Quote (Goomshill @ Oct 23 2023 04:38am)
They've been doing the same thing numerous times since George Floyd, its the same people, same places. Cops are told to stand down, protesters shut down streets without a permit and some unlucky motorist stumbles into it and gets attacked by the mob. The worst incident was the truck driver on I35 delivering gas who came over the hill, saw thousands of people illegally swarming on the bridge and miraculously braked fast enough to stop just short of the crowd. Would have been hundreds killed without his fast reaction. Mobs reaction was to beat him and mug him and steal his phone and wallet. DA Ellisons reaction was to charge the truck driver and none of the rioters. Why do you think the cops want no part of that?
Stumbles into it isn't a great description for trying to drive through it. I think this type of protest is extremely stupid and likely to lead to violence but they were also not just attacking random cars. The man tried to drive through and then got out to wave around a knife.
https://twitter.com/ByGeorgiaFort/status/1716253416291246486?t=JvJjkFZo9Ro4_OPCENXKDw&s=19The reason it was allowed before is exactly the same, so the resulting violence could be used to justify new government policies or interests. The only difference is the framing, if someone had run down a crowd of Floyd enthusiasts it would be framed like Charlottesville and the left would have eaten it up, just like the right is going to eat up this narrative.