Hey, MEDIA: If the intent is destruction, it’s a RIOT, not a PROTEST. Are these actions of ‘protesters’ or ‘rioters’?
Watch a report close to the heart of the chaos:
This is what you wanted, America.https://t.co/fLTyk3IrT2
— Roark (@Roark__) 22 September 2016
Grabbing shoes from a smashed up truck:
"Oh snap, they're just my size!" pic.twitter.com/XBROvYCjMx
— myrcat (@Myrna_Perez) 22 September 2016
Smashing windows in apartment buildings:
Great way to protest in support of #BlackLivesMatter. Smash up apartment windows where black people live. #CharlotteProtest pic.twitter.com/IMbSCuARGY
— Paul Joseph Watson (@PrisonPlanet) 22 September 2016
Knocking over Journalists:
Protester bodychecks CNN reporter, knocks him to the ground at #CharlotteProtest pic.twitter.com/5wkzPXFfdp
— Mashable News (@MashableNews) 22 September 2016
Black Lives Matter, but Journalists, eh, not so much:
#WCCB witnessed protesters try to throw still photographer into fire in Uptown #Charlotte. https://t.co/T6i8AH5iGu #CharlotteProtest #news pic.twitter.com/t26WgIlwOh
— WCCB, Charlotte's CW (@WCCBCharlotte) 22 September 2016
VIDEO: Charlotte rioters attempt to throw a journalist into a fire. He is saved by civilians & police officers pic.twitter.com/od2pRPihlO
— Independent Journal (@TheIJR) 22 September 2016
Breaking into and Looting a Souvenir Shop:
Protestors rush into souvenir store in #Charlotte #CharlotteRiots pic.twitter.com/r0KmeyTkTs
— myrcat (@Myrna_Perez) 22 September 2016
Smashing open a cash register and grabbing the money:
They stole the cash register inside and stripped it from all its contents. This was only ONE local business pic.twitter.com/gvfrH6KOzs
— myrcat (@Myrna_Perez) 22 September 2016
Throwing rocks at cars from an overpass:
Video floating around the Internet from riots in #Charlotte #NorthCarolina. Rioters tossing rocks off I-85 fwy overpass, striking vehicles. pic.twitter.com/TXqkRUsiDJ
— The Detroit Scanner (@DetroitScanner) 21 September 2016
Beating up a white guy in and underground parking lot:
The violence increases as shots are fired within the mob. One person in critical condition (GRAPHIC):
All this because the mob refused to believe this:
BREAKING: CMPD sources confirm this photo I obtained of the shooting aftermath shows the weapon Keith Scott was holding. @wsoctv pic.twitter.com/aBMRBUUjjz
— Joe Bruno (@JoeBrunoWSOC9) 21 September 2016
Would Martin Luther King Jr. approve? (Note the statements made at 1:40 mark)
So, is it BLM or the Charlotte Police that are the better embodiment of MLK’s principle of non-violence:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1K1j9FaH2io
The Charlotte P.D. deserve commendations on their handling of this situation.
