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That fucking reddit thread 🙄

BigusDickus099 209 points 11 hours ago* "News 6 photojournalist DJ McCathran was feet away from the scuffle when it broke out.

McCathran recorded a woman using a megaphone during the demonstration.

“The only thing that I was told was that before the protest happened, and I was not there, they were told that they could not use the megaphone. That it was that it was not allowed, and so in the video that I shot, before the pepper spray came out, the lady was talking into a microphone that was blaring, and you could see also in that video that one of the protesters was also swinging a sign at one of the officer,” McCathran said. “So I’m assuming the one swinging the sign was the other guy arrested.”

https://www.clickorlando.com/news/local/2024/05/11/2-arrested-others-pepper-sprayed-at-pro-palestine-event-at-orlandos-lake-eola-park/

[–]ongoldenwaves 46 points 11 hours ago* Swinging sign? She's fully beating him with it at .37 mark. And it's not just a piece of paper. Those things have a stick on them. Not only that but they've totally swarmed the police. Cops showed restraint only arresting 2 people here.

Be careful guys. They do bus people around the country during these protests to stir shit up. This crap will only get worse heading into November.

[–]chumbawumbacholula 35 points 10 hours ago Not trying to be cute, but genuinely curious what group is bussing people around to stir shit up?

[–]Ok-Context3530 11 points 8 hours ago I’ve read comments from people on Reddit claiming to have been hired to travel to protest so I think there is some merit to it.

SURE, JAN. Of course you have.

(Re: the sign - "those things have a stick on them!!! 🫨" someone further down in the replies pointed out that it was cardstock with a paint stirrer attached 😂)

Bugsy_Marino 67 points 10 hours ago* I too appreciate the zero context

Is this the same group where one member was beating a cop with their sign?

[–]ongoldenwaves 44 points 9 hours ago Yes. And they swarmed the cops and probably had megaphones in their faces as well. They just stir shit up for their Tik Tok pages.

[–]Bugsy_Marino 34 points 9 hours ago Yeah the first thing i noticed in the photo is that the cops are surrounded, doesn’t quite add up to what OP and others are trying to insinuate

[–]ongoldenwaves 13 points 8 hours ago Getting surrounded, having people swing at you, megaphones in the face...this is why we see cops in other cities with full on scary riot gear on in these protests. Then people accuse them of being intimidating. The OPD will never be this naive again. I'm sure they're feeling dumb for thinking they could handle this without batons, guns, shields, helmets. It only takes once for them to become jaded.

[–]Bugsy_Marino 14 points 8 hours ago Guarantee the same people in this photo are the ones complaining about the police being too militarized

Like congrats, you had cops wearing shorts and bicycle helmets show up and what happened? They got physically attacked and beaten. Don’t complain when they show up in full gear next time

[–]Affectionate_Oil9507 9 points 8 hours ago From what I've seen I have been impressed the way the bike cops who patrol lake Eola handle themselves. I have seen them look out for both civil protesters and bystanders. If I had to guess this was probably a justified reaction.

This is the most enthusiastic bootlicking I've seen in a while.