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It's quite easy to spin a false narrative when you cherry-pick cases, misrepresent facts, and leave out important context. > a white couple waved guns at the p
by throwaway8582 3y ago
It's quite easy to spin a false narrative when you cherry-pick cases, misrepresent facts, and leave out important context.
> a white couple waved guns at the protestors
If this is the case I'm thinking of, the protesters had broken down a gate and were trespassing on their property. What were they supposed to do in that situation? Risk their lives and property by putting themselves at the mercy of the mob?
> Black, can raise voice
That's a hell of a euphemism for "threatening to kill people". Apparently the subway riders felt that he was a real threat, because he was restrained by 3 people, and all of the passengers that have spoken up about it seemed to think it was necessary
- FrustratedMonky 3y agoI was wrong, it was St Louis. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57521756 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-57521756 Mr Callahan described the demonstrators as a "racially mixed and peaceful group, including women and children", who had made a wrong turn on the way to their protest. There was no evidence the group was armed, he said. https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local/video-shows-gate-was-intact-when-cwe-couple-pointed-guns-at-protesters/63-14a1582a-9372-4494-b8ee-41d5d4d71b61 https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local/video-shows-gate-was... Video shows gate was intact when St. Louis couple pointed guns at protesters Videos and photographs show the couple pacing on their Portland Place property, periodically pointing the weapons at the crowd For the Yelling I've seen a lot of people yelling about killing people. People act out, 'verbally'. Typically they calm down. Yelling didn't use to be a crime, especially with a death sentence.