ARMED MILITARY SNIPERS THREATENING MARCHERS IN DC

[AverageOldGuy]

My daughter just called me from the No King's March in DC. She is in front of the Smithsonian Art Museum -- the one with the sharp angles in the building. National Gallery of Art, East Building -- 4th and Constitution


There are troops with rifles on bipods, on the edge of the roof, with weapons pointed in all directions.

Snipers.

[mopinko]

1. if they shoot at protesters

i think this all explodes. go ahead and try it, assholes. overplay your hand.

[FalloutShelter]

3. I agree.

I hope they are not stupid enough to shoot anyone, but... they ARE there and they ARE stupid.

AS they say in the theater, A gun does'nt appear in the first act, that does not go off in the third. Hope I am wrong.

[haele]

18. Checkov's Gun.

To paraphrase, a weapon introduced early in the play must be used before the Final act.

[elleng]

10. It surely WILL eplode, if they shoot.

[33taw]

15. It will be their "Kent State" moment.

[multigraincracker]

2. Go ahead a shoot some women and children.

Say hello to PSTD.

[mzmolly]

4. JFC

[RedWhiteBlueIsRacist]

5. Dear military assholes: Short Live the KKKing.

[Another Jackalope]

6. Echoes of Maidan

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euromaidan

Protesters opposed what they saw as widespread government corruption, abuse of power, human rights violations, and the influence of oligarchs. Transparency International named Yanukovych as the top example of corruption in the world. The violent dispersal of protesters on 30 November caused further anger. Euromaidan was the largest democratic mass movement in Europe since 1989[94] and led to the 2014 Revolution of Dignity.

During the uprising, Independence Square (Maidan) in Kyiv was a huge protest camp occupied by thousands of protesters and protected by makeshift barricades. It had kitchens, first aid posts and broadcasting facilities, as well as stages for speeches, lectures, debates and performances. It was guarded by 'Maidan Self-Defense' units made up of volunteers in improvised uniform and helmets, carrying shields and armed with sticks, stones and petrol bombs. Protests were also held in many other parts of Ukraine. In Kyiv, there were clashes with police on 1 December; and police assaulted the camp on 11 December. Protests increased from mid-January, in response to the government introducing draconian anti-protest laws. There were deadly clashes on Hrushevsky Street on 19–22 January. Protesters then occupied government buildings in many regions of Ukraine. The uprising climaxed on 18–20 February, when fierce fighting in Kyiv between Maidan activists and police resulted in the deaths of almost 100 protesters and 13 police.

[HariSeldon]

16. First they ignore you....

Then they laugh at you,
Then they fight you,
Then you win.

- Mahatma Gandhi

[DET]

7. Unreal

I can’t imagine seeing that. There are a bunch of museums on the Mall. If there are snipers at the National Gallery, then they’re probably all over the Mall. I wish the press would cover this. Meanwhile, the King is golfing at Mar-a-Lago.

[llmart]

11. He's too cowardly to be anywhere near DC.

He thinks if he doesn't see it, it isn't happening.

Fuck him all to hell.

[elleng]

8. GRR!!!

[KS Toronado]

9. Be nice to find out who ordered them there

and if they have live ammunition, plus what their instructions were. Back in Walter
Cronkite's day every journalist would have been all over something like this.

[Chalco]

12. My husband, who is 82, said the snipers were at every

protest he went to in DC. Apparently it's a common thing, not special to
today's protest....but we'll see.

[Prof. Toru Tanaka]

14. I wonder if they were there on 1/6 2021.

[DallasNE]

13. Photos Please. Nt

[ms liberty]

17. There were snipers on the roofs of the buildings when I saw Obama in Charlotte and also in Greensboro

Greensboro was a couple of weeks after Charlotte, and was the first rally with Joe.

I have pictures, lots of them and some of the snipers lol.