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Why did they burn Wendy's down? Was the store somehow at fault in Brooks' death? (Original Post) doc03 Jun 2020 OP
It appears to have been a white woman who started the fire. louis-t Jun 2020 #1
I just don't understand the distruction if anything I think doc03 Jun 2020 #3
It may have been the intention to hurt the cause. nt. Mariana Jun 2020 #8
no kidding obamanut2012 Jun 2020 #33
Not sure that's the case. Hoyt Jun 2020 #10
"Not sure"? The photo of the suspect is a white woman. louis-t Jun 2020 #36
There were more than one person starting fire. Truthfully, it doesn't make a lot of difference who Hoyt Jun 2020 #37
She's probably another Karen. madinmaryland Jun 2020 #45
Those people in hoodies, white folks who show up to fuck shit up. Boogers or something. Alex4Martinez Jun 2020 #2
Who are 'they'? sheshe2 Jun 2020 #4
"you know, THEM!" she whispered darkly. BamaRefugee Jun 2020 #5
Troublemakers, boogaloo bois, others with an agenda. louis-t Jun 2020 #6
Exactly what I was going to post! yardwork Jun 2020 #42
What are you asking us for? Mariana Jun 2020 #7
First of all some seem to want to make some kind of issue about the "they" like I am accusing doc03 Jun 2020 #14
Who do you think set the fire? yardwork Jun 2020 #43
A white women has been accused, a young white guy was accused, doc03 Jun 2020 #44
Funny you should mention this. jaysunb Jun 2020 #9
What tv station, do you have a link? Hoyt Jun 2020 #12
I was watching CNN. Nt jaysunb Jun 2020 #18
Whoever was involved with this, whatever they believe, undermine... pat_k Jun 2020 #11
And undermines it only to those looking for an excuse for it to be undermined uponit7771 Jun 2020 #20
+1000 airmid Jun 2020 #24
How does the act of this handful of people "undermine" the message of equality? StarfishSaver Jun 2020 #31
Riots never make sense zak247 Jun 2020 #13
I just hate to see things like this it only makes campaign ads for Trump doc03 Jun 2020 #15
For who progressive? Trump voters care more about the restaurant than the life not sane people uponit7771 Jun 2020 #21
lolz stahp obamanut2012 Jun 2020 #34
oh, you again obamanut2012 Jun 2020 #35
Sometimes that is what it takes to get the attention of those that have continually walkingman Jun 2020 #16
They see it as instant justice, having no faith in the justice system. SunSeeker Jun 2020 #17
who is "they" ? Do you know who burned it down ? JI7 Jun 2020 #19
Agent provocateurs is what they were called back in the day. brush Jun 2020 #23
White supremacist burn it down to give unsympathetic people an excuse to detract uponit7771 Jun 2020 #22
it was a white woman, so I'll assume THEY did it to smear BLM movement SiliconValley_Dem Jun 2020 #25
+1, have they caught her or was this person on camera? thx in advance uponit7771 Jun 2020 #27
It's a freaking building. Voltaire2 Jun 2020 #26
After reading the posts I learned it was a white women, a doc03 Jun 2020 #28
Im gonna keep posting this just as a PSA - Arson is not a joke. You can get killed doing it jmg257 Jun 2020 #29
Who is "they"? StarfishSaver Jun 2020 #30
The person or persons that did it? MichMan Jun 2020 #38
zzzzzzzzzzzz obamanut2012 Jun 2020 #32
Maybe fast food joints should have their own security HAB911 Jun 2020 #39
Looking for rational answers... LanternWaste Jun 2020 #40
Good guess. nt SunSeeker Jun 2020 #41
 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
37. There were more than one person starting fire. Truthfully, it doesn't make a lot of difference who
Mon Jun 15, 2020, 10:09 AM
Jun 2020

started it.

Alex4Martinez

(2,180 posts)
2. Those people in hoodies, white folks who show up to fuck shit up. Boogers or something.
Sun Jun 14, 2020, 11:54 PM
Jun 2020

I don't know what they're called but people caught people starting shit here and in other cities.

Mariana

(14,847 posts)
7. What are you asking us for?
Sun Jun 14, 2020, 11:58 PM
Jun 2020

You'd have to ask the person or persons who actually set the fire about their motivations.

doc03

(35,143 posts)
14. First of all some seem to want to make some kind of issue about the "they" like I am accusing
Mon Jun 15, 2020, 12:21 AM
Jun 2020

someone. I don't think it was spontaneous combustion. I don't sit and watch cable TV news 24/7. I have been hearing there is something like an hour long video of it. A f---g hour all I have seen on TV is maybe 10 seconds of it I have heard nothing of any video showing someone setting the fire only showing the building burning.

doc03

(35,143 posts)
44. A white women has been accused, a young white guy was accused,
Tue Jun 16, 2020, 04:09 PM
Jun 2020

white supremacists were accused, anarchists were accused and there is a CNN interview with a protester that said WE
set the fire. I don't think it was spontanious combustion so I have no idea.

jaysunb

(11,856 posts)
9. Funny you should mention this.
Mon Jun 15, 2020, 12:03 AM
Jun 2020

Watching the scene play out on live TV , the authorities had a night sun trained on a young white guy breaking the window and running back across the street and retrieving something from a backpack and going back to the window he had just broken and tossed the object in and again ran across the street, picked up the backpack and ran away. Shortly afterwards there was some sort of explosion and the fire was on.
I've been speaking to people all day about this and wondering why this recorded incident has not been the subject of conversation today.
Seems awfully strange to me

pat_k

(9,313 posts)
11. Whoever was involved with this, whatever they believe, undermine...
Mon Jun 15, 2020, 12:16 AM
Jun 2020

the power of the 10's of thousands out there protesting effectively in states across the country.

One of the most powerful actions here in Seattle was the silent march of an estimated 60,000 people here in Seattle -- despite horrible weather.

My neighbor was one of the marchers. He said the power of it was indescribable -- he was on the verge of tears throughout.



Thousands in Seattle march in silence to honor lives lost, fight against police brutality
https://www.seattlepi.com/seattlenews/article/thousands-march-in-silence-to-honor-lives-lost-15337288.php



 

StarfishSaver

(18,486 posts)
31. How does the act of this handful of people "undermine" the message of equality?
Mon Jun 15, 2020, 08:36 AM
Jun 2020

Are you any less supportive of the cause because some people - likely white people - burned down a fast food restaurant?

doc03

(35,143 posts)
15. I just hate to see things like this it only makes campaign ads for Trump
Mon Jun 15, 2020, 12:24 AM
Jun 2020

and video clips for Fox.

walkingman

(7,505 posts)
16. Sometimes that is what it takes to get the attention of those that have continually
Mon Jun 15, 2020, 12:38 AM
Jun 2020

looked the other way for generations then - "Burn it to the ground if that’s what it’s gonna take to fix our nation"

SunSeeker

(51,367 posts)
17. They see it as instant justice, having no faith in the justice system.
Mon Jun 15, 2020, 12:43 AM
Jun 2020

I guess they are angry at the Wendy's because it is assumed a Wendy's employee called the cops on Brooks.

Here's how one protestor explained why they burned the Wendy's:

Atlanta protester explains why only the Wendy's was burned during protests

From CNN's Boris Sanchez

Atlanta protester Joseth Jett explained to CNN's Boris Sanchez on Sunday why someone burned the Wendy's restaurant where Rayshard Brooks was killed in a police shooting.

“I do feel bad about people who have lost their job, but at the same time, we burned this building and not any other building around here," Jett said. "We burned this one specifically because of what happened here … This goes back to what our mission is, making sure that there is justice served for the person that died over here at this Wendy’s.”

Brooks was fatally shot during an encounter with police on Saturday.

“At the end of the day, the man ran. The man tried to escape. There was absolutely no reason why a gun needs to be pulled when a man is trying to run,” Jett said.
https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/george-floyd-protests-06-14-20/h_5f5c81a2267113909edf734b04f410cc

brush

(53,467 posts)
23. Agent provocateurs is what they were called back in the day.
Mon Jun 15, 2020, 02:54 AM
Jun 2020

They are agents of those who want the protests look bad. They infiltrate movements to disrupt. Often they are from law inforcement and/or the government. In the '60s there was cointelpro from Hoover's FBI who infiltrated the Black Panther Party. SDS and other groups were also targeted by infiltrators.

Plug in whatever name you want from the right—boogaloo bois is being bandied about, anarchist/alt right thugs, you name it. The right is also trying to insinuate it's antifa to discredit the left. It's an old, ever present element in protests for social change. There are people invested in things not changing.

 

SiliconValley_Dem

(1,656 posts)
25. it was a white woman, so I'll assume THEY did it to smear BLM movement
Mon Jun 15, 2020, 04:59 AM
Jun 2020

and black people generally. Georgia whites as a group are still severely racist

Voltaire2

(12,610 posts)
26. It's a freaking building.
Mon Jun 15, 2020, 05:25 AM
Jun 2020

I feel for the innocent cockroaches lost in the fire. The building? Don’t care.

A human being was murdered by the police.

doc03

(35,143 posts)
28. After reading the posts I learned it was a white women, a
Mon Jun 15, 2020, 07:49 AM
Jun 2020

young white guy, agent provocateurs or white supremacists. Post number 17 says CNN interviewed
protestors and they said "WE" did
it. Post number 16 thinks it was a good thing, it brings attention to the shooting. Where I live most people voted for Trump and I have heard some that recently are changing their tune. It is things like that that will push a certain number of moderates or independents back to the Trump side. No it is not good to bring attention that way.
What I conclude is white people did it or if they didn't
it was ok because it brings attention to the cause.

jmg257

(11,996 posts)
29. Im gonna keep posting this just as a PSA - Arson is not a joke. You can get killed doing it
Mon Jun 15, 2020, 08:16 AM
Jun 2020

and it would/may be lawfully justified. Felony is not fun, nor is getting killed to push a point (no matter how righteous). Arson is taken seriously by we the people for a reason.

1. A person is guilty of arson in the fourth degree when he recklessly damages a building or motor vehicle by intentionally starting a fire or causing an explosion.



Under {NY} law, any person may use deadly physical force upon another individual when he or she reasonably believes it to be necessary to prevent or terminate what he or she reasonably believes to be the commission or attempted commission of arson by such individual.

HAB911

(8,811 posts)
39. Maybe fast food joints should have their own security
Mon Jun 15, 2020, 12:17 PM
Jun 2020

to handle minor shit like this. No, they call the cops just like Walmart so we pay for their security.

 

LanternWaste

(37,748 posts)
40. Looking for rational answers...
Mon Jun 15, 2020, 04:47 PM
Jun 2020

from a social movement of people who have been pushed to the breaking point and then alleging concern seems pretty weak, realizing entire books have been written on that very topic.

Wouldn't a sincere curiosity, a sincere concern. actively seek these answers from the primary and secondary sources? Or are rhetorical questions simply another hipster fashion statement designed to more efficiently advertise our sanctimony?

My guess is the latter. But it's merely a guess.

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