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Background:
There was a protest against the extended mask wearing ordinance earlier in the week in my hometown of Moscow. It was organized by Christ Church of Moscow, which is a very controversial church. Some say they border on being a cult. Whole other issue I don't think is appropriate for the forum.
So, the church has a peaceful protest outside of City Hall. They are singing hymns when the local police come up and make five arrests. This makes national news and Tucker Carlson does a segment on it.
This attracts the attention of Ammon Bundy, who lives in the Boise area. His group, People's Rights, organizes a caravan to drive up to Moscow today to hold a rally outside of the police station.
The entire event is video taped and can be found here on Facebook: People's Rights
So the incident that occurred starts at the 1:26:45 mark.
Two men begin arguing. The guy in shorts is pro-mask and the guy in pants is anti-mask. Apparently, the shorts guy said some things to begin the argument and the pants guy starts approaching him arguing. Shorts guy starts backing up and pants guy continues advancing. Shorts guy is holding a mug of coffee and backs into a pickup. Pants get keeps getting closer so shorts guy throws hot coffee into his face. Pants guy reacts by punching shorts guy in the face. Pants guy then continues punching shorts guy and knocking him down.
Pants guy is clearly armed OWB with a 1911. Shorts guy is unarmed. Officers interview both and review video by witnesses.
I videoed a replay of the video taken by a witness. Unfortunately, I can't figure out how to post it. Says it doesn't have a valid file extension, despite me changing it to .mov. Whatever.
Anyway, after reviewing it, I think both are wrong. Pants guy shouldn't have advanced, shouldn't have gotten so close, and after the first punch that caused shorts guy to retreat, should not have continued the assault.
Shorts guy should not have been wearing shorts, lol. And, he should not have instigated the exchange and should not have thrown coffee in pants guy's face.
Officers ended up letting both go and I doubt they will bring charges against either.
Interested in other's take on this.
There was a protest against the extended mask wearing ordinance earlier in the week in my hometown of Moscow. It was organized by Christ Church of Moscow, which is a very controversial church. Some say they border on being a cult. Whole other issue I don't think is appropriate for the forum.
So, the church has a peaceful protest outside of City Hall. They are singing hymns when the local police come up and make five arrests. This makes national news and Tucker Carlson does a segment on it.
This attracts the attention of Ammon Bundy, who lives in the Boise area. His group, People's Rights, organizes a caravan to drive up to Moscow today to hold a rally outside of the police station.
The entire event is video taped and can be found here on Facebook: People's Rights
So the incident that occurred starts at the 1:26:45 mark.
Two men begin arguing. The guy in shorts is pro-mask and the guy in pants is anti-mask. Apparently, the shorts guy said some things to begin the argument and the pants guy starts approaching him arguing. Shorts guy starts backing up and pants guy continues advancing. Shorts guy is holding a mug of coffee and backs into a pickup. Pants get keeps getting closer so shorts guy throws hot coffee into his face. Pants guy reacts by punching shorts guy in the face. Pants guy then continues punching shorts guy and knocking him down.
Pants guy is clearly armed OWB with a 1911. Shorts guy is unarmed. Officers interview both and review video by witnesses.
I videoed a replay of the video taken by a witness. Unfortunately, I can't figure out how to post it. Says it doesn't have a valid file extension, despite me changing it to .mov. Whatever.
Anyway, after reviewing it, I think both are wrong. Pants guy shouldn't have advanced, shouldn't have gotten so close, and after the first punch that caused shorts guy to retreat, should not have continued the assault.
Shorts guy should not have been wearing shorts, lol. And, he should not have instigated the exchange and should not have thrown coffee in pants guy's face.
Officers ended up letting both go and I doubt they will bring charges against either.
Interested in other's take on this.