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Fordham Rd in the bronx in Chaos

Davilmar

Davilmar

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Oct 27, 2017
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asmith906 said:
Maybe, but they gave him all the ammunition he needed. It's one thing to loot a target (which I dont agree with), it's another thing to loot and burn down minority owned businesses. A lot of these businesses arent working with so much money that they will be able to come back. A lot were already struggling financially with covid. This is exactly how you get masses to turn away from your cause and turn a blind eye to atrocities.
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Trump didn't give a shit about either the Target or the minority businesses being burned. He hated how bad it made him loot. If people were turning against this because of a small element of rioters that had nothing to do with peaceful protestors being brutalized, they never supported our movement to begin with and aren't worth getting worried over.
 
chrisPjelly

chrisPjelly

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Oct 29, 2017
10,496
Opportunistic scum. These people absolutely don't care about the cause and are in it for themselves (whether they're anarchists, instigitators, or just people wanting to make a quick buck). Should they be the point of focus amongst all these protests? Absolutely not, but don't give me that bullshit about this type of extremity not hurting anyone.
 
KartuneDX

KartuneDX

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Jan 12, 2018
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It's opportunistic scum on the outside looking in, but on the inside looking out it's a whole other story. These aren't out of towners doing this.
 
Invisible Cities

Invisible Cities

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Oct 25, 2017
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Pulled up the police scanner and it's nothing but chasing looters: every two seconds a difference address: CVS, Foot Lockers, Duane Reades, just a bunch of bullshit. Now Bloomingdales and Macy's.
 
Eeyore

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Dec 13, 2019
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If you're going to loot why not loot a store like Target that has insurance?! All these mom and pop places :(
 
Verelios

Verelios

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Oct 26, 2017
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This is the kind of fuckshit that makes me freaking angry. They're targeting these stores because they know there won't be any repercussions for it.
 

reKon

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Oct 25, 2017
13,736
HammerOfThor said:
This is 100% opportunistic bullshit and it's happening all over. This isn't about Target and Walmart, they'll be fine.

Even here in Chicago small businesses and mom and pop shops got looted and vandalized left and right. A local comic shop was broken into and looted for fucks sake. The Mexican community in Cicero/Berwyn is getting fucked right now and its honestly heartbreaking and sad. It's people's livelihoods, and if Corona didn't shatter it these looters are. There's no way on Earth anyone can come here defending this shit and if you do your either blinded by your own hate or your too far detached from what's actually happening to have a proper grasp.

These looters are taking a just cause and turning everyone against it, either by design or just a side-effect.
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yeah, I made post about this in the Chicago thread. This fucked me up today
 
asmith906

asmith906

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Oct 27, 2017
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Davilmar said:
Trump didn't give a shit about either the Target or the minority businesses being burned. He hated how bad it made him loot. If people were turning against this because of a small element of rioters that had nothing to do with peaceful protestors being brutalized, they never supported our movement to begin with and aren't worth getting worried over.
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They're corrupting the whole protest. Looters and protestors are becoming one in the mind of many. They are destroying people's lives.
 
Kamek

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Oct 27, 2017
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Yup. Same shit is happening on The Ave in Queens. And as much of the "outside agitators" shit that I keep hearing about other cities, I know that a significant amount of these looters are from here looking for a come up. Times are hard and people don't give a fuck - mom and pop shop or not. Most looters here are indiscriminate.
 
97_Mentality

97_Mentality

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Oct 25, 2017
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Kamek said:
Yup. Same shit is happening on The Ave in Queens. And as much of the "outside agitators" shit that I keep hearing about other cities, I know that a significant amount of these looters are from here looking for a come up. Times are hard and people don't give a fuck - mom and pop shop or not. Most looters here are indiscriminate.
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source ?
 

reKon

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Oct 25, 2017
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This going on as well too. Gangs having to protect neighborhoods from looters cause there's no police around:
 
Fishsnot

Fishsnot

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Oct 27, 2017
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I just don't understand people.
Destroying the livelihoods of innocent people, to prove what exactly?
What a shitty year 2020 has turned out to be.
 
Tagyhag

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Oct 27, 2017
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They should be called out on social media when they inevitably show off online.
 

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Nov 30, 2017
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Damn, a few friends on IG said Bronx was wilding right now but I didn't know it was on that Fordham strip. Damn
 
Seductivpancakes

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Oct 25, 2017
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A lot of minority owned mom and pop shops got looted all over Canal St. and some places in SoHo as well.

It has the Chinese community so scared, they're withdrawing money and safety deposit boxes from TD Bank on Canal St.
 
justin haines

justin haines

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Nov 27, 2018
1,791
We knew this was coming when the virus hit.

the protests just gave them a reason to start.

I hope there is a way to stop the looting but what incentive do they have to stop? Go get an honest job?

The looting is getting to be constant or is it just me

I also wonder if people Looted the Wall Street protests, my guess is not
 
pj-

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Oct 25, 2017
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There were so many reports of peaceful protests all day in nyc, less cop shittiness than previous days, and then suddenly at like 10pm it turns into absolute madness.

The NYPD is either incapable or unwilling to enforce the curfew. I can't see tomorrow being anything but worse with emboldened opportunists fucking shit up just because they can.
 
Coyote Starrk

Coyote Starrk

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Oct 30, 2017
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These are the kind of places that I care about the most. Places like Best Buy and Target will be fine, but the fact that small businesses are being destroyed as well is a massive problem. Alot of these were probably barely hanging on due to COVID and now they are being completely destroyed. And not just the owners either. This affects the employees as well. They won't have anywhere to work tomorrow. People won't have any place to shop tomorrow.


Its just so fucking depressing man. The anger is justified, but destroying and looting these small mom and pop shops like this is definitely not.
 
Josh5890

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Oct 25, 2017
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HammerOfThor said:
This is 100% opportunistic bullshit and it's happening all over. This isn't about Target and Walmart, they'll be fine.

Even here in Chicago small businesses and mom and pop shops got looted and vandalized left and right. A local comic shop was broken into and looted for fucks sake. The Mexican community in Cicero/Berwyn is getting fucked right now and its honestly heartbreaking and sad. It's people's livelihoods, and if Corona didn't shatter it these looters are. There's no way on Earth anyone can come here defending this shit and if you do your either blinded by your own hate or your too far detached from what's actually happening to have a proper grasp.

These looters are taking a just cause and turning everyone against it, either by design or just a side-effect.
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The Bronzeville area got hit hard with looting and some of the shop owners on the news said they only had liability insurance.

Really sad
 
InstantN00dles

InstantN00dles

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Nov 2, 2017
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Awful, people all over the country protesting cruelty and injustice while others dish out their own cruelty and injustice to people's shops that are already barely hanging on. These are the people you're supposed to protest for not loot their places of business and livelihood
 
Deception

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Nov 15, 2017
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reKon said:
This going on as well too. Gangs having to protect neighborhoods from looters cause there's no police around:
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Naw fuck that, these POS are just using this as a reason to harass and attack any black person that looks "suspicious" they aren't protecting a damn thing but their own racism.
 
JamRock7

JamRock7

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Aug 19, 2019
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My sister lives there I just checked on her and told her to stay safe. This is so counterintuitive
 
JamRock7

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InstantN00dles said:
Awful, people all over the country protesting cruelty and injustice while others dish out their own cruelty and injustice to people's shops that are already barely hanging on. These are the people you're supposed to protest for not loot their places of business and livelihood
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There isn't any order in a riot no matter which way you cut it. Unfortunately the good eggs will be overshadowed and mixed in with the bad ones
 
Xbox Live Mike

Xbox Live Mike

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Oct 29, 2017
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I read on r/bestbuy a person post that his/her store was destroyed so bad they might not be back to work for a while. I think destroying large corp stores is a bad idea as it disrupts people's pay checks. What really pisses me off is the mom and pop shops being looted, it's 100% ridiculous to attack small business that have nothing to do with the issue at hand. IMO looting isn't the way to make change happen.
 
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