It's simply retarded to pretend that anyone out there who is setting fire to a Target or an Autozone is doing so for social justice. That's a load of garbage. They are taking advantage of the rule of law and law enforcement. Plain and simple.

On June 9, 1772, a local vessel out of Newport was under way to Providence when its captain baited the HMS Gaspee and led Duddington into shallow waters near Warwick. The Gaspee ran aground at a place that is now known as Gaspee Point. News of the grounding quickly reached Providence and a party of fifty-five, led by a man named John Brown, planned an attack on the ship. The following evening they surrounded and boarded the Gaspee, wounding Duddington and capturing the entire crew. All were hauled ashore and abandoned, to watch as the Gaspee was looted and then burned.

Bunch of thugs just looking for an excuse?

Please explain the relevance.... For those of us less enlightened.

I am going to make a distinction.... there was no reason for the officer to continue to hold the guy down with a knee to his neck. He's at fault for this man's death.

But a lot of the counter argument I am seeing here is the same as CNN assuming all Cops choke people out with a knee on the back of their neck. That isn't true.

How do we get back to where people comply with a police officer's orders? That's the real question at hand here. The answer.... I don't know. The deceased man had no reason to think that these officers were going to kill him. That is completely absurd.

So the real question is what do you do as a police officer when someone resists arrest?

What you don't do is choke them out and kill them. That's obvious. A serious error in judgement was made in this case.

One the other side of the coin in my mind he deserved to get an asswhippin when he started talking and resisting. Fake $20 bill, trunk full of Cocaine or a couple Suicide Bomber Vests..... could be the same thing. When people decide they are going to stop complying with law enforcement AND when law enforcement becomes to scared to do anything about it...... we are going to be in REALLY bad shape. Everyone.

Someone rolls up to a checkpoint with a car... maybe its a car bomb. I tell them to stop and they don't stop.... they get killed. Simple as that. Iraqis and Afghans get it. They don't speak English. Its what is required to maintain civil obedience. They got rights too.

Are we in a war zone? Maybe not. I'm not as sure about that as I once was.

He's equating actions in the revolutionary war to rioters looting big screen TVs...I think.

well its commonly referred to as The Gaspee Affair. Just pointing out some other anti government thieves and arsonists.

From what I’ve seen on the interwebs the cop that took a knee has been arrested.

He will be dead before long.

Oh... Yeah. 🙄

The evil people pouring gas on this fire are the same ones who propagated the myth that we needed to shut down the country for a seasonal virus.

Same evil.

I have no sympathy for this leo. If this video is the sum of the findings, he needs to be punished harshly.

I'm just pointing out that one week its "they should follow orders and not resist" and "they"re burning buildings" Next week it'll be "will not comply" "tree of liberty..."

If you cant see the difference you're dumber than I imagined. More than half of those "alleged" protestors are not even residents. They're bussed in and paid. It's part of an agenda.

yeah yeah, I watch fox too. Same agenda talking points they say.

Not a good comparison. The guys that targeted the ship didn’t indiscriminately burn the rest of the port. The guys that dumped the tea in Boston didn’t go burn the shops across the street. They were rebelling against the monarchy. Raid a British ship, destroy British tea, those are actions against a specific entity. The folks in the streets in MN are taking advantage of the protests and looting businesses that have zero affiliation to the government. Yeah, they got around to burning a police station but they didn’t go burn the mayors office or go torch the police motor pool.... they looted a target and a bunch of liquor stores. If the only violent actions had been against the government Id say it’s a good comparison, but that’s not the case.

Have seen the nursing home video on Fox; it's disgusting

that was over 200 years ago, tactics change. But the criminal behavior of the patriots would have gotten them hung for traitors had it not worked out. I'm sure the other 97% of the population was running around and bad mouthing their behavior at the time. Everyone wants to be a 3%'r nowadays, until its time to do 3% chit.

edit to add, they hit motor pool the first night.

I don't watch TV news. I think for myself.

oh really, So you went to mnpls and discovered the bused in protesters or what?

Granted, I've only skimmed through this thread and posted a couple of times, I haven't read every post......but I don't think ANYONE here is defending the looting and destruction of private business/property that is unrelated to the original incident.

Dear God, it's like arguing with a pig. No matter what is said, the pig just wollers in the mud.

So what state do they get when they win their independence?