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The effin a**holes are shooting at the PRESS! (Original Post) Lock him up. May 2020 OP
Where? Hoyt May 2020 #1
Everywhere. cayugafalls May 2020 #2
Police shooting at press? Don't think so. Hoyt May 2020 #4
They are shooting geardaddy May 2020 #13
Aiming at press? Hoyt May 2020 #15
Yes, saw it live on local TV geardaddy May 2020 #17
Directly at them... lame54 May 2020 #30
Yes malaise May 2020 #38
Sorry, Malaise, but they weren't targeting PRESS. They were firing pepper balls toward protesters, Hoyt May 2020 #40
You are wrong... lame54 Jun 2020 #51
Where? Please say where. This disembodied "Twitter reporting" isn't helping. Hekate May 2020 #46
Just saw Ari and crew hit by tear gas. sheshe2 May 2020 #18
If press were targeted, I'm really ticked. If they were standing with a crowd that was advancing Hoyt May 2020 #23
They weren't standing with a crowd. sheshe2 May 2020 #25
I'll watch for Velchi's report. Press, in Atlanta, were treated very well. Hoyt May 2020 #26
Starting at 4 AM Central Time this morning Tink41 May 2020 #31
As video in #27 indicates, Press was not targeted when Velchi was hit in leg. Hoyt May 2020 #34
You are referring to Ali? Tink41 May 2020 #35
I'm referring to the OP who was referring to Velchi. Velchi was TARGETED, he was just there behind Hoyt May 2020 #37
I'm sorry Tink41 May 2020 #50
Ali Velchi on MSNBC has been shot at by a NG who said "we don't care" Lock him up. May 2020 #3
I see where he was near some tear gas -- but you said SHOT. I don't Hoyt May 2020 #6
By a rubber bullet to the leg apparently. nt tblue37 May 2020 #8
Apparently? OK. Think I'll wait for news where they drew down on him, it Hoyt May 2020 #9
He tweeted it himself. Grasswire2 May 2020 #14
I saw him getting hit by a rubber bullet on the side of his left knee. n/t Lock him up. May 2020 #16
He tweeted it himself: tblue37 May 2020 #22
Also sheshe2 May 2020 #24
I saw that. I was watching him on MSNBC, he was tear gassed then shot with a rubber bullet katmondoo May 2020 #12
They aimed at him because he is in press? I don't support shooting anyone except Hoyt May 2020 #20
4 AM CST Tink41 May 2020 #32
Jesus. H. Christ. BigDemVoter May 2020 #7
Velchi said it was a National Guard shooting at him (and his crew) Lock him up. May 2020 #10
Hopefully, he'll have video and someone will pay. I like Velchi. Hoyt May 2020 #21
A news photographer posted on Twitter that she's now blind in one eye from being shot catrose May 2020 #5
I was just reading about this. Awful, but she is amazingly steady about it. nt crickets May 2020 #19
I don't think that link is related to this post. BlueLucy May 2020 #11
Here's a good video, MSNBC makes it pretty clear they were targeting protesters, not PRESS. Hoyt May 2020 #27
Are you defending their un-Constitutional conduct? Lock him up. May 2020 #28
I prefer truth in headlines, even here. The PRESS wasn't targeted. Hoyt May 2020 #29
I prefer clear video where street lights are ON. Lock him up. May 2020 #33
OP was about Velchi. In your video, the reporter states "she's behind lines [of protesters]." Hoyt May 2020 #36
They hate video cameras and will count on those who will excuse their un-Constitutional conduct! Lock him up. May 2020 #39
Last night I watched mostly Atlanta news. The police were very accommodating to PRESS. Hoyt May 2020 #41
Yes obamanut2012 Jun 2020 #52
Velshi was hit in the leg by a rubber bullet... AntiFascist May 2020 #42
Yep, he was behind protesters, but they weren't TARGETING Press. Sorry. Hoyt May 2020 #43
Yeah, maybe you should watch the actual video... AntiFascist May 2020 #45
Watched it numerous times and he appears to be hit from the other side when he says, let me turn Hoyt May 2020 #47
If you watched the video then you know that Velshi kept repeating... AntiFascist May 2020 #48
And it wasn't even dark yet. Lock him up. May 2020 #44
In Kentucky, I think, one fired lots of pepper bullets Blue_true May 2020 #49

cayugafalls

(5,631 posts)
2. Everywhere.
Sat May 30, 2020, 11:09 PM
May 2020

Looks the same in almost all cities with protest. News media is getting blasted as well as protesters.

geardaddy

(24,924 posts)
17. Yes, saw it live on local TV
Sat May 30, 2020, 11:27 PM
May 2020

Here in Minneapolis. I don't have the video. I don't know if the cameraman was shot or the reporter, but the arrested the cameraman live on video.

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
40. Sorry, Malaise, but they weren't targeting PRESS. They were firing pepper balls toward protesters,
Sun May 31, 2020, 03:18 PM
May 2020

and Velchi was behind the targets. I'm not for any firing, but the police aren't targeting PRESS is this case, any more than they are cars hit by pepper balls or tear gas.

Hekate

(90,202 posts)
46. Where? Please say where. This disembodied "Twitter reporting" isn't helping.
Sun May 31, 2020, 03:44 PM
May 2020

I'm not picking on you, by the way. I started calling this out last night (Saturday night). Someone was posting really incendiary stuff off Twitter, but it might have been happening in Podunk, Peoria, or the Moon, for all I could tell.

sheshe2

(83,356 posts)
18. Just saw Ari and crew hit by tear gas.
Sat May 30, 2020, 11:27 PM
May 2020

Also said to have been hit by rubber bullets. Same happened last night...several reporters hit by rubber bullets, not sure where.

Rubber bullets can be lethal.

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
23. If press were targeted, I'm really ticked. If they were standing with a crowd that was advancing
Sat May 30, 2020, 11:33 PM
May 2020

on police, I’ll want to see Velchi’s report and video. I like him, and he’s the hardest working one on MSNBC.

sheshe2

(83,356 posts)
25. They weren't standing with a crowd.
Sat May 30, 2020, 11:41 PM
May 2020

They were down street. I was watching. They are targeting the press. I have money on who suggested they do so.

Also...
Police apologized:

Louisville police apologize for targeting news crew at ...
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-nw-louisville-police-shoot-news-crew-tv...

They Are Targeting The Press.

They have their orders.

Tink41

(537 posts)
31. Starting at 4 AM Central Time this morning
Sun May 31, 2020, 02:56 PM
May 2020

Video all over, different cities of press being shot at, and pepper sprayed. Also a Medic Station in one of the cities was shot at, nurse was interviewed

Tink41

(537 posts)
35. You are referring to Ali?
Sun May 31, 2020, 03:02 PM
May 2020

Like I said, I woke up at 4am to video on twitter of press identifying themselves and being targeted. Several different cities.

Tink41

(537 posts)
50. I'm sorry
Sun May 31, 2020, 11:00 PM
May 2020

Should have replied to you in the beginning of thread. Yes they were attacking the press. Documented by video all night long last night.

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
6. I see where he was near some tear gas -- but you said SHOT. I don't
Sat May 30, 2020, 11:13 PM
May 2020

think that helps, unless you have a link.

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
9. Apparently? OK. Think I'll wait for news where they drew down on him, it
Sat May 30, 2020, 11:16 PM
May 2020

should be a big story on MSNBC tomorrow.

Not saying it didn’t happen, I’ve been watching Atlanta news tonight. Have not seen anything like that.

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
20. They aimed at him because he is in press? I don't support shooting anyone except
Sat May 30, 2020, 11:28 PM
May 2020

to save lives, but tear gas for crowd control— and MAYBE rubber bullets in a few situations— isn’t targeting press.

BigDemVoter

(4,149 posts)
7. Jesus. H. Christ.
Sat May 30, 2020, 11:14 PM
May 2020

I don't believe a fucking word the police ever say. They ALWAYS lie.

The police will deny this ever happened.

Lock him up.

(6,874 posts)
10. Velchi said it was a National Guard shooting at him (and his crew)
Sat May 30, 2020, 11:18 PM
May 2020

He said he yelled "PRESS" at him and the NG replied "WE DON'T CARE"

The Founding Fathers must have all spined in their graves at that exact moment!

catrose

(5,050 posts)
5. A news photographer posted on Twitter that she's now blind in one eye from being shot
Sat May 30, 2020, 11:12 PM
May 2020

with a rubber bullet. Not her photography eye, she says.

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
27. Here's a good video, MSNBC makes it pretty clear they were targeting protesters, not PRESS.
Sun May 31, 2020, 01:36 PM
May 2020

"'There was no warning whatsoever': Police shoot tear gas toward protesters, MSNBC crew"

Not saying shooting rubber bullets was necessary, but there is no indication PRESS is targeted.

https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/-there-was-no-warning-whatsoever-police-shoot-tear-gas-toward-protesters-msnbc-crew-84141125529

Lock him up.

(6,874 posts)
28. Are you defending their un-Constitutional conduct?
Sun May 31, 2020, 02:41 PM
May 2020

At the end of the video, Velchi got hit: "I got hit!" "I got hit!"

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142504064

The Black, un-armed protester there (exerting HIS Constitutional Right)... all that's missing are the tanks:

?t=20

Lock him up.

(6,874 posts)
33. I prefer clear video where street lights are ON.
Sun May 31, 2020, 02:57 PM
May 2020

Don't tell me the un-Constitutional thugs can't see the crew holding the cam and the woman holding her mic. Nice try.


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Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
36. OP was about Velchi. In your video, the reporter states "she's behind lines [of protesters]."
Sun May 31, 2020, 03:14 PM
May 2020

She even shows a stash of milk and water to ward off affects of teargas.

I'm not saying it's right to shoot anyone with pepper balls, but I don't see a concerted effort to target/silence PRESS. Sorry.

Lock him up.

(6,874 posts)
39. They hate video cameras and will count on those who will excuse their un-Constitutional conduct!
Sun May 31, 2020, 03:18 PM
May 2020

Sorry.

NRA???
No lives matter???

AntiFascist

(12,792 posts)
42. Velshi was hit in the leg by a rubber bullet...
Sun May 31, 2020, 03:21 PM
May 2020

I was watching after he recovered from coughing due to the tear gas, and then doubled over in pain grabbing his leg and finally the camera had to cut away. How is that not being targeted?

AntiFascist

(12,792 posts)
45. Yeah, maybe you should watch the actual video...
Sun May 31, 2020, 03:32 PM
May 2020

about 6:20 into it, there was one black protester and he was nowhere near Velshi.

 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
47. Watched it numerous times and he appears to be hit from the other side when he says, let me turn
Sun May 31, 2020, 03:56 PM
May 2020

around and look in other direction. I'm not saying anyone should be shot, even with pepper balls.


______________________

Honestly, when so-called protesters are doing this to store owned by Black ladies, something has to be done.

This is Atlanta, which I was watching last night. People, supposedly protesting George Floyd being killed by police, did this Saturday:



https://www.ajc.com/news/crime--law/for-vandals-black-owned-businesses-not-exempt-during-atlanta-protest/gQoLWLIDLW49MVIodPA0ZK/

"The Wilbourns had hung hand-written signs identifying the shop as a black-owned business. However, those signs did not stop someone from throwing a rock through the boutique’s display window, breaking it to pieces.

"Other businesses, including black-owned ones, were damaged in similar fashion throughout the city."

This ain't protesting either:



________________

Personally, I'd like to see protesters lined up Monday morning around Governor's Mansion, Capitol, Police Station, even on major thoroughfares, holding signs saying "BLM" as patrols leave and officials arrive. It'll do more good than what's going on this weekend.

AntiFascist

(12,792 posts)
48. If you watched the video then you know that Velshi kept repeating...
Sun May 31, 2020, 04:18 PM
May 2020

that the protesters were not doing anything violent and there was no reason for the officers to be firing on them. The violence displayed at other protests was not happening in this instance!

Lock him up.

(6,874 posts)
44. And it wasn't even dark yet.
Sun May 31, 2020, 03:26 PM
May 2020

I watched LIVE too.

Later on, like an hour or so after (when it was dark), he said they identified themselves (crew) by yelling "PRESS" and one of the un-Constitutional thugs' voice replied "WE DON'T CARE" at them!!

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
49. In Kentucky, I think, one fired lots of pepper bullets
Sun May 31, 2020, 05:18 PM
May 2020

at a reporter and her cameraman. They were clearly Press and had a yellow jacket on.

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