White man is arrested for pointing his AR15 at a group of five black bikers who were resting close

[Demovictory9]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8434323/White-man-arrested-pointing-AR15-group-five-black-bikers-Virginia-subdivision.html

Dennis Lee Berry was charged with brandishing a firearm and has been released on a $5,000 unsecured bond, the Spotsylvania Sheriff's Department said
Brandon Foster, one of the bikers who filmed the altercation, shared the video to Facebook
He shared that he and the group had stopped in the area because three members in the party used to live in the area
The clip starts showing Dennis pointing the gun at the group, with one of the men explaining that he used to live in the area
He claims that the group will get arrested as one of the bikers explains to authorities on the phone what is transpiring





Investigators determined that the group had pulled into a cul-de-sac that was had signage that read 'Private Road No Trespassing' but the group shared that they had not seen the sign.

Outside the area of the 5500 block of Whelan Way, the group were confronted by Berry who brandished his weapon from his property.

Both Dennis and the group filmed the altercation and placed calls to authorities. It was then that authorities arrested the gun owner.

Brandon Foster, one of the bikers who filmed the altercation, shared the video to Facebook. He shared that he and the group had stopped in the area because three members in the party used to live in the area.

'We stopped at the end in the cul-de-sac to plan our route home and to stretch,' he said in a comment under the department's post. 'We were there for a few minutes.'

The clip starts showing Dennis pointing the gun at the group, with one of the men explaining that he used to live in the area .

Several of the others can be heard saying to call the authorities to the scene.

'You'll definitely go to jail for shooting me, I am a federal officer,' one of the men in the group can be heard telling Dennis.

Brandon Foster, one of the bikers who filmed the altercation, shared the video to Facebook +6

[BeyondGeography]

1. "I am a federal officer."

That moment when you realize you might be a dumbass.

[luv2fly]

3. Why?

One of the bikers identified himself as a Federal officer. I'm confused by your comment... this makes him a dumbass?

[bluescribbler]

4. The dumbass was the man with the gun.

Seemed pretty clear to me.

[Tipperary]

8. No, I think it was one of the bikers. nt

[Xipe Totec]

19. Confusion - Is one of the bikers the dumbass, or one of the bikers the one who said federal officer.

The dumbass is the guy with the gun.

The person who said he was a Federal Officer was one of the bikers.

[PTWB]

22. Why do you think one of the bikers was a dumbass?

[Tipperary]

36. I do not have that opinion. I was pointing that out to the other poster.

One of the bikers said he was a federal officer. Nothing dumbass about that in my opinion. Several posters seemed confused as to who said it.

[PTWB]

38. Oh, that poster said...

“The dumbass was the one with the gun” and you replied “no, I think it was one of the bikers.”

Sorry for the confusion.

[Tipperary]

39. Yeah, I should have been more clear.

I was referring to what was said. Pretty clear who the dumbass was lol, and that would be the dumbass snowflake with the gun!

I should have been clearer.

[BeyondGeography]

6. See post #3

[IronLionZion]

14. Correct

'You'll definitely go to jail for shooting me, I am a federal officer,' one of the men in the group can be heard telling Dennis.

One of the bikers identified himself as a fed. The dude brandishing the gun is a dumbass.

[Tipperary]

37. Thank you.

[theaocp]

2. My favorite phrase during the initial outbreak was, "I don't know."

It's shifted to, "How hard is this?" Bruh. Our national language is two-fold. Most speak from our mouths or hands. Then, there's those who speak with money and guns. I'd start, if I felt like talking to strangers, by waving and saying, "Bonjour!" (I like French and it's hard to maintain a straight face when I say it. Just ask my wife.) Maybe note how much you like their dope bikes or prefer Harleys or whatever. Then, I'd go walk my dogs. HOW HARD IS THIS?

[Scarsdale]

5. But - but

they are black! Everyone knows they have to be thugs, the orange leader says so. When will people see EVERYONE as fellow citizens? Those look like expensive bikes, so obviously these guys are employed and doing well. That homeowner is more dangerous than the bikers. He certainly made a fool of himself. This is sad, that in this day and age in this country there are people so afraid that they need assault weapons to live daily lives.

[Trueblue Texan]

7. do you really think it's fear that makes them amass those arsenals?

I think it's greed and hunger for power and supremacy. And an uncivilized nature, of course.

[barbtries]

10. i think it's fear.

fear breeds hatred. what are they afraid of? well their cushy little white lives are going to change. they are the literal opposite of progressive. cavemen.

[Jamastiene]

18. I think it is a little bit of both.

A lot of them are poor, dumb white guys who haven't spent much time around anyone but other white people. They get told horror stories and believe them because they have no basis for comparison.

A lot are rich, conniving white guys with an agenda who know better and want their cushy little world to stay the way they want it. These are usually the ones telling the poor, dumb ones the horror stories and suggesting they buy more and more guns. And yes, I'm talking about at least The Republican Party and other people too, who are right in there with them doing this stuff, on purpose.

A good read is on the Southern Poverty Law Center's web site. The white supremacist, and I hate to call them that, because there is nothing supreme about them, groups aka hate groups, prey on the poor, dumb white guys and build their self esteem up while simultaneously poisoning their minds. That creates a feedback loop of associating bigotry with power. They want that power like the richer white guys, the leaders of these groups, have. So, they become hardcore and build up these weapons caches. Often, they find themselves running drugs and guns, illegally, of course, for the richer white guys who recruited them. The easiest way to look it up and read it is to read about one of the members of a hate group who turned himself around, married a Palestinian woman, and now travels the country talking about what turned him around. He explains the psychology involved.

There is a definite psychology involved.

Most of the racists are not actually IN hate groups, but they do have contact with them. They are poorer than dirt and the hate groups build up their self esteem, by preying on them, poisoning their minds, getting them to do the dirty work, like hate crimes, bombings, drug and gun running, etc. then let them go to jail for their own crimes. Of course, they should go to jail for their own crimes. They committed them. The people who put them up to those crimes are the first ones to cry "lone wolf" and go on back to their rich, white lives and do it all again. They hardly EVER go to prison. They are actually dangerous too, but they rarely ever go to prison.

It's messed up. I've been reading about this for years and trying to get others involved in learning more about how they do things, and try to think of ways to counteract them, but it involves quite a bit more reading and studying and most people don't normally have time to do it, I guess.

Anywhere you start on the SPLC web site will show you more than you ever knew, especially about just how involved The Republican Party is with the hate groups and just how many people are not actually IN hate groups, but still are in contact with them and doing what the dirty work, so the richer ones in the hate groups can keep right on going without ever going to prison for the crap they do.

So, actually, I think it is a little bit of both. There is a lot of fear from the ones who are not wealthy, don't know anything about other races, but have been told to fear them, but the richer ones, want to keep their cushy lives where they are in power over the vast majority of the population and they want it to stay that way. Look how Tucker Carlson acts. He is a classic example of one of the more mainstream richer ones who tells horror stories based on total lies he also tells. He is not the only one. He is just one that is well known. Most doing this stuff are not as well known. That is how they get by with it.

[irisblue]

21. Please consider this as an OP, It is quite good

[Demsrule86]

33. I lived in Georgia...and the schools were more intergrated than any of the schools in Wisconsin or

Ohio...they just want to look down on somebody.

[Tipperary]

40. I think it is fear too. He was shaking in his silly little flip flops.

He made a fool of himself, and I just wish he got hit with a more serious charge. Cannot believe you can point a weapon like that at innocent people and only get misdemeanor charges. Ugh.

[Ferrets are Cool]

17. Fear is the underlying cause.

IMO

[uponit7771]

23. YES !!! They're consummately being told to be afraid for the sake of money

[Maru Kitteh]

20. Of COURSE the homeowner is "more dangerous" because

THE BIKERS ARE *NOT* DANGEROUS. They are merely black. Even your statement that the homeowner is *more* dangerous has the built in assumption that the black bikers present some level of danger.

That is the implicit bias we have all been conditioned with by society. This post is not meant as a rebuke to you as an individual - it's meant to cast light on an illustration of implicit bias in action, and how very much language matters.


When we change the way we speak about things, we are changing the way we think about them.

[Scarsdale]

32. The only dangerous person there

is the homeowner with the gun. Sad when a group of citizens can not go for a ride with friends, stop to rest, then have their lives threatened. This is truly a dangerous country to be anything but lily white.

[The Wielding Truth]

28. Things are bad if anyone in this group looks menacing.

Is FOX news so screwing with viewer's heads to cause this reaction?

[KG]

9. oh, another one of those 'responsible' gun owners i keep hearing about.

[jaxexpat]

11. pertecktin heyus homelayund, bigh gawd. a patriot...............eh?

Yeah, a patriot about $5,000.00 lighter (and counting).

[robleb]

12. another fine example

of a well regulated militia

[Evolve Dammit]

13. The NRA and it's many members went f'in nuts when Obama was elected and bought all the

guns and ammo they could. I have several gun-toting liberal friends and you couldn't buy ammo in particular. It was a direct reaction to black men and women, with a side of Islamaphobia. Definately upticked after 9-11, but went on steroids in 2008.

[Wounded Bear]

15. Yep, they bought out the ammo in stores, then blamed Obama for the shortage...

claimed he was disrupting the production and sale of ammo or some shit.

Nobody blamed Trump for the shortage of shit paper.

[Evolve Dammit]

31. or C-19 miraculously just going away....or cutting deals with China at the expense of farmers, or...

he escapes all accountability. Quite incredible really

[aikoaiko]

26. Mostly it was due to a Democratic President with a Democratic Senate and House who promised...

...to ban certain popular rifles, shotguns, pistols, and magazines, and raise taxes on ammo.

Mostly.

[Evolve Dammit]

30. nothing happened though, right? They went nuts at the direction of NRA and a bunch of conspiracy

based websites, which hold sway over GOP

[aikoaiko]

35. Yes and no. After Sandy Hook, Obama initiated the largest effort to restict guns since 1968.

But nothing passed.

Obama's ATF made some pro-gun decisions.
They approved bump stocks that were used in the Las Vegas massacre.
They also approved the shouldering of AR-15 braces like a stock which in effect made them short barrel rifles.

[ffr]

16. Had they all been slaughtered in cold blood, what would the authorities have called it?

Suicide?

Probably.

[B_Mann]

27. Which rules? What announcement?

I don't see how this pertains to the OP?

[aikoaiko]

25. Go to jail, asshole.

[jmowreader]

29. You know what's going to happen

Eventually one of these Trump supporters is going to point his penis extension at a group of people who are themselves armed...and the Trump supporter’s death will be ruled self-defense.

[rockfordfile]

34. good lock his un-American *** up

What's with these idiots? this proves again the losers that are buying ARs