Are They Trying To Get Ali Velshi Killed?

[sfstaxprep]

MSNBC put him right in the middle of the Minneapolis chaos.

[BigmanPigman]

1. Looks like it.

[demosincebirth]

2. ??

[FM123]

3. Yep, he looked like he was right in the middle of it all...

[elleng]

4. Unlikely anyone is 'trying,'

he's a reporter, goes where the news is. Things were peaceful until 5-10 minutes ago.

[sfstaxprep]

5. Not this type of news

There could very well be a riot tonight, with a lot of police around.

Sundown was 15 minutes ago by the way. Things are going to devolve quickly like they did last night.

[ecstatic]

6. Instead of showing Velshi, they need to zoom in on

which outside actors are purposely disrupting and distracting from peaceful protest. It's probably a cop or trumper.

[sfstaxprep]

7. Are You Kidding?

Sure, there are disrupters, but this thing is a powder keg, and with no charges today, it's going to be out of control.

[GemDigger]

24. Check out this video and watch to the end. This is a man with a plan and it didn't go right.

Suspicious white man breaking windows at Auto Zone -

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213498700

[2naSalit]

8. +1

[Budi]

10. Wasn't it later found out that disrupters from out of State came to Ferguson

Weren't some of them there just to set fires & cause damage & chaos, so the local protestors would be blamed.
Anyone remember this?

[mopinko]

14. they say The Liar is the one who throws the rock, then hides his hand.

[Budi]

21. The truth isn't it!

Another heartbreaking & familiar murder of a black man, while the cameras rolled on.

🙁

[mopinko]

26. i may not always get the truth quite right, but i never, ever lie.

even save my own ass.
to protect someone else, maybe, but as a last resort.

[DURHAM D]

11. Agree.

The guy working the hardest to break down the fence was completely covered. Was he AA or white?

I basically assume that anyone I see wearing a gas mask is an outside actor.

[uponit7771]

23. +1, most likely white ... the "bogaloo" crowd is working the city. Buncha white supremacist who

... want to infiltrate these incidents and cause more chaos

[uponit7771]

22. +1

[IcyPeas]

9. CNN too

Sarah Seidner is right there too.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

12. It's so weird and surreal to watch something like this

happening in a place in my city that I'm very familiar with. It's really, really sad.

[roamer65]

13. Ali got guts.

I am developing a much greater respect for him tonite.

[mopinko]

16. ali is fearless.

and if i am any judge, some sort of power has his back.

[msongs]

15. media stunt to aggravate the situation nt

[sfstaxprep]

18. Aggravate The Situation?

This situation was a foregone conclusion once they did not charge any of the officers today.

[msongs]

19. presence of media alters behavior nt

[sfstaxprep]

20. Media Was Not On Ground Last Night

It didn't stop them then.

[SlogginThroughIt]

33. I see Trumps campaign against the media is working.... Sad.

[sfstaxprep]

17. Unbelievable

A guy sitting on a motorcycle behind Ali playing guitar and singing.

[dem4decades]

25. Rachel referred to him as our reporter. WTF, he deserves better than that.

I guess she forgets the little people.

[mopinko]

27. same name she calls herself.

that's quite the insult you just posted.

[SlogginThroughIt]

34. WTF? REALLY?

[Heartstrings]

28. Unreal....

But the anger is real and for good cause....These LEO’s need to be in custody, that would alleviate some of the grief and anger.

Stay safe, Ari! You’re in the trenches for us!

[Firestorm49]

29. He's a big boy. He can either keep reporting, or declare it's not safe to be there and leave.

[Tarc]

30. They clamor for assignments like this, like Anderson Cooper plopped into every hurricane

No one forces them.

[JI7]

31. he probably wants to be there

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

32. He's had security people around him all night.

The guy in the American Eagle shirt for one. When people got close to Ari someone steps in to stop it.