"DipodomysDeserti" (dipodomysdeserti)
05/31/2020 at 21:52 • Filed to: None
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"DipodomysDeserti" (dipodomysdeserti)
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My brother is a print news reporter and covered the protests/riots in Scottsdale last night. The security for another news agency was attacked by one of the protesters. I’m guessing they thought he was a cop. He’s a retired marine. Took the hit well according to my brother.
My brother was four feet away when it happened. The protestor walked up to him and sucker punched him in the face. The protestor was open carrying a firearm. My brother said a lot of the people looting were open carrying sidearms. He said the people actually protesting were chill, but that a good number of people showed up to cause destruction. They
were openly talking about going and getting cellphones, clothes, cash registers etc... The police held back and mostly let them tire themselves out. There were bangs coming from inside the stores, and it was unknown whether they were gunshots or fireworks.
Some of the looters turned their attention to a jewelry store. The owner and his buds were inside with rifles and turned them away rather quickly. They then started harassing people eating at restaurants and began smashing plates.
An interesting and weird development was that Logan Paul was there. He was launching bottle rockets, one of which almost hit my bro. The looting in Scottsdale was much worse than anywhere in Phoenix, which had larger protests. We are now under curfew, solely because of these idiots in Scottsdale.
We are in a full blown shit show. People here aren’t going to tolerate shit like this for very long, snd will begin shooting people behaving like this. I’m not trying to act like a tough guy, just relaying what I see happening.
CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
> DipodomysDeserti
05/31/2020 at 22:04 |
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If all this results in Logan Paul getting shot.... Not a win but maybe silver lining?
ranwhenparked
> DipodomysDeserti
05/31/2020 at 22:05 |
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I just found out via Facebook that I’m now under curfew, a protest that started in front of Legislative Hall marched across town and looted the Forever 21 at the mall. I’d take this as a sign to move , but I don’t think I can afford to right now .
Chariotoflove
> DipodomysDeserti
05/31/2020 at 22:08 |
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I showed this to my daughter because she made a point some time ago of telling me what an asshole Logan Paul is.
Glad your brother is safe. Stay out of the assholes’ way as much as you can. These are the people who abuse and pervert our constitutional right of assembly and set back civil rights in the process.
fintail
> DipodomysDeserti
05/31/2020 at 22:09 |
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Most anti-reporters incidents I have seen have been by police reacting with panic or ego.
I suppose nobody wants to be caught on camera.
Curfew here now in my boring suburb too, and these ain’ t locals making the mess .
DirtyDodge
> DipodomysDeserti
05/31/2020 at 22:12 |
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Glad your brother ia okay, shit is crazy here today, very uncomfortable situation to be in. My wife saw a few facebook posts from former coworkers that they were going to go out shooting white people on the freeways tonight in phoenix. On the way home from the 51 and glendale ave area saw they had closes all freeway exits to the downtown area on the 10. It ia going to be a long night...
Spanfeller is a twat
> DipodomysDeserti
05/31/2020 at 22:13 |
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Civilians
open-carrying during a protest
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Yeah that might turn into a bloodbath.
Nick Has an Exocet
> DipodomysDeserti
05/31/2020 at 22:15 |
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I saw the rioters smashed a news camera in Boston tonight after they trapped a police officer in his car then started trying to break in. BPD got the officer out but it looks like they burned the car down eventually.
Textured Soy Protein
> DipodomysDeserti
05/31/2020 at 22:15 |
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Not discounting your brother’ s experience, but the majority of reporters being attacked right now are being attacked by police.
There was however the one Fox News guy at the white house who was attacked by protesters once they learned he worked for Fox.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/30/media/protests-journalists-arrested-assaulted/index.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/30/us/minneapolis-protests-press.html
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DipodomysDeserti
> Textured Soy Protein
05/31/2020 at 22:39 |
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Yes, I posted about reporters being unlawfully arrested by police a few days ago. I found it bewildering that protestors would be trying to intimidate reporters.
This is a very poor time to be making , “yeah, but” type arguments. Both of these things are happening, both are bad. Another local reporter was pushed on air by a “protestor”.
Exage03040 @ opposite-lock.com
> DipodomysDeserti
05/31/2020 at 22:44 |
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I’ll be honest, I’m really suprised but the lack of press not wearing a top with big ass PRESS embroidered and covering these night transgressions. They have some serious balls when they could be mistaken for a protester (*errrrhm* CNN) or in your brothers case the authorities . I n some places tonight (* cough cough * Minnesota) I’d be one to request a BP vest, tac glasses and helmet. When that sun goes down, the psychos come out and it’s not the USA .
Wishing a safe night to you good people to the south.
AestheticsInMotion
> fintail
05/31/2020 at 22:58 |
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I never thought I'd see people breaking windows En masse in Bellevue. What a year
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fintail
> AestheticsInMotion
05/31/2020 at 23:02 |
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I have the po-po on the scanner now, lots of shit still going down. Quite a bit of looting in the few blocks surrounding Bell Square, and at least one vehicle fire, too.
The darkest dumbest timeline gets darker and dumber.
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Textured Soy Protein
> DipodomysDeserti
05/31/2020 at 23:06 |
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Forgive my ignorance of your previous post.
Unfortunately these legitimate and often peaceful protests are being coopted by others who are protesting violently and/or not even interested in the message and only interested in mayhem.
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AestheticsInMotion
> fintail
05/31/2020 at 23:16 |
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Really is starting to seem dystopian
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DipodomysDeserti
> CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever
05/31/2020 at 23:25 |
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I was at a friend’s birthday party with a group of guys that would have made sure that happened, with the means to do it, had anything happened to my brother.
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fintail
> AestheticsInMotion
05/31/2020 at 23:40 |
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Crazy stuff on the scanner now, weird that it is going down 6-8 blocks from me, and I barely hear a thing other than an occasional siren.
I think I just heard a report that someone tried to drive an SUV through a group of people, and struck at least one.
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DipodomysDeserti
> Spanfeller is a twat
06/01/2020 at 00:35 |
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And rioting and looting while open carrying.
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DipodomysDeserti
> Exage03040 @ opposite-lock.com
06/01/2020 at 00:36 |
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My brother works for a small local paper, so he isn’t getting any of that.
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DipodomysDeserti
> Textured Soy Protein
06/01/2020 at 00:37 |
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Exactly.
imadick
> DipodomysDeserti
06/01/2020 at 09:26 |
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We’re seeing peoples true nature. They just needed an excuse.
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DipodomysDeserti
> imadick
06/01/2020 at 09:49 |
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People are really dumb, too, and can be convinced to do stupid shit through social media.
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imadick
> DipodomysDeserti
06/01/2020 at 10:50 |
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this is still relevant
