Armed Citizens stand guard against Looters in Minneapolis.

A beacon of light amid the shadows....

https://dailycaller.com/2020/05/28/armed-citizens-looting-minneapolis-george-floyd-riots/

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“Basically you see the records that cops keep,” one man told Nesterak in a now-viral video posted to Twitter. “And cops are a lot less likely to try and tread on people’s rights when there’s other armed Americans with them. So I figured it’s about damn time that some heavily armed rednecks stood with fellow citizens.”

The men described hearing someone talk about people “defending their businesses” against looters, so they decided to “kit up and go see if these guys need help.”

“It turns out these guys are out here with machetes and shattered windows trying to keep looters out of the businesses ’cause cops can’t get in here,” one man said. “So I figured before there were cops, there were just Americans, so here we are.”

“Bottom line, justice for Floyd and I hope they stop looting at some point. If there were more of us we could go stop them from looting, but it’s just us four,” said the man on the right.

“We definitely don’t agree with the looting, but we agree with the cause of the protests,” the other man said.

Meanwhile, six years ago, Ferguson MO

Gotta post this before the usual identity politics Useful-Idiots-for-the-Left crowd chimes in....

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...-white-owned-store-idUSKCN0JA1XF20141126

[At least a dozen stores have been set ablaze and others looted in Ferguson in racially charged riots since a grand jury on Monday cleared white policeman Darren Wilson in the shooting, which has torn apart this predominantly black Missouri city. The unrest surrounding Brown’s death has underscored the often-tense nature of U.S. race relations. But the gas station has stood out as a beacon, literally and figuratively, as nightfall has descended and chaos has reigned around it.
On Tuesday night, as police and soldiers took up positions in the parking lots of virtually every strip mall and big box store around it, the forecourt of the brightly lit gas station was busy with customers.

One, a six feet, eight-inch tall man named Derrick Jordan – “Stretch,” as friends call him - whisked an AR-15 assault rifle out from a pickup truck parked near the entrance. Jordan, 37, was one of four black Ferguson residents who spent Tuesday night planted in front of the store, pistols tucked into their waistbands, waiting to ward off looters or catch shoplifters.Jordan and the others guarding the gas station are all black. The station’s owner is white.

Ferguson has seen a stark demographic shift in recent decades, going from all white to mostly black. About two-thirds of the town’s 21,000-strong population are black. By some accounts, the Brown shooting has heightened racial tensions in the city. But not at the gas station. “We would have been burned to the ground many times over if it weren’t for them,” said gas station owner Doug Merello, whose father first bought it in 1984.

Merello said he feels deep ties to Ferguson, and if the loyalty of some of his regular customers is any indication, the feeling is mutual.

REPAYING A DEBT
At times, Jordan and his friends were joined on Tuesday night by other men from the neighborhood, also armed. None of the men was getting paid to be there. They said they felt they owed it to Merello, who has employed many of them over the years and treats them with respect.

“He’s a nice dude, he’s helped us a lot,” said a 29 year old who identified himself as R.J. He said he, like the other volunteers, had lived a short distance away from the store for most of his life.

He carried a Taurus 9mm pistol in his sweatpants and drew it out to show another customer, an older man at a pump who was brandishing a MAC-10 machine pistol.
Missouri allows the open carrying of firearms. State lawmakers recently passed a law overriding any local ordinance that banned the open carry of firearms by people who have concealed weapons permits. R.J. said on Monday they chased away several groups of teenagers rampaging through the area. But they have also had a close brush with soldiers from the Missouri National Guard, who mistook them for looters, he said. The guardsmen, rifles raised, had handcuffed one man before Merello came outside the store to explain that the residents were trying to help, not hurt.

While the volunteer guards talked, a white SUV pulled up and a thin young man sauntered into the store. A few moments later, there was a commotion. Merello frogmarched the man out the store. One of the armed residents, Sean Turner, showed the .40 caliber pistol in his jacket and told the man, “This is what happens if you try to steal from this place.”

The National guard should be called out!

Originally Posted by hanco

The National guard should be called out!

in Minnesota its going to just be for show for the press...

They'll have orders not to do a damn thing.. the DFL doesn't want to upset all the snowflake leftist voters in the Cities..

Originally Posted by Birdwatcher

A beacon of light amid the shadows....

https://dailycaller.com/2020/05/28/armed-citizens-looting-minneapolis-george-floyd-riots/

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“Basically you see the records that cops keep,” one man told Nesterak in a now-viral video posted to Twitter. “And cops are a lot less likely to try and tread on people’s rights when there’s other armed Americans with them. So I figured it’s about damn time that some heavily armed rednecks stood with fellow citizens.”

The men described hearing someone talk about people “defending their businesses” against looters, so they decided to “kit up and go see if these guys need help.”

“It turns out these guys are out here with machetes and shattered windows trying to keep looters out of the businesses ’cause cops can’t get in here,” one man said. “So I figured before there were cops, there were just Americans, so here we are.”

“Bottom line, justice for Floyd and I hope they stop looting at some point. If there were more of us we could go stop them from looting, but it’s just us four,” said the man on the right.

“We definitely don’t agree with the looting, but we agree with the cause of the protests,” the other man said.

They must not be watching their local news.

Originally Posted by hanco

The National guard should be called out!

When the Natural Guard is called out in the socialist states the National Guard isn't issued ammunition.

Originally Posted by victoro

Originally Posted by hanco

The National guard should be called out!

When the Natural Guard is called out in the socialist states the National Guard isn't issued ammunition.

What happens in the non-socialist states?

Originally Posted by deflave

Originally Posted by victoro

Originally Posted by hanco

The National guard should be called out!

When the Natural Guard is called out in the socialist states the National Guard isn't issued ammunition.

What happens in the non-socialist states?

They don't have to call them out?

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Originally Posted by hanco

The National guard should be called out!

Little late for that...

Originally Posted by mirage243

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Originally Posted by mirage243

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Well, at least he's wearing a mask and social distancing.

Originally Posted by JCMCUBIC

Originally Posted by deflave

Originally Posted by victoro

Originally Posted by hanco

The National guard should be called out!

When the Natural Guard is called out in the socialist states the National Guard isn't issued ammunition.

What happens in the non-socialist states?

They don't have to call them out?

BINGO.

LOL

Originally Posted by whackem_stackem

24hour buddas, smh

https://www.kare11.com/article/news.../89-acc4070f-98dc-49ba-b8d5-625b4d99a6ec

Originally Posted by deflave

https://www.kare11.com/article/news.../89-acc4070f-98dc-49ba-b8d5-625b4d99a6ec

LOL, what a crock of Shiet!

Originally Posted by Skankhunt42

Originally Posted by deflave

https://www.kare11.com/article/news.../89-acc4070f-98dc-49ba-b8d5-625b4d99a6ec

LOL, what a crock of Shiet!

It's Minnysoda. You can't expect much.

They need to elect another muslim to fix the problem. Lol.

Speaking of useless pos.. where's ilhan omar?

Originally Posted by Skankhunt42

Originally Posted by deflave

https://www.kare11.com/article/news.../89-acc4070f-98dc-49ba-b8d5-625b4d99a6ec

LOL, what a crock of Shiet!

"In most situations Minnesotans have a duty to retreat from an attack, unless it happens in their own homes." ... Says it all ... No right to defend property ...

A couple large cans of bear spray maybe ?

"What happens in the non-socialist states?"

I really don't know but it probably varies by state. I was in the Guard for a while in the 60's and we were told during riot control training we wouldn't be issued ammunition.

yeah but that was probably after Kent State

Originally Posted by local_dirt

Originally Posted by Skankhunt42

Originally Posted by deflave

https://www.kare11.com/article/news.../89-acc4070f-98dc-49ba-b8d5-625b4d99a6ec

LOL, what a crock of Shiet!

It's Minnysoda. You can't expect much.

They need to elect another muslim to fix the problem. Lol.

Speaking of useless pos.. where's ilhan omar?

You make much sense Dirt. It really is a shame Minnysoda turned into what it is right now though. I pitty the conservatives living outside of the twin cities.

They were the only state that went to Mondale.

As far as I'm concerned they've been fugked forever and that town is getting exactly what it needs.

A good burn.

The cops in Minneapolis don't have tear gas or pepper spray? Nobody is tougher than tear gas.

To bad this dude didn’t die back January or February.

Originally Posted by deflave

They were the only state that went to Mondale.

As far as I'm concerned they've been fugked forever and that town is getting exactly what it needs.

A good burn.

Can't argue with that either.

Originally Posted by deflave

https://www.kare11.com/article/news.../89-acc4070f-98dc-49ba-b8d5-625b4d99a6ec

Good thing all those looters went to public school, they can't read the laws.

Were Koreans legally allowed to shoot people over property during the LA riots.

Regardless, if you got armed volunteers standing outside your store, it prob'ly ain't getting looted.

Gawd I hope our four negros don't riot in Townsend!

Originally Posted by Birdwatcher

Originally Posted by deflave

https://www.kare11.com/article/news.../89-acc4070f-98dc-49ba-b8d5-625b4d99a6ec

Good thing all those looters went to public school, they can't read the laws.

Were Koreans legally allowed to shoot people over property during the LA riots.

Regardless, if you got armed volunteers standing outside your store, it prob'ly ain't getting looted.

You just said the Koreans in LA had to shoot people after arming themselves and standing in front of their stores.

Originally Posted by MtnBoomer

Gawd I hope our four negros don't riot in Townsend!

My town (Harrisburg, OR) has a population of 3,937. No blacks.

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