Diner pulls gun on armed BLM protestors

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I never realized that screaming at someone could be taken as imminent danger. Does the decibel level matter? Like if someone is screaming and it could damage your ear drums, shoot them to protect yourself.
If someone was in your face, using obscenities and threatening you with body language, I bet you would do whatever you could to protect yourself.
 
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If someone was in your face, using obscenities and threatening you with body language, I bet you would do whatever you could to protect yourself.

Not to mention being backed into a corner like he was. It would have been better if he had simply gotten up and entered the restaurant when he saw them coming, if he had the chance. But if they came from the North he wouldn't have had any opportunity to see them coming because of the corner of the building on his right.
 
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Lots of screaming going on. No, we don't know what happened earlier. I guess the courts will decide. BLM has certainly does this kind of thing other places, getting in people's faces in restaurants and demanding they chant with them, etc, but the southern states might be a bad place to pull that crap.
I heard screaming from people trying to keep away any violence. IMHO the white man who pulled the gun on the people provoked the screaming. I saw people with their cell phones out recording. I did not see anyone getting in anyone's face.
 
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If someone was in your face, using obscenities and threatening you with body language, I bet you would do whatever you could to protect yourself.
You just said it was about screaming. Someone getting in your face and shouting obscenities is not a justified reason to pull a gun on someone.

Do you have evidence they threatened the man?
 
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You just said it was about screaming. Someone getting in your face and shouting obscenities is not a justified reason to pull a gun on someone.

Do you have evidence they threatened the man?
No I didn't. If you are going to misquote me, forget it.

And I already said we don't know what happened before.
 
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No I didn't. If you are going to misquote me, forget it.

And I already said we don't know what happened before.
We don't know what happened, but judging by past history, people like this are a danger to society (e.g., Michael Dunn, Jeffrey Zeigler, Michael Drejka, Gregory McMichael, etc.).
 
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It is a probability since they were in the outdoor dining area.

I think you mean it's a possibility.

It's pretty simple though....did they stop marching and line up at the door for seats, like, you know, customers?

Or were they like every other group of protesters we've seen terrorizing private businesses hundreds of times over the past year?
 
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I think you mean it's a possibility.

It's pretty simple though....did they stop marching and line up at the door for seats, like, you know, customers?

Or were they like every other group of protesters we've seen terrorizing private businesses hundreds of times over the past year?
No I wrote what I meant. But for some reason white men get spooked when they see more than one or two black men enter an establishment.
 
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No I wrote what I meant. But for some reason white men get spooked when they see more than one or two black men enter an establishment.

They did not enter the establishment. This all happened on the sidewalk in front of the restaurant. See the photo I posted on page 2, and compare it with the video.
 
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No I wrote what I meant.

Then you should learn the difference between the two.

But for some reason white men get spooked when they see more than one or two black men enter an establishment.

I haven't watched the video....I suspect they didn't line up to be seated or place orders....or you'd be telling me to watch the video by now.

Is it fair to say they were illegally protesting on private property?
 
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They did not enter the establishment. This all happened on the sidewalk in front of the restaurant. See the photo I posted on page 2, and compare it with the video.

Fair game then....they can protest in public.
 
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If BLM thinks they don’t like cops - they really won’t like having to face armed citizens...
Are you really suggesting that BLM are NOT citizens :sigh:? Now that is a problem.
 
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Are you arguing that I can pull a gun on people screaming at me?
Yes I will support the right to defend oneself from a group of armed people who have a well established reputation for violence.
 
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#1 The gun was pulled out at the protesters by a white man.
#2 The article did not say what provoked the man to pull his gun on the protesters.
#3 The video showed some protesters protecting the man who pulled the gun on them.
#4 The video showed no protester pulling a gun.
#5 The video showed a multi racial mix among the protesters.
#6 The article reported there was no gun violence and no violence.
Did you not see:“During the encounter both patrons and protesters brandished firearms,” police spokeswoman Alicia Smiley told the outlet. Five protest related arrests were made, including a suspect charged with possession of a handgun by a convicted felon and first-degree wanton endangerment of an officer
 
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Five protest related arrests were made, including a suspect charged with possession of a handgun by a convicted felon

That so many BLM activists are convicted criminals, don't let that be lost on you...
 
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If a person pulls a gun and points it at you, should you shoot that person? The person who pulled a gun first should get shot, then you're standing your ground, right?
This is not a wild west fastest gun contest. The man would not have to pull a gun if he was not being accosted by armed people who belong to a known violent organization who are loudly proclaiming that they are not intending to be peaceful.
 
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