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ForgedCrank

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1. That's not

Reply to orangecrush (Original post)

Fri Jun 6, 2025, 10:34 PM

Jun 2025

a protester. Protests happen on the sidewalk and don't include violence. That's a rioter trying to block a vehicle that was clearly under attack.
When we do dumb things, it can often be followed up with consequences.

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ICE ran over protester in LA [View all] orangecrush Jun 2025 OP

That's not ForgedCrank Jun 2025 #1

It is still hit and run. nt moniss Jun 2025 #2

Guy running backward and fell Dumpy Jun 2025 #16

Any time and for any reason if a vehicle contacts a pedestrian moniss Jun 2025 #19

Vehicle didn't contact a pedestrian Dumpy Jun 2025 #34

It doesn't matter if the pedestrian steps in front of you. moniss Jun 2025 #39

The vehicle didn't hit him. Dumpy Jun 2025 #40

Absolutely correct k_buddy762 Jun 2025 #5

He sure is. Swede Jun 2025 #6

Message auto-removed Name removed Jun 2025 #12

Morning Sunshine! GP6971 Jun 2025 #15

lol what on earth WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2025 #13

Protests do NOT just happen on sidewalks. MineralMan Jun 2025 #14

Protests do ForgedCrank Jun 2025 #17

Nope. Sorry. MineralMan Jun 2025 #18

Sorry about? ForgedCrank Jun 2025 #20

My comment, like your post, is my opinion. MineralMan Jun 2025 #27

You are correct. ForgedCrank Jun 2025 #37

The violent mob is the one roaring into communities, sowing militarized terror and tearing families apart, and it must WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2025 #21

I believe ForgedCrank Jun 2025 #22

You're right, I forgot to mention the violence of a criminal response for a civil matter, the violence of defunding WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2025 #23

While I ForgedCrank Jun 2025 #24

I was typing a line-by-line response to your post until I got to this one: WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2025 #25

Exactly. MineralMan Jun 2025 #28

Protip: k_buddy762 Jun 2025 #29

Protip: WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2025 #30

So post them. k_buddy762 Jun 2025 #32

The real truth ForgedCrank Jun 2025 #38

Awful. Left a man lying on the ground and took off fast. AloeVera Jun 2025 #3

Exactly. The day we start trying to B.See Jun 2025 #7

crowds and vehicles are incongruent k_buddy762 Jun 2025 #4

So are barricades and vehicles. orangecrush Jun 2025 #11

That's why ICE wears masks IronLionZion Jun 2025 #8

I was thinking the same about trials. In a correctly run U.S., these "agents" would be brought to court eventually... C Moon Jun 2025 #9

The newscasters are absolutely unbelievable fascist idiots Prairie Gates Jun 2025 #10

And this is just the beginning. J_William_Ryan Jun 2025 #26

"Protest" isn't necessarily confined to following the rules. David__77 Jun 2025 #31

It was not wrong to say abolish ICE Passages Jun 2025 #33

Protest on the sidewalk? Not always. cbabe Jun 2025 #35

Do we ever find out what the hardened criminals they're after actually did? OneGrassRoot Jun 2025 #36

ICE doesn't care flamingdem Jun 2025 #41

Where's "a good guy with a gun" when you need one ???? Jack Valentino Jun 2025 #42