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Angry crowd shows up at Mayor Peduto’s home challenging Pittsburgh police arrest of protester
Tribune-Review (Suburban Pittsburgh) ^ | 17 August 2020 | Mary Ann Thomaas

Posted on 08/17/2020 7:05:58 PM PDT by Vigilanteman

Dressed in black and carrying signs like “Defund the Police, Peduto is a coward,” about 150 protesters marched to Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto’s home Sunday after rallying in Mellon Park in Point Breeze.

Protesters were outraged by a “low-visibility arrest” of a protester in Oakland on Saturday during a Black Lives Matter protest.

The arrest of 24-year-old Matthew Cartier came several hours into the protest in Oakland. Social media video shows police officers, not in uniform, emerge from an unmarked van and pull Cartier inside. Pittsburgh police Cmdr. Ed Trapp said that Cartier was blocking an intersection unnecessarily, stepping in front of cars and attempting to direct traffic during the protest. Protesters on Sunday said that Cartier wasn’t merely arrested, but that he was abducted.

A press conference held by Peduto on the incident earlier in the afternoon apparently didn’t impress the protesters.

“This is about Pittsburgh not accepting that treatment — that is, saying ‘no’ to Pittsburgh with government vehicles abducting us off the streets,” said one of the speakers who declined to identify herself.

(Excerpt) Read more at triblive.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: antifa; billpeduto; blacklivesmatter; blm; blmm; civilunrest; domesticterrorism; edtrapp; matthewcartier; mellonpark; oakland; peduto; pennsylvania; pittsburgh; pointbreeze; rioters
This couldn't happen to a more deserving jagoff than Mayor Peduto. He is like Starbucks who showers the BLMm/Antifa crowd with donations and then is one of the first to get a brick through their plate glass window when they decide to riot.

Peduto along with the idiot former Governor of South Carolina were among the first to endorse the cancel culture.

With Hayley, it was removing the Confederate flag from a Confederate memorial. With Peduto, it was removing a statue of Stephen Foster, the greatest American composer the city has ever produced because it offended his PC sensibilities.

Those who willingly bow to the mob deserve to get consumed by the mob.

1 posted on 08/17/2020 7:05:59 PM PDT by Vigilanteman
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. . . and I might add that the comments on the article are priceless and well worth reading as well.


2 posted on 08/17/2020 7:06:57 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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To: Vigilanteman

The alligators are finally getting to the people they need to get to.

Here’s hoping the alligators don’t go away hungry.


3 posted on 08/17/2020 7:10:34 PM PDT by Balding_Eagle ( The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
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To: Vigilanteman

Angry crowd at someone’s house seeking revenge == LYNCH MOB

Communist AF and BLM are NOT anti-lynching.

The far left will tell you that one day they will lynch CEOs from lamp posts.


4 posted on 08/17/2020 7:21:48 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Joe Biden- "First thing I'd do is repeal those Trump tax cuts." (May 4th, 2019))
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To: Vigilanteman

Nimrata Randhawa showed us she has no regard for our history because it is not her history.

Another example of why the founders excluded the children of foreigners from being President.
They are born foreigners themselves, same as Ted Cruz has a claim on US citizenship even though born in Canada.
Anyone with more than one nationality is not naturally an American.


5 posted on 08/17/2020 7:26:27 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents|Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
As I've said, the Demagogic Party is made up of rival, violent street gangs.

6 posted on 08/17/2020 7:32:22 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: Vigilanteman

“...Protesters on Sunday said that Cartier wasn’t merely arrested, but that he was abducted....”
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Jeez... isn’t that kinda what an arrest is? These snowflakes are so sheltered.


7 posted on 08/17/2020 7:34:38 PM PDT by House Atreides
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To: Vigilanteman
saying ‘no’ to Pittsburgh with government vehicles abducting us off the streets,”

I wholeheartedly Agree!, they should just SHOOT THEM
8 posted on 08/17/2020 7:38:57 PM PDT by eyeamok
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To: fatima; Fresh Wind; st.eqed; xsmommy; House Atreides; Nowhere Man; PaulZe; brityank; Physicist; ...

Pennsylvania Ping!

Please ping me with articles of interest.

FReepmail me to be added to the list.

9 posted on 08/17/2020 7:48:33 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: Vigilanteman

> Cartier was blocking an intersection unnecessarily, stepping in front of cars and attempting to direct traffic during the protest.

There have been a number of cases of violent “protesters” illegally creating roadblocks that ended poorly. A 9 year old girl was killed at one in Atlanta, for instance.

Throw this guy under the jail.


10 posted on 08/17/2020 7:48:56 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: FreedomPoster

Millie Weaver, with the help of an infiltrator, warned of the Sunrise Movement campaign, Wide Awake”, with documents, showing campaign to visit the homes of officials to harass them. it’s been happening almost daily. MSM never digs into allegiances of these people:

Youtube: 7m02s: Millie Weaver: The 100 day siege
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHuTUNaMYRw


11 posted on 08/17/2020 7:57:07 PM PDT by MAGAthon
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To: House Atreides

Why didn’t the other “protestors” yell out “Stranger Danger” when he was abducted?


12 posted on 08/17/2020 8:16:07 PM PDT by Ouchthatonehurt
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To: Vigilanteman

The government is kidnapping protesting dissidents off the streets, dissecting them and creating replicants which are then released back into the protester population for future assignment.


13 posted on 08/17/2020 9:35:50 PM PDT by MrBambaLaMamba ("It's a lie. It's all lies.")
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To: Vigilanteman
Peduto is a Comrade Wilhelm Minimi.

There has been very little of this bullshit in "da burgh".

These morons won't venture into the suburbs because they know the working class folks WILL protect their families anx what they've worked for.

They definitely won't come out here to the country because SSS.

14 posted on 08/17/2020 9:59:39 PM PDT by Eagles6
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To: Vigilanteman

bttt


15 posted on 08/17/2020 10:04:15 PM PDT by timestax
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To: a fool in paradise

Ya see this tactic is going to be used on those politicians and corporate heads that fund encourage and support these pukes, its already happening. The left has created an atmosphere of revolution in the streets the only thing missing is the American patriot. When this happeneds there is no going back, no way to control and the winner will take all.


16 posted on 08/18/2020 4:35:10 AM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: Vigilanteman
Protesters on Sunday said that Cartier wasn’t merely arrested, but that he was abducted.

Coming SOON!

To a yet to be disclosed location near you!

17 posted on 08/18/2020 5:15:29 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Vigilanteman

Embrace the Suck, Mr. Mayor.

These are your friends and your supporters. Are you going to call them out over this?

Or do you only think front lawn protests are cool when they happen at Tucker Carlson’s place?


18 posted on 08/18/2020 5:48:10 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer.)
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To: Eagles6
These morons won't venture into the suburbs because they know the working class folks WILL protect their families

Did you know that during the riots Mt. Lebanon police discovered bricks and incendiary materials that had been staged in a park?


19 posted on 08/18/2020 5:49:35 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer.)
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To: Buckeye McFrog
No, didn't hear that.

Glad they didn't have a chance use them.

As far as I know they just had the small riot the first night.

Couple other traffic blockings like the other night.

I haven't been following too close.

Live about an hour+ away.

Haven't heard of anything ongoing like Portland, Seattle, DC, Filthy, Atlanta or Chicago.

Could well be because the left just hasn't focused their miserable resources here.

20 posted on 08/18/2020 5:19:39 PM PDT by Eagles6
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