haven't heard much about this one https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/08/05/jackie-lacey-blm-protesters-gun/ Husband of Los Angeles district attorney charged with pointing a gun at BLM protesters By Tim Elfrink August 5, 2020 at 4:24 a.m. EDT On March 2, David Lacey, the husband of Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey, emerged from their home to point a gun at Black Lives Matter protesters on his front porch, telling them, “I will shoot you” in a viral video of the incident. More than five months later, the California attorney general’s office on Tuesday filed three misdemeanor charges for assault with a firearm against David Lacey, 66. The charges further complicate a stiff reelection battle for Jackie Lacey (D), who is Los Angeles County’s first Black district attorney and the first woman to hold the job. Amid a national reckoning with racial injustice, Lacey has been assailed by protesters for declining to charge police officers in violent incidents, and has recently lost the endorsements of several top California Democrats. She criticized the criminal charges on Tuesday, arguing that her husband was merely trying to protect her after she had received violent threats. “The events that took place earlier this year have caused my family immense pain,” Lacey said in a statement to the Associated Press. “My husband acted in fear for my safety after we were subjected to months of harassment that included a death threat no less than a week earlier.” Samuel Tyre, an attorney representing David Lacey, told the Guardian that he would be vindicated in court. “We disagree entirely with their assessment, but we have the utmost faith in the justice system, and we are confident that the correct result will be reached,” he said. But Melina Abdullah, a Cal State L.A. professor who first tweeted out the video of Lacey holding the gun, argued that he should have faced felony charges, and said his actions against the unarmed protesters were too aggressive to blame on fear. “I would think that if you’re afraid you would stay in the house and call the police because you were in fear,” Abdullah told the Los Angeles Times. “They weren’t in fear. They were agitated.” more at the link
It is strange world right now. White protesters assaulting black cops for racial justice. Democrats being extra careful to not disparage antifa or BLM although they are burning down the country. I can't wait until this election is over.
Now I hate the idea of looting but... is this as bad as smashing a storefront window in the hopes of grabbing something? White collar deadbeats
This should absolutely go nowhere. Nothing illegal about taking that photo. Nothing slanderous or libel about it. Stupid entitled losers.
Before They Were Conservative Heroes, St. Louis Couple Fought Gun Companies in Court The article is FTW.
I can't understand the infatuation so I'm trying to figure out... Is OS your brother, mother, or lover?
you're my brother. 99ers. we can give props to non 99ers right? the new school of Clutchfans deserve some recognition. Plus his threads are more interesting than Herreras. This might up Herreras thread game.
to be fair, i've been giving OS more props recently, but I've been giving my brothers props every single day @Ziggy @Space Ghost
That double-standard is galling enough, but threatening people with guns is a violent crime, not a white-collar crime. The whiteness that mattered here was that of their skins not their collars.
