Article

2020-06-03 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Los Angeles mayor kneels with protesters

[TheHill] Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti (D), who has been the target of sharp criticism by activists for his handling of protests in the city against police brutality, knelt with protesters on Tuesday as demonstrators urged him to defund the city's police department.

Garcetti knelt with the crowd at City Hall amid chants of "Defund the police!" Demonstrators separately gathered outside his home and urged him to defund the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD).

Protests have called for Garcetti to fire LAPD Police Chief Michel Moore, who provoked widespread backlash when he claimed the death of George Floyd in police custody was "on [looters’] hands as much as it is those officers." Moore later apologized.

"A black face should not be a sentence to die, nor to be homeless, nor to be sick, nor to be under-employed, nor to be under-educated," Garcetti said. "We need a country that listens."

Demonstrators on Tuesday afternoon emphasized the need to keep the protests peaceful, with one man calling for protesters approaching a line of officers near one intersection to turn back, according to The Los Angeles Times. The vast majority of unrest, looting or property damage amid the protests has occurred after dark.

Garcetti was not present for the protests at his official residence, where actor Kendrick Sampson of HBO’s "Insecure" led a chant of "Whose streets? Our streets!"

Posted by Besoeker 2020-06-03 01:12|| || Front Page|| [11136 views ] Top
File under: Antifa

#1 No surer way to earn these savages' contempt.

Hard to imagine a better example of political cuckoldry than this appalling charade.

Betting that we will soon read that his his house has been broken into and his family terrorized (or worse).

Posted by Lex 2020-06-03 01:25|| 2020-06-03 01:25|| Front Page Top

#2 Still no indication he has achieved native fluency in 'jive.'

Posted by Besoeker 2020-06-03 01:29|| 2020-06-03 01:29|| Front Page Top

#3 Kneel to everyone but God. Got it.

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-06-03 02:12|| 2020-06-03 02:12|| Front Page Top

#4 A former colleague, published author, and historian writes:

I love historical parallels which lead to pattern analysis.

In 1861 a good part of Northern Democrats did everything they could to prevent Lincoln from subduing the Confederacy. They were determined to destroy Lincoln’s presidency even if it led to a Confederate victory.

In 2020 a good part of Democrats are doing everything they can to prevent Trump from subduing Antifa. They are determined to destroy Trump’s presidency as we face a leftist insurrection.

Posted by Besoeker 2020-06-03 02:15|| 2020-06-03 02:15|| Front Page Top

#5 Trump 2020.

The right to resist arrest while high as f**K on fentanyl is not a constitutional right, nor is there a right to loot because you're a black bigot.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2020-06-03 03:25|| 2020-06-03 03:25|| Front Page Top

#6 @ #4 - Life is cycles...why history repeats itself.

Posted by Clem 2020-06-03 06:46|| 2020-06-03 06:46|| Front Page Top

#7 Good old Mayor Yoga Pants...

Posted by Abu Uluque 2020-06-03 11:58|| 2020-06-03 11:58|| Front Page Top

#8 Surrendering is becoming.

Posted by 49 Pan 2020-06-03 13:34|| 2020-06-03 13:34|| Front Page Top

#9 Will LA re-elect this fool? It'll be fascinating to watch the numbers next time he's up for election.

Posted by rjschwarz 2020-06-03 13:58|| 2020-06-03 13:58|| Front Page Top

#10 It'll be fascinating to watch the numbers next time he's up for election.

The people who always whine about low voter turnout will say nothing when he's re-elected by double digits of 18% of the electorate there. Same for NYC.

Posted by M. Murcek 2020-06-03 14:15|| 2020-06-03 14:15|| Front Page Top

#11 Mayor Yoga Pants will likely not run again - he has had two terms already to fuck everything up enough

Posted by Frank G 2020-06-03 14:22|| 2020-06-03 14:22|| Front Page Top

#12 Many cities of the ancient world fell to barbarians, not because the walls failed but because they were betrayed from within.

Posted by Procopius2k 2020-06-03 20:27|| 2020-06-03 20:27|| Front Page Top

17:48 49 Pan
17:38 Lord Garth
17:29 alanc
17:09 BrerRabbit
16:13 Pancho Poodle8452
16:08 Beavis
16:08 Lord Garth
15:52 Lord Garth
15:28 trailing wife
15:26 Pancho Poodle8452
15:26 trailing wife
14:34 Frank G
14:28 Melancholic
14:27 NoMoreBS
14:14 swksvolFF
14:12 swksvolFF
13:54 mossomo
13:51 mossomo
13:50 NoMoreBS
13:50 Abu Uluque
13:44 Abu Uluque
13:41 NoMoreBS
13:39 Abu Uluque
13:36 mossomo