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GiqueCee

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37. I watched the videos...
Fri Nov 10, 2023, 07:14 PM
Nov 2023

... of the blatantly racist attack by a bunch of low-life thugs several times when the event first occurred. There is NO doubt in my mind that he was defending himself in a potentially lethal attack in which punches were coming at him fast and furious from all directions. He was outnumbered, and, as the old saying goes, in the fog of war it can be difficult to differentiate who's an attacker and who isn't. There's also no doubt in my mind that whoever filed those charges is a racist POS just like the boat owners.
Having been in a few physical altercations in my younger days, I can attest that there is NO time to distinguish between attackers and bystanders who insinuated themselves into a rapidly-evolving and dangerous situation. If you're fighting for your life, you go for the throat or the scrote. and fuck the Marquis of Queensbury rules.
Mr. Pickett is obviously the victim of the systemic racism that defines Alabama.


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Wow. cachukis Nov 2023 #1
This is Alabama, it was inevidable. Somebody knows a judge. marble falls Nov 2023 #2
Nope. Ms. Toad Nov 2023 #12
Some people gotta know their place. 3Hotdogs Nov 2023 #13
This message was self-deleted by its author sl8 Nov 2023 #14
That is exactly what this is about. yardwork Nov 2023 #24
You have a right to self-defense.... TheRealNorth Nov 2023 #3
That would be mob. As in "Unless you are a POC defending yourself from a white mob." Maru Kitteh Nov 2023 #8
This just absolutely wrong. 🤬 🤬 🤬 a kennedy Nov 2023 #4
mr liberty told me about this, and that DL Hughley has offered to pay the legal bills. ms liberty Nov 2023 #5
Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2023 #6
Do you have a link? Kennah Nov 2023 #7
Here is a link Kaleva Nov 2023 #9
That says the charges were not filled by the city. Ms. Toad Nov 2023 #11
People seem to be under the impression that the police charged him Kaleva Nov 2023 #18
This seems poorly presented in the news Kennah Nov 2023 #19
Not how it works in Alabama. Ms. Toad Nov 2023 #21
I hope this backfires on the brawlers, then. yardwork Nov 2023 #23
As someone pointed out above, Ms. Toad Nov 2023 #28
+1 Kaleva Nov 2023 #33
The charges were filed by a member of the mob who attacked Pickett Incanus Nov 2023 #10
Charges are not legally started just on a "victim's" request. Nevilledog Nov 2023 #17
Not in Alabama. Ms. Toad Nov 2023 #22
Alabama is weird Nevilledog Nov 2023 #25
It's not the only one that is weird. Ms. Toad Nov 2023 #27
But you're ruining the narrative of hate only on Alabama here. Brenda Nov 2023 #34
Sorry. I got a thing for facts. Ms. Toad Nov 2023 #35
Yeah, Al said it best... Brenda Nov 2023 #36
Nothing changes in Aladamnbama Emile Nov 2023 #15
"Neither the City nor the Montgomery Police Department filed these charges," said the joint statement [...] sl8 Nov 2023 #16
The "victim" who filed: dalton99a Nov 2023 #20
Yep..wrong. I watched the melee from several points of view Demovictory9 Nov 2023 #26
My favorite was the flip of the hat underpants Nov 2023 #29
Lol..yeah Demovictory9 Nov 2023 #32
Wow the video was seen all over the world. They charge the doc03 Nov 2023 #30
Yea, Roll Tide... Chainfire Nov 2023 #31
I watched the videos... GiqueCee Nov 2023 #37
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