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Protestors Set Atlanta's Wendy's On Fire

They said they wanted to make a statement

by Anonymousreply 149July 15, 2020 6:10 AM

Interstate 75/85 shut down

by Anonymousreply 1June 14, 2020 3:07 AM

Well, Burger King won’t be the only one with flame-broiled burgers.

by Anonymousreply 2June 14, 2020 3:11 AM

Per CNN, the police shot and killed a guy there. People are rioting. This is getting out of hand and it's going to start helping Orange. The public is experiencing protest fatigue.

by Anonymousreply 3June 14, 2020 3:12 AM

What is the statement they’re making by torching a business?

by Anonymousreply 4June 14, 2020 3:15 AM

R4 the place where a murder took place, needs to be torched to allow the healing to begin.

by Anonymousreply 5June 14, 2020 3:20 AM

Is that going to be SOP going forward? Anyplace a murder takes place needs to be set afire? That’ll turn out well.

by Anonymousreply 6June 14, 2020 3:22 AM

Fire has been extinguished. Most protesters have left the area.

by Anonymousreply 7June 14, 2020 3:23 AM

the nightclub that both George Floyd and the cop who had his knee on Floyd was also burnt to the ground by protestors

by Anonymousreply 8June 14, 2020 3:25 AM

Wendy's supports Trump, right? This is a win-win in my book.

by Anonymousreply 9June 14, 2020 3:26 AM

Our country is a mess. Criminals will be able to do whatever. Because to dare stop them would be considered racism.

by Anonymousreply 10June 14, 2020 3:27 AM

R10 someone was just shot dead by the police for a crime

by Anonymousreply 11June 14, 2020 3:29 AM

[quote] Fire has been extinguished.

That was quick. It looked totaaly out of control 10 minutes ago.

by Anonymousreply 12June 14, 2020 3:29 AM

Good

by Anonymousreply 13June 14, 2020 3:30 AM

It’s not the protestors. They have been going home at 7:30 and then the riots start. Most of the arrests are out of towners. Probably Deplorables or KKK

by Anonymousreply 14June 14, 2020 3:38 AM

This will teach that Wendys to not allow the police to kill black men on their property again...ever

by Anonymousreply 15June 14, 2020 3:45 AM

R12 They had to quickly put it out, it was next to a gas station. If the fire had gotten out of hand it could have been much worse. Some people are saying Wendy's shouldn't have called the cops. Who was Wendy's supposed to call or what were they supposed to do, when a man was asleep in the drive thru? Especially since it is being said he was passed out drunk, behind the wheel of a car, not simply sleeping. Was Wendy's expected to just close up their shop to allow him to sleep it off? Are cops no longer supposed to enforce DUI laws? Unlike the other cases we have seen, such as George Floyd or the tasering of the college students in Atlanta during the protests, this was not some innocent man, he was violently resisting, and yes I fully believe a white person in the same situation would have been killed in the same manner.

by Anonymousreply 16June 14, 2020 3:49 AM

Wendy’s is such a shit hole they should burn all of them down.

by Anonymousreply 17June 14, 2020 3:50 AM

r16 You are well aware logic has been suspended for the past 5 months

by Anonymousreply 18June 14, 2020 3:52 AM

Also, it is being reported the Wendy's in question is a black owned franchise.

by Anonymousreply 19June 14, 2020 3:55 AM

I saw the video of a man shooting the taser at the cops while running away...why can't the cops shoot the guy in the leg or something?

by Anonymousreply 20June 14, 2020 3:58 AM

R18 Which is what upsets me more than anything. Plus, I was told, by a white woman on twitter, that using logic makes me a racist because it is colonialist.

by Anonymousreply 21June 14, 2020 3:58 AM

[quote] Our country is a mess. Criminals will be able to do whatever. Because to dare stop them would be considered racism.

They shot an unarmed man who was fleeing in the back. They did not stop crime they committed one.

by Anonymousreply 22June 14, 2020 4:01 AM

r21 Stay away from twitter, it's a bunch of extremists and shit stirring bots.

by Anonymousreply 23June 14, 2020 4:02 AM

R20

[quote] Why not “shoot to wound” instead? For a couple of reasons: First, shooting to wound someone may not stop the threat. If a person is shot in the leg, the threat may still exist as a suspect could still use his or her hands to fire a gun or stab with a knife.

[quote] Second, and most importantly, it takes a skilled marksman to hit someone exactly in the arm or leg, and, most officers are not skilled marskmen. In fact, outside of an old-fashioned TV Western, few people can make that shot, no matter the training.

R22 He wasn't unarmed he had already taken the Taser from the police and was aiming it behind him as he ran. It has happened before that the suspect tases the officer and then takes their gun.

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by Anonymousreply 24June 14, 2020 4:03 AM

What good does burning down a Wendy’s do?

by Anonymousreply 25June 14, 2020 4:05 AM

R25 It's the nature of the mob mentality/violence beast. It needed burning so deplorables animals could feel vindicated.

by Anonymousreply 26June 14, 2020 4:11 AM

Take that back R17!

by Anonymousreply 27June 14, 2020 4:38 AM

If they wanted to piss of white people they should have burned down a chick fil a

by Anonymousreply 28June 14, 2020 4:45 AM

Uh, sir, this is an Arby's

by Anonymousreply 29June 14, 2020 4:50 AM

It's not protesting. It's rioting and a useless destruction of private property.

BLM and ANTIFA are both terrorist groups. They're doing nothing but help Trump win in a landslide.

by Anonymousreply 30June 14, 2020 4:51 AM

[quote] Take me to your Baconator!

Buy 1 get 1 for $1 for Breakfast

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by Anonymousreply 31June 14, 2020 4:58 AM

[quote] He wasn't unarmed he had already taken the Taser from the police and was aiming it behind him as he ran.

So what? A taser isn't a gun. According to every, single police force in the entire United States of America, a taser is not a deadly weapon. Having one isn't grounds for being murdered by the police

Those were some shitty, poorly trained cops. They had no control whatsoever over the situation. They allowed the suspect to get their taser. Then they shot him in the back.

Police aren't allowed to shoot people in the back. A taser can wound. So can a cup of coffee. Do you advocate police shooting people who have a cup of coffee in their hands? A pencil can kill someone. Do you advocate murdering someone with a pencil?

by Anonymousreply 32June 14, 2020 5:06 AM

R2 ROFL

by Anonymousreply 33June 14, 2020 5:07 AM

Takes us home r32.

by Anonymousreply 34June 14, 2020 5:10 AM

Cops must die.

by Anonymousreply 35June 14, 2020 5:10 AM

Police shouldn't be killing anyone. That's no what they are there for.

by Anonymousreply 36June 14, 2020 5:13 AM

This isnt good for Mayor Bottoms. Her city is a mess. No VP slot for her.

by Anonymousreply 37June 14, 2020 5:13 AM

[quote]Are cops no longer supposed to enforce DUI laws?

MADD needed to be cancelled a while ago. Too many blacks are pulled over and killed by police on the basis of "suspicion of DUI".

by Anonymousreply 38June 14, 2020 5:15 AM

R32 it isn’t that the taser is a deadly weapon, it is that a taser can be used to incapacitate the officer, allowing the suspect to then get the deadly gun. You also failed to point out that while the suspect was shot in the back, he was pointing the taser at the officer behind his back. Just be prepared for all of America to become Baltimore. After the riots there a few years back the police have largely retreated, leaving their violent crime rate to skyrocket and the people paying the price is minority communities.

by Anonymousreply 39June 14, 2020 5:28 AM

These are who i believe might have started it.

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by Anonymousreply 40June 14, 2020 6:16 AM

R35 must be an insurgent.

by Anonymousreply 41June 14, 2020 6:28 AM

[quote] Cops must die.

A plank in the next Democratic Convention platform

by Anonymousreply 42June 14, 2020 6:41 AM

R39 ya he was perfecting his aim while running (and facing) the other direction, and was gonna run back to grab the gun of the cop he was aiming the taser at once it fell - which he would sense because he wasn’t looking to see when that would happen. All this while figuring out how to use the taser since it wasn’t his weapon to begin with. All while apparently drunk and just after being woken up.

And the trained cops only (and according to you justifiable) option was to shoot him in the back. And now he’s dead.

R16 call the fire department in future if you see someone like this out that needs assistance and is maybe breaking some low level law. Situation would be addressed and nobody will be dead.

by Anonymousreply 43June 14, 2020 6:51 AM

R43 except, probably, the firefighter.

by Anonymousreply 44June 14, 2020 7:03 AM

Well R44 in this instance no the firefighter would not be dead. This guy was initially unarmed. So nobody would be dead. The police bring a perceptible level of aggression and violence to an interaction by having guns on their person (implicit and explicit since it’s on show). The violence stakes are raised by police even being on a scene. Their known history of violence also contributes. In an instance where there is the expectation of violence then sure it makes sense to have police on the scene however in an instance like this where there’s someone asleep in a drive thru there isn’t an expectation of violence. With that rationale then there would be armed guards at every drive thru which I think it’s safe to agree is not warranted. Therefore it’s not rational or safe for the people involved in this interaction to get police involved (or for police either since it seems they’re so bad at their jobs that they allowed this allegedly drunk, hungry and half asleep man to get hold of one of their tasers). So yes why not expand the role of fire officers (Or other) to take these kind of calls. And then if the situation escalates to violence they back off and cops are called.

by Anonymousreply 45June 14, 2020 7:48 AM

Are Frostys all that good? I've never been to a Wendy's, and the Frosty looks tasty.

by Anonymousreply 46June 14, 2020 2:03 PM

Oops

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by Anonymousreply 47June 14, 2020 2:17 PM

[quote] This will teach them for never letting me speak to a manager. Now whats this about a dead Black guy?

by Anonymousreply 48June 14, 2020 2:20 PM

The Wendys of War

by Anonymousreply 49June 14, 2020 2:22 PM

Wendy's announced they are changing the little girl from white to black but leaving the red hair.

by Anonymousreply 50June 14, 2020 2:23 PM

Wendy’s got torched because they called the cops on the sleeping drunk guy who was blocking the drive through. Wendy’s started the chain of events.

by Anonymousreply 51June 14, 2020 2:28 PM

No. The guy started off the chain of events by driving drunk and then falling asleep behind the wheel. DUI is illegal, and the cops are allowed to arrest him. If you don’t like that, then lobby your state legislators to make drunk driving legal.

by Anonymousreply 52June 14, 2020 2:55 PM

BLM fatigue in 3, 2, 1.

by Anonymousreply 53June 14, 2020 3:22 PM

Last I checked drunk driving does not carry a death sentence.

by Anonymousreply 54June 14, 2020 3:29 PM

Oh Wendy, you done did it this time!

by Anonymousreply 55June 14, 2020 3:30 PM

Oh, good! That should make everything much better!

by Anonymousreply 56June 14, 2020 3:38 PM

Do criminals deserve life? Debatable.

by Anonymousreply 57June 14, 2020 3:41 PM

[quote] ] someone was just shot dead by the police for a crime

He was sleeping in his car. Then he tried to run away.

by Anonymousreply 58June 14, 2020 3:49 PM

[quote] He was sleeping in his car. Then he tried to run away

Then he stole a taser. Then he tried to fire it.

by Anonymousreply 59June 14, 2020 3:53 PM

[quote]So what? A taser isn't a gun. According to every, single police force in the entire United States of America, a taser is not a deadly weapon.

What if it were an axe? a machete? Wonder what you would do if someone came at you with a taser and you were holding a gun. I guess you would just stand there and do nothing.

by Anonymousreply 60June 14, 2020 4:01 PM

Why did they run after the guy in the first place? Let him run. They’ve got his car. They know who he is. They can swear out a warrant for him & pick him up at 12 noon when he’s fast asleep at home sometime next week. It’s a DUI. He can’t drive his car and get into an accident. The cops have his car.

This shit is senseless. So is getting into a car chase & killing innocent civilians on the roadway because some punk stole a car. If it’s not a carjack with a hostage inside, let it fucking go. Insurance will pay. Car theft has been around since the beginning of cars. Police didn’t use to chase cars at 100 mph with helicopters filming from above. Stop this shit. It’s just a ratings grabber for cable news.

And how about cops stop shooting hostages for property crime? That UPS driver woukd be alive today if cops hadn’t been called on a jewel theft.

by Anonymousreply 61June 14, 2020 4:02 PM

[quote]Last I checked drunk driving does not carry a death sentence.

When the cops confront you, and you steal their taser and then try to flee...all bets are off.

by Anonymousreply 62June 14, 2020 4:03 PM

[quote] Who was Wendy's supposed to call or what were they supposed to do, when a man was asleep in the drive thru?

Why don’t all the employees get supersized cups, fill them full of ice & take turns throwing it inside his car. He’s at tge drive thru. His windows open. Pour a couple bucketful of ice on his crotch & wait a few minutes, Then try hot coffee.

“Bro, some girl just threw coffee at y’all. She was mad! She run that way.”

by Anonymousreply 63June 14, 2020 4:07 PM

[quote]Why did they run after the guy in the first place? Let him run. They’ve got his car. They know who he is. They can swear out a warrant for him & pick him up at 12 noon when he’s fast asleep at home sometime next week. It’s a DUI. He can’t drive his car and get into an accident. The cops have his car.

That’s not how DUI’s work. The suspect has to be apprehended in a timely manner, and their blood has to be drawn to prove their alcohol level at the time of the incident.

If you don’t like that, then encourage people to stop supporting groups like MADD that lobbied tirelessly for these laws, and now want them to be even stricter. They want police to be able to pull you over at anytime with no probable cause to check for sobriety.

Until these types of laws are changed, which they won’t be... then Black people have to understand that running away from police is never going to end well.

by Anonymousreply 64June 14, 2020 4:08 PM

That's the night the lights went out at Wendy's. That's the night that they hung an innocent man. Well, don't trust your soul to no backwoods Southern lawyer 'Cause the judge in the town's got blood stains on his hands.

by Anonymousreply 65June 14, 2020 4:12 PM

[quote] What if it were an axe? a machete?

What if it were a shoulder fired rocket launcher? Or an ICBM?

Wtf has a machete got to do with a taser? Not a damn thing. Police use tasers all the time because they are not lethal force. So your comparisons to weapons used to kill people are inept & inapt.

by Anonymousreply 66June 14, 2020 4:12 PM

[quote]Why did they run after the guy in the first place? Let him run. They’ve got his car. They know who he is. They can swear out a warrant for him & pick him up at 12 noon when he’s fast asleep at home sometime next week.

I agree with you on this and car chases. However, I would point out that police are prone to entering the wrong house when executing warrants, with sometimes fatal results. Just ask Breonna Taylor's loved ones.

by Anonymousreply 67June 14, 2020 4:23 PM

[quote] Why did they run after the guy in the first place? Let him run. They’ve got his car. They know who he is. They can swear out a warrant for him & pick him up at 12 noon when he’s fast asleep at home sometime next week.

Because, by that point he was armed, with the policeman's taser. The police cannot allow a person to get away with a weapon. Tasers when used properly are less lethal than a gun, but they do and can cause death, especially in the hands of someone who hasn't been trained how to use them. There have been over 1000 deaths after cops used them, with 153 of those deaths attributed directly to the taser.

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by Anonymousreply 68June 14, 2020 4:39 PM

It wasn’t “protestors”. It was some white cunt.

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by Anonymousreply 69June 14, 2020 5:25 PM

Bastille 2.0

by Anonymousreply 70June 14, 2020 5:30 PM

[quote] What good does burning down a Wendy’s do?

I don’t know but I haven’t slept all night. Been crying my eyes out.

Frosssssssstyyyyyyyyy!!!

by Anonymousreply 71June 14, 2020 6:03 PM

UK resident here. Only in America could stealing a taser been seen as grounds for murder. You do realize what you are saying right? This is not normal in a civilized country, which you as a country have left very far behind. You have a malignant narcissist psychopath as the president and racist thugs as your police. You are done.

by Anonymousreply 72June 14, 2020 6:21 PM

[quote] Just be prepared for all of America to become Baltimore. After the riots there a few years back the police have largely retreated, leaving their violent crime rate to skyrocket and the people paying the price is minority communities.

This is why we desperately need defunding and police reform. Police (unions) have convinced you that unless they are allowed to use deadly force against black people, arbitrarily and at will, they are unable to do their jobs. If deadly chokeholds and guns are the only weapons that police have to serve and protect, or stop crime, we should all be outraged. Imagine if every white man who was stopped for a DUI was killed -- no George Bush, no Matt Gaetz, etc.

by Anonymousreply 73June 14, 2020 6:31 PM

R72 It isn't about him stealing a taser. He pointed a weapon at a police officer. That has always been grounds for an officer to fire. The police officer had no way of knowing if the weapon was the taser that the guy had just wrestled away from him or another weapon he already had.

From the AP

[quote] The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said Brooks wrestled a Taser from one of the officers and ran. The GBI released security camera footage from the restaurant that showed a running Brooks turn and point an object in his hand toward an officer a few steps behind him. The video shows the officer draw his gun and fire as Brooks continues to run, then falls to the ground in the parking lot.

R73 NO ONE is saying that. Every black man stopped by the cops for DUI or anything else is NOT killed, it is a very small percentage of black encounters with the police, less than half of 1%. No one is saying they should be allowed to use arbitrary violence against black people. But, the police should be allowed and expected to ENFORCE all laws against everyone. Every drunk driver SHOULD be arrested. Every person vandalizing property SHOULD be arrested. ETC.

by Anonymousreply 74June 14, 2020 6:42 PM

"Protestors Set Atlanta's Wendy's On Fire"

I said I wanted my burger well done, dammit!

by Anonymousreply 75June 14, 2020 6:44 PM

[quote]Imagine if every white man who was stopped for a DUI was killed -- no George Bush, no Matt Gaetz, etc.

There are thousands of DUI arrests every day that are done appropriately and you never hear anything about. That’s because most people don’t fight back and steal weapons and try to run away, which seems to be something unique to black people.

by Anonymousreply 76June 14, 2020 6:45 PM

R76 I think it is a cycle that will get worse. Because of the media and others telling black men, especially, that the police will kill them, even though it is a very rare occurrence. They will resist arrest. Which will result in them getting killed, unless the police just stop responding to calls. The bodycam video that was released showed that the encounter was going fine for 40 minutes, until the cops started to handcuff him. Then he fought back, took the taser, ran, and then turned and aimed it at the officer.

Now the officer has been fired and the DA is considering murder charges, entirely to placate the mob. I fully expect the police to stop trying to enforce anything that isn't entirely cut and dry. And, there is rarely anything in the real world that is cut and dry.

by Anonymousreply 77June 14, 2020 6:56 PM

R74 you have to be joking. He grabbed a taser and immediately pointed it at them, and you expect there to be a logical amount of suspicion that he suddenly switched it to a different weapon and they couldn’t have noticed? Also even by now I know what a taser looks like and I’ve never seen one up close, and you expect any reasonable person to believe that the cops didn’t know he was holding a taser in his hand? The taser he had just taken from them. He may as well have been carrying a water pistol for how likely he was to kill or injure one of those cops and you know it.

Secondly, what’s the use in arresting a drunk driver anyway? Catch them with a breathalyzer, tow the car so they can’t drive, send them a ticket and refer for a court date if required. Seems like a major waste of time and resources to arrest someone and bring them to the station. Like what is the function?

by Anonymousreply 78June 14, 2020 6:58 PM

R78 DRUNK DRIVERS SHOULD ALWAYS BE ARRESTED! I can't believe people are suddenly acting like drunk driving is not a serious crime and should be handled like littering.

by Anonymousreply 79June 14, 2020 7:00 PM

R74 The cops knew he wasn’t armed with a gun as they had already frisked him and were ready to put on the cuffs. And again the law states that tasers are not deadly weapons. Who knows why the one cop over reacted and fired his gun.

by Anonymousreply 80June 14, 2020 7:14 PM

R77 these cops sound like they’re all over the place. They allowed the taser to be in a position where it could be taken from them? And then I guess were mad about fucking that up so they killed the guy to get it back. And you think it’s the actions of people like the one that is dead that are going to inhibit the police from doing their job? The DA is considering murder charges because this person was murdered. Also your statement really betrays it all, that if cops respond to calls then people will be killed in instances such as this. So you’re acknowledging that these kind of killings are just part of a cops job.

by Anonymousreply 81June 14, 2020 7:15 PM

a former police chief (who is black) was on CNN last night and he said Tasers can kill people (if not used properly)

by Anonymousreply 82June 14, 2020 7:16 PM

R82 chopsticks can kill someone if not used properly you gonna have the cops start lining up and shooting people getting takeout?

by Anonymousreply 83June 14, 2020 7:18 PM

[quote] chopsticks can kill someone if not used properly

not from two feet away

by Anonymousreply 84June 14, 2020 7:18 PM

R82 Exactly they are not completely safe. I am white, and I have been told all my life, by my family and popular culture to NEVER resist arrest unless I want to die.

by Anonymousreply 85June 14, 2020 7:20 PM

I’m gonna... set the world on fire!!!!! 🔥 🔥 🔥

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by Anonymousreply 86June 14, 2020 7:21 PM

R85 this illustrates the problem perfectly and is an unacceptable situation. This is exactly what people are rising up against. The kind of unspoken acceptance that it’s rational that the police will kill you if you were to resist arrest and it’s “what you deserve”. What other public service could get away with this as a standard of care for the public. It’s unbelievable. Think about why you’re not more bothered by this. Think about all the cop movies and shows and media representation. Think how corporate American benefits from access to a publicly paid for security force and why they might want you to look favorably on the police force.

by Anonymousreply 87June 14, 2020 7:28 PM

Didn’t this guy steal a taser, try and use the taser on a cop, and run away from arrest? Not saying he should have been shot, but this was sketch on his part.

by Anonymousreply 88June 14, 2020 7:35 PM

R36, if you are black in America, that what cops have ALWAYS been there for. To beat you, subjugate you arrest you or kill you, because America’s “justice” system cannot exist without running around America and over policing blacks to the point they entire budgets and federal funding are dependent on shit like arrest a black man for jay walking or spitting on a sidewalk.

Imagine, sitting in front of your home, and having cops rolls up on you for no reason other than you’re black, they’re new on the job, and they have been taught that stalking black folks in their own neighborhoods is the way to meet your quotas?

You think that doesn’t happen? Then you aren’t black or Hispanic.

How many white men fall out at bus benches or even a fast food joint, or their cars, after one too many, and make it home without incident, a or with ticket, or a DUI, instead of bullets? And why does anyone, including a freakin’ cop, expect a passed out drunk to violently roused from passing out, without incident?

Other countries don’t even have armed policemen, because most of this shit is EASILY handled without guns. White people in America who have gotten drunk in public tickets and DUIs, know all about this, because they’re committed the same crime as this dude, and went to jail instead of the morgue.

Why aren’t whites getting killed at the exact rate and exact reasons, as their AA counterparts? Surely it cannot be something as simple as the color of their skin, can it? Or can it?

And if you ain’t out there protesting when your people, Whites, get killed by cops, that’s on YOU. Don’t be pissed if blacks do.

Also, BLM are NOT Antifa, either. So please do not conflate the two. Antifa are nothing but a bunch of attention seeking famewhores, to whom black lives do NOT matter.

Oh, & for the idiot who eventually shows up with the tired ass “dead blacks in Chicago over the weekend” stats, fuck off. TIA.

by Anonymousreply 89June 14, 2020 7:35 PM

Picking up your own trash while Black and something else (this guy is runway model GORGEOUS), will get you harassed.

Why? Why do cops drive around, literally looking for minorities to arrest and harass?

Because policy that is funded by incarceration rates of people who are too poor to get private attorneys, and too poor to be arrested and pay the fees behind that arrest, that happened when no one was standing around with a cellphone, recording what started as police harassment, that is usually PURPOSEFULLY escalated by police, on persons who they believe are too high on drugs or too uneducated, to know their rights, which they assume correctly, whites will NOT put up with, if done to them.

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by Anonymousreply 90June 14, 2020 7:49 PM

[quote]Secondly, what’s the use in arresting a drunk driver anyway? Catch them with a breathalyzer, tow the car so they can’t drive, send them a ticket and refer for a court date if required. Seems like a major waste of time and resources to arrest someone and bring them to the station. Like what is the function?

DUIs are handled this way because Mothers Against Drunk Driving lobbied for many years in every state to have the laws written this way.

by Anonymousreply 91June 14, 2020 7:50 PM

Arson is a felony and should be prosecuted. There is no excuse for an arsonist to be free on the streets to set more fires and possibly kill someone. Karma always catches up to an arsonist.

by Anonymousreply 92June 14, 2020 7:52 PM

Has Atlanta had a republican mayor since Reconstruction ended ?

by Anonymousreply 93June 14, 2020 8:00 PM

R93 No, they also have not had a white mayor since 1974.

by Anonymousreply 94June 14, 2020 8:02 PM

This is really fucking degrading and fucked up.

Why is a cop asking a black woman if she’s getting a motel room?

People need to understand how much this shit goes on DAILY.

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by Anonymousreply 95June 14, 2020 8:08 PM

According to a poster here MADD should be "cancelled". Are we to assume they are the spokesperson for DAMM?

Drunks Against Mad Mothers

by Anonymousreply 96June 14, 2020 8:27 PM

Well R96, everybody today wants to have a conversation about Criminal Justice Reform. DUI laws are a good place to start. DUI is the most frequently committed criminal offense in America, and is the reason for many traffic stops and the reason why many citizens come into contact with police.

And MADD is the reason why many of the laws are written as they are, and give police a lot of power to pull motorists over often without probable cause. Maybe it needs to be looked at through the lens of police overreach, especially against minorities.

by Anonymousreply 97June 14, 2020 8:36 PM

America can go down in flames but no one is interested in immigrating to Russia.

I hope you understand that shitting on the US, won't raise your continent up.

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by Anonymousreply 98June 14, 2020 8:38 PM

Obviously R98’s comment is directed at looters, rioters and criminals mistaken who also happen to be cops.

by Anonymousreply 99June 14, 2020 8:42 PM

[quote] Catch them with a breathalyzer, tow the car so they can’t drive, send them a ticket and refer for a court date if required.

There’s no breathalyzer that can be used in the field that will satisfy the legal requirements for an accurate BAC.

by Anonymousreply 100June 14, 2020 8:44 PM

If the protesters are successful in their demands to defund or eliminate the police, it will send a message to the criminal element in this country (of all races) that they can do pretty much anything they want to do with little or no serious repercussions.

by Anonymousreply 101June 14, 2020 9:30 PM

Have no fear, R101. No locality in American is going to completely "defund" the police -- reinvent, rebuild, reimagine, yes.

by Anonymousreply 102June 14, 2020 9:35 PM

[quote] that they can do pretty much anything they want to do with little or no serious repercussions.

That message has already been sent.

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by Anonymousreply 103June 14, 2020 9:35 PM

So do we know if he has outstanding warrants or something? Maybe that's why he ran.

by Anonymousreply 104June 14, 2020 9:40 PM

[quote] That’s not how DUI’s work. The suspect has to be apprehended in a timely manner,

You automatically get a DUI if you refuse testing in GA.. If he runs, they simply swear out a warrant for his arrest for DUI. No lawyer is going to get those charges dropped in court . He was drunk & he ran. He’s getting arrested - if not now, then later. Let him run if that’s how he wants to play it. They already frisked him. He had no weapons. They have his car. They have his car keys. Just bide your time & arrest him at home or work for DUI & resisting arrest. He’s fucked. So let him fuck himself. Instead, they shot & killed him & now they’re in a whole world of trouble.

And for what? For a guy who passed out in parked car in a Wendy’s drive thru. Oh bravo to those brave men in blue. How the fuck many cops were there? And they let that guy get hold of a taser? That’s shameful on their part. Bunch of fuck ups.

by Anonymousreply 105June 14, 2020 9:57 PM

[quote] If the protesters are successful in their demands to defund or eliminate the police, it will send a message to the criminal element in this country (of all races) that they can do pretty much anything they want to do with little or no serious repercussions.

And people in the "Defund" movement would counter, "material things can be replaced. People's lives cannot"

by Anonymousreply 106June 14, 2020 9:58 PM

[quote] There’s no breathalyzer that can be used in the field that will satisfy the legal requirements for an accurate BAC.

How do you know he took a breathalyzer? If he did & he failed, he’s getting a blood test. If he didn’t, he’s under arrest in GA.

by Anonymousreply 107June 14, 2020 10:01 PM

[quote] Just bide your time & arrest him at home or work for DUI & resisting arrest.

what if they never find him?

by Anonymousreply 108June 14, 2020 10:01 PM

CNN Crew Attacked by Wendy's Rioters

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by Anonymousreply 109June 14, 2020 10:02 PM

So now the black employees of the Wendy's are out of work?

by Anonymousreply 110June 14, 2020 10:13 PM

People are pissed off.

The right complained about peaceful protest like the football player taking a knee during the National Anthem.

So now we have riots. There is a direct link.

by Anonymousreply 111June 14, 2020 10:16 PM

Nothing was stopping the football players from kneeling on their own time.

by Anonymousreply 112June 14, 2020 10:21 PM

r111

The complaint was they were only doing it as a stunt. Not one of them did anything IN their own time to help.

by Anonymousreply 113June 14, 2020 10:22 PM

R108 But you don't want him to drive away.

by Anonymousreply 114June 14, 2020 10:25 PM

Did Scarlett get out in time in her covered wagon?

by Anonymousreply 115June 14, 2020 10:26 PM

[quote] So do we know if he has outstanding warrants or something? Maybe that's why he ran.

Feasible. He had previous arrests for battery, cruelty to children, theft, and family battery (domestic violence).

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by Anonymousreply 116June 14, 2020 10:27 PM

Gone With the Wendy’s

by Anonymousreply 117June 14, 2020 10:29 PM

That Wendy's location has burned to the ground

I'm sure people who worked at that location, will be moved to other Wendy;s locations

by Anonymousreply 118June 14, 2020 10:33 PM

I was afraid the fire would jump next door to the BP station and blow up Atlanta.

Oh well, maybe next time.

And to the Brit who said we're done - we've always been like this. In the 1960s, a teenaged boy could be lynched by a mob for looking at a white woman - and it happened, after they broke every bone in his body. God only know what all happened that wasn't recorded - now everything is. But I don't think its worse. I actually think it's better - but that ain't sayin' much I realize. Wonder where this culture got its classism and racism? Surely not good old Blighty?

by Anonymousreply 119June 14, 2020 10:37 PM

Once again, if the guy sleeping in the car was white, he would not be dead. Simple as that. And if he were passed out drunk he has a "problem" and gets to go to rehab. Even if he grabbed the taser. Black people can't have "problems". Either we're perfect or we must die immediately. And some of you are fine with that. So what's your excuse why Breonna Taylor should be dead?

by Anonymousreply 120June 14, 2020 10:50 PM

[quote] Are Frostys all that good? I've never been to a Wendy's, and the Frosty looks tasty.

R46, You can make your own Frosty's at home with only three ingredients. Vanilla ice cream, nesquick powder and milk. I have also used Hot Chocolate powder like SwissMiss and yes they are good, if you like chocolate milk shakes you should like Frosty's they are just a little sweeter similar to an old time malted milk shake.

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by Anonymousreply 121June 14, 2020 11:23 PM

The D.A. in this case told CNN he is considering charges for the police officer who shot Brooks ranging from Felony Murder to Murder Two

by Anonymousreply 122June 15, 2020 12:04 AM

Damnit, now I can't eat my chili made with leftover burger patties. Fingers are extra.

by Anonymousreply 123June 15, 2020 12:09 AM

[quote] [R16] You are well aware logic has been suspended for the past 5 months

Five months? Five MONTHS?

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by Anonymousreply 124June 15, 2020 12:13 AM

I'm getting tired of all these people on TV saying "oh he wasn't doing anything wrong, he just fell asleep in his car." And "if it was a white man, the police wouldn't have done anything."

That's all bullshit. Falling asleep behind the wheel after drinking is a DUI, and I know PLENTY of white people who have gotten DUIs for similar situations where they weren't a serious threat to anyone. But they still ALL got arrested and charged and convicted or took a plea deal. Because it's nearly impossible to beat a DUI charge in this country, and the idea that white people all get off is blatantly FALSE.

by Anonymousreply 125June 15, 2020 1:22 AM

Don't drunk and drug addicts behave in unpredictable, unruly ways? If this was a white opioid addict doing the same thing in Kentucky, they'd go easy on him. Hell, they'd feel sorry for him a buy him a burger (like Dylan Roof).

by Anonymousreply 126June 15, 2020 10:01 AM

[quote] Gone With the Wendy’s

[quote]That Wendy's location has burned to the ground

Just like Tara!

by Anonymousreply 127June 15, 2020 6:58 PM

Drunk drivers are dangerous as hell. They KILL people. I don't have any sympathy for any of them.

by Anonymousreply 128June 15, 2020 7:48 PM

R126 like the guy on bath salts running around naked attacking people, remember? He most certainly resisted arrest but they made sure to catch him and not kill him.

by Anonymousreply 129June 16, 2020 6:41 PM

And all DLers cared about was how hung the guy was and if he was cut or uncut, R129.

by Anonymousreply 130June 16, 2020 6:45 PM

Priorities, after all, r130.

by Anonymousreply 131June 17, 2020 2:06 PM

[quote] And "if it was a white man, the police wouldn't have done anything."

Nah. If it was a white man, the police wouldn't have SHOT HIM TO DEATH."

by Anonymousreply 132June 17, 2020 2:41 PM

[quote] [R126] like the guy on bath salts running around naked attacking people, remember? He most certainly resisted arrest but they made sure to catch him and not kill him

Actually there were TWO men on bath salts who went around attacking & eating people in FL. One was black & was shot to death for face-earring a homeless man. The other was white, ate the faces of 2eople & was gently taken into custody by police after a standoff.

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by Anonymousreply 133June 17, 2020 2:46 PM

But, were they both naked?

Ya see, you can’t leave out the important details.

by Anonymousreply 134June 17, 2020 2:57 PM

[quote]Nah. If it was a white man, the police wouldn't have SHOT HIM TO DEATH."

Because a white man wouldn’t have stolen a Taser, ran away, then turned around and fired the Taser at the cop.

by Anonymousreply 135June 17, 2020 3:06 PM

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by Anonymousreply 136June 17, 2020 4:11 PM

"Actually there were TWO men on bath salts who went around attacking & eating people in FL. One was black & was shot to death for face-earring a homeless man. The other was white, ate the faces of 2eople & was gently taken into custody by police after a standoff."

I doubt the man eating the two people was taken away "gently." And I personally don't give a shit if somebody who's eating somebody's face off gets shot.

by Anonymousreply 137June 17, 2020 8:14 PM

that's why he ran...poor fella.

by Anonymousreply 138June 17, 2020 8:27 PM

cruelty to children? what does that mean exactly? child abuser?

by Anonymousreply 139June 17, 2020 8:30 PM

[quote] And I personally don't give a shit if somebody who's eating somebody's face off gets shot.

This is probably not appropriate, but this made me laugh out loud.

I don’t know why.

by Anonymousreply 140June 17, 2020 10:24 PM

[quote]cruelty to children? what does that mean exactly? child abuser?

Yes.

by Anonymousreply 141June 18, 2020 12:06 AM

They identified the woman who set it on fire and issued an arrest warrant.

So far the rumor is she was his side piece.

by Anonymousreply 142June 20, 2020 7:44 PM

Link.

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by Anonymousreply 143June 20, 2020 7:45 PM

A female friend of mine, white, did this exact same thing at a Taco Bell years ago. The cops didn't even give her a DUI, she just had to leave her car in the parking lot, and she called another mutual friend of ours to bring her home. They didn't even tow her car.

The point isn't solely whether or not that Wendy's location should have called the police over the incident, what's more important is how drastically the outcome was different.

by Anonymousreply 144June 20, 2020 9:10 PM

Wendy's is worse than McDonalds

by Anonymousreply 145June 21, 2020 12:01 AM

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by Anonymousreply 146June 21, 2020 3:49 AM

Allegedly the woman who burned down Wendy’s is thr victim’s girlfriend? He mentioned her name in the video and its the same name as the suspect....

by Anonymousreply 147June 21, 2020 5:56 AM

[quote] The point isn't solely whether or not that Wendy's location should have called the police over the incident,

So they should’ve closed down the business for the night because someone was blocking the drive-thru?

by Anonymousreply 148June 21, 2020 10:35 AM

Wendy’s restaurant where Atlanta officer killed Rayshard Brooks is demolished

The June shooting heightened protests against US race-based police violence, and the burned-out Wendy’s became a gathering place for demonstrators

The occupation ended on July 4, when Secoriea Turner, 8, was killed across the street from the restaurant while in a vehicle with her mother

story at link

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by Anonymousreply 149July 15, 2020 6:10 AM
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