Posted on 06/04/2020 1:06:25 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
On Saturday, May 30, C.J. Montano, a Marine Corps veteran, decided to join a demonstration protesting the death of George Floyd in the Fairfax district in Los Angeles. It was his first protest ever. The protest started peacefully, but became increasingly violent when some people started throwing bottles and other objects at officers.
“We were sitting in intersections chanting peacefully, a lot of us sitting down," he explained. "When we reached a certain point on Beverly, police started showing up in riot gear and [started] funneling people in certain directions and launching their 40-millimeter rubber bullets … and it kind of dispersed the crowd. Then from that point, things had started escalating,” Montano told Fox News.
In Los Angeles and other cities across the country, police departments have attempted to quell unrest by firing rubber bullets into crowds.
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The 24-year-old said he tried to tell those who were throwing objects at the police to stop, but to no avail. Police officers started using tear gas and rubber bullets to break up the crowd and Montano found himself in the middle of the crossfire.
“They had shot me in the hips, in the stomach at the same time and I fell over. They shot the gentleman next to me as well. And we stood back up, put our hands up,” Montano described. “After a couple of minutes, they shot me in the ribs and then we moved to the side behind [a] sign so I could catch my breath.”
Montano said he went back out to the middle of the street with his hands up when he got shot in the head by another rubber bullet.
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Wonder, if he ever got promoted to PFC?
They fire into the crowd and he got lucky
This boy just ain’t too bright.
My thoughts exactly. The Fairfax-Melrose area was subjected to heavy looting and property destruction over the weekend. Just the venue to look for ‘peaceful protest’.
Montano said he went back out to the middle of the street with his hands up when he got shot in the head by another rubber bullet.
ROTFLMAO
I’d like to see that video...
Hands up..... hahaha, ok then, you and thousands of others doing the same while pushing forward and calling Cops pigs.
bit of an idiot . There is a riot, it goes off and he wants to be there. I have to ask was he past PFC ?
‘I had my hands up’
So what? Nobody was keeping you from leaving. Staying was your choice.
If he was trying to protest peacefully, maybe he should have just left when it started to turn violent. By simply sticking around, one loses all claims on being peaceful.
That’s what I was thinking - slow learner. The obvious objective of the police was to disperse the crowd. If you keep pushing, they are going to push back.
Sitting in an intersection!? I assume he was blocking traffic , in which case I wish the cops were using live ammo.
Mattis was a Marine also.
Hint....there's your clue, dummy! Stay away from events that are known to turn violent.
ASVAB score 34 it seems. He has been hit multiple times and goes back in the middle of the street with his hands up in the middle of a riot and after being told to disperse. Idiot and why does he matter compared to other? Is it because he was in the USMC and my sons are in it too and they would kick the crap out of idiots like this
I’d like to see that video...
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You might get your wish. The article says Dum Bass here plans to protest again when he is able. With more protection.
40mm rubber bullets? WTH?
If the police are telling you to get out of the street, having your hands up is not a valid shield.
Since when did Marines learn to surrender?
why does it matter if he was in the USMC so are my sons who beat the crap out of idiots like him
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