A convicted felon tried to bring a gun in to the airport in Atlanta. The gun went off in his bag and he ran away without being detained.

Felons, btw, aren't supposed to have guns. I supposed he missed his flight, but since when he's caught he'll doubtless be released without bail, he can catch the next one.

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A manhunt was underway in Atlanta on Saturday night after an apparently accidental gunshot at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport set off a panic among travelers.

The firearm went off after a passenger awaiting a bag search reached inside his bag for the weapon, FOX 5 of Atlanta reported. After the shot was fired, the passenger ran off from the security checkpoint and fled from the airport, according to the report.

The incident was thought to be an accident and not an "active shooter" situation, authorities said.

Authorities later identified the traveler as Kenny Wells, 42, who they said was a convicted felon. Police obtained a warrant for his arrest and he was still being sought late Saturday night."

https://www.foxnews.com/us/atlanta-airport-gunfire-manhunt-underway-convicted-felon-kenny-wells

 

People were rioting in Rotterdam over covid restrictions.

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Police opened fire on protesters in rioting that erupted in downtown Rotterdam around a demonstration against COVID-19 restrictions late Friday night. The Dutch city's mayor called it "an orgy of violence."

Police said that two rioters were hospitalized after being hit by bullets and investigations were underway to establish if they were shot by police. The condition of the injured rioters was not disclosed.

Officers arrested 51 people, about half of them minors, police said Saturday afternoon. One police officer was hospitalized with a leg injury sustained in the rioting, another was treated by ambulance staff and "countless" others suffered minor injuries.

Mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb told reporters in the early hours of Saturday morning that "on a number of occasions the police felt it necessary to draw their weapons to defend themselves" as rioters rampaged through the port city's central shopping district, setting fires and throwing rocks and fireworks at officers.

"They shot at protesters, people were injured," Aboutaleb said. He did not have details on the injuries. Police also fired warning shots."

https://www.foxnews.com/world/orgy-of-violence-dutch-police-open-fire-rioters

 

More looing in San Francisco by an organized mob. You tell people you aren't going to punish people who steal and -surprise, surprise- some people decide to steal.

"Dozens of looters descended on a Nordstrom store and stole merchandise Saturday night in a raid that was over within a minute, police in Walnut Creek, California said.

Approximately 80 people rushed into the store in the city’s Broadway Plaza, a spokesperson for the Walnut Creek Police Department told NBC News.

They said that one employee was pepper sprayed, and two others were punched and kicked. All three sustained minor injuries, and were treated and released at the scene, they added.

The suspects were in and out of the store, which was open at the time, within a minute, the spokesperson said, adding that an undetermined amount of merchandise was taken.

Jodi Hernandez, a reporter with NBC Bay Area, was near the store when the raid took place. She tweeted that about 25 cars blocked the street during the incident.

People in the cars rushed into the store and jumped back into their cars before speeding away with goods, she said.

Hernandez said it appeared that most looters got away. A video she took at the scene showed police officers arresting and handcuffing some of the alleged looters. An officer can also be seen pointing a weapon at one of the drivers.

NBC News has reached out Nordstrom for comment on the incident.

Brett Barrett, who works at a nearby restaurant, told NBC Bay Area he saw 50 to 80 people in ski masks carrying crow bars during the incident.

“I had to start locking the front door, the back door,” he said. “You never know, they could have come right in here.”"

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/dozens-of-looters-rush-california-nordstrom-store/ar-AAQXFUS

 

If it was YOUR store that was burnt to the ground, I bet you'd see it as a black and white issue. The only reason you can call it "nuanced" is because it doesn't affect you personally. Calling for "nuance" when other people are suffering and you aren't demonstrates a lack of empathy for someone else's pain, IMO.

Insurance. I wonder if you've ever known someone who had to deal with insurance companies after a loss, say having a car that got totaled or a sudden major medical problem... did the insurance policies they had *make them whole*? I'd bet most of these small businesses couldn't afford cadillac insurance policies, however, just like with auto or medical insurance and after struggling with no business income for months due to the covid shutdown I'd bet they don't necessarily have the 20 grand or whatever their copayment ends up being to have everything taken repaired or replaced -- even though they were "insured" at the time of the riot -- assuming they could still afford to have been insured at that time. That's something you might think of if you saw the situation in a "nuanced" way instead of a black and white one. Also, what about the feeling of being violated in the business you sunk your life into, and the fear these business owners will have in that neighborhood? How will even the best insurance policy make them whole for that?

It wouldn't do you any good to be behind the doors of your establishment. Several videos are out there of gangs breaking through the front of a business and stealing everything inside even when the owner was inside at the time. Unless you had the foresight to be armed BEFORE the trouble started and at your business to protect it AND were willing to shoot those who broke inside you'd lose everything. Not that anyone would care for your pain or loss, they'd just say, "eh, that's why she has insurance". Heck, even if you were in your store and did shoot someone to stop looting, people like you and the media wouldn't take your side, you know. They'd say, "why did she have to murder those people, she has insurance, so it's not like it was a loss to her".

On Kyle vs. being a licensed guard, cop, etc., it's YOU that don't get it, not me. The police were told to stand down and let the rioters riot! The businesses there were BEGGING people to help them because the proper authorities turned their back on them. Kyle is one of the people that answered that call, which makes him MORE of a responsible person than the government officials or the police or national guard at the time.The sad part is that if Kyle was a sworn police officer at the time he wouldn't have done a d@mn thing to help these people. The fact that he was willing to help when the police would not is a mark in his favor, IMO.

My point about the soldiers is that these are young men who may be 17 or 18 years old just like Kyle who are told to go out and kill someone to protect the interests of the citizens of the US. When they come come back after doing so, they shouldn't be called killers, and neither should Kyle who was also acting to protect the interests of US citizens who were begging for help at the time in the face of a government that was refusing to help them.

On Kyle's attitude... try actually putting yourself in his position before condemning him. Say that for whatever reason you were Kyle and for the past 2 years you've heard on the MSM how you were a white supremacist and a murderer, when to your mind, you weren't, you were an average teenager trying to do the right thing. Do you think you might be just a LITTLE bit defensive or unwilling to share how you really feel with the same people who were calling you a white supremacist and a murderer? And you don't know how Kyle is really handling killing those people, either. He probably is messed up inside, but has been derided by the media for so long he would be a fool to show them any weakness.

 

He answered a call for help. That, at its most basic, is what a citizen or a soldier does.

 

If the police refuse to help citizens who need it, why have them? Why have a court system if it refuses to incarcerate offenders? These organizations are only worth having if they are actually DOING the job they were paid to do.

 

I don't think we *should* allow vigilantism under normal circumstances. However, as I've said previously, these were NOT normal circumstances as the legitimate civilian authorities said they were NOT going to respond or help citizens in need. This, then, became a situation with NO societal law enforcement and it was up to the citizens to fend for themselves. In such a situation "vigilantism" isn't really vigilantism, it's the only form of law and order around.

 

It's unbelievable how some lunatic can destroy so many lives.

 

The suspect in Waukesha is Daryl Brooks aka "Mathboi Fly" and did post about Rittenhouse. He has a long, long, LONG list of prior convictions, including violent felonies, and has a couple of open cases right now -- and is out on $500 bail. Why was this man still on the streets? When will it be appropriate to say the victims here would still be alive if the state was doing its job?

" a link to his list of prior convictions is below. As a challenge for the day, do you have the patience to read all of them, or will you get half-way and give up, like I did?

https://heavy.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/DOJ-WORCS.pdf

 

On whether or not the police are doing their jobs, this is what the SF police chief had to say regarding shoplifters/looters:

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"Some people calculate, 'Hey, you know, I don't want to go over the $950, so let me steal $949 worth of property,'" San Francisco Police Chief William Scott said earlier this year.

"If it's a felony, our officers can take action," he added at the time. "But if it's a misdemeanor, that arrest has to be a private person's arrest. And that makes a difference because they have to be willing to do that.""

Did that sink in? If someone steals less than $950 from you the police are going to tell you "you're on your own"! With that being the case one shouldn't be surprised if vigilantism starts becoming more frequent, as the police are saying flat out they aren't going to arrest the criminal for you. Heck, do you even call it "vigilantism" any more if the police delegate the responsibility of arresting the criminal to private individuals? Can't those same private individuals say they are now acting as agents of the state?

https://www.foxnews.com/us/repeated-organized-flash-mob-robberies-san-francisco-security-experts

 

Here's a couple of racists protesting in Kenosha. The girl marching with her dad and carrying a dangerous assault rifle? is 16 years old. Also, it's kind of funny, but this guy is an older version of Rittenhouse. He shows up to protect people, and isn't a paid peace officer or anything like that. I wonder what his response will be if any felons start hitting him with a blunt object or point a gun in his face.



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