Riots and Looting

The Washington Post reports rioting across dozens of cities.

A day of widespread protests devolved into a night of fire and fury across the nation as tensions boiled over in dozens of American cities. Police cars and government buildings were set aflame, windows were shattered, stores were ransacked, monuments were vandalized and authorities in riot gear fired pepper pellets, tear gas and rubber bullets at demonstrators who had amassed to protest George Floyd's death while in custody.
Washingpost article on riots across the US

Here in Nashville Tennessee, where I live, there a number peaceful protests during the day yesterday, but they eventually devolved into rioting.

Mayor John Cooper signed an executive order, which declared a state of civil emergency, and setup a curfew for 10 p.m. until 6 a.m. in Nashville. Nashville joined 25 other cities that implemented a curfew on Saturday night.
Nashville Channel 4 article here

SOCIAL MEDIA ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM NASHVILLE PD


Metro Nashville PD

✔@MNPDNashville
https://twitter.com/MNPDNashville/status/1266908638087647232

A 10 p.m. curfew is in effect. Those harming our city should leave.

3,417
8:45 PM - May 30, 2020

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Metro Nashville PD

✔@MNPDNashville
https://twitter.com/MNPDNashville/status/1266927686460596231

Curfew is in effect. Anyone on the streets as of now is subject to arrest.

1,083
10:01 PM - May 30, 2020
 

Ronni said:
The Washington Post reports rioting across dozens of cities.

A day of widespread protests devolved into a night of fire and fury across the nation as tensions boiled over in dozens of American cities. Police cars and government buildings were set aflame, windows were shattered, stores were ransacked, monuments were vandalized and authorities in riot gear fired pepper pellets, tear gas and rubber bullets at demonstrators who had amassed to protest George Floyd's death while in custody.
Washingpost article on riots across the US

Here in Nashville Tennessee, where I live, there a number peaceful protests during the day yesterday, but they eventually devolved into rioting.

Mayor John Cooper signed an executive order, which declared a state of civil emergency, and setup a curfew for 10 p.m. until 6 a.m. in Nashville. Nashville joined 25 other cities that implemented a curfew on Saturday night.
Nashville Channel 4 article here

SOCIAL MEDIA ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM NASHVILLE PD


Metro Nashville PD
✔@MNPDNashville
https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1266908638087647232

A 10 p.m. curfew is in effect. Those harming our city should leave.
3,417
8:45 PM - May 30, 2020

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Metro Nashville PD
✔@MNPDNashville
https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1266927686460596231

Curfew is in effect. Anyone on the streets as of now is subject to arrest.
1,083
10:01 PM - May 30, 2020
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The people living in your city are harming your city. They should go home, just like they should in my city. Ignorant people who don’t think of the consequences of their actions.
 

Robert59 said:
I'm glad to be living in this small city of 40,000 people instead of living in my hometown near Detroit Michigan. This place is mainly a retirement resort.
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My towns population is 3,337. I live about 15 miles out of town, in the middle of no where.
I lived near Compton CA during the Watts riot in 1965. I was just 14. I will never forget the destruction and hate.
 
AnnieA said:
Reading horror stories about Texas cops makes me hesitant to even drive through. Not only the "killed by cops" you cite, but also the asinine 'attack' on the Austin jogger, the body cavity search of two women who were pulled over for a lane change violation and were subsequently probed on the side of the road because the trooper who pulled them over 'thought' he smelled marijuana.
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Then you should definitely not come to Texas. I've lived here 40 years and have always been treated courteously by the police in the rare instances I've been pulled over. There are corrupt police everywhere. EVERYWHERE. And there are excellent law enforcement personnel, too. There's no need to insult an entire state.

My daughter worked for CPS for ten years, and she worked closely with law enforcement, mostly local or county. She had nothing but good things to say about them.
 
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CarolfromTX said:
I think these rioters are being sponsored and paid in many cases. Many of them are ANTIFA and are being bused in from elsewhere.
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Organized "outsiders"

U.S. government officials have been warning of the "outsiders" -- groups of organized rioters they say are flooding into major cities not to call for justice but to cause destruction.

But the state and federal officials have offered differing assessments of who the outsiders are.
They've blamed left-wing extremists
Far-right white nationalists
Even involvement of drug cartels..
 
Bonnie said:
Organized "outsiders"

U.S. government officials have been warning of the "outsiders" -- groups of organized rioters they say are flooding into major cities not to call for justice but to cause destruction.

But the state and federal officials have offered differing assessments of who the outsiders are.
They've blamed left-wing extremists
Far-right white nationalists
Even involvement of drug cartels..
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Sigh, I would like to see the proof, I’d like to see the buses that bussed thousands of people in, or even hundreds of people in. Yup, maybe one or two people, or a dozen or so. But the looters were local. How do you take stolen goods of that magnitude on a bus?

If you cross state lines with stolen goods, I believe it becomes more serious.
 
Lewkat said:
President Trump is in the process of designating ANTIFA a terrorist organization. This changes the complexion of the riots completely.
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How? Hmm, never mind don’t/can discuss political stuff. Never heard of the group, I googled what the group is. Have no opinion, 😂, mark that down somewhere, me, no opinion, wow.
 
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Yesterday afternoon,there were about 1500 people walking in a peaceful protest downtown to our City Hall and across the street to Niagara Square
When darkness came,it got ugly.Some protesters start throwing things at windows at City Hall,they deface a momument at N Square,pulling up all the flowers that had been planted by around the square .At 10pm I heard the helicopters,turned on TV and watched in horror as a van was set on fire outside City Hall. The cops were taunted by protesters,water bottles& other things were thrown at them,they fired tear gas into the crowd.. The majority of the protesters had gone home,it was others not from here who were causing trouble.Our mayor Bryron Brown,County Exec Mark Polenzarz at a news conference declared at state of emergency,curfew went into effect at 10:30 pm until 7 am this morning
When I went on my mid morning walk around 9:30,I noticed a few businesses did have windows broken,were boarded up. In a press conference this afternoon, the mayor&county exec announced another curfew for tonight starting at 9pm- 6am, 10 people had been arrested
You'd think it would never happened in your hometown,but sadly it has
 
Our county executive also declared a state of emergency and 8:00 pm - 7:00 am curfew that will continue until June 5th for all but a few essential workers.

No published complaints about the curfew's violation of our constitutional rights but I'm sure someone is working on a protest as I type this. ;)
 
fuzzybuddy said:
There is a website which has stats on "killed by cops". And some of the numbers we already sort of know. Which state has the most deaths? How many of you are shocked that it's Texas. The big 3 are Texas, California, and Florida. Ca. has L.A., and NY has NYC, but NY has a fraction of the deaths than Ca. And why do the states, which surround Texas, have low numbers? There is something in the culture of the states, which accounts for their death totals. I don't know what those factors are.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/national/police-shootings-2019/
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Those are the three MOST POPULATED states; higher population = higher crime numbers. And CA is #1, not Texas.

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2020 Population:

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