Police arrest proud boys leader for burning a BLM banner but don't arrest BLM for violence

[Apeman]

Can their agenda be anymore clear? Violent BLM and antifa thugs get a free pass to comitt crimes but anyone on the right needs to be arrested for anything they do.

I don't agree with what he did but why are they singling him out? Just to try and disrupt the protests Wednesday and make the right look the violent ones. Where are the arrests when BLM burns down a building?

 

[Jmac00]

If you can burn an American flag, but a BLM banner is against the law, this is one fucked up country

 

[Dr. Evil]

The inmates are running the asylum.

 

[4WHLDRFTN]

it's time

 

[libertysnake]

So, my understanding is, he is being charged because he took the banner and then burned it. It wasn't that he bought a BLM banner, and then burned it. It's that he took the banner from a black church, and then burned it.

It's still stealing, so in that case he's wrong.

However, I agree BLM should have been facing charges for burning down businesses left and right.

No one is in the right here.

 

[Mosinitis]

Who the fuck is BLM to shut down traffic. I am sure the laws are broken when BLM leadership organizes such events. When cowardly police agencies allow BLM to control the streets, people rightfully will take the law into their own hands.

 

[masterswimmer]

So, my understanding is, he is being charged because he took the banner and then burned it. It wasn't that he bought a BLM banner, and then burned it. It's that he took the banner from a black church, and then burned it.

It's still stealing, so in that case he's wrong.

However, I agree BLM should have been facing charges for burning down businesses left and right.

No one is in the right here.

So now a misdemeanor for stealing a $19.99 banner equates to burning down buildings (municipal, state and federal no less), torching police cruisers, looting businesses before they burn them to the ground, assaulting bystanders, rioting, and a myriad of other heinous crimes?

Stealing and burning the banner can't possibly be more than a violation warranting nothing more than cheap fine. Instead, book him Dano.

Yeah, no agenda or narrative being slung here. Fucking assholes!

 

[libertysnake]

So now a misdemeanor for stealing a $19.99 banner equates to burning down buildings (municipal, state and federal no less), torching police cruisers, looting businesses before they burn them to the ground, assaulting bystanders, rioting, and a myriad of other heinous crimes?

I didn't say that. I didn't say to what degree each was wrong. BLM is far more in the "wrong." It's not like he burned a random banner though, it belonged to someone.

I'm not going to condone something wrong just because someone not on the left does it, regardless to what degree.

 

[masterswimmer]

I didn't say that. I didn't say to what degree each was wrong. BLM is far more in the "wrong." It's not like he burned a random banner though, it belonged to someone.

I'm not going to condone something wrong just because someone not on the left does it, regardless to what degree.

Absolutely correct. Two wrongs don't make a right. HOWEVER, the punishment should fit the crime. Burning a banner does not warrant what was basically a sting operation to bring in the culprit. A statement was being made. Yet no statements are ever made when Burn, Loot, Murder or ANTIFA commit felonies.

Sorry, can't get on board with the disparity.

 

[Mosinitis]

Any way you look at it, this is one sided law enforcement. Either enforce the laws on both sides or stay the fuck out.

 

[Podmonkey]

Law enforcement has made abundantly clear that by and large they serve interests that are not those of the public. Any attempt of enforcement should be met with resistance. Now is the time to rebel. Do not cooperate with the police, do not go silently, do not comply. We should have been organizing this whole time, we must start now, we must provide for our mutual defense against the establishment.

 

[GOYABEAN]

 

[Acer-m14]

If you can burn an American flag, but a BLM banner is against the law, this is one fucked up country

did they tack on the hate crime charge yet .. ... i guess the stealing part is the real issue .. hummm ..

Fifteen years in Iowa jail for burning pride flag

The Iowa man was found guilty of committing a hate crime against the Iowa gay community.

www.bbc.com

 

[libertysnake]

Absolutely correct. Two wrongs don't make a right. HOWEVER, the punishment should fit the crime. Burning a banner does not warrant what was basically a sting operation to bring in the culprit. A statement was being made. Yet no statements are ever made when Burn, Loot, Murder or ANTIFA commit felonies.

Sorry, can't get on board with the disparity.

I'm not disagreeing on the disparity. I'm just saying he didn't just burn his own flag and was arrested for free speech. There is more to it than that.

 

[Saltwater60]

So, my understanding is, he is being charged because he took the banner and then burned it. It wasn't that he bought a BLM banner, and then burned it. It's that he took the banner from a black church, and then burned it.

It's still stealing, so in that case he's wrong.

However, I agree BLM should have been facing charges for burning down businesses left and right.

No one is in the right here.

Correct he is being charged with theft of property and weapons charges.

I agree there is a double standard and if a BLM stole an American flag and burned it I doubt they would be charged. We already saw them drop the charges in the McClosky trespassing case.

 

[Mosinitis]

Any preferential treatment of some is a discrimination of others. 14th amendment is still in effect.

 

[maverick52]

Actually this article says they got him with “high capacity ammunition feeding devices”.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/proud-boys-enrique-tarrio-arrest/2021/01/04/8642a76a-4edf-11eb-b96e-0e54447b23a1_story.html

 

[maverick52]

Things are heating up.

 

[Deplorable Me]

Actually this article says they got him with “high capacity ammunition feeding devices”.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/proud-boys-enrique-tarrio-arrest/2021/01/04/8642a76a-4edf-11eb-b96e-0e54447b23a1_story.html

Who was the reporter who had the high cap magazines in DC a few years ago?

 

[Bigfoot]

Who was the reporter who had the high standard cap magazines in DC a few years ago?

David Gregory - MSNBC - Oh' and FIFY hope ya don't mind.

 

[Darth]

Any way you look at it, this is one sided law enforcement. Either enforce the laws on both sides or stay the fuck out.

I'll take "stay the fuck out" for $600 Alex.

 

[SonOfSun]

If you can burn an American flag, but a BLM banner is against the law, this is one fucked up country

Maybe because theft is against the law? He didn't bring it there to burn in protest on his own. The guy stole the flag and then burned it.

 

[Toecutter]

Police are afraid of the left , they are going to ruin this country. the right doesn't do shit but wave fabric around.

 

[Celt]

Maybe because theft is against the law? He didn't bring it there to burn in protest on his own. The guy stole the flag and then burned it.

That comparison is a straw man argument. Blamtifa broke plenty of laws worse than this and are allowed to go unpunished, including assaulting police officers.

 

[SonOfSun]

That comparison is a straw man argument. Blamtifa broke plenty of laws worse than this and are allowed to go unpunished, including assaulting police officers.

No. Sorry but "they did worse" is not a defense from criminal behavior.

If you killed one of my kids it doesn't mean I can break into your house and steal things because you did something worse. Someone else committing a crime doesn't excuse you from your own actions.

Stop trying to justify blatantly criminal behavior.

 

[Phazer]

No. Sorry but "they did worse" is not a defense from criminal behavior.

If you killed one of my kids it doesn't mean I can break into your house and steal things because you did something worse. Someone else committing a crime doesn't excuse you from your own actions.

Stop trying to justify blatantly criminal behavior.

That depends... if you and the Liberal Progressives refute and disavow constitutional law with due process, and equal treatment of all under the law, then we're left with finding other legal frameworks. In this case, perhaps the Code of Hammurabi?

 

[SonOfSun]

That depends... if you and the Liberal Progressives refute and disavow constitutional law with due process, and equal treatment of all under the law, then we're left with finding other legal frameworks. In this case, perhaps the Code of Hammurabi?

When do I do that?

 

[Apeman]

No. Sorry but "they did worse" is not a defense from criminal behavior.

If you killed one of my kids it doesn't mean I can break into your house and steal things because you did something worse. Someone else committing a crime doesn't excuse you from your own actions.

Stop trying to justify blatantly criminal behavior.

Nobody here is defending what he did. He took down someone else's banner and burned it. He committed a crime.

What everyone is pissed about is the fact that he was arrested for burning a banner while so many others have committed far worse crimes and were not arrested. It's a 100% fact that people on the right are being targeted while the troublemakers on the left are given free reign to do whatever they want.

 

[SonOfSun]

Nobody here is defending what he did. He took down someone else's banner and burned it. He committed a crime.

What everyone is pissed about is the fact that he was arrested for burning a banner while so many others have committed far worse crimes and were not arrested. It's a 100% fact that people on the right are being targeted while the troublemakers on the left are given free reign to do whatever they want.

I'd largely agree there. Pretty much no arrests for the people that burned buildings, trashed restaurants, etc. Those people should absolutely be held accountable. Frankly, I'm upset that they haven't. However, I'm also not upset that someone that stole property and burned it got arrested. If you commit crimes you should be punished, full stop.

 

[GOPerfect]

Again, too many, yeah, I will say it, too many stupid people among us.

This is NOT about this guy being arrested. I could give two shits about this guy. My bet is he is a real asshole...

I do not care that he was arrested. I do not care if he is charged with more crimes, convicted and sentenced to hard labor; I do not care. He means nothing to me.

What I do care about is all of the selective enforcement of laws. I could waste a lot of time, energy and space on this forum of the crimes that Antifa and the Burn Loot Murder gangs committed in out cities with no arrests. 100's and 1000's of dollars in destruction and near no arrests. Many that were arrested were released and all charges dropped. Selective enforcement is not the key to a free society.

But again, too many are to stupid to understand the outrage. Too many are too stupid to realize this has nothing to do with Trump. Too stupid to realize that we, the correct, America loving citizens, want nothing but fairness and rule of law....