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Dealing with Civil Unrest

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PieterCoetzee

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For the last maybe 10 years we've seen growing incidents of civil unrests, currently the cause of choice is Immigration/ICE, prior to that it was BLM, before that it was World Trade/Banking. To a lesser degree it was/is the Climate and Save the Whales people. I witnessed first hand the Freddie Gray Riots in Baltimore and the World Bank protests in DC. The riots in Baltimore were violent and destructive, while the DC protests were mild by comparison

As a citizen the best response is to not be there; but sometimes you cant avoid the mobs. Maybe they started after you were already there or worse, maybe they started where you live. Evacuation is the simple answer OR perhaps bunkering in place; but what if youre caught while enroute...

Hopefully youve been watching the news and are alert to rising tensions. Then maybe youve packed a little heavier, not quite the beltfed flame throwing grenade launcher; but maybe a couple extra mags, maybe a weapon that will fit in a bag like a FLUX or small PCC. Maybe its a small shotgun like the TAC14. OR maybe its just a large Bear Spray. Choosing your loadout is the fun part, needing it and not having it isnt fun.

How do you deal with human road blocks? A full size vehicle (4x4) left to coast will push through a crowd. You have to let it coast. Ramming may cause the collision safety system to kill the engine and deploy the airbag. I used to be a huge fan of pepper spray grenades. They are just like a normal pepper spray but when you press the button it dumps the entire contents of the grenade. They are still good options; but Ive noticed a lot of protestors are now wearing painting masks and even full gas masks.

You have to determine for yourself when lethal force is appropriate. If youre young enough to out run the crowd the use of lethal force may take more; but if youre 60 and left half a lung in Iraq being caught in a mob might require less threat to use lethal force.

To steal a line from the zombie crowd "Movement is Life"

Thoughts? Suggestions? Do you have a plan?
 
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I'm an old geezer that lives in a rural area so I only travel to urban areas (Topeka, KS VA hospital) for appointments. Other than that I am not in places that mobs would be a hazard and would hate to have to resort to deadly force but I'm not going to allow myself or my wife to be injured or worse due to some manufactured hysteria. You always hope to never have to use your weapon but why do we train, practice and carry if not to defend ourselves and loved ones from predators of all kinds.
 
mreed911 said:
Before you worry too much, read Chris Bray's article about LA. Most of this is performative - by the participants and the media alike.

Read until the very last sentence to get a complete understanding of what's at play.

chrisbray.substack.com

"This Is WW3": Chris Bray Visits a Riot

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Actually, this is either a propaganda fluff piece, a conspiracy theory attempt, or total naivety. The Floyd Riots, the "Summer of Love" where one young person was killed and several rapes were committed and covered up, the rioters throwing ice blocks, bricks, rocks, fireworks, at LEOs and Federal Agents. The sniper that killed illegals instead of the ICE agents he was trying to kill, the mob that went after Rittenhouse who was armed with a rifle, and the list goes on. To say these are all "theater" and "peaceful protests" is dishonest at best and complicit at worse. These are the same tactics the Brown Shirts/Hitler Youths used, Chavez, Castro, Mao, etc. They use one "peaceful protest" as an example, and tell you not to believe your lying eyes on the rest. Foreign enemies are funding this, and the dems are willing to take the money. Look at swallowwell. And look at that cowardly anqueefa beta boy that was trying to incite people to take up arms against law enforcement, who is now "on the run" and has taken down all his propaganda sites. They have been getting more and more violent. And it is intentional and orchestrated. Trump finally pointed out what a lot of us have been saying about these "grass roots" protesters: that every single one of their signs are professionally made. Only a fool would think otherwise.
 
How about that image of the burning buildings in the background behind the "journalist" reporting that the protests were "mostly peaceful." And how soon we have forgotten the independent journalists, counter protestors and elderly and women who have been assaulted and beaten up by these "theatrical protesters". I'm not buying it, because I am not a fool.
 
Onewolf426 said:
The Floyd Riots, the "Summer of Love" where one young person was killed and several rapes were committed and covered up, the rioters throwing ice blocks, bricks, rocks, fireworks, at LEOs and Federal Agents. The sniper that killed illegals instead of the ICE agents he was trying to kill, the mob that went after Rittenhouse who was armed with a rifle, and the list goes on. To say these are all "theater" and "peaceful protests" is dishonest at best and complicit at worse. These are the same tactics the Brown Shirts/Hitler Youths used, Chavez, Castro, Mao, etc. They use one "peaceful protest" as an example, and tell you not to believe your lying eyes on the rest. Foreign enemies are funding this, and the dems are willing to take the money. Look at swallowwell. And look at that cowardly anqueefa beta boy that was trying to incite people to take up arms against law enforcement, who is now "on the run" and has taken down all his propaganda sites. They have been getting more and more violent. And it is intentional and orchestrated. Trump finally pointed out what a lot of us have been saying about these "grass roots" protesters: that every single one of their signs are professionally made. Only a fool would think otherwise.
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Floyd riots: Not LA in 2026
Summer of Love: Not LA in 2026
Rittenhouse: Not LA in 2026

The author said THIS protest on Friday night in January of 2026 in LA was performative. He backed it up with evidence and experience.

You can believe a conservative journalist on the ground in his home town during the actual "protest," or you can believe either side of the media who get paid more to scare and divide folks, then feed them more of what they want to hear.

You choose.
 
mreed911 said:
Floyd riots: Not LA in 2026
Summer of Love: Not LA in 2026
Rittenhouse: Not LA in 2026

The author said THIS protest on Friday night in January of 2026 in LA was performative. He backed it up with evidence and experience.

You can believe a conservative journalist on the ground in his home town during the actual "protest," or you can believe either side of the media who get paid more to scare and divide folks, then feed them more of what they want to hear.

You choose.
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Yes, from his perspective of ONE location. The basis of the piece is that it was "performative", while using it as a way to say "hey, there really is nothing to worry about, this is all theatrics with a few "never do wells". And just because he is a conservative does not make him the be all end all. "or you can believe either side of the media who get paid more to scare and divide folks, then feed them more of what they want to hear." I am sure that the families of both Goode and Pretti would tend to disagree. As well as the ICE agent that had his fingers bitten off. More of the "Don't believe your lying eyes". And the Rodney King Riots were far from "performative" Just ask the truck driver that was dragged from the cab of his truck and beaten to within an inch of his life. This was the first showing of what they were planning and this goes beyond mere "performative". And so they didn't go into the unguarded areas. Probably because this was not one of their "high value targets" that would give them the media attention they want. So, reporting on a protest that was not worthy of their funding because it was not deemed a "value added" protest is very informative.
 
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