All Hell Broke Loose In Minneapolis and
Armed Rednecks' Stepped In to Protect
Businesses
Townhall,
by
Beth Baumann
Original Article
Posted By: ladydawgfan,
5/29/2020 6:17:28 AM
Chaos erupted in Minneapolis Wednesday night, with people looting and rioting following the death of George Floyd, a black man who was killed by a white police officer.
Two men decided to utilize their Second Amendment rights to prevent people from looting nearby stores.
"Basically, you've seen the records the cops keep and the cops are a lot less likely to tread on people's rights when there's other armed Americans with them. So we figured it's about damn time – or at least I figure it's about damn time – for some heavily armed rednecks stood with fellow citizens," the one man explained.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
John C 5/29/2020 6:20:56 AM (No. 425032)
Good for them.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
MOAB 5/29/2020 6:32:26 AM (No. 425039)
The police should just stand down and let these black murderous thugs burn down the entire city. The news clips of the riots show them for what they are.......common criminals.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Osprey21 5/29/2020 7:16:49 AM (No. 425066)
Like we say here in Florida - You loot, we SHOOT.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
winmag 5/29/2020 7:21:13 AM (No. 425068)
A good object lesson for the importance of the 2nd amendment. Democrats would eliminate this right if they ever regain power.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Bluefindad 5/29/2020 7:28:12 AM (No. 425072)
Are these men patriots? They must realize that, if you bring a weapon into a volatile situation, you must first decide that you have the will to use it. The consequences of using the weapon will be severe. Government law enforcement will show them no empathy for making the hard decision and opting to confront lawlessness with force.
How far do you allow lawlessness to openly wander? The police chief made a decision based on his concern for the safety of police officers. That decision allowed looters and arsonists to brazenly steal from businesses and torch automobiles. Was the decision wise or cowardly? Will it lead to respect for law and common decency or degrade citizen's trust in law enforcement? Will it result in more vigilante action and potentially more destruction and chaos? Stay tuned.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
ARKfamily 5/29/2020 7:41:37 AM (No. 425083)
I am looking at both sides of the coin, too. I absolutely do not agree with the actions of the police officer but I, also, don't agree with George Floyd's illegal behavior either. I have no idea if George Floyd was guilty of any illegal actions but a rogue police officer was probably not best suited for the situation.
Don't you think perhaps that both sides are wrong? George Floyd and the police officer? It really tells me how faithless these individuals. Just to be clear, this is truly if George Floyd was guilty of wrongdoing. One of the commandments (the other two from the ten) are to love God with all your mind, heart and soul. The other is to treat others as you would treat yourself. These two people were violating the last command.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Philipsonh 5/29/2020 7:49:25 AM (No. 425087)
Police and the National Guard are USELESS if they are under a no-shoot order; in fact, they themselves are at risk. Institute a dusk to dawn curfew and a shoot to kill order and the thugs will go back to their caves.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
edgar 5/29/2020 7:51:26 AM (No. 425089)
I thought the guvnah called in the National Guard to protect Minneapolis. Hmm. Guess they had to stand down, too. How 'bout them rednecks! Doing the work law enforcement doesn't want to.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
janjan 5/29/2020 8:20:31 AM (No. 425117)
There are not ‘two sides’ to this at all. It doesn’t matter what this guy did or didn’t do. That cop killed him. On video. The looters and rioters are not seeking justice. They are just criminal thugs taking advantage of the situation. I wish there were far more armed citizens willing to do what the police are not.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
TJ54 5/29/2020 8:22:23 AM (No. 425119)
Shoot the "journalists" and this will stop in a hurry
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Clinger 5/29/2020 8:28:07 AM (No. 425123)
I wish they were there when George Floyd was being murdered.
In so many of these high profile cases we get the BLM narrative before the truth comes out that flips the narrative on it's head yet the initial lives on in perpetuity, Michael Brown, Trevon Martin etc.. But in this case nothing makes the killing of George Floyd right. If he was guilty of making baby stew and killed 20 cops resisting arrest once he was cuffed on the ground incapable of resisting killing him is flat out wrong, manslaughter. There is no excuse, no unknown circumstance that justifies a lack of arrest for at least two of the officers. Arrest mind you, not a conviction, you don't wait for all the facts for an arrest, just reasonable cause.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
clayusmcret 5/29/2020 9:12:11 AM (No. 425169)
Looters are not protestors. Rioters are not protestors. Looters are thieves and rioters are thugs. If they want to protest, then protest; but leave the thieves and thugs at home.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Rumblehog 5/29/2020 9:14:26 AM (No. 425172)
The darkies are sooooo outraged by death-by-cop that they must go steal a new tv to assuage their anger.
When "lead" reaches out and touches heads the crap seems to stop. Hmmm, is there a lesson to be learned here? Were our founding fathers prescient, or what?
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Nimby 5/29/2020 9:21:11 AM (No. 425181)
Another state under Democrats!!
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
Trump'sCousin 5/29/2020 9:32:07 AM (No. 425195)
God bless them and a big giant thank you to them! President Trump should invite them to the white house.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
bigfatslob 5/29/2020 9:55:13 AM (No. 425229)
I feel nothing for Minneapolis just the soul of George Floyd the rest is just anarchy handled incompetently on all sides.
I have been to a few riots in my time as a soldier and you do not go tell the aggressors you have unloaded weapons.
You seek out the loud mouth leaders and arrest them but unless you put a curfew and order to shoot to kill then this is just lawless mayhem that can go on and on. The stupid mayor made a stupid decision for the police stand down so the city can continue to burn. If this gets into farther neighborhoods of whites there will be killings.
Why are white people with guns 'rednecks' if this is the norm then maybe we can start using the n-word again let's be fair.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
mc squared 5/29/2020 9:57:25 AM (No. 425233)
#5; I suspect they know the consequences of their actions. There is a high probability that their businesses did not get looted nor burned because men with AR-15s would insure that didn't happen.
Your Honor, I offer the Korean store owners in the '92 LA riots as evidence.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
worried 5/29/2020 10:41:14 AM (No. 425288)
$5, you ask will this decision lead to respect for law...? Of course not. All it tells them is go ahead and do what you want. There will be no consequences, so loot and burn. It's O.K.
What did Target and the other stores do to enrage the crowd? Must have been something awful for the mob to take revenge on them. In what way were they responsible for that man's death?
Kudos to those armed citizens. When the police can't even stop the mob from burning down their own station, what use are they?
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
zoidberg 5/29/2020 10:52:58 AM (No. 425294)
The only problem with the rednecks is that there weren't enough of them.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
bad-hair 5/29/2020 11:06:05 AM (No. 425311)
You may have noticed that shootings and murder were approaching all time highs in Baltimore, Chicago and DC. I guess you can observe social distancing and still shoot someone.
That said, the REDNECKS or maybe as implied, the WHITE SUPREMACIST REDNECKS didn't shoot anybody. They didn't have to. their calm armed presence protected the business around them.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
Highlander 5/29/2020 11:10:54 AM (No. 425316)
FYI: The author used the term, “rednecks” in the same sense we would sometimes call ourselves “deplorables.” It’s to point out the prejudicial perception that liberals have of those not in their camp.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
Timber Queen 5/29/2020 1:09:47 PM (No. 425449)
The armed gentlemen described themselves as "red necks", taking back the label so to speak.
The Koreans on the rooftops in 1992 were actually South Korean Army soldiers. Take a closer look at the photos and you will see buff and very physically fit young men wearing new t-shirts and blue jeans with military grade weapons. They were flown in by the South Korean government the day the verdicts were announced. Thinking people knew what was about to happen and took the necessary precautions. (My BIL drove 60 miles to USC to bring home his daughter and her out-of-state roommate.) TK was then a major in the CAL Natl Guard and when they were called up he came home to change out of his LAPD blue into camo. He was assigned to Central Command downtown. He talked with the Korean Army major that came with the troops from South Korea.
The Korean community is very freedom minded and very connected to the "old country", and the "old country" is very connected to their communities in southern California. Their sense of identity knows no international boundaries. I don't know the legal details of how this was done, but the attitude was that these Korean "tourists" were on a limited stay and we could use all the help we could get.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
anniebc 5/29/2020 6:09:29 PM (No. 425700)
Ten thumbs up for darkies. Seriously? Not helping.
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Seems like a 'get er done' bunch of guys. Considering they burned down the police state with little effort, I would depend on the "rednecks" to protect my business.
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