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Tracking individuals across the day would have been difficult. I was walking around that day, the event lasted all day and into the night, people were wearing
by ALittleLight 4y ago
Tracking individuals across the day would have been difficult. I was walking around that day, the event lasted all day and into the night, people were wearing masks, and I didn't know any of the participants before hand. So, it's like asking "Are any of the strangers you saw at 10 am the same as the ones you saw at 10 pm?" Hard to answer.
That said, within an hour or two of the meeting with the police chief protesters did enter an intersection and block it. A squad of riot police tried to disburse them and failed. So, if you want to count blocking intersections and ignoring police commands as rioting, then yes.
- bandyaboot 4y ago> So, it's like asking "Are any of the strangers you saw at 10 am the same as the ones you saw at 10 pm?" Hard to answer. Exactly why I was questioning the veracity of your accusation.
- spread_love 4y agoSo you didn't actually see the people kneeling with the police chief actively rioting?
- ALittleLight 4y agoAgain, if you count blocking traffic and refusing police directions as rioting, then yes I did. Even if you don't, then it's not really meaningful to make this point. I mean, sure, maybe it was coincidence and maybe the protesters of the morning just teleported away as the rioting happened, but there's absolutely no reason to think that.
- spread_love 4y agoOh, I define rioters as people participating in a riot. The Trump voters that were destroying property, beating police officers, etc. So you didn't see "our police chief literally kneeling in solidarity with the rioters" at all then.
- ALittleLight 4y ago
- bandyaboot 4y agoYou realize that it’s possible for people to be in the vicinity of other people who are committing crimes while not committing those same crimes themselves?