Like Portland, which was on fire and boarded up in 2020, but nothing like that now.
The Capitol Hill Occupied Protest barely lasted a month and mostly involved people setting up tents on two block section of Capital Hill where they could bring food to distribute to homeless people. After initially being raided by police for city ordinance violations on food distribution, organizers pushed back and forced the police into a temporary retreat. But a month later, police returned with armored vehicles, more tear gas, and something to prove. The area was fully purged of dissidents, with over 60 arrests across two days.
The only actual fire during the occupation took place on June 12, when a single out-of-towner lite a fire near the East Precinct building and walked away. Nearby neighbors immediately extinguished it.
So, the next time you see a picture of SWAT walking through a cloud of gas near a burning building or vehicle (or you spend too long thinking about what started the fires at the WACO compound), try not to dwell on that too much.
It doesn’t matter what it was, to Trump, if only matters what it looks like. How the film plays. The point is, that’s pretty likely what they’re showing Trump, anything that looks like an excuse to send in troops and declare the Insurrection act.
There’s talk that video is being recycled by Trumps security squad, to make their own incited situations look more fierce, difficult, and numerous than they are. It’s probably why they’re throwing tear gas around willy nilly, better footage to nudge Trump closer to the insurrection act.
It doesn’t matter what it was, to Trump, if only matters what it looks like.
Sure. And then you can throw up any kind of AI slop, to the same effect. Queue up the “Trump Gaza Beach Resort” instagram story.
There’s talk that video is being recycled by Trumps security squad, to make their own incited situations look more fierce, difficult, and numerous than they are.
Without a doubt. I’m sure there’s a full on game of Liar’s Poker, where they argue amongst themselves over who gets the next billion dollars by trading Pogs with red scare propaganda printed on them.
The Capitol Hill Occupied Protest barely lasted a month and mostly involved people setting up tents on two block section of Capital Hill where they could bring food to distribute to homeless people. After initially being raided by police for city ordinance violations on food distribution, organizers pushed back and forced the police into a temporary retreat. But a month later, police returned with armored vehicles, more tear gas, and something to prove. The area was fully purged of dissidents, with over 60 arrests across two days.
The only actual fire during the occupation took place on June 12, when a single out-of-towner lite a fire near the East Precinct building and walked away. Nearby neighbors immediately extinguished it.
On a total side note, I’m sure not pertinent to anything at all during the BLM protests or subsequent anti-police riots, Nitrocellulose - a common element in gunpowder, tear gas cannisters, and other propellants - is a highly flammable compound that also helps bind ingredients together.
So, the next time you see a picture of SWAT walking through a cloud of gas near a burning building or vehicle (or you spend too long thinking about what started the fires at the WACO compound), try not to dwell on that too much.
It doesn’t matter what it was, to Trump, if only matters what it looks like. How the film plays. The point is, that’s pretty likely what they’re showing Trump, anything that looks like an excuse to send in troops and declare the Insurrection act.
There’s talk that video is being recycled by Trumps security squad, to make their own incited situations look more fierce, difficult, and numerous than they are. It’s probably why they’re throwing tear gas around willy nilly, better footage to nudge Trump closer to the insurrection act.
Sure. And then you can throw up any kind of AI slop, to the same effect. Queue up the “Trump Gaza Beach Resort” instagram story.
Without a doubt. I’m sure there’s a full on game of Liar’s Poker, where they argue amongst themselves over who gets the next billion dollars by trading Pogs with red scare propaganda printed on them.