George Floyd killing and the aftermath

[Tgo01]

That same guy a couple days earlier:

That's exactly what I thought too when I saw his mommy and daddy accompanying him to the police station.

[Tgo01]

Genius right here.

A South Side man was hit with federal arson charges Tuesday alleging he set fire to a Chicago police SUV in the Loop while wearing a “Joker” clown mask during the weekend unrest.
Timothy O’Donnell, 31, was seen on video taken by a bystander on Saturday approaching the police vehicle parked in the 200 block of North State Street and placing a lit object into the car’s gas tank, according to an eight-page criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court.
After the squad car burst into flames, O’Donnell was captured in a photograph provided by a different witness posing in front of the blaze.
Though his face was obscured by the grinning mask, O’Donnell’s distinctive neck tattoo reading “PRETTY” could clearly be seen in the photo, according to the complaint.

That image — as well as several others — were included in the charging document.
Police found the mask in O’Donnell’s bedroom when they searched his apartment in the 700 block of West 19th Street, according to the complaint.
O’Donnell later admitted in an interview with law enforcement that he was the one seen in the mask igniting the blaze, the charges alleged.
An initial appearance for O’Donnell will likely take place at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse on Wednesday.
O’Donnell was one of five people now charged with committing federal crimes in Chicago amid the chaos and looting that struck the city after the police-involved homicide of George Floyd in Minneapolis.

tl;dr: Antifa dipshit was wearing a mask when he torched a police car but didn't cover his distinctive neck tattoo so police were able to identify him. He now faces federal arson charges.

Tell me again, Democrats, how these riots are about George Floyd and aren't about causing destruction and mayhem during an election year.

[Neveragain]

The reality is that the econony had been on a 9 year continual growth streak that started while Biden was in office.

Trump had nothing to do with the economy- you were crediting him for the growth while were still on an Obama administration budget. All he did was *not* veto the GOP tax bill- which never actually produced any significant long term benefits to the economy. His administration has done very little as far as writing legislation.

So....as I was saying, Trump has been a decent president.

Now let's do the other 40 years Biden has been in politics. We can start with the crime bill that unjustly imprisoned black people or as Hillary called them "alpha predators". I guess in Joe's mind they were too black and he was just trying to weed out the "racial jungle" that his drug addict son may grow up in.

[Suppa Hobbit Mage]

What day are we in? 8-9?

Who is this George Floyd person everyone talks about? I thought this was the season of burning down local businesses and virtue signaling?

The reality is that the econony had been on a 9 year continual growth streak that started while Biden was in office.

Trump had nothing to do with the economy- you were crediting him for the growth while were still on an Obama administration budget. All he did was *not* veto the GOP tax bill- which never actually produced any significant long term benefits to the economy. His administration has done very little as far as writing legislation.

Holy shit you are really, really, really stupid. Take an economics course.

[~Rocktar~]

Holy shit you are really, really, really stupid. Take an economics course.

Why would she, she already has 2 PhDs in Economics, 3 in International Trade and 3 more in Political Science, isn't that enough?

[Seran]

The reality is that the econony had been on a 9 year continual growth streak that started while Biden was in office.

Trump had nothing to do with the economy- you were crediting him for the growth while were still on an Obama administration budget. All he did was *not* veto the GOP tax bill- which never actually produced any significant long term benefits to the economy. His administration has done very little as far as writing legislation.

It's created massive benefits for the economy, the Chinese economy specifically. The spectacular, 13 digits growth in our.. national deficit, will forever more rocket the international economy at the cost of our own. 'murrica!

[Tgo01]

If anyone wants to explain to me what these riots are about, since they clearly aren’t about George Floyd, I would love to hear it.

It's created massive benefits for the economy, the Chinese economy specifically. The spectacular, 13 digits growth in our.. national deficit, will forever more rocket the international economy at the cost of our own. 'murrica!

So Seran admits the riots are political in nature. Any other Democrats going to keep commenting without explaining how the riots aren't political?

I'm giving time4fun a pass for once because she's been overall quiet on things in this thread.

[Tgo01]

Two more Antifa pieces of shit arrested and charged with federal crimes of arson.

These two torched a Minnesota courthouse.

I'm noticing an awfully lot of federal charges lately. Are the states too busy apologizing for being white or something to charge these thugs with crimes?

[Methais]

Yeah exactly, threw a brick at a mounted police officer. Not threw a brick at the horse because it’s racist.

Who the fuck cares? If someone's sitting on a horse, how about don't throw a fucking brick at them because there's a really good chance you're going to hit the horse instead?

I wouldn’t say you threw a brick at my dog on purpose! Because the dog is racist!
That would be lying and misleading.

You do understand how sarcasm and humor work, don't you?

[Seran]

Starting to look more and more that the only politics are the lies being told by Trump and the conservative media to further divide our nation.


U.S. assessment finds opportunists drive protest violence, not extremists

President Donald Trump has blamed leftwing extremist groups for instigating nights of looting and violence in cities across the United States, but an intelligence assessment offers limited evidence that organized extremists are behind the turmoil.

In part of a June 1 internal, intelligence assessment of the protests viewed by Reuters, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials said most of the violence appears to have been driven by opportunists.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-m...-idUSKBN23A1KU

Esper breaks with Trump, opposes using military for protests

Breaking with President Donald Trump, Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Wednesday he opposes using military forces for law enforcement in containing current street protests.

Esper said the Insurrection Act, which would allow Trump to use active-duty military for law enforcement in containing street protests, should be invoked in the United States “only in the most urgent and dire of situations.” He declared, “We are not in one of those situations now.”

https://apnews.com/41d80cc063a7199f75fb28cc34713f0c