Lansing boils over

[Willy]

Today, another kind of protesters aired their complaints, only this time they had no idea what they were representing. This was over the killing of the civilian in Minneapolis. In all fairness there were 2 protests. One group at the Capital were obnoxious and profane but peaceful. The second group [ I call rioters] tried to make a mess of downtown Lansing. They almost succeeded until the police rolled in. I took a few photos but was limited because anyone over 25 was not welcome and I received threats and verbal assaults so when the tear gas began to fly I made my exit. I don't know if it has ended yet [it's about 10:10 pm] but I certainly hope so. I thought I would share the pictures  as a contrast between conservative and leftists mode of getting their points across. It's to bad because the peaceful protesters could have had a lot of the peoples support for their cause or at least partially agree with them.

POLICE BLOCKING OF CAPITAL AVE IN FRONT OF CAPITAL

PROTESTERS AT THE CAPITAL

POLICE SUPPORT FROM MSU AND EAST LANSINGPOLICE IN RIOT GEAR ON CAPITAL AVE IN FRONT OF CAPITAL

PART OF RIOTERS DOWNTOWN. I DARED NOT GET ANY CLOSER

[Willy]

More images below. The police started walking south down Washington Ave from Michigan Ave. in riot gear while pushing the crowd as they went. When the crowd wouldn't move except to cause more trouble the tear gas started flying. I must mentioned the rioters had already turned a car over and set it on fire. The next photo shows the car at the left of the image.It's hard to see but that was as close as I was going to get. It's still smoking. 

BURNED OUT CAR AT LEFT IN PHOTO, STILL SMOLDERING

RIOTERS AND SMOKE FROM THE CAR AND OTHER DEBRI

POLICE IN RIOT GEAR CLEARING RIOTERS

RIOTERS RUNNING FROM EXPLODING TEAR GAS CANISTERS

PROTESTERS WHO REMAINED AT CAPITAL WHILE RIOTERS RUINED THEIR MEETING

 

[XLFD]

From your four previous photo essays of 'conservative protests' over the last month or so (see links below) you appear to have infiltrated the protests themselves and took photos of happy but disgruntled Michiganders.  Here, you are noticeably further away from the general protesters, and the police are better dressed and making their presence known more.  Can you give a little more flavor in comparing and contrasting the two protests?  Pictures are worth a thousand words, but they don't tell everything.  Please differentiate more if you need to about the capitol (peaceful) protest and the other.  Thanks again for your in-person reporting in Lansing.

http://ludingtoncitizen.ning.com/forum/topics/barberism-at-state-ca...
http://ludingtoncitizen.ning.com/forum/topics/capital-rally-low-att...
http://ludingtoncitizen.ning.com/forum/topics/gretchen-s-gridlock-2...
http://ludingtoncitizen.ning.com/forum/topics/gretchin-s-gridlock

[Willy]

I think that the Marxist elements infiltrate these kinds of protests trying to turn them violent and I think that is what happened in Lansing. It always seems that leftist leaning people are perpetually angry and pessimistic. Most of today's Lansing  protest was peaceful and I noticed many people joining the other protestors late, like stragglers. I bet many had been hitting the sauce and drugs during the day then showed up high and drunk and looking for trouble.  Conservative rallies participants seem to show up all at once like attending a scheduled event.  I also noticed that at least half of the police victim protesters who attended today's rally were white and even seemed angrier than blacks. Most of the people were young and many were high school and college age. The fact that we have so many young people  with so much free time on their hands may have added to why there were so many youthful participants attending. Conservatives are not driven by Marxism or some kind restrictive political ideology but by the freedom to live their lives without interference especially from the Government. The protesters today at the Capital were very profane and did not show any respect to the police unlike how well the police are treated at the Conservative rallies. To Conservatives the police, even though they are flawed, are a necessary part of keeping the peace, while rallies such as today's see the police as the enemy who deserve no respect and should even be eliminated. There is a big divide between the Left and Right which will never be resolved until Marxism dies out or until it takes over the World.

[shinblind]

Tell me Willy,

A few weeks ago Ober Fuhrer Whitmer threatened protestors with continuing the lockdown if the protests continued.

How will Frau Gretchen address the double protest? Will she see them as a double so double punishment? Or will she see them as neutralizing one another? What about the protests in other cities? Will the Gretch  retaliate with more regression?

Like Punxsutawney Phil seeing his shadow, will this frighten Herr Gretch into 6 more weeks of regressive retribution?

Guess we will have to see whether or not there is no soup for Michigan.

Thanks again Willy.

Did you notice any open carry firearms?

https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/rick-moran/2020/05/14/whitmer...

[Willy]

shinblind

I'm sure WHitler will give the rioters a pass because they were being considerate of others by wearing masks. Of course  she is to dimwitted to think they were hiding their identities instead of concerns over spreading Covid19. She is delighted as most radical leftist to see chaos ruling instead of reason. Compare the damage done by the rioters to what damage she has done to Michigan's economy and citizens. She is in a league of her own when it comes to disruption of society and radical idealism.

[Willy]

After watching news reports of protest and rioting all over the country,  it is clearly obvious that the leftists, Marxists are behind the violence. And behind them are the Democrats and Globalists. Outside influences are at work here and their aim is the destruction of the U.S. The coordinated timing of the protests and the violence that took place only shows a coordinated effort to undermine any peaceful demonstrations that took place. The death of the Minneapolis man was tragic of course but the reaction to it was completely overblown and that's another sign that the Marxist left is on the move. The problem is that young people who really have never known hardships are being influenced by destructive forces and ideology. It was sad to see the protesters who remained peaceful at the Capital watch as their efforts to put their grievances forward were undermined and shredded by radicals.

[Willy]

Hat's off to the good citizens of Lansing. There were hundreds of volunteers with their brooms and shovels cleaning up the mess left by the leftist rioters in downtown Lansing. What a difference between the mindset of those who want to tear apart society and those who want unity.

[stump]

All these demonstrations are because the Black people get no respect, are looked down upon in our society. I don't understand why that is, I mean they seem to be good people other than that they smash windows , burn down business , of coarse they sometimes loot them before burning down their neighborhood. Beat up store owners that try to protect their business. I have no problem with piece full protest as most others but truly this is why out of hand .

[AQUAMAN]

Thank you again Willy for the very insightful comments and those great pics.. Please be careful at the protests, of either kind, and keep far away and use zoom lenses so you don't get hurt, thanks.

[Willy]

Thanks Aquaman.

shinblind. I would estimate that at least 1/2 the rioters were white and a large number of them were female. Any grief I got was from white kids, and I mean kids. Most of them were college or high school age. Most of the people in the photo below are white [left click on image]. That might be the case for most of the disturbances around the Country. Our great colleges are creating leftists radicals.