US should have coup like Myanmar, former Trump advisor Michael Flynn tells QAnon conference in Texas

[Judi Lynn]

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Source: Independent

The video circulating on Twitter shows the crowd cheering the suggestion of a coup in the US

Stuti Mishra
@StutiNMishra
2 hours ago

Michael Flynn, a former national security adviser under the Donald Trump administration, has said that a Myanmar-like coup -- in which the military overthrew a democratically elected government -- "should happen" in the US.

Appearing in Dallas, Texas, at a QAnon conference, Mr Flynn was asked during a Q&A session by a member of the audience: "I want to know why what happened in Myanmar can't happen here?"

The video circulating on Twitter shows the question receiving cheering from the crowd. In response, Mr Flynn said: "No reason. I mean, it should happen here."

QAnon supporters are allegedly demanding in the US a repeat of a deadly coup by the army, which overthrew Myanmar's democratically elected government on 1 February on the basis of unproven allegations of voter fraud.

Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-qanon-conference-michael-flynn-b1856843.html

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Michael Flynn, followed by Michael Flynn, Jr.

Very dim video from Youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v76kuhlTQOIg

[TreasonousBastard]

1. Maybe he missed the news this morning about citizen militias battling the military...

in Myanmar.

Is that what he wants here?

[joetheman]

66. Well, since Trump and 77 million MAGAs believe he is still President...have at it, coup. Overturn

the President of the 77 million. LOCK HIM UP!

[MyOwnPeace]

2. It's time for the Army

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to re-activate lieutenant general Michael Flynn and court martial him for treason!

Good-bye pension, and then..............

LOCK HIM UP!
LOCK HIM UP!
LOCK HIM UP!
LOCK HIM UP!
LOCK HIM UP!
LOCK HIM UP!
LOCK HIM UP!
LOCK HIM UP!
LOCK HIM UP!
LOCK HIM UP!
LOCK HIM UP!
LOCK HIM UP!

[rso]

4. Flynn

He was in the Army, not the Marines. But yeah, I agree on your point.

[MyOwnPeace]

11. Corrected - thanks!

And apologies to any Marines who may have been insulted by linking Flynn to the Marines!

[keithbvadu2]

22. Linking Flynn

Gen Michael Flynn and Gen Benedict Arnold both started out as patriots who served their country well.

Arnold died a traitor in England.

He was not lucky enough to have a Donald Trump on his side.

[Escurumbele]

5. How do we campaign to the Marines for them to understand they need to do that?

Are the Marines wanting to do it? That should be part of the defense to the country, they have to know Flynn is a threat to Democracy, and to the country.

They continue to inflate these crazy QAnon people, and with Abbot's new lack of restrictions for owning a gun, are they preparing to start a civil war?

[MarineCombatEngineer]

25. HE WAS NOT A MARINE!!!

He was Army, please don't associate this POS with the Marines.

[orangecrush]

29. He is only pretending to be Army

I heard him say "Aye, Aye" to a question once

[MarineCombatEngineer]

30. Yep.

He may have wanted to be a Marine, but he wasn't.

[orangecrush]

43. ROTF

[usaf-vet]

13. Agreed!

[TwilightZone]

17. Treason doesn't apply.

We're not officially at war with anyone.

Sedition would be closer. Or conspiracy to overthrow the government.

https://democraticunderground.com/10142750593#post15

[MyOwnPeace]

21. Conduct unbecoming an officer?

I'll take whatever gets him put away!

[EndlessWire]

46. Absolutely!

Here's where the Pres and VP can do something strong. Reactivate the bastard and then courts martial for him. Maybe they can't stop Gaetz from pushing insurrection, but they damn sure can do something about this military person! Give him the shock of his life, and put him in a military jail for trial. Shut him up!

There will be those that say, well, don't give him a platform moving forward. But, just do it anyway! Just do it! Let him figure out how to get out of it, if he can. But, strip him of his rank, his pension, and the right to wear that uniform.

Traitor! An absolute traitor. I'm all for substantive action if necessary--but not against my own country. Not for Repub power. Not for Trump, their idol. He's going to get a lot of stupid people flat out killed, and for what? So a billionaire can get another nickel?

What happened to the peace loving, equalitarian protestors who fought a war with numbers and reasoning? Peace! Peace for the People. Get this guy off the public stage. He's going to cause a lot of trouble.

I expect Dems to act differently this time around. Why are we letting the Repubs foment a second insurrection right out in the open? Why? They knock down the investigation, have the likes of Gaetz, Greene and Flynn out there encouraging insurrection, and stand basically pissing on our country.

Get the lawyer panel together, examine our Freedom of Speech laws, then recall this asshole to active duty and send him to Alaska, or some other cold place where he can incite the penguins or polar bears to riot! GET RID OF THIS GUY. I would personally follow a saga, "Where in the world is Flynn this week?" I want him court martialed and stripped. Rip those epaulets right off. Break his sword and throw it in the dirt. He doesn't get to trade off that uniform in order to destroy us.

[TreasonousBastard]

67. Yes! But, it is only a dream.

[TexLaProgressive]

3. One of my priests is from Myanmar

He was telling me yesterday about the horrors his family, friends and fellow Burmese are suffering and dying from snipers and other military action without reason. He used the word innocent. No one can leave home. lots are hiding in the forests, some are hiding underground.

What this fool Michael Flynn Jr. doesn't understand is when you unleash the dogs of war you especially for revolution or civil war there is no controlling them. They will kill supporters as quickly as perceived enemies once the blood lust is on them.

[Dan]

39. I've always said that...

The politicians that want civil war - will most definitely be at risk. Once unleashed that genie is not going back in the bottle.

[True Blue American]

6. From what I have been reading Michael Flynn

Just laid himself wide open to prosecution by the Justice Department. A pardon does not excuse future crimes,

But the Military should stop him. They could call him back to active duty. Put a stop to his ranting.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

8. I wonder if a pardon would apply to military charges and convictions. . . . . nt

[oldsoftie]

14. I dont think a pardon would count against future charges

[mitch96]

10. He must really hate this country to espouse this shit... nt

[PortTack]

27. He was pals with manafort..just like him, he's a russian sympathizer

[Bernardo de La Paz]

7. Myanmar is the name military chose. The people call it Burma, as I understand it. . . . nt

[NJCher]

9. Yeah

Well, this fool questioning him calls it Mini-mar.

[Judi Lynn]

12. "Fool" is exactly right! 👏

[Fortinbras Armstrong]

15. 18 U.S. Code § 2385 - Advocating overthrow of Government

Whoever, with intent to cause the overthrow or destruction of any such government, prints, publishes, edits, issues, circulates, sells, distributes, or publicly displays any written or printed matter advocating, advising, or teaching the duty, necessity, desirability, or propriety of overthrowing or destroying any government in the United States by force or violence, or attempts to do so; or

Whoever organizes or helps or attempts to organize any society, group, or assembly of persons who teach, advocate, or encourage the overthrow or destruction of any such government by force or violence; or becomes or is a member of, or affiliates with, any such society, group, or assembly of persons, knowing the purposes thereof—

Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both, and shall be ineligible for employment by the United States or any department or agency thereof, for the five years next following his conviction.

If two or more persons conspire to commit any offense named in this section, each shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both, and shall be ineligible for employment by the United States or any department or agency thereof, for the five years next following his conviction.

As used in this section, the terms “organizes” and “organize”, with respect to any society, group, or assembly of persons, include the recruiting of new members, the forming of new units, and the regrouping or expansion of existing clubs, classes, and other units of such society, group, or assembly of persons.

[ancianita]

16. +1000

Austin should urge brass to recall Flynn. It's the "intent" part of this civil law that's the sticker.

[Delphinus]

18. Seems

applicable here.

[Bayard]

24. Copied and kept

Thanks

[Jose Garcia]

56. Brandenburg v Ohio

[Fortinbras Armstrong]

57. I don't believe it applies in this case.

In Brandenburg, the Supreme Court held that the government cannot punish inflammatory speech unless that speech is "directed to inciting or producing imminent lawless action and is likely to incite or produce such action".

[HAB911]

19. Old proverb

Nut not fall far from tree

[Jetheels]

20. The crime of sedition does not apply if your white.

[EndlessWire]

47. Just stop it.

First off, it's "you're," as in "you are." Just so annoying.

Second, give us a break from the "white privilege" crap. The point has been made. We get it. It has no place in this discussion.

What is appropriate is, how can we fight against these open calls for insurrection? By anyone of any color? But, especially from those sitting Congress Critters who are using their power to corrupt our Government. Got any ideas?

[Jetheels]

60. Ha ha ha, so your the designated decider who gets to to say what and where?

Is silencing voices your stock-in-trade?
Oh, I’m not going to bother illuminating your word choices.
No misspellings, much worse.

[EndlessWire]

61. Say any stupid thing you like.

Just don't expect to have any meaningful discussion.

[Jetheels]

62. Endlessnonsense

[RVN VET71]

23. Simple old Nazi in audience referenced "Minimar"

because, being a stupid old Nazi, that’s what he thinks it’s called.

But Flynn’s response was “No reason [it can’t happen here]. It should happen here.”

The son of a bitch is calling for the overthrow of the United States government. And he is speaking his fascist screed before a cheering audience.

Maybe we should just send the whole god damned herd of them, Nazi hogs and Nazi sows -- with Fucking Flynn at the head, to Minimar to experience the life they’re cheering for.

[choie]

26. And there is reason #1 for needing

a January 6th Commission.

[Evolve Dammit]

28. How is this retired POS not facing sedition/conspiracy charges?

[orangecrush]

31. I can't say what I am thinking.

[llashram]

32. IF this had

been Gen. Colin Powell he would now be stripped of all rank, benefits. Have been court-martialed for treason, sedition, and any other charges that a court-martial would have prosecuted. And Gen. Powell would be in Leavenworth this very day.

This clown is a perfect example of white privilege and entitlement and America's hypocrisy.

[EndlessWire]

48. It is NOT an example of white privilege.

It is a cautionary tale wherein a new President is fixing grave problems as fast as he can. Have we EVER had a retired General up there on the podium advocating the overthrow of our government? I can't think of anyone. Have we ever recalled a general to active duty in order to prosecute him for insurrection?

I would have voted for Powell, in that day. As I recall, his wife didn't want him to run. So, he didn't.

Please, not every blessed thing is White Privilege. Just because you don't get what you want doesn't make something White Privilege. There are plenty of other examples of actual White Privilege, but not everything is. This is a problem of Free Speech versus the fricking Repubs power grab. I do note, however, that the insurrection was carried out by White People, while the smarter Black People stayed home and watched on TV. I WILL give you that.

[llashram]

54. if you say

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I agree to disagree. This country's laws and citizenship have always provided privilege and extraordinarily conspicuous entitlement to white and light skin(s). Flynn is a perfect example. Free speech is one thing, true, and has been protected by me in more ways than you would appreciate, probably. It's another thing if that free speech right is verging on treason and sedition in favor of a con man and his crooked grifting family. Those people who were supported and agitated into an attempted coup de tat by a duly fired POTUS, are reminded of their Trump-inspired mission of 1/6/2021 in Flynn implying coup is the current and ongoing answer. His white skin is why he is walking free at this very second. He and the thousands that invaded the Capitol and grounds are/were, respectively, given a pass because of white skin. Only 400+ so far charged and under investigation for Insurrection 1/6/2021. They wanted to start civil and race wars. Yet thousands are free. Still agitating for coup and sedition. The insurrectionists want civil war based on white supremacy led by trump and the likes of Flynn. They are being handled with kid gloves. A privilege based on perceived supremacy even as insurrectionists who are still advocating for the violent overthrow of an established government.

The next day in Tulsa-Greenwood 1921, 3 to 6000 people had been rounded up and were being held. After many other black persons, men, women, children, senior citizens had been murdered in an orgy of murderous white hate and jealousy. I know one thing for sure, Capitol groundskeepers would still be policing blood and flesh from the surrounding grounds IF the insurrectionists had been black and brown-skinned. Thousands would be held in prisons and jails right now. Black skin would have been the target and any would have done for prosecution. So YES, damn near every privilege and general entitlement is based on skin color in Amerikkka.

Believe what you will, so do I.

[EndlessWire]

58. Yeah, we're going to disagree.

I am a Vet, too, and so are my family members.

You can drag our entire history into the discussion regarding why Flynn is yet free, if you so desire. No one said that there aren't instances when having white skin was an advantage. No one said anything remotely like that. There is no point to spend your time enlarging the argument because you are personally offended. I'd like to point out that getting Flynn--I'd like to bag that bastard in the worst way--is not going to be easy. It's nice to hear, however, that he quickly tried to backtrack and claim that what we heard him say, we didn't hear. That's the way they think. Revisionist history is all they have after they commit felonies.

I am sorry that POC have so much trouble. I am SURE that my ancestors did something less than honorable against other people. What do you want from me? I was raised by my Southern mother to NEVER concern myself with someone's color. That's about all I have, even when POC continuously indicate how much they hate white people. So be it.

You need to pick and choose wisely. I know what I am. Your saying that this situation is indicative of WP is unconvincing and wasteful. Yeah, Flynn is white. He's free today because an evil, orange-colored wannabe dictator gave him a get-out-of-jail-free card, probably in order to save HIS skin. THAT'S why he's not in the pokey, not WP. And, now he thinks that he can say anything he wants against our government. Well, I hope that POC and other like-minded WP join together to fight these fascist pricks. Your reverse discrimination doesn't work here, for we need to all stick together. Biden was elected legitimately, and there is nothing they can do about it except declare the election fraudulent, even if it has stood up in court countless times.

Let me tell you a story. One of my patients did not want me working with him because he didn't want the likes of me telling him what he could and couldn't do (a white, gay female who knows hypoxia when she sees it,) and so he clearly needed a change of personnel. I got my colleague to switch up with me, and she presented herself at his bedside. She came back to report to me that he was not very happy when he saw her very dark, Black face smiling at him. We laughed our guts out. It seems to me that when you have been in an auto accident and had the steering wheel smashed into your chest, maybe you shouldn't be so picky about the people coming to rescue you!

I'll be dead soon, but we'll still have these racial problems 100 years from now if we don't learn to accept differences that have absolutely no qualitative meaning in the flow of things. It's what you do now that has meaning. We all have to grow up and decide. Do we want tRump and his mob lieutenants telling us how to think, or do we want to support Joe and Kamala and the rest and resist this attempted takeover of our country?

I'm sorry you see white skin as such a negative thing. I didn't do this to you. In my time, I've seen my own brothers beaten up royally because the cops, well, they just didn't like them. I've seen so many unpleasant things that it's hard for me to react properly around cops, because I AM AFRAID OF THEM. I'm too busy watching my hands and wondering what's next. But, I have been to school and studied our history, and I know. Now is the time to put those burdens down. There is no time for any more hate. There just isn't.

[llashram]

59. I want nothing from you

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and you are entitled to think, say, discuss these points of Amerikan culture/race/class with anyone whom you have deemed needs to be enlightened about what it takes to understand historical and deeply ingrained and persistent white Amerikan racism. Even if we diverge in our comprehension of what is bigotry/prejudice vs white racism and what it entails. I have never seen "reverse racism" in the American dialog on race. WP are the only people in this country who can/have/will use the tools necessary to perpetuate systemic and institutional race hate toward another race so heinously. In hundred years, given precedent, I fear racism from WP toward POC, African-Americans specifically, will still be a huge fact of life in American culture.

As an actuarial fact, like you I myself will pass from this existence, sooner rather than later. Yet 50+ years ago, I had Army Confederates2.0 in Vietnam let me know that I rated as much on a scale as the VC, implying what you may wonder? And they wouldn't think twice about putting a round through my head. I was armed also so the coward backed off. I knew immediately what he was implying. The Buffalo soldier, the AA soldier in the Spanish-American war, 1st WW, 2ndWW, Korean conflict, the Vietnamese "domino theory" conflict/war all were honorably served by members of my family. Honorably! The common thread was/still is an Africa-American is not as good as ANY pot-scrubbing f-up doing KP. And while the services have made progress since Truman ended segregation in the military, actively duty soldiers are still disrespected by the trump followers in the police, and such as the active-duty military personnel and serving police officers still trying to overthrow our government as of 1/6/21.

No, you may not have done one thing in your life to offend, kill, murder unarmed, and presumed innocent AA. I never blamed you personally for one damn thing. In fact, I applauded your switch-up with your colleague on the stubborn, racist person.

Yet I stand by there being no such thing as "reverse racism/discrimination". There still, seems to be a continuance of entitlement and privilege for people, based on skin color that EVERY WP has as a birthright and comes to understand very early in life. You know, I know this is true. You may not be a perpetrator of white racism, yet consciously or otherwise you are entitled and privileged to take advantage based on every law and entitlement tied to, maintained, and preserved for white skin color and do that very thing as a historically perpetuated given.

And given the nature of racism in Amerika, I have picked my argument wisely and choose maybe unwisely to continue the dialog on a subject that evades many WP. Historical systemic and institutional racism. Tools Wielded perfectly by the "defeated guy, Stephen Smith, Bannon, et al and his 70 million-plus lemmings during his campaign and during his presidency. And like feces floating in a toilet, the stink of racism still is almost overwhelming.

I can't help you are offended by my comprehension of America's race division. And as a vet I will fight fascism tooth and nail. Yet america has a serious problem that is being exploited by the RW Party. They always have since they took over from the Atwater-Nixon "southern strategy". A strategy used to appeal to the southern racists of both Party's, repthuglikkkan and Dixiekkkrats, and it worked.

Pardon or not. Flynn is a traitorous Confederate general 2.0 looking to lead trump's army of racist malcontents and take america back to "the good old days" where there was not too much interest and maybe even a picnic attended by hundreds on the occasion of a murder either by lynching or burning alive, by whites, of any POC, Africa-American specifically.

I've lived it. Tennessee, Georgia, Kentucky-1950-67. As both civilian and as military personnel. Raised partially at Ft. Knox, Kentucky.

I've had enough. I respect your opinion in a free speech manner. And I agree, not all WP are racists. The only thing I do know with doubt, If WP had wanted to end racism, discrimination, prejudice, WP would have ended it by now. Yet here in 2021 racism, prejudice discrimination is stronger and more entrenched than ever, racism against African-Americans specifically. Especially young males. A prime example exhibited to the entire world 1/6/21. And showing itself with the blatant murder of George Floyd.

[EndlessWire]

63. And I want nothing from you.

We are in a fight. We have been in it a long time. Now, we are in a chapter that will not close until the likes of Trump are dead. Our government is infested with rat weasels.

But, you know very well that sometimes you have to reasonably drop some of your equipment in order to survive. As I repeat myself, no one seriously is stating that WP doesn't exist. In your comments above, you left me wondering what I could do about my whiteness, except to burn my skin off. That would satisfy some, I guess. I preferred to discuss the subject at hand, which is why Flynn is walking free now after advocating insurrection. It seems to me that you said it was WP. I said that Flynn is walking free because the Orange Turd pardoned him. Which comment is more focused? It does me no good at all if your only point is to shame whites with our history. I AM ashamed. Is that enough? Mission accomplished.

But, I still think that people of all colors--which, incidentally includes whites--should drop their bigotry and join together to defeat fascism. We will surely not like living under christofascism and the likes of Trump and his buddies. So, it won't matter much if we agree about WP (and I am disheartened to read that you have no hope for us) or not, for you and I will be purged in the first wave.

And, I apologize if I actually said something that makes you think I was lecturing. I was not. But, you said stuff in the same vein and I didn't take your comments as a lecture. I took it as an opinion. But, I pretty much feel at this point that I can't really talk anything substantive with POC. So, I will take my vote at Midterms and do my best with the only weapon left to the People: a righteous vote with maybe a hoisted middle finger.

[llashram]

64. we are, I realize, without equivocation

on the same side. Your skin color is a positive. Your color is a beacon for others to understand who we anti-trumpers are. That is all that concerns me in these complicated political times where race and culture are such divisive elements of our society. You are right. The potent weapon still a potent tool, our vote. I have always hoped that it was/is a positive. I can handle the "hoisted middle finger". My emojis aren't working, so a big hat tip to you and peace.

[seta1950]

33. 😤😤😤

Why is this man not in jail? Why

[keroro gunsou]

34. whiskey tango alpha foxtrot

what the actual fuck?

and he'll be arrested for sedition... when? at the very least the appropriate law enforcement agencies need to have a chat with him

[Marthe48]

35. Traitors

traitors

traitors

traitors

[MarcA]

36. Another 1/6 for the Q fools with the same results.

They get prison while flynn and son go free.

[EndlessWire]

49. No, they're likely to die. n/t

[joetheman]

37. Shameful for a felonious former US military officer to be proposing this in public.

Our military must be full of a lot of white losers who couldn't make it anywhere else.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

38. How did this asshole ever become a General?

[Initech]

40. Called it!

I knew that Myanmar would be giving these freaks ideas...

[GB_RN]

41. I'm Tired of Not Seeing Any Action

By the Army to discipline his ass.

[The Unmitigated Gall]

42. LOVE IT OR LEAVE IT

Flynn, you treasonous fuck. US Army...get off your asses and take this scumbag down!!!

[SeattleVet]

44. The Independent used a photo of a British soccer player/manager named Michael Flynn!

We thought it looked like the wrong guy.

[LiberalFighter]

45. I was going to post this but not when they have the wrong photo.

[Judi Lynn]

50. Michael Flynn denies calling for Biden coup, despite video of his comments

PETER WEBER
6:34 AM

Michael Flynn, a retired Army lieutenant general and former President Donald Trump's first national security adviser, spoke at a QAnon conference in Dallas on Sunday, and he was widely criticized afterward for agreeing with an audience member that there should be a Myanmar-style coup in the U.S. Evidently, the idea of such a coup is popular in some QAnon circles as a way to get Trump back in office, and since Flynn also claimed falsely Sunday that Trump actually won the 2020 election, it isn't a stretch to assume he was endorsing a military putsch against President Biden.

On Monday, Flynn claimed he was misquoted. In a video of the event, asked why there can't be a coup in the U.S., Flynn replied: "No reason, I mean, it should happen. No reason."

Flynn said on Telegram "there is NO reason whatsoever for any coup in America, and I do not and have not at any time called for any action of that sort," adding: "Any reporting of any other belief by me is a boldface fabrication based on twisted reporting at a lively panel at a conference of Patriotic Americans who love this country, just as I do." He claimed he said: "There is no reason it (a coup) should happen here (in America)." Because we can't read Flynn's mind, it's possible that's what he meant to say. But it's not what he actually said.

Flynn's actual comments got cheers from the QAnon audience. "It would be very marginally less contemptible if he at least owned up to giving the crowd the fascist red meat they so clearly wanted," Julian Sanchez, a senior fellow at the libertarian Cato Institute, wrote on Twitter. "But he wants to cling whatever last shred of mainstream respectability he imagines he enjoys and also take the applause and cash from QAnon," plus get invited on Fox News.

More:
https://theweek.com/qanon/1001019/michael-flynn-denies-calling-for-biden-coup-despite-video-of-his-comments

[Radical Ant]

51. The title is wrong

Replace Myanmar with Belarus

[Judi Lynn]

55. Hi, Radical Ant. Welcome to D.U. 👋

[Judi Lynn]

52. Flynn denies suggesting that Myanmar-style coup 'should happen' in US

BY JORDAN WILLIAMS - 06/01/21 07:23 AM EDT

Michael Flynn denied suggesting that a Myanmar-style coup "should happen" in the U.S. after coming under fire for making a remark at a convention appearing to suggest that one should happen.

Flynn, former national security adviser to former President Trump, said in a Telegram post on Monday that there is “NO reason whatsoever for any coup in American, and I do not and have not at any time called for any action of that sort.”

“Any reporting of any other belief by me is a boldface fabrication based on twisted reporting at a lively panel at a conference of Patriotic Americans who love this country, just as I do," he added.

“I am no stranger to media manipulating my words and therefore let me repeat my response to a question asked at the conference: There is no reason it (a coup) should happen here (in America),” Flynn continued.

More:
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/556227-flynn-denies-suggesting-that-myanmar-style-coup-should-happen-in-us

[Radical Ant]

53. If this story is true

Could someone please explain why he isn’t arrrested?

[ck4829]

65. K&R

[ck4829]

68. Kick