Summary
At a Lafayette, Indiana anti-Trump rally Saturday, a man pulled an assault-style rifle after clashing with protesters who blocked his truck at a Third Street intersection.
Video shows the man in a MAGA hat yelling at protesters, prompting another man—angered by the confrontation with women—to intervene.
The two exchanged shouts before the protester headbutted the man. He returned to his truck, retrieved a rifle, and reentered the crowd.
Police detained but released him, citing self-defense. The “Hands Off!” rally drew nearly 1,000 people and ended early amid safety concerns.
Why does it feel like he was a failed attempt at inciting violence in protests to make them look unreasonable?
He fucked around and found out most of them were exceedingly reasonable, except the one that busted his face 😊
Looks like he slipped
Well I mean it was a reasonable breakage of said face, since y’know… Nazi… but your point is valid
An Agent Provocateur.
Judging by the US rhetoric over the past few years … protestors of any side for any political movement, whether left or right, legitimate or not, moral or immoral … are figuring out that you need a gun to stand your ground.
It would be easy to destabilize any protest by just drawing a gun … then someone else answers the challenge and pulls their own gun … then more people join in … next you have a Mexican stand off… and given enough occurrences you now have a fire fight.
It’s so volatile because of the freedom to own guns.
It’s like watching a group of people fighting with torches next to an open pool of gasoline.