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- news@lemmy.world
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- news@lemmy.world
A man who was believed to be part of a peacekeeping team for the “No Kings” protest in Salt Lake City shot at a person who was brandishing a rifle at demonstrators, striking both the rifleman and a bystander who later died at the hospital, authorities said Sunday.
Police took the alleged rifleman, Arturo Gamboa, 24, into custody Saturday evening on a murder charge, Salt Lake City Police Chief Brian Redd said at a Sunday news conference. The bystander was Arthur Folasa Ah Loo, 39, a fashion designer from Samoa.
Detectives don’t yet know why Gamboa pulled out a rifle or ran from the peacekeepers, but they accused him of creating the dangerous situation that led to Ah Loo’s death. The Associated Press did not immediately find an attorney listed for Gamboa or contact information for his family in public records.
Do something about it 😏
This article is literally about someone being shot at
& killedbefore they could attack a big group of people who are “doing something about it.”Update on this, the guy being shot at was a punk activist who had open carried at other protests. He probably wasn’t an active threat.
https://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/northern-utah/murder-suspect-described-as-a-punk-rocker-who-often-open-carries-a-firearm-at-protests
The person who was killed was not the potential attacker.
My bad. I even read the article twice and still my brain got muddled. I’ve corrected my comment.
Protests without violence are just manifesting. They’re empty of consequences and meaningful change.
You guys are posturing and cosplaying as protesters lmao.
Statistically, that’s not necessarily true….
Nonviolent protests are twice as likely to succeed as armed conflicts – and those engaging a threshold of 3.5% of the population have never failed to bring about change.
We are. It’s going to take some time, and it will probably get a lot worse before it gets better, but we are.
Why doesnt your country do something about it! Because honestly please?
We are doing something about it, but these things take time, and we are at the very beginning of the endgame. We can’t just say, “End this,” and it’s done. It happens in steps, and we’ve just started this journey.
One of the first steps is getting everyone on the same page, and that’s what’s happening now. The massive, growing protests are proof that this step is working.
Another step is getting warm, comfortable, well-fed Americans to understand that their comfort will soon be coming to an end of they don’t do something about it. Even if they do something, it’s a good bet that there will be a few years of ferocious unrest before things settle back down. People aren’t ready for that yet, but if the MAGA Nazis keep it up, they will eventually provoke people into fighting back.
There are political Red Lines they would be advised not to cross, such as suspending elections. That would cause an enormous resistance, probably violent. No reason to be polite to those who have stolen our country.
Then there are personal Red Lines, which are different for each person. Right now, I wouldn’t get violent because my family needs me to keep a roof over their heads. I can’t get thrown in prison or killed. But I have family members that are members of vulnerable groups that the MAGA Nazis have declared to be enemies. If anything were to happen to family members, especially my son, I would have nothing left to lose, and would become VERY dangerous.
Bottom line: I no longer have any fantasies about dying at an old age. I have come to terms with the idea that my life may have a twist ending I wasn’t expecting. If the time comes that I have to fight back, I will do it, but I’m still hoping to avoid it, and make the MAGA Nazis pay for their treason and crimes through legal means.
That’s what the protests are the beginning of, the US population has not had a very successful popular progressive movement since the 60s. We’re rusty and the younger generation are inexperienced at this but we’re gathering momentum.