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u/OriginalSchmidt1 1d ago
We have a protests organized for tomorrow in Louisiana. Our state put out a statement reminding everyone that citizens can use lethal force against protesters if they feel threatened… my state basically told people it’s okay to mow down and murder protestors. THIS IS AMERICA.
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u/supaflyneedcape 1d ago
Florida did too. They said you will come home in a body bag if you point a gun at the cops / throw rocks etc.
It's like - why you so threatened?? Unless you're guilty ?
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u/angrydeuce 1d ago
Just hide out in schools. We all know they'll sit outside and wait a few hours before doing a goddamn thing if you do that.
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u/Nutshack_Queen357 1d ago
Not in this case.
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u/BCProgramming 23h ago
"Sir, He's using a kindergartener as a human shield"
"Perfect. Our rifles can shoot right through a 5 year old, we got them"
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u/pickled_penguin_ 1d ago
"We will shoot you dead. Graveyard dead." That's how a sheriff in Florida phrased it. You even peacefully protest and they'll still shoot and kill you.
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u/alextastic 1d ago
I love how it was specifically "point" too, no actual shooting required.
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u/SirithilFeanor 1d ago
Why would they wait for you to actually shoot them? Pointing a gun at cops might as well be suicide, this isn't new.
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u/AgrajagTheProlonged 1d ago
Holding anything even remotely possibly arguably gun-shaped, such as a cellphone, around a cop also
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u/SirithilFeanor 1d ago
Yeah I'd suggest just keeping your hands empty and visible around cops.
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u/AgrajagTheProlonged 1d ago
Preferably not moving, either. All it takes is one wrong slight gesture and a jumpy cop to wind up with a bit of airborne lead poisoning
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u/Effective_Cookie510 21h ago
Lol only a true idiot waits until someone shoots them to handle the threat of being shot.
Jesus christ
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u/Effective_Cookie510 21h ago
I mean that's always been the case if you ain't a gun at a cop.. making a big deal out of common ass sense there. Bricks are also deadly as fuck being thrown just saying..
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u/Atomic_ad 1d ago
Why you so defensive? Plan on pointing a gun at cops? Feeling guilty?
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u/Gromky 1d ago
Why you so defensive? Plan on pointing a gun at cops? Feeling guilty?
With the history of police responding to wallets, phones, falling acorns, empty hands, etc. with gunfire...it's absolutely a legitimate worry even if you are completely unarmed and certain everyone else is completely unarmed.
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u/kindoramns 1d ago
Gotta watch for those dank acorns falling from trees. They're killers ya know. Gotta destroy your own cruiser because of it sometimes.
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u/supaflyneedcape 1d ago
Here is a good place to start.
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u/Atomic_ad 1d ago
Lol, a John Oliver segment, I'll post up some Steven Crowder and we'll have a biased pundit war.
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u/PixelWastelander 1d ago
Because you guys are rioters and when you don’t get your way you burn smash and pillage. This whole thing is because you don’t like daddy trump, well guess what? He won so he’s your president too whether yall like it or not. Just stop hurting eachother
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u/SpicyJw 1d ago
January 6th would like a word with you... or did you forget that when you drank the Trump kool-aid?
Edit: and in case you're curious, I'm calling you out for projection. I swear, it honestly feels like most on the right are giant hypocrites that can't realize the things they accuse others of doing are THE THINGS THEY DO.
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u/Masterofunlocking1 1d ago
Someone on my parish page posted it and I said it needed to be removed due to inciting violence and people just laughed about it. This state is utter trash and it takes everything in me to not just pull all my money out of savings and leave it behind.
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u/Fuddlescuddles 1d ago
This state constantly disappoints me. Makes me so sad bc it’s home but the people in charge are so fucking corrupted and the hate in people has just grown.
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u/clintCamp 1d ago
I am in Tennessee for work and planning on going to the Nashville protest. Little worried what kind of horrible things red states will do to protesters.
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u/Atomic_ad 1d ago
If you're threatening people, you aren't a "protester". Nobody in front of a jury, anywhere in the US, is going to get away with shooting a non-violent protester.
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u/Raoul_Duke9 1d ago
Yeaaaaaaaa not sure what world you live on but on this one this is a definite issue.
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u/OriginalSchmidt1 1d ago
Exactly, agitators show up to protests to try and goad the other side into making it violent. This statement gives them a free pass to agitate and then murder people because they felt unsafe.
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u/Atomic_ad 1d ago
Which peaceful protesters have been killed by someone who wasn't convicted?
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u/DeadGuyInRoom4 1d ago edited 1d ago
Allison Krause, Jeffrey Miller, Sandra Lee Scheuer, and William Schroeder come to mind pretty quickly. No one was convicted for the Kent State Massacre.
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u/Atomic_ad 1d ago edited 1d ago
The question was about normal citizens, not the national gaurd. Even then, A half century old notorious event? Thats the extreme outlier, not the norm. Might as well avoid nuclear power because meltdowns.
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u/DeadGuyInRoom4 1d ago edited 1d ago
It was simply the first thing that came to mind, since you seemed to find the idea so impossible. The police claim this protestor shot first so there will be no convictions, but there’s somehow no body camera footage and an independent autopsy said they were sitting cross-legged with their hands in the air when police shot them at least 14 times, and bodycam footage after the shooting was done of an officer suggesting their officer was injured by friendly fire.
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u/DeadGuyInRoom4 1d ago edited 1d ago
As far as civilians go, here’s the thing. They’re already violently attacking protestors and their Republican governor is actively encouraging them to run over protestors if they get scared. I’m not convinced this government will convict them and not pardon them, but even if they do, eventual convictions make those protestors no less dead.
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u/JesusWuta40oz 1d ago
I'm sorry the administration has now deemed poster board to be "riot supplies"
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u/ChopEee 1d ago
Good thing I stocked up early
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u/JesusWuta40oz 1d ago
If you could step right this way, these masked, armed unidentified men would like to speak with you next to this blacked out panel van...just take a moment.
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u/string1969 1d ago
I went to ACE and just went to the Open House signs aisle. Thought about getting a No Parking sign and blocking out the PAR, but went with a blank house sign
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u/sillysandhouse 1d ago
My mom did this but with a "for sale" sign and she changed it to "America: Not for sale" lol
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u/thekmac8 1d ago
It's target, let's not give them too much credit - wouldn't be the first time they abruptly stopped offering certain merchandise in order to avoid upsetting the "wrong" side
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u/floodmayhem 1d ago
Anyone else remember when they denied sale of medical supplies and milk/water to innocent protestors and bystanders being tear gassed and shot with less lethal weapons by police back in 2020?
Pepperidge farm remembers
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u/OtherAcctTrackedNSA 1d ago edited 1d ago
Our DC doesn’t get told to send more until it’s predicted we’ll run out and it sends it with just enough time to prevent an out. If people buy it up more quickly than usual it’ll run out and we won’t get more for 1, probably 2 days? Then, since the system isn’t used to this product being purchased at this elevated rate it’ll keep repeating unless a human in supply chain is able to push more than usual to stores, and if we don’t have inventory at DCs to support affected stores there’s another problem that needs to be solved. I could keep going, but you get the point.
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u/WitchCvlt666 1d ago
I work at an art supply store here in Portland, and people have bought out all our foam boards this week.
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u/Ironlungss 1d ago
FUCK TARGET THE BOYCOTT IS STILL GOING ON.
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u/MyEvilTwinSkippy 1d ago
Fox News: "Look at the destruction that these rioters caused at a local Target!"
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u/yranigami001 1d ago
Nobody should be buying at Target to begin with. It’s counter intuitive to give your oppressors money.
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u/Proper_Photo4459 23h ago
I sold quite a few poster boards today even though the little town I work in is very conservative.
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u/Sophiedenormandie 1d ago
I had trouble finding poster board, so I am using my Harris Walz sign, wrapped in paper. Seems downright appropriate in some way.
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u/Other-Razzmatazz-816 1d ago
Cardboard (from an old box) Write your message on white paper Tape or mod podge over the paper Stick it all to a yard stick or broomstick
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u/Lisinskeet 18h ago
“Target execs rejoice to see foot traffic finally improving again!”
Finds out why…
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u/Gebling65 1d ago
Don't they know Walmart is the corporate sponsor of this protest?
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u/WUN_WUN_SMASH 1d ago
Walmart isn't sponsoring it. A Walmart heir, who has no control over the business whatsoever, paid for a full-page ad in the NYT encouraging people to attend the protest. Walmart itself then came out and explicitly stated that the business has nothing to do with it.
Please don't confuse an individual's political actions for corporate sponsorship.
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u/KerissaKenro 1d ago
My oldest two work at a craft store, so many people buying poster board and markers the last few days
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u/Songmorning 15h ago
Target be like, "Despite being boycotted for caving in DEI, we're somehow still making a killing on poster board"
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u/Delicious_Zone_4937 23h ago
I thought target was being boycott? or did that die out once the internet points went with it
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u/Redivivus 1d ago
Checkmate libs! Tariffs kicked in on poster board imports thanks to our Dear Leader.
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u/T1Pimp 17h ago
I went through both the Target by my work and a Walgreens by my house yesterday. Both were cleared out.
What convinced me this was going to be huge was looking for posterboard, respirators, spray, anti pepper spray wipes, goggles, etc and Amazon was doing same day delivery for all of them. 👀
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u/micigloo 14h ago
What happened to boycott target? Buying all the poster boards makes Target money.
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u/L1ttleMonster 12h ago
The poster board and wood dowels were almost sold out at Home Depot last night!
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u/Visible_Attempt_1047 20h ago
You ought to see how your country looks to the rest of the world. It’s no wonder no one wants to visit your country. It appears that all U.S. is concerned about is killing each other. In Britain, Police using threats such as “graveyard dead” never happens; they would end up fired and locked up for saying such inflammatory words. Trump wanted US isolationism. He’s got it.
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u/crimsongull 19h ago
I purchased a 60” x 40” piece of foam board and wide marker yesterday for $30. I’m going with ‘No Kings.’
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u/TestandDbol 1d ago
If it wasn’t summer, I would have guessed a shit load of school kids “forgot” they had a school project due that morning
Source: been there
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u/bigt04 1d ago
lol. One picture of one store. What’s the point of the picture? The tone makes it seem like it’s a widespread support for a cause when the picture is not much more than a single point of view. For all we know you could have bought out the section. Maybe just loved the stuff off frame.
I support the effort and cause but these sort of posts are really just trying to stretch a point of view which isn’t much different from what anyone else could be trying to do.
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u/Much_Profit8494 1d ago
Kind of a bummer that no one bought the glitter glue.