What a crock of shit

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[+] -15 points 3 months ago (8 children)

These people really fucked up. It's one thing to go and protest, to stand in the way of unjust cruelty. Vandalizing and destruction of government property is not good but it's forgivable. Do a few months in jail and go back to your life.

Where they fucked up is that one of their group is hiding in the woods with a rifle, and he shoots someone. They must have known this guy was going into the woods with the rifle... If they didn't know then I feel sorry for them but if they knew then they really fucked up.

I'm just saying, if you don't want to go to prison for a long time then don't do crimes with an armed guy you met online.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 months ago* (3 children)

    You can read the shooter's statement here. He was a former Marine instructor wearing high vis there to protect the protesters. The officer he shot was about to shoot a fleeing protester. He probably saved their life.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (2 children)

    That's really interesting. I read it couple of times. I can see that a person that presents like this wouldn't raise an alarm as someone who can't be trusted. It's also interesting that he says he was standing in the street in plain view with reflective safety stripes, while the guardian article says he was firing from the woods.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago

    News usually repeats what the police says, that is what the police stated in court. I could cite at least 100 cases where police have lied in these types of situations. I haven't seen any actual evidence of where he shot from so I'm not sure.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    How about the guy who got 30 years for distributing pamphlets and wasn't even there? Got a justification for that one?

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  • [–] -3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 child)

    I said I think they fucked up. You think everything turned out okay?

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago*

    I’m just saying, if you don’t want to go to prison for a long time then don’t do crimes with an armed guy you met online.

    "I'm just saying, if you don't want to go to prison don't ever have a conversation with someone who might someday commit a crime, while doing absolutely nothing illegal." Its ridiculous to blame the victims here.

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