Posted on 08/28/2020 7:21:32 AM PDT by artichokegrower
The killings in Kenosha, Wisconsin, represent an alarming escalation of the fight over police violence that has consumed the country this summer: It wasn’t an agent of the state who shot two Americans dead this week. Instead, an American man turned his weapon on other civilians during a protest—and law enforcement let him walk right by them and out of town.
(Excerpt) Read more at theatlantic.com ...
Northfield Minnesota
The Raid On September 7, 1876, eight bandits rode into Northfield to rob the First National Bank. It was a sunny Thursday afternoon. What would later be called a “textbook James-Younger robbery” began with three of the gang members entering the bank at 2 p.m. and announcing that they were holding up the bank.
The desperadoes ordered the three bank employees to open the safe, but were told that the door was locked and couldn’t be opened. Meanwhile, local citizens on the street began to arm themselves after a merchant discovered the robbery in progress and shouted, “Get your guns, boys — they’re robbing the bank!”
Upon this discovery, two gang members sprang to their saddles and began firing their pistols and yelling for everyone to leave the area or be shot. This forced the remaining robbers to enter the fray. The first to fall was a Swedish immigrant named Nicholas Gustafson. He was wounded in the head and died several days later.
A Swift Defeat When it was over after just seven minutes, two robbers were dead in the street and two more were badly wounded. The remaining six outlaws fled southwest, triggering the largest manhunt in U.S. history. Frank and Jesse James were not caught after the failed raid, but the Younger brothers were captured, and Charlie Pitts was killed two weeks later during a furious gunfight near Madelia, Minnesota.
Day of Heroes A number of townspeople are remembered for their actions that day: J.S. Allen, the merchant who first sounded the alarm; A.R. Manning, who used a single-shot rifle to shoot a horse, wound Cole Younger, and kill Bill Stiles; and Henry Wheeler, who killed Clell Miller and wounded Bob Younger with an old single-shot army carbine he found in the lobby of the Dampier Hotel. Acting cashier Joseph Lee Heywood was shot and killed because he refused to open the bank vault and betray the trust of the bank trustees.
So the liberal Atlantic publication, is concerned that violence will escalate due to so called “vigilantes”. They are not concerned about the rioting in the first place. They fear reactions to rioting will make things worse, but not the riots themselves.
What about the ARMED RIOTERS?.....................
Wrong headline lyin’ Karen!
It should be:
The Violence could get much Worse Unless Police & Political Leaders begin to Crack down on the Armed Rioters Destroying Personal Property and Attacking Innocent Citizens.
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Vigilantes, you know, like in Seattle’d CHOP, or Portland.
This is how this gets shut down.
Americans start committing Self Defense and the Libs wet themselves and demand police action.
The “armed vigilantes” aren’t the ones that need cracking down on. (I know, poor grammar). I think the notion of “Don’t start nothing, won’t be nothing” applies here. Protesting is legal. First rock that’s thrown makes it a riot, which is not legal. If my area was threatened by Antifa goons I’d be out there with my rifle, too. (Funny, I just noticed my autocorrect capitalized antifa when I wasn’t looking.)
We will see what Lin Wood has to say about that narrative.
Exactly - you cannot be a card carrying libtard if you are capable of applying simple logic. . . no rioters; no violence; no need for vigilantes
The Atlantic has figured out that the riots are helping the badorangeman. What a joke.
New acronym that I feel I will be using frequently over the next 2 months; ‘ISAS’, “I Spew And Snort”!
Ms Godfrey how do you feel about defunding the police NOW? How do you feel about masked rioters and vandals, violating curfews and destroying private and public property?
ISAS at your outrage!
Actually, violence against rioters and looters at the hands lf those whose lives, persons and property they threaten is justified, and would be the better option than what the Left is doing now letting their useful idiots run amuck.
You guys got it all wrong. Rioting is a first amendment right. Self defense is not. Pshhh
Yep. That's the real headline here.
If only it fit their narrative. But it doesn't. Liberals live in a town called "IFONLYVILLE".
Might as well be Toontown.
We know what side their on dont we? The police let the murderer of Americans go free, so sick of these deliberate untruthful bastards, TRUMP 2020 LANDSLIDE!
Actually, lefties are now signaling their minions to stop the violence. It shows that they do, in fact, control them.
Also, they have a villain now.
Don’t start nothing won’t be nothing.
the average Americans’ patience is wearing thin. Although the vast majority of neighborhoods in the USA have not been affected by rioting, when they see others protecting their homes and businesses by shooting at the rioters, they will support and accept it.
Atlantic and the MSM see it too - that’s why they must begin to propagandize them as “vigilantes”
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