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[–]Oneda[S] 20 insightful - 6 fun20 insightful - 5 fun21 insightful - 6 fun -  (5 children)

Actual News Source: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8373657/Shocking-moment-Dallas-rioters-hurl-ROCKS-store-owner-tried-defend-shop-sword.html

First of all, for those who don't know, a man named George Floyd, a black man, was recently killed by a murderous cop in the city Minneapolis. Although George was already on the ground and restrained, the cop still wouldn't take off his knee from George's neck. George couldn't breathe, lost consciousness, and died after around 7 or 8 minutes of being held in that position. This sparked outrage among people and protests began. Eventually, protests led to rioting and looting by people who saw this as an opportunity to steal from businesses and burn them down.

This innocent man decided to protect his business and his neighborhood, so when the rioters/looters came, he tried to chase them away with a sword. The rioters/looters ganged up on him, threw rocks and him, beat him up with skateboards, kicked and punched him in the head. He lay there twisted and lifeless with injuries on his head.

What angers me the most is that there are people who would use George's death as a reason to "protest" (the meaning of the word seems to have become synonymous to rioting and looting) and there are actually people who support the use of violence and destruction of property. Tell me, in what way does stealing from people and destroying their livelihoods going to help you get this so called "justice" for George? How is stealing and the destruction of livelihoods supposed to help in your fight against "racism"? How does stealing from a Fedex Truck help get justice for George and fight racism? No, these activities don't actually help at all because these are criminal acts fueled by selfishness.

These rioters/looters are all bullshit. They never really cared about George. They never really cared about racism. If they really cared, then they wouldn't be hurting people and destroying businesses. They would be out there peacefully protesting instead of doing destructive crime. People who support these rioters/looters/criminals should think for a moment and ask the following questions:

"What if I lost my JOB because they burned down my work place?"

"What if my family or friends got killed because they got in the way of these rioters/looters?"

"What if they target my home next?"

These rioters/looters act all shocked and victimized when they see one of their own get dragged and crushed by a scared driver of a Fedex truck trying to get away. These criminals act as if they've done nothing wrong when they get hurt or killed by people or cops defending themselves. These rioters/looters act like entitled brats who believe they are always in the right and they can just do whatever they want. They are selfish, horrible people.

[–]RedditSaidit 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

"For those who don't know"

Literally not one person here doesn't know

[–]Battlesheep 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

These rioters/looters act like entitled brats who believe they are always in the right and they can just do whatever they want. They are selfish, horrible people.

That's the 1% you are talking about now, right. You know that, right? Black or white, left or right, they need us to fight each other, they will always find away.

[–]RedditSaidit 3 insightful - 4 fun3 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

You replied to the wrong person you fuggin retard.

[–]HopeThatHalps 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

What angers me the most is that there are people who would use George's death as a reason to "protest"

People are not reading between the lines in all of this. Youre interpreting things too literally, taking people at their word. All of that "reason" is nothing more than pretense. People were psychologically ready to protest and loot, COVID lockdowns look and feel like government oppression, whether it be in the name of the public good notwisthstanding. This was a time for the state to walk on egg shells, instead they choked a black man to death and lit a fuse on a bomb that was already building.

[–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

You've got a level head. I enjoy reading your comments.

[–]godsfire 12 insightful - 3 fun12 insightful - 2 fun13 insightful - 3 fun -  (6 children)

I feel bad for this guy but he had a deadly weapon. in the first few seconds we see him chase someone with his sword. that goes beyond holding his ground. he could have killed someone himself. I understand why he was attacked. its too bad the rioters weren't able to hold back before killing him.

[–]Oneda[S] 11 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 0 fun12 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

That's the sad part. You're an innocent man trying to protect your home or business or your neighborhood from a huge number of rioters. You only have some kind of sword, no gun. You try to chase them away. The rioters think "Holy shit, he's fighting back, let's kill him!" and they do so. And the rioters have the audacity to think they have the right to do that when THEY are the ones causing trouble and danger in the first place. I really hope this poor man and his family gets justice.

It makes me feel bad that innocent people would have to kneel down and bow to these rioters if they want to survive, because fighting back means getting ganged up on and killed.

[–]MikeOochizitchy 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Time to buy a fucking gun instead of fucking using Excalibur

[–]bort 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Well I've read your spin and heard your soapbox. That doesn't change the fact that he ran into a crowd wielding a sword.

Almost none of them would have thought to connect him to the store, or seen him coming out of the shop. To the vast majority of the crowd he just appeared to be a guy that pulled a sword out and started chopping people, and not a guy defending his store.

[–]RocHardigan 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Luckily, he didn't die. Just got a beating for bringing out a sword.

[–]antinhkagent 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

You're a fucking asshole.

[–]Corsair420 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

There’s another video out there of the looters throwing rocks at him before hand.

[–]BruhMomentum 8 insightful - 2 fun8 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

First off he didn't die. Secondly what the fuck so you expect ? You run with a sword around "protecting" your business that wasn't even your business . He decided to attack no the other way around

[–]DoctorsHateHim 4 insightful - 4 fun4 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 4 fun -  (3 children)

There is video. The police need to go over that video with a fine toothed comb and arrest every one of those scumbags and charge with first degree murder. These aren't people who care about Floyd, these are people who are using the unrest as an opportunity to commit crimes.

[–]RocHardigan 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

The victim didn't die

[–]DoctorsHateHim 3 insightful - 4 fun3 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 4 fun -  (0 children)

oh, then it's okay. They were just protesting the Floyd incident. If he didn't die, perfectly okay. Everyone go about your business.

[–]antinhkagent 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Seriously?

[–]TopTierGoat 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Like nothing in here is accurate about this. Just fucking remove it.

[–]shotty2botty 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

So he didn't die? Go post somewhere else, snowflake.

[–]imaginaryperson 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/dallas/article243153526.html

They show a picture of the dude sitting up after the attack.

Direct link to photo:
https://twitter.com/realtor_austen/status/1266925315479285761/photo/1

It's crazy how many competing stories there are about this guy. There is a twitter account cited in the article(the account has since gone private) of a man claiming to be the guy in the video. Seems pretty credible, I don't know 100% though. If we are to believe the source, this was a guy who lives nearby and was concerned about the advancing protesters/rioters/looters and the damage they'd already done. He said he wanted to proactively protect his "favorite bar" which I'm guessing is the House of Blues mentioned in other articles. He seems to view his actions as a sort of preemptive strike to protects his neighborhood. He unsurprisingly says he now regrets doing what he did.

[–]PurpleHelmut71 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (10 children)

He must have been the only guy in Dallas not to have a gun.

[–]xellos 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

2020 and people like you still believe texans ride their horses to work and carry rifles in the saddle.

[–]antinhkagent 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (6 children)

he only guy in Dallas not to have a gun.

Unfortunately, it's not the Alamo culture it used to be. It's been swamped with liberals to turn the state blue.

[–]drlipshitze 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

I'm liberal and I own a gun. Stop painting one side more than the other for opinions like that. There are millions of gun owning liberals.

[–]antinhkagent 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Never said all liberals, nor does owning a gun make you anti-gun control or pro 2a. Gun control is a liberal issue, and if you are pro 2a, that means you overlap with a conservative belief because despite how dumb you are you are free thinking and not a mindless sheep. Congratulations. But you are definitely a dumb liberal because you put words in people's mouths instead of making a valid argument.

[–]drlipshitze 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

You're just mad you met a liberal that owns a gun and I invalidated your fantasy. Imagine voting for donald dump. Fantasy world in your brain. Ben fucking Shapiro didn't even vote for him in 2016, what's that say about you?

[–]antinhkagent 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Get over yourself. I want as many guns in circulation as possible, even in the hands of your dumb commie ass. But are you pro 2A? If you are afraid to answer, that's very telling. Ben Shaphiro didn't vote for the Great White Hope because he isn't republican. You have more in common with neocons like Shaphiro, McCaine, Romney than Trump's base, tool. Many trump voters identified as liberals before the party completely alienated their base with identity politics. #Walkaway is in full swing, you can suck it.

[–]drlipshitze 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Ben Shapiro is definitely republican. I am pro 2A, but that does not make me similar to trumps base as there are many liberal that are also pro 2A. I'm more, pro 2A, but want better gun control. Lol @ #walkaway. A movement sworn against FakeNews LOL - your fucking shit tier president called covid-19 a democratic hoax when it's effecting the ENTIRE planet. How could you ever, EVER listen to someone who says something like that and then believe them when they call everything FakeNews? Please don't tell me you think covid is fake either. If you do, then please, come work in my ICU. Tell the people laying face down, wearing diapers, on ventilators that iTs AlL a HoAx MuH pWeSidEnT SaYz So!!!!!

Tragic. Pitiful. SAD!

[–]antinhkagent 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

@Nice strawman but the argument isn't if he's a Republican, it's if his views are in line with trump voters. They aren't, and how far up your own ass do you have to be? Do you think we all voted for tumor McCain as well? God you're being dumb. Trump is the face of the new gop, shaphiro is the old dying gop of middle east warmongers turtle man mcconnel and tumor mccain whi have more in comin with joe biden who already bombed syria and locked up hundred thousand migrants in cages in his 1st month. I didn't bother reading any of that gobbledygook past the 1st sentence but thanks for the novel.

[–]RedditSaidit 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

This guy is a whiny little beanpole bitch and is likely jooish. Not that they know the difference

[–]PurpleHelmut71 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Actually no. And I love guns. I want to move to Texas and marry my friend who lives there. And have lots and lots of little baby rifles.

[–]azure_agony 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Nice false title he didn't even die. Also that's what happens when you chase people with swords.

[–]Severe-Autism 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I'M GONNA SAY THE N WORD

[–]DearChaseyLain 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

What happened to this dude is clearly wrong. That being said, probably could have been avoided if he had blended/ commiserated with a crowd that just wants to be listened to.

[–]Gnometard 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

He's alive? and he's a leftist?