[–] Sciency [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago (edited ago)
2:30PST - According to one streamer they have cops coming in from other areas for support. I assume this means they expect escalation.
Its a hot day for them too, low-mid 90's. Heatwaves fairly well known to boost civil unrest rates.
3:30PST - Apparently there was/is a car chase going on in the area, only caught about 30 seconds before the stream changed. Might be unrelated. Car chase was in LA.
[–] sdlocal1904 1 point 2 points 3 points (+3|-1) ago (edited ago)
San Diego local here, I live in Grossmont and had just finished getting a haircut, filling my bike up at the 76 across the st from los panchos when I saw a group of squadcars.
(also, this is a throwaway so I don't dox myself)
First off, the 'official' story about the victim "entering a shooting stance" is complete bullshit.
When the cops surrounded the guy, he was obviously nervous/scared but he did not have his hand in his pocket, he had one hand out to the side and the other holding his pants up (lol, stereotypes). When the officers told him to keep his hands up, he let go of his waistband to put the other hand out to his side (dunno why he was putting them to his sides, and not up in the air but whatever) one cop from the side tased him while the other started to dump his magazine.
After the shooting a couple cops were rubbing the guys chest (not even doing compressions, just rubbing on him.) and a few of the other officers started detaining bystanders and confiscating their phones (this is when I walked back to the gas station and got the fuck out of there).
As for the protesters being BLM shipped in? Highly fucking likely.
[–] CANCEL-CAT-FACTS 0 points 6 points 6 points (+6|-0) ago (edited ago)
This is now happening all the time with them. Rage and riots before they even know what happened, before they have any of the facts, before they have any information.
They don't even care; just want an excuse to riot.
This is the part where they are building up the anger, stoking it before exploding into a riot. They will simmer like this until sunset, then burn, loot and destroy.
[–] Sciency [S] 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago (edited ago)
I've been hearing that 70% of the arrests during the Ferguson riot were people from out of state, bussed in for the protests. It seems like the least stable areas are chosen for this kind of protest, and the civil unrest just perpetuates itself after the provocateurs/tourists leave. Seems like some crazy proxy economic warfare to me. I guess now we wait and see what happens.
[–] SeanBox ago
$20 says they shoot the dude in the car.
[–] Sciency [S] ago
They might lol. I guess he trashed a hotel room and has been driving fairly normally even with the cops following. I'm guessing they'll let him run out of gas and take it from there.
[–] SeanBox ago
I lost. They took him alive.