Protesters are run over by Maduro's armored vehicles as gunfire breaks out . . . (trunc.)

Daily Mail (UK) ^ | April 30, 2019 | Chris Pleasance, George Martin & others

[Karoo]

I read somewhere today that those vehicles were made in China.

[roadcat]

Is it a civil war yet?

Note the blue identifiers on their arms. Will liberals here be so willing to wear blue on their sleeves?

[SaveFerris]

I hope we can get more conservatives on the Supreme Court. At least 2 more. Soon.

[nonliberal]

The protesters should vacate the streets. Their new target: the families of the soldiers.

[Travis McGee]

Never give up your guns!
When the socialists demand you disarm in the name of “public safety,” SHOOT THEM.

[fruser1]

Great to have a disarmed population.

[PIF]

Tiananmen Square the sequel. This is what commies do.

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Tiananmen Square where conservatively 10,000 people including other troops were murdered?
Tiananmen Square where mountain troops fired AKs and heavy machine guns with armor piercing rounds continuously for 2 days?
Tiananmen Square where people walking home from work, people riding buses on nearby roads, people in their nearby apartments were all shot dead?
Tiananmen Square where first aid stations and hospitals were only open for the troops?
Tiananmen Square where hundreds of bodies were bulldozed into piles, run over with tracked vehicles, the mush set on fire, and then fire-hosed into the sewers?
Tiananmen Square that Tiananmen Square?

That is what tyrants do.

[OKSooner]

Any idea who those guys are? "Loyalists", or Cubans, et al? Eclectic mix of weapons, (thanks for the ID on the machinegun), which is why I ax.

Dude on the left looks like he might be a little skeered, which would make him the smart one of the bunch.

[Bulwyf]

I would say loyalists, from what I know the “rebels” aren’t armed.

[OKSooner]

To clarify, I was referring to "Venezuelans still loyal to Maduro", or "Mercenaries from Cuba and possibly other hsitholes here or there who are helping to prop up Maduro." American and Canadian weapons, clean, newish fatigues, like they were maybe just issued baseball caps, sidearms carried stylishly in a kinda paramilitary/swat holster, at least by my reckoning...

Place bets on the latter, if one's into that? Anyone familiar with their insignia?

Thanks.

[OKSooner]

Obviously, no matter who they are, they plan to mow some people down and eat some bananas.

[Charles Martel]

Interesting that they’re using plastic storage totes to drag around the belted ammo - maybe the original ammo cans would’ve identified someone who prefers to stay behind the scenes.

[trebb]

Wow...one guy had at least two bullet holes in his chest and was mugging for the camera...tough protesters (combatants in the now hot civil war).
Russia stopped Maduro from fleeing to Cuba - they are willing to bet his, and countless civilians’, lives to try to keep their puppet in power....Bear spray isn’t always effective, especially when the bear has your throat in its maw.