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Predominantly Black armed protesters march through Confederate memorial park in Georgia
Reuters ^ | July 5, 2020 | by Steve Gorman

Posted on 07/05/2020 6:01:52 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

A predominantly Black group of heavily armed protesters marched through Stone Mountain Park near Atlanta on Saturday, calling for removal of the giant Confederate rock carving at the site that civil rights activists consider a monument to racism.

Video footage of the Independence Day rally posted on social media showed scores of demonstrators dressed in black - many in paramilitary-style clothing and all wearing face scarves - quietly parading several abreast down a sidewalk at the park.

The protesters all carried rifles, including military-type weapons, and some wore ammunition belts slung over their shoulders. Although African Americans appeared to account for the bulk of the marchers, protesters of various races, men and women alike, were among the group.

One video clip showed a leader of the demonstrators, who was not identified, shouting into a loudspeaker in a challenge to white supremacists who historically have used Stone Mountain as a rallying spot of their own.

“I don’t see no white militia,” he declared. “We’re here. Where ... you at? We’re in your house. Let’s go.”

Nine stories high and spanning the length of a football field, the bas-relief Stone Mountain sculpture carved into a granite wall overlooking the Georgia countryside some 25 miles (40 km) east of Atlanta remains the largest such monument to America’s Civil War Confederacy.

It features the likenesses of Jefferson Davis, who was president of the 11-state Confederacy, and two of his legendary generals, Robert E. Lee and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson.

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: anarchists; black; fascists; marxist
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

They want it to go hot.

Everything they do is to provoke a response.

Antagonize the police...get a response...claim police brutality.

As soon as the shooting starts, the LEFT will assume victim status.


41 posted on 07/05/2020 7:31:54 AM PDT by joshua c
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Do not assume it is a fair fight because it is not.


42 posted on 07/05/2020 7:34:09 AM PDT by joshua c
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To: JBW1949

https://www.11alive.com/article/news/local/protests/group-of-demonstrators-enter-stone-mountain-park/85-2ea0c153-8a88-46bd-bca7-faf19ec2c8ba

More video and still photos.


43 posted on 07/05/2020 7:35:25 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
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To: joshua c
They want it to go hot.

Everything they do is to provoke a response.

Antagonize the police...get a response...claim police brutality.

As soon as the shooting starts, the LEFT will assume victim status.

I think you are mostly correct with this. However, their purpose is more than merely to claim victim status. They also hope to create a conflict which can be used to justify a harsh, statist crack-down on conservatives.

44 posted on 07/05/2020 7:42:34 AM PDT by Ronaldus Magnus
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

NFAC leader and ex-military wants to take over the state of Texas #QAnon #CulturalMarxist #QArmy#NFAC #BlackPanthers

pic.twitter.com/2ULAoy6Ev9— Based Flanders (@BasedFlanders) July 5, 2020


45 posted on 07/05/2020 7:46:49 AM PDT by Miss Didi ("After all...tomorrow is another day." Scarlett O'Hara, Gone with the Wind)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Thank you....


46 posted on 07/05/2020 7:47:23 AM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

"I for one welcome our new civilian law enforcers".

47 posted on 07/05/2020 7:47:28 AM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: Ronaldus Magnus

“However, their purpose is more than merely to claim victim status. They also hope to create a conflict which can be used to justify a harsh, statist crack-down on conservatives.”

Does exercising Second Amendment Rights create conflict or prevent conflict?


48 posted on 07/05/2020 7:47:31 AM PDT by Meatspace
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To: lowbridge

““We’re here. Where ... you at? “

Isn’t that the whole point of a stealth sneak, to not be seen?


49 posted on 07/05/2020 7:48:59 AM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: servantboy777

Blacks are 14% of the population, but black men are just 7%, maybe even just 5% if you consider the fact that they are always killing each other and you also take into account the fact that some percentage are children.


50 posted on 07/05/2020 8:13:53 AM PDT by MrChips ("To wisdom belongs the apprehension of eternal things." - St. Augustine)
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To: servantboy777

Blacks are 14% of the population, but black men are just 7%, maybe even just 5% if you consider the fact that they are always killing each other and you also take into account the fact that some percentage are children.


51 posted on 07/05/2020 8:22:15 AM PDT by MrChips ("To wisdom belongs the apprehension of eternal things." - St. Augustine)
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To: 21twelve

“The protesters all carried rifles, including military-type weapons”

What were they afraid of? The Griswalds and dinky the dog coming to picnic with velveeta sammishes and gatorade??


52 posted on 07/05/2020 8:24:04 AM PDT by Samurai_Jack (Democrats are not the enemy, Republicans are not your friends. We're on our own folks!)
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To: 21twelve
I also LOVE Ronald Reagan. However, he is the one that furthered California’s gun control laws.

He also championed no fault divorce and amnesty for illegals. Made a lot of mistakes as all mortals do, that is what happens when you do something rather than nothing.

53 posted on 07/05/2020 8:44:42 AM PDT by itsahoot (Welcome to the New USA where Islam is a religion of peace and Christianity is a mental disorder.)
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To: Cowboy Bob
The Left is trying to start a race war that they cannot win.

Sure they can if the whites don't take to the field and I am doubtful they ever will until it is past to late to matter.

54 posted on 07/05/2020 8:48:53 AM PDT by itsahoot (Welcome to the New USA where Islam is a religion of peace and Christianity is a mental disorder.)
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To: JBW1949
but the “rank and file” would not...

I forget, was that rank and file FBI agents that terrorized Roger Stone and his wife while making a photo op arrest?

55 posted on 07/05/2020 8:52:11 AM PDT by itsahoot (Welcome to the New USA where Islam is a religion of peace and Christianity is a mental disorder.)
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To: Meatspace
Does exercising Second Amendment Rights create conflict or prevent conflict?

Both and superior forces don't always win.

56 posted on 07/05/2020 8:55:33 AM PDT by itsahoot (Welcome to the New USA where Islam is a religion of peace and Christianity is a mental disorder.)
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To: P.O.E.

Where are the hired Democrats.

Ever see the young and dumb do anything for free DNC winks.


57 posted on 07/05/2020 8:56:21 AM PDT by Vaduz (women and children to be impacIQ of chimpsted the most.)
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To: itsahoot

I’m speaking of “rank and file” military, National Guard, and local LE’s if it comes down to urban/suburban fighting...


58 posted on 07/05/2020 9:01:38 AM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Ghislaine Maxwell says Jeffrey Epstein’s last words were “I can’t breathe!”


59 posted on 07/05/2020 9:02:32 AM PDT by 2harddrive (Go to www.CodeIsFreeSpeech.com for 10 FREE 3D-printer gun blueprints!)
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To: MrChips

And half are in prison.


60 posted on 07/05/2020 9:03:54 AM PDT by DownInFlames (Galsd)
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