Violence from the left at RNC

[Always in His Presence]

GOP rep speaks out after attack by anti-Israel protester at RNC: We will not allow them to ‘intimidate us’​

The moment you put your hands on someone, you committed political violence​

Out-of-state officers shot and killed a man wielding two knives blocks away from the RNC, police say​

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Ohio police officers in Wisconsin for the Republican National Convention shot and killed a man who was wielding two knives near the convention, Milwaukee’s police chief said Tuesday.​

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2 People Arrested During, After RNC Protest in Downtown Milwaukee Monday: Police​

https://news.wttw.com/2024/07/16/2-...-rnc-protest-downtown-milwaukee-monday-police

 

[JustOneWay]

GOP rep speaks out after attack by anti-Israel protester at RNC: We will not allow them to ‘intimidate us’​

The moment you put your hands on someone, you committed political violence​

Violence by a woman from Code Pink! LOL This is a he said/ she said and maybe the old white guy should have not been so rude for starting it by VIOLENTLY bumping ioto the lady

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Out-of-state officers shot and killed a man wielding two knives blocks away from the RNC, police say​

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Ohio police officers in Wisconsin for the Republican National Convention shot and killed a man who was wielding two knives near the convention, Milwaukee’s police chief said Tuesday.​

Sounds like the cops were much more violent than the person they killed.

It sounds like suicide by cop.

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2 People Arrested During, After RNC Protest in Downtown Milwaukee Monday: Police​

2 People Arrested During, After RNC Protest in Downtown Milwaukee Monday: Police

This one was a guy violently taking posters and signs from the actual protestors. If the people protesting were protesting the republicans, then the chances are good that the violence came from a rightist.

A lady blocking traffic is not a violent act.

 

[The IbanezerScrooge]

GOP rep speaks out after attack by anti-Israel protester at RNC: We will not allow them to ‘intimidate us’​

The moment you put your hands on someone, you committed political violence​

Out-of-state officers shot and killed a man wielding two knives blocks away from the RNC, police say​

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Ohio police officers in Wisconsin for the Republican National Convention shot and killed a man who was wielding two knives near the convention, Milwaukee’s police chief said Tuesday.​

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2 People Arrested During, After RNC Protest in Downtown Milwaukee Monday: Police​

2 People Arrested During, After RNC Protest in Downtown Milwaukee Monday: Police

As far as the protest what should have happened if there is "political violence" during a protest happened. The protestors were arrested. They have a right to protest. They certainly don't have a right to assault anyone. However, people getting arrested does not necessarily equate to the commission of "political violence." They could have just refused the officers commands to disperse or move or pretty much anything the officers deems an arrestable offence, even acts that are not themselves actual crimes.

The guy getting shot had absolutely nothing, nada, zip to do with the convention and was not political in any way whatsoever. It was 2 homeless men fighting and one pulled knives and cops, who just happened to be in the area for convention security saw it and shot him because he didn't drop that knives and continued to threaten the other guy.

And everyone KNEW the right would try and lump that in because its what they do to try and promote "unity."

 

[The IbanezerScrooge]

It sounds like suicide by cop.

Honestly, it really didn't look like that. If anything i'm not 100% sure the guy even realized that it was cops that were yelling at him before they shot him. He was focused on the other guy and never looked at them. Guy was likely under the influence of something and didn't even know what was going on other than he wanted to stab the other guy. I don't fault the cops here, they acted to protect the other guy from getting killed or seriously injured. Tragic, but totally his own fault.

 

[JustOneWay]

Honestly, it really didn't look like that. If anything i'm not 100% sure the guy even realized that it was cops that were yelling at him before they shot him. He was focused on the other guy and never looked at them. Guy was likely under the influence of something and didn't even know what was going on other than he wanted to stab the other guy. I don't fault the cops here, they acted to protect the other guy from getting killed or seriously injured. Tragic, but totally his own fault.

Regardless, it was not political violence from the left like the OP suggests. That is the point.

 

[iluvatar5150]

GOP rep speaks out after attack by anti-Israel protester at RNC: We will not allow them to ‘intimidate us’​

The moment you put your hands on someone, you committed political violence​

The Code Pink crew is saying that he assaulted her when he tried to cut in line and shove past her. There doesn't seem to be any recording of what actually happened.

Out-of-state officers shot and killed a man wielding two knives blocks away from the RNC, police say​

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Ohio police officers in Wisconsin for the Republican National Convention shot and killed a man who was wielding two knives near the convention, Milwaukee’s police chief said Tuesday.​

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That wasn't a "leftist"; it was just some guy trying to attack somebody else.

2 People Arrested During, After RNC Protest in Downtown Milwaukee Monday: Police​

2 People Arrested During, After RNC Protest in Downtown Milwaukee Monday: Police

As others have noted, the guy is probably not a leftist, since he was, essentially, a counter-protestor, and the woman was not violent.

So hey, 1 out of 3, 1 out of 4, depending on how you're counting. Not a bad start, eh? Maybe next time you can find some more examples that better support your contention rather than a bunch that obviously don't. If you're concerned about accuracy in accusations and not needlessly ratcheting up the level of rhetoric (as we all are), that's probably a good thing to get right.

 

[Always in His Presence]

The Code Pink crew is saying that he assaulted her when he tried to cut in line and shove past her. There doesn't seem to be any recording of what actually happened.

yeah, remind us of their non violent protests in the past

 

[durangodawood]

Wow the streets of Milwaukee are rivers of blood. Such violence!

 

[Always in His Presence]

That wasn't a "leftist"; it was just some guy trying to attack somebody else.

“This is a situation where somebody’s life was in immediate danger,” Norman said.​

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The Columbus Division of Police has received attention because of its special unit deployed to Milwaukee that works to improve police-community relationships and had a visible role in guiding the largely uneventful protests on Monday.​

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The shooting happened near King Park, roughly a mile from the convention center, where a small group of protesters gathered before marching on Monday. That demonstration was followed by dozens of Columbus police officers, wearing blue vests that read: “Columbus Police Dialogue.”​

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So instead of marching with the protestors - he tried repeatedly to stab someone.

 

[RocksInMyHead]

yeah, remind us of their non violent protests in the past

What violence is this picture meant to illustrate? I see a woman in a pink shirt getting arrested.

The shooting happened near King Park, roughly a mile from the convention center, where a small group of protesters gathered before marching on Monday. That demonstration was followed by dozens of Columbus police officers, wearing blue vests that read: “Columbus Police Dialogue.”​

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So instead of marching with the protestors - he tried repeatedly to stab someone.

This is a highly misleading selective quote from the article. That sentence says that a small group of protesters gathered at King Park and marched towards the convention center. Nearby, in a completely unrelated incident, two people got into a fight in which knives were pulled, and the police shot one of them. There was no relationship between the protestors and the shooting victim aside from physical proximity. Per the previous paragraphs in the article, the victim was a homeless man who lived in an encampment across the street from the park.

 

[The IbanezerScrooge]

“This is a situation where somebody’s life was in immediate danger,” Norman said.​

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The Columbus Division of Police has received attention because of its special unit deployed to Milwaukee that works to improve police-community relationships and had a visible role in guiding the largely uneventful protests on Monday.​

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The shooting happened near King Park, roughly a mile from the convention center, where a small group of protesters gathered before marching on Monday. That demonstration was followed by dozens of Columbus police officers, wearing blue vests that read: “Columbus Police Dialogue.”​

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So instead of marching with the protestors - he tried repeatedly to stab someone.

THIS WASN'T RELATED TO ANY LEFTIST PROTEST OR THE CONVENTION IN ANY WAY. It was a homeless guy. It had nothing to do with anything other than 2 homeless guys fighting and one pulling knives.

 

[iluvatar5150]

yeah, remind us of their non violent protests in the past

I don't know anything about Code Pink; I generally don't trust left-wing protestors any more than right-wing protesters; and if you follow my math, you'll see that I gave you credit for that one.

“This is a situation where somebody’s life was in immediate danger,” Norman said.​

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The Columbus Division of Police has received attention because of its special unit deployed to Milwaukee that works to improve police-community relationships and had a visible role in guiding the largely uneventful protests on Monday.​

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The shooting happened near King Park, roughly a mile from the convention center, where a small group of protesters gathered before marching on Monday. That demonstration was followed by dozens of Columbus police officers, wearing blue vests that read: “Columbus Police Dialogue.”​

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So instead of marching with the protestors - he tried repeatedly to stab someone.

You're misreading your own article.

The protest was on Monday; the shooting happened on Tuesday.

Here's a video from the protest, dated Monday:

"Poor People's Army" protest at King Park

"Poor People's Army" protest at King Park

www.yahoo.com

Here's an article saying explicitly that the shooting occurred on Tuesday:

Shooting of homeless man near RNC probed; activists say 'blood is on city's hands'

Samuel Sharpe Jr., who was homeless, was killed by Columbus, Ohio, police officers on Tuesday near the RNC in Milwaukee.

www.usatoday.com

Furthermore, if you read the entire article that you posted, you'll find this:

A cousin and others identified the man killed as 43-year-old Samuel Sharpe.
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Linda Sharpe said her cousin lived in a tent encampment across the street from King Park, where the shooting occurred.

IOW, he was a homeless guy who lived in the immediate area. He was not a protestor.

I await your retraction.

 

[The IbanezerScrooge]

What violence is this picture meant to illustrate? I see a woman in a pink shirt getting arrested.

Apparently, according to the OP protesting is itself an act of violence. Especially if you agree with what they are protesting against.

This is a highly misleading selective quote from the article. That sentence says that a small group of protesters gathered at King Park and marched towards the convention center. Nearby, in a completely unrelated incident, two people got into a fight in which knives were pulled, and the police shot one of them. There was no relationship between the protestors and the shooting victim aside from physical proximity. Per the previous paragphs in the article, the victim was a homeless man who lived in an encampment across the street from the park.

This is like the 5th or 6th time this has been pointed out. Let's see if it sticks...

 

[JustOneWay]

Apparently, according to the OP protesting is itself an act of violence. Especially if you agree with what they are protesting against.

This is like the 5th or 6th time this has been pointed out. Let's see if it sticks...

This was the justification - "The moment you put your hands on someone, you committed political violence"

Sadly, the accusation came from the old man, but others in the crowd pointed out that the old man started it by "putting hands on someone" in the crowd. He said/she said. If the old man touched the woman first, then that is POLITICAL VIOLENCE.

 

[The IbanezerScrooge]

This was the justification - "The moment you put your hands on someone, you committed political violence"

Sadly, the accusation came from the old man, but others in the crowd pointed out that the old man started it by "putting hands on someone" in the crowd. He said/she said. If the old man touched the woman first, then that is POLITICAL VIOLENCE.

TBF, the convention attendees are probably so far to the right that any violence whatsoever committed by anyone other than convention attendees would likely be considered "from the left"

 

[CRAZY_CAT_WOMAN]

I feel that protesting in America is a waste of time. It seems to never end. Or others screw the meaning up. I just ignore it. Like the the leaders in charge. Also, I don't get why a lot of these people are protesting against soothing, they know nothing about.