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Uncle Joe

(58,751 posts)
Thu May 16, 2024, 09:22 AM May 16

Outsiders left UCLA protesters beaten and bloody

https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/16/us/video/ucla-campus-protests-outside-agitators-lah-digvid

CNN identified several of the counter-protesters who caused chaos at a protest at UCLA recently. Kyung Lah reports.


Edit to add, To me this seems like a microcosm of the West Bank as the settlers attack Palestinian homes while the IDF stands by.



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Outsiders left UCLA protesters beaten and bloody (Original Post) Uncle Joe May 16 OP
Yep, rightwing instigators, provocateurs, and chaos agents. Think. Again. May 16 #1
I believe they're basically trying to turn Americans into Palestinians Uncle Joe May 16 #2
Yes, the rightwingers would absolutely love that Think. Again. May 16 #3
We already have that JustAnotherGen May 16 #6
Well it's getting sexy now, Uncle Joe May 16 #7
Eh? JustAnotherGen May 16 #8
What precisely Uncle Joe May 16 #10
Amen John Shaft May 16 #9
Includimg RW Isareli MMA fighter David Kaminsky obamanut2012 May 16 #4
I would hope the FBI investigates Uncle Joe May 16 #5

Think. Again.

(9,486 posts)
1. Yep, rightwing instigators, provocateurs, and chaos agents.
Thu May 16, 2024, 09:30 AM
May 16

...causing trouble at the peaceful protests from day one.

JustAnotherGen

(32,235 posts)
6. We already have that
Thu May 16, 2024, 10:26 AM
May 16

It's called being black in America.

We still have the impact of redlines - and nothing happens to people like George Zimmerman.

It's just not sexy when Dominant Culture Americans have to consider recompensing us for their thievery during the Raw Deal (1932 to 1968). All of a sudden things become impossible . . .

When it's America's own.

JustAnotherGen

(32,235 posts)
8. Eh?
Thu May 16, 2024, 10:49 AM
May 16

I disagree. Start talking about a 36 year 5% tax break for everyone from Robert F Smith to the poorest elderly black woman in the South IF you, your parent, or grandparent was on the Census as black/negro between 1940 and 1970

And all of sudden 'It's not fair' because you can actually PROVE who is eligible goes gets louder and louder and louder and louder . . . Even though my dad, his parents, and his grandparents all lived in Jim Crow South and paid taxes into America for things they could NEVER take advantage of.

It's kind of shitty - but I wish we had this kind of focus on our own. Like - you are never going to be able to Phase Out the Palestinian/Israeli conflict - but for example . . . I'm 51 and have no descendants - if we did it next year - there's a strong possibility that I would die before taking advantage of all 36 years of the 5% tax cut. Also - the students who would never benefit from this just don't give a damn - because too many of the dominant culture (even liberals in some instances) view Americans who are black as a threat.

obamanut2012

(26,283 posts)
4. Includimg RW Isareli MMA fighter David Kaminsky
Thu May 16, 2024, 10:13 AM
May 16

Who owns a local fight gym, and is a well known fascist. He lead a group of fellow thugs to beat up UCLA college kids protesting (some who were Jewish) while the cops looked away.

He is so extreme, he was too extreme for Trumpie's buddy Dana White.

The students need to sue UCLA, like the kids sued UC Davis when that asshole cop drenched them in bear spray a few years back.

Uncle Joe

(58,751 posts)
5. I would hope the FBI investigates
Thu May 16, 2024, 10:19 AM
May 16

the police as well for just standing by for 3 hours, and doing nothing until the next night when they came to breakup the camp of the victims of the assault.

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