laws or something, I don't know. Certainly the world as a whole needs all the tranquillity it can get in order to recover from CoViD-2019. And the USA are like a barometer for the world, when things mess up there, all the nations soon feel the shock.
The subject-matter of the art of living is each person's own life.
AttackZerg
Profile Blog Joined January 2003
United States7454 Posts
May 31 2020 23:49 GMT
#14
On June 01 2020 02:46 JoinTheRain wrote:
Show nested quote +
AttackZerg wrote:
From what I saw in our city last night, it is more like... the straw that broke the camels back.

Oh, I see. But if they don't have cohesion they will amount to nothing. I mean, protesting points to some high level of disturbance in the society but without a cause protests are like droplets of water in a hot pan.

Show nested quote +
AttackZerg wrote:
This is a protest-rebellion-riotus mix.

People have to have a cause to stand behind. Anti police brutality rally - I can get that anytime. Abuse of power from governing officers is no doubt repulsive and should not be tolerated.
But to just go out and vandalize a bevmo or whatever, this smacks on criminal activity that needs severe punishing, arrests and interrogations at the least and prison time is highly possible.

Whatever the case is, I hope things get settled for the good of all involved parties, change laws or something, I don't know. Certainly the world as a whole needs all the tranquillity it can get in order to recover from CoViD-2019. And the USA are like a barometer for the world, when things mess up there, all the nations soon feel the shock.


I completely agree with you. But I feel like a member of my society.

Many of the people doing criminal or anti-social things do not feel apart of the social contract that I agree to.

To be more accurate then before, during the day well over 90%+ of the people are protesting cruelty and violence from police as night falls hundreds and hundreds of poor 11-16 years old flooded into the city to specifically rob and vandalize.

I stand 5'6 and most of these kids were shoulder level to me.

It never occurred to be how bad it is in other communities. I am getting my unemployment and a stimulus. I feel safe.

From what I gathered last night. Selling drugs and stolen goods is the only way for people to make money right now.
I dont know

I am still in pandemic response mode. I cannot imagine how bad coronavirus is going to get now.

My prediction has been 560,000 - 620,000 dead by Jan 1st.
Between the reopen crowd and the dont-murder-blacks crowds.... we have undone all we worked for.
LtCalley
Profile Joined March 2011
United States244 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-06-01 11:40:15
June 01 2020 11:34 GMT
#15
just like black america doesn't care that 4% of the U.S. population commits 50% of the homicides.

because according to the media, white on black hate crimes are rampant...in actuality, the opposite is true.

according to FBI statistics, 90% of violent interracial crime is black on white.


enjoy your unemployment and stimulus...as a truck driver, a lot of us are out here still working, and not sitting at home under a blanket worrying. you're welcome

(and no, i'm not a hero)


On May 31 2020 22:28 AttackZerg wrote:
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On May 31 2020 20:27 JoinTheRain wrote:
What are they protesting against in Detroit? I read about protests in Minneapolis over the death of a black man. Is this the reason elsewhere? If so, I must praise the US society.

From what I saw in our city last night, it is more like... the straw that broke the camels back.

I feel bad for what's coming. White America didnt give a shit when police tortured and beat people in every major city back in Occupy.









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PassiveAce
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States18076 Posts
June 01 2020 14:12 GMT
#16
On June 01 2020 20:34 LtCalley wrote:
I'm retarded

Very cool man
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JimmyJRaynor
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada16680 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-06-01 15:43:21
June 01 2020 15:10 GMT
#17
On June 01 2020 20:34 LtCalley wrote:
because according to the media, white on black hate crimes are rampant...in actuality, the opposite is true.

according to FBI statistics, 90% of violent interracial crime is black on white.

Does any one take the mainstream media seriously any longer?

These idiot News Anchormen have been correctly portrayed as bumbling baffoons for 50+ years. For example, "Ted Baxter" on the Mary Tyler Moore show.



It is interesting to see how Minneapolis is portrayed in this 70s sitcom.
On June 01 2020 23:12 PassiveAce wrote:
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On June 01 2020 20:34 LtCalley wrote:
I'm retarded

Very cool man

be better to directly address the points made 1 by 1. All this does is continue the cycle of non-communication.
On May 31 2020 04:55 PassiveAce wrote:
I also saw police beat and arrest numerous people who's only crime was shit talking them.

A proper outcome in this example depends upon the precise meaning of "shit talking". At Yonge//Dundas Square in downtown Toronto this morning I saw a guy mouthing off to a police officer for at least ten minutes. What a moron.
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PassiveAce
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States18076 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-06-01 16:15:24
June 01 2020 16:11 GMT
#18
be better to directly address the points made 1 by 1. All this does is continue the cycle of non-communication.

Non-communication is my ideal outcome in this instance
Call me Marge Simpson cuz I love you homie
JimmyJRaynor
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada16680 Posts
Last Edited: 2020-06-01 16:22:18
June 01 2020 16:21 GMT
#19
On June 02 2020 01:11 PassiveAce wrote:
Show nested quote +
be better to directly address the points made 1 by 1. All this does is continue the cycle of non-communication.

Non-communication is my ideal outcome in this instance

ya , you didn't do that though. you replied. name calling doesn't help.
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PassiveAce
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United States18076 Posts
June 01 2020 16:23 GMT
#20
On June 02 2020 01:21 JimmyJRaynor wrote:
i am also dumb as rocks.

Amazing

User was warned for this post
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