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David Frum
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Nov 1, 2020
27 election signs have gone missing in North Topeka, KS, this campaign season: 22 of them Biden signs, 1 of them a Trump sign. But it was the theft of the Trump sign that led a Trump supporter to shoot and wound three people today.
3 shot in dispute over Trump signs allegedly stolen
A man confronted people late Saturday in North Topeka whom he thought had committed past thefts of signs promoting the campaign of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.Shots were fired, and...
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David Frum
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A pro-Trump car parade in Richmond, Virginia, today ended in Trump supporters firing gunshots and spraying chemical irritants.
Witnesses describe clash at Lee Circle between caravan of Trump supporters and a crowd of opponents
Tempers flared on Sunday as a "Trump train" of cars tried to pass Lee Circle along Monument Avenue and clashed with opposing protesters, drawing a police presence that blocked off
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Archetypist
(218 posts)I have seen caravans of Trump flag-wavers in rural VA for weeks. This fits right in.
Deuxcents
(15,785 posts)No matter who wins, I fear it will get worse with these people. They have become encouraged n emboldened from the top.
Nevilledog
(50,687 posts)These are the people who believe cities are burning and cops are being killed by our side.
crickets
(25,896 posts)One man nearly hit by a car; he jumped on the hood to get the car to stop rather than be run down. Minor injuries, and he walked away. A woman was maced by a passing truck for no real reason. People started yanking the flags off as the trucks go by. This does not go over well. One trumper pulled a gun over losing a flag and was shouted down until he holstered and left. Another (presumable trumper) fired shots but did not hit anyone. A bullet hole was found in a nearby vehicle. Police didn't show up until the shots were reported. By then most of the trucks had gone through and didn't come back. All of the trumpers claiming that they had every right to drive where they like are not mentioning that they went to a specific spot on purpose, one they knew would be upsetting to the people there.
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Stay safe, y'all.
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https://richmond.com/news/state-and-regional/witnesses-describe-clash-at-lee-circle-between-caravan-of-trump-supporters-and-a-crowd-of/article_473ba282-d762-54b1-97da-c365ccf903ca.html
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https://richmond.com/news/local/marcus-david-peters-sign-removed-from-the-circle-around-lee-statue/article_8240a250-dbcb-5d4b-9257-6aeb3f10ee90.html
The sign, and smaller ones near it, became symbols of protesters efforts to repurpose an area constructed to honor a Confederate general into a space that recognizes the struggles people of color have endured in this country. Around the sign, the ground had been landscaped with flowers, planter boxes and tall, leafy plants.
Peters was naked, unarmed and experiencing a mental health crisis when he was shot and killed by a police officer along Interstate 95 in Richmond in 2018. The shooting was deemed justified by the citys former police chief and prosecutor at the time, because Peters threatened to kill the officer as he charged him.