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2020-06-02 -Lurid Crime Tales-
Antifa Riots Roundup
One dead in Louisville after police and National Guard 'return fire' on crowd
[NBCNEWS] Louisville authorities did not specify who fired the fatal shot, and authorities have not released information about the victim








Florida police chief encourages residents to shoot looters breaking into homes
[NYPOST] A Florida police chief on Monday encouraged residents to open fire on violent looters who try to enter their homes.

"I would tell them, if you value your life, they probably shouldn’t do that in Polk County. Because the people of Polk County like guns, they have guns, I encourage them to own guns, and they’re going to be in their homes tonight with their guns loaded," Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd told news hounds during a news briefing.

"And if you try to break into their homes to steal, to set fires, I’m highly recommending they blow you back out of the house with their guns. So, leave the community alone."






Minnesota officials say aggressive approach toward protests helped
[IsraelTimes] Officials in Minnesota say a more aggressive approach helped prevent another night of dangerous and damaging violence in Minneapolis from protests over the death of George Floyd.

The state poured thousands more National Guard soldiers into a response that came after repeated days of arson, property damage and looting on the city’s south side.

Public Safety Commissioner John Harrington says law enforcement tried to move quickly to break up groups of protesters who ignored an 8 p.m. curfew that was in place for the first time.

Gov. Tim Walz called restoring order the first step toward addressing the systemic problems that contributed to the death of Floyd, who died after a police officer pressed his knee on Floyd’s neck for several minutes. Walz said the curfew will remain in place for at least one more day.


From Twitter: Vid Evidence of a Bernie Organizer's Key Role in The Insurrection
Poster: charger
Name of Martin Weissgerber.

Arrest him and do what you have to do to get him to talk.




Richmond Leftist Rioters Torched Home with Children inside
[THEGATEWAYPUNDIT] The chief of the Richmond, Virginia, police department told reporters Sunday that Black Lives Matter and antifa rioters set fire to a multi-family home with children inside and then blocked access for firefighters to get through to save the children.

Richmond Police Chief William Smith broke down while speaking about the horrible burning deaths of a children after their occupied building was torched by rioters.


'We came to riot': Illinois man livestreamed lighting fires, handing out explosives in Minneapolis
[STARTRIBUNE] Matthew Lee Rupert, 28, is charged with civil disorder, possession of unregistered explosives and participating in and organizing riots, making him the first to face federal prosecution for allegedly taking part in the fires, looting and other violence that engulfed the Twin Cities since the death of George Floyd in police custody.

Last Thursday night, Rupert, of Galesburg, Ill., posted on his public Facebook page an invitation for "goons" to join him in traveling to Minneapolis, where he said he was renting hotel rooms and planned to wreak havoc and "take hella good videos."








Knoxville: 9 charged with disorderly conduct after night of vandalism
Photos and names at link. It will be interesting to learn of their connections — the FBI is no doubt starting to discover the network.



Yesterday Lex posted the link to Law Enforcement Today, because they’re doing a good roundup of breaking stories on the subject. And I wanted to capture something Iblis commented:
Had an opportunity to watch the riots in one major city over the weekend. I am by no means a trained observer, but I did notice a few things.

There were clearly 2 shifts. The first was mixed race, gender. Many couples. Some brought children. They had signs and water. Demonstrated during the day, then started leaving around 4PM. The second shift started showing up after that. Nearly 100% young male. Masks, helmets, some weapons. Noticed obvious signs of organization. Guys on motorcycles were moving around speaking with individuals stationed at different locations. Vans moving in and out. Same vehicles showing up repeatedly. Once the police started moving the crowd back with tear gas, the rioters went to individuals with bottles of a white powder. This was applied to the face and seemed to neutralize the tear gas. These guys were strategically positioned, and the rioters knew about them.


From Portland: Video of BLM/Antifa beating Good Samaritan who tried to aid elderly victim
Poster: Lex

Minneapolis police union head defends cops, blames protests on ‘terrorists’
[IsraelTimes] Union president Lt. Bob Kroll says in a letter to union members that they have lacked support at the top, and that the “terrorist movement” occurring in Minneapolis was years in the making, starting with a minimized police force.

Kroll also said that Floyd’s criminal history is not being told. The AP has reported last week that Floyd was charged in 2007 with armed robbery in a home invasion in Houston and was sentenced to five years in prison as part of a plea deal, according to court documents.

Kroll said all four officers are represented by defense attorneys, and labor attorneys are fighting for their jobs. He said the officers were fired without due process.
Posted by Fred 2020-06-02 00:00|| || Front Page|| [12 views ]  Top
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#1 Looters target Manhattan stores as horrific video captures cops being RAMMED in Buffalo and Army is deployed to keep the peace in Washington DC amid violent protests erupt in cities across the US
Posted by Skidmark 2020-06-02 00:38||   2020-06-02 00:38|| Front Page Top

#2 Donald Trump says 'I am your law and order president,' orders 'heavily-armed soldiers' to D.C. and threatens to deploy military nationwide - then has protesters tear-gassed outside White House so he can walk to a fire-damaged church and brandish a Bible
Posted by Skidmark 2020-06-02 00:40||   2020-06-02 00:40|| Front Page Top

#3 Cuomo announces 11pm-5am NYC curfew and says he will put another 4,000 cops on the streets after Trump said he had to 'toughen up' in his response to looters and riots
Posted by Skidmark 2020-06-02 00:41||   2020-06-02 00:41|| Front Page Top

#4 #2 Not Bee.
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-06-02 00:43||   2020-06-02 00:43|| Front Page Top

#5 
Posted by charger 2020-06-02 00:46||   2020-06-02 00:46|| Front Page Top

#6 Minnesota governor DEMOBILIZES the National Guard but says he will extend curfew for another two days amid ongoing George Floyd protests
Posted by Skidmark 2020-06-02 00:46||   2020-06-02 00:46|| Front Page Top

#7 White ex-Marine bar owner will NOT be charged with shooting and killing Black Lives Matter protester in Nebraska after prosecutor concluded gunman acted in self-defense
Posted by Skidmark 2020-06-02 00:48||   2020-06-02 00:48|| Front Page Top

#8 h/t Instapundit

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-06-02 00:49||   2020-06-02 00:49|| Front Page Top

#9 Defense secretary tells governors to 'dominate the battle-space' in nation's cities as he and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff join Donald Trump on crisis call
Posted by Skidmark 2020-06-02 00:49||   2020-06-02 00:49|| Front Page Top

#10 Good, high-level back ground and analysis of the use of Federal Troops to put down insurrection
Posted by Mercutio 2020-06-02 06:55||   2020-06-02 06:55|| Front Page Top

#11 Even my new hometown of Quincy's gonna get some of it; there's an 'event' tonight and I might go check it out. Some Quincy Center businesses are boarded up, and my roommate (local cop) has that for a detail tonight.

Two observations from watching all this stuff last night and the first one has already been brought up - a good amount of these people are in fact organized. Why did I see some women walking around with 1/2 gallon jugs of milk? Because those are the medics, as Any Ngo's spelled out. Two - none of these jackasses knows how to good ol' fashioned fistfight, much less did I see any signs of training, like martial arts. I'm not sweating a god damn thing from these punks unless I see firepower.
Posted by Raj 2020-06-02 09:37||   2020-06-02 09:37|| Front Page Top

#12 Be safe, Raj.
You don't know what weapons they're bringing.
Posted by Lex 2020-06-02 09:50||   2020-06-02 09:50|| Front Page Top

#13 Lawless America: Police officer is shot in the head in Vegas, four officers are shot in St Louis, cops are rammed by an SUV in Buffalo and looters ransack Manhattan on another night of riots across US after Trump vowed to crack down
Posted by Skidmark 2020-06-02 10:13||   2020-06-02 10:13|| Front Page Top

#14 Raj, take an advisory from the truck driver, sword carrier and machete guy, The mobs swarmed them.

Single assailant self-defense strategies may not prevail.
Posted by Skidmark 2020-06-02 10:16||   2020-06-02 10:16|| Front Page Top

#15 Trump says New York has been 'lost' to 'thugs and lowlife scum' after looters ransack Fifth Avenue and Macy's in second round of smash-and-grabs as curfew is brought forward from 11pm to 8pm - but the National Guard still isn't brought in
Posted by Skidmark 2020-06-02 10:18||   2020-06-02 10:18|| Front Page Top

#16 Cop is beaten by rioters on the streets of New York as looters defy curfew to ransack Manhattan stores again and another officer is run over on seventh night of unrest sparked by the killing of George Floyd
Posted by Skidmark 2020-06-02 10:22||   2020-06-02 10:22|| Front Page Top

#17 What Skid said, Raj.

Don't go into the street. Too many good samaritans now being jumped by mobs of jackals now for that to be worth the risk.
Posted by Lex 2020-06-02 10:26||   2020-06-02 10:26|| Front Page Top

#18 Looters run wild in Bronx as video shows NYPD officer being beaten: 'Fordham is on fire'
Posted by Skidmark 2020-06-02 10:29||   2020-06-02 10:29|| Front Page Top

#19 'Nightmare for pharmacist': Looters target prescription drugs when ransacking drugstores amid protests
Posted by Skidmark 2020-06-02 10:30||   2020-06-02 10:30|| Front Page Top

#20 Justice for the riot victims!
Posted by Abu Uluque 2020-06-02 11:09||   2020-06-02 11:09|| Front Page Top

#21 Black Baltimore cop is suspended after knocking out 'mentally ill' black woman who punched his white colleague twice in the head

Teach him not to put "cop" before "black"!
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-06-02 12:58||   2020-06-02 12:58|| Front Page Top

#22 I would tell them, if you value your life, they probably shouldn’t do that in Polk County.

Go to Broward county instead?
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-06-02 13:16||   2020-06-02 13:16|| Front Page Top

#23 At least we know who's to blame the despicable death of George Floyd in Minneapolis was a result of the police officers being trained by the Israel Police.
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-06-02 13:24||   2020-06-02 13:24|| Front Page Top

#24 #23 - I think Omar just creamed herself
Posted by Mercutio 2020-06-02 13:35||   2020-06-02 13:35|| Front Page Top

#25 ^Number of yoga instructors shot by Israeli police?
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-06-02 13:46||   2020-06-02 13:46|| Front Page Top

#26 You know what? I'm gonna do what a normal person does in these situations - work late and earn money. Let these assholes reinforce just who the problem comes from.
Posted by Raj 2020-06-02 14:24||   2020-06-02 14:24|| Front Page Top

#27 ...yep, earn that money that the pols will take or debase to pay the Danegeld.
Posted by Procopius2k 2020-06-02 16:37||   2020-06-02 16:37|| Front Page Top

#28 Antifa just replaced the 1900s KKK as the brownshirt arm of the Democratic Party.
Posted by 3dc 2020-06-02 17:03||   2020-06-02 17:03|| Front Page Top

#29 "The Armed Wing of the Democrat Party."
Posted by Fred 2020-06-02 17:39||   2020-06-02 17:39|| Front Page Top

#30 Screw it - I'm gonna recon Quincy Center on my road bike until sunset; wide berth will be given to the Antifa goons, though I bet their A team's at Franklin Park right now.

I'll report back later.
Posted by Raj 2020-06-02 19:00||   2020-06-02 19:00|| Front Page Top

#31 Summary - 400 people marched up from Quincy Center on Hancock Street shouting the usual lefty shit, probably gonna stop at North Quincy High. I bailed 1/2 way through.

No Antifa-types in that crowd, that's for sure - again, they're all in Roxbury right now.
Posted by Raj 2020-06-02 19:35||   2020-06-02 19:35|| Front Page Top

#32 Update - some of them peeled off and are heading my way towards Eastern Nazarene College, sez my cop roommate. Rain just started, so maybe that gets 'em wet!
Posted by Raj 2020-06-02 19:47||   2020-06-02 19:47|| Front Page Top

#33 Update - they marched up the other street for me. Made some neighbors over there; they were all clapping for the protestors. When the cops closed up the rear, I loudly clapped for them. Get the fuck outta my area and good riddance.
Posted by Raj 2020-06-02 20:08||   2020-06-02 20:08|| Front Page Top

#34 #32 - at least they get showers
Posted by Frank G 2020-06-02 21:05||   2020-06-02 21:05|| Front Page Top

#35 Trump should take the opportunity to break the Police Unions. Let the Democrats come out in support of their donor and all of their protection of bad apples.
Posted by rjschwarz 2020-06-02 21:49||   2020-06-02 21:49|| Front Page Top

#36 Thanks for the report, Raj. Very glad you stayed safe.
Posted by trailing wife 2020-06-02 22:30||   2020-06-02 22:30|| Front Page Top

#37 I just spotted a sign at the State House in Boston - Black Trans Lives Matter.
Posted by Raj 2020-06-02 22:50||   2020-06-02 22:50|| Front Page Top

#38 The punks in Brockton were / still launching fireworks at the cops; wimpy local reporters (all three channels) calling them 'firecrackers', apparently not recognizing Bursting Stars and roman candles. Idiots.
Posted by Raj 2020-06-02 22:52||   2020-06-02 22:52|| Front Page Top

#39 The ones marching through Quincy were all college kids who can't fight; there was nothing to worry about.

Stay safe and carry a quarterstaff!
Posted by Raj 2020-06-02 22:53||   2020-06-02 22:53|| Front Page Top

#40 Downtown area of my major city is boarded up and looted out. One black transvestite idiot was yelling at the police. I walked by the idiot stood next to "it" and looked at the police and gave "it" a thumbs down and them a thumbs up. I am a pretty big tall guy plus in body builder shape, I can get away with a lot of sh*t fearlessly and none of them have figured out how to deal with that safely, because they are stupid.

I study and use The Art of War, Sun Tzu and with 6 cops and me next to this lone idiot was my opportunity to make maximum impact without concern. Only when I walked away did "it" started yelling at me and no longer at the police, but knew to move my way, then "it" left 30 seconds later, a loser.

itwasgreat!!!
Posted by Dr. Wheat Faartz007 2020-06-02 23:02||   2020-06-02 23:02|| Front Page Top

#41 but knew NOT to move my way, then "it" left 30 seconds later, a loser.
Posted by Dr. Wheat Faartz007 2020-06-02 23:04||   2020-06-02 23:04|| Front Page Top

#42 Cops pushing back on the Brockton punks; about 100 in the immediate downtown area, another 100 in adjacent blocks.
Posted by Raj 2020-06-02 23:07||   2020-06-02 23:07|| Front Page Top

#43 Black Trans Lives Matter

= transitioning to Black?
or from Black?
Posted by Lex 2020-06-02 23:17||   2020-06-02 23:17|| Front Page Top

#44 Makes me laugh because 'it' was probably the preferred pronoun.
Posted by rjschwarz 2020-06-02 23:48||   2020-06-02 23:48|| Front Page Top

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