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ForgedCrank

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24. While I
Sat Jun 7, 2025, 10:44 AM
16 hrs ago

may not disagree with the points you made, that still doesn't excuse violent rioting. There is no valid justification for it.
The guy was trying to block the car from leaving. The car was under attack. Had they simply stopped and sat there and waited for the eventual and final outcome, what do you suppose that would have been? The argument that this guy was doing something commendable is without grounds. I wish he hadn't been hit by the car, but I certainly understand why he was. Were I behind the wheel of that car at that time, the same thing would have happened. I'm not going to sit there and get stoned to death by a violent mob, and I'm not going to excuse violence.

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ICE ran over protester in LA [View all] orangecrush Friday OP
That's not ForgedCrank Friday #1
It is still hit and run. nt moniss Friday #2
Guy running backward and fell Dumpy 17 hrs ago #16
Any time and for any reason if a vehicle contacts a pedestrian moniss 17 hrs ago #19
Vehicle didn't contact a pedestrian Dumpy 15 hrs ago #34
It doesn't matter if the pedestrian steps in front of you. moniss 12 hrs ago #39
The vehicle didn't hit him. Dumpy 5 hrs ago #40
Absolutely correct k_buddy762 Friday #5
He sure is. Swede Friday #6
Message auto-removed Name removed 17 hrs ago #12
Morning Sunshine! GP6971 17 hrs ago #15
lol what on earth WhiskeyGrinder 17 hrs ago #13
Protests do NOT just happen on sidewalks. MineralMan 17 hrs ago #14
Protests do ForgedCrank 17 hrs ago #17
Nope. Sorry. MineralMan 17 hrs ago #18
Sorry about? ForgedCrank 17 hrs ago #20
My comment, like your post, is my opinion. MineralMan 16 hrs ago #27
You are correct. ForgedCrank 15 hrs ago #37
The violent mob is the one roaring into communities, sowing militarized terror and tearing families apart, and it must WhiskeyGrinder 17 hrs ago #21
I believe ForgedCrank 17 hrs ago #22
You're right, I forgot to mention the violence of a criminal response for a civil matter, the violence of defunding WhiskeyGrinder 17 hrs ago #23
While I ForgedCrank 16 hrs ago #24
I was typing a line-by-line response to your post until I got to this one: WhiskeyGrinder 16 hrs ago #25
Exactly. MineralMan 16 hrs ago #28
Protip: k_buddy762 16 hrs ago #29
Protip: WhiskeyGrinder 16 hrs ago #30
So post them. k_buddy762 15 hrs ago #32
The real truth ForgedCrank 14 hrs ago #38
Awful. Left a man lying on the ground and took off fast. AloeVera Friday #3
Exactly. The day we start trying to B.See Yesterday #7
crowds and vehicles are incongruent k_buddy762 Friday #4
So are barricades and vehicles. orangecrush 19 hrs ago #11
That's why ICE wears masks IronLionZion Yesterday #8
I was thinking the same about trials. In a correctly run U.S., these "agents" would be brought to court eventually... C Moon Yesterday #9
The newscasters are absolutely unbelievable fascist idiots Prairie Gates Yesterday #10
And this is just the beginning. J_William_Ryan 16 hrs ago #26
"Protest" isn't necessarily confined to following the rules. David__77 16 hrs ago #31
It was not wrong to say abolish ICE Passages 15 hrs ago #33
Protest on the sidewalk? Not always. cbabe 15 hrs ago #35
Do we ever find out what the hardened criminals they're after actually did? OneGrassRoot 15 hrs ago #36
ICE doesn't care flamingdem 5 hrs ago #41
Where's "a good guy with a gun" when you need one ???? Jack Valentino 4 hrs ago #42
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