I wanna share with you guys the reason I enjoy Reason so much. They have some very informative articles. And also some hilarious batshit insane articles. This is the latter and boy oh boy I'm sure people could use a good laugh:
I Got Tear Gassed at Baltimore's City Hall
I'm not even gonna ask if he's ever reflected on how the city of Baltimore is democrat run and just point out the very first sentence:
"Race was invented right here in the Chesapeake—in Virginia, to be exact."
Hmm, not so sure about that one chief!
"So this is where it started. In hopes that it might end here too, I went to Baltimore City Hall Saturday night, where I locked arms with protestors of all colors, stood on the front lines pushing back against the riot police, trying my damnedest to reverse that Baconian ratio back to its original position."
How'd he lock arms with someone from 6 feet away?
"And the fact that police abuse falls most heavily on black Americans hits home for me: I married into a black family, I have a black son roughly the same age that Tamir Rice was when the police murdered him, and we all live in downtown Baltimore."
Take heed fellow whites: this man speaks with authority. Not only does he more than likely have black friends, but a black wife too.
"After my son ate dinner, I changed out of the Aristotle ("Private Property"😉 shirt I'd been wearing all day and put on my much more fitting Albert Jay Nock ("Our Enemy the State"😉 shirt. I masked up and set out on a long walk to join in."
The Onion just shut down their website. "Can't compete with this bullshit anymore" one employee was quoted as saying.
"In their half-assed attempts to talk with the crowd and hear our pleas, one of the higher-ups claimed he was doing his job because he supports democracy—which, apparently, means we the people doing what they the police tell us to do. He asked what I do for a living and I responded that I'm an historian.
"So, what, do we just get rid of all the police?" he asked.
"Well, yes, of course we do," I said. "I'm an abolitionist."
I told him flatly that the best thing he could do for the democracy he claimed to love so much was to quit the police union and quit the force. He seemed like a decent and sincere person, but frankly that's not good enough. He walked away to talk to people more willing to hear him out and listen to his authority."
Lol.
"Later, another higher-up arrived in his squad car, bursting out of it with the usual bluster and walkie chatter. He wasn't wearing a mask, so I told him to comply with the governor's orders and mask up. Many of the officers I said this to did in fact mask up then and there. Others stared back at me blankly. This one laughed and pointed to a group of young black women behind me without masks. "What about them?" he asked.
I shot back: "Dude, you're supposed to be law enforcement. How about you do your job, set the example, and at least follow all the stupid laws you try to hold us accountable for?"
He laughed again, but he was getting mad. I was getting mad too. "I bet you're just itching for the chance to kill someone's kid out here tonight," I told him.
I didn't expect his reply. "Oh, you bet I am," he said.
Mmhmm I'll take "Shit that didn't happen for $500 Alex".
"First came the tear gas, unannounced, fired straight at us. (My mask and glasses kept most of it out, but it stung my lungs.) What followed was like witnessing a Greek phalanx moving to war, the rapping of nightsticks on riot shields. A line of us met them head on. "MOVE BACK" they shouted with every rap on their shields. A young woman next to me was trapped between a metal parking lot bar and the riot shields. I pushed the closest officer back enough that she could get herself loose and flee. The next officer over reached out and grabbed me, presumably to arrest me for "assaulting an officer" or something. They ripped that Albert Jay Nock shirt and tore off my mask and glasses, but I managed to wriggle free and to scurry back to the field of protestors."
I'm guessing the tears were there with this guy before the gas even hit him.
But shiiit they ripped his Albert Jay Nock shirt. So sorry this happened.