With less than two weeks remaining in 2020, Mayor Ted Wheeler, Police Chief Chuck Lovell and Office of Violence Prevention Director Nike Greene announced preliminary plans to try and curb a dramatic increase in shootings and homicides. The plan, announced Friday evening, calls for more detectives to be assigned to investigate and follow up on … Read more
As the country lurches toward Election Day, activists, right-wing militants, racial justice organizations, and everyday voters have been preparing themselves for the possibility of widespread and violent civil unrest. Spurred by a year of historic tumult, they’re constructing their own bulletproof vests, stockpiling food, buying guns for the first time, and planning escape routes to safe … Read more
Surely there will be consequences in Portland, Seattle, Minneapolis, New York, Los Angeles, and other cities where leaders have refused to push back against these forces of disorder parading as moral righteousness. The mayors’ inaction devastates the very communities they are sworn to protect and defend. And what about the Democratic party, to which these … Read more
BOOM! Man punches member of Antifa’s ‘Bike Brigade’ for blocking off streets so rioters can march in Seattle during rush hour.#seattleprotests #seattleriots pic.twitter.com/l9tPaKZ10S — Katie Daviscourt🇺🇸 (@KatieDaviscourt) July 24, 2020 The city, state and federal officials who have ceded parts of cities, pulled back the police, and given the mob tacit approval to commit virtually … Read more
I remember when I was young and naive. Back then, the idea that a senile old man, who even forgets the existence of the administration he was part of, would be a credible presidential candidate would have been laughable. That same candidate adopting a platform plank of strip mining and polluting the planet to appeal … Read more
The gun control movement died in this weekend’s riots. Its grave is always shallow, but it will take years to claw itself out. Too many people understand exactly why the 2nd Amendment is crucial now. It will take a while for them to forget again. – John Hayward on Twitter
This tweet went up yesterday afternoon. The account has since been suspended and some claim that it’s a fake. Whatever its authenticity, some rioters attempted to move out of urban centers to more suburban, residential areas last night. In one of the greatest tweets of all time, Jack Posobiec juxtaposed a couple of tweets from … Read more
By Tim Sullivan and Aaron Morisson, AP Tense protests over the death of George Floyd and other police killings of black men grew Saturday from New York to Tulsa to Los Angeles, with police cars set ablaze and reports of injuries mounting on all sides as the country lurched toward another night of unrest after … Read more
When occasional TTAG author Conner W. texted me the above screenshot, I was on the phone with the ATF. Yes, they called me at 7:00 PM central on a Saturday night. The reason for the call? To provide a warning and a suggestion. Due to the high potential of civil unrest, including possible looting, the … Read more
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