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Sewa

(1,255 posts)
2. Have armed groups protecting stores in the area where I live
Thu Jun 4, 2020, 08:08 PM
Jun 2020

Most of them are strutting around with AKs. There was around 240 of them Tuesday night.

https://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/article243233641.html

 

virgogal

(10,178 posts)
6. How would you protect the store from a mob ? I know
Thu Jun 4, 2020, 08:55 PM
Jun 2020

I couldn’t,never held a gun in my life.

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
3. I wouldn't shop there until Target cleared the lot of armed hoodlums,
Thu Jun 4, 2020, 08:11 PM
Jun 2020

and I'd tell them so. Peaceful demonstration is a responsible act of engaged citizens. They are not.

jmg257

(11,996 posts)
4. Whats the connection to Target? Why are there protestors there?
Thu Jun 4, 2020, 08:27 PM
Jun 2020

Is it just a place to protest, or is there something specific?

bbernardini

(9,938 posts)
8. I believe they were protesting in response to previous bigotry expressed by the vigilantes.
Sat Jun 6, 2020, 04:02 PM
Jun 2020

A good friend of mine and her husband (both white) were harassed by them when they tried to visit the Target.

JI7

(89,247 posts)
5. lol, Target could afford their own security
Thu Jun 4, 2020, 08:32 PM
Jun 2020

fucking idiots. wannabe tough guys.

i bet they failed to actually get jobs in law enforcement or even private security.

PoliWrangler

(139 posts)
7. Linking to facebook not good
Thu Jun 4, 2020, 09:33 PM
Jun 2020

Yes I get it's a popular social media platform. That platform is not helping a free society to be informed and it's allowing white nationalists to flourish. Please dont support it by providing links. And I'll go a step further to say ditch it.

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