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:
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...
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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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