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Wednesday, August 16, 2017

Protester Who Toppled Durham Confederate Statue Shocked When She's Arrested at Press Conference

It turns out, you probably shouldn't admit to malicious destruction of property, even at an 'Antifa' rally

 

A North Carolina Central University student found herself in handcuffs late Tuesday, after she admitted at an "anti-fascist" rally in front of the Durham, North Carolina, county courthouse, that she ws the one who tossed a rope over a monument to conscripted Confederate soldiers and pulled it down.

Takiyah Fatima Thompson was shocked - shocked - when officers arrested her and booked her on charges of felony participation in a riot with property damage, and felony incitement of a riot. She had been leading a press conference on the courthouse steps to call for amnesty for those who did the "public service" of removing the monument.

A video, posted earlier on Tuesday, clearly shows Thompson leaning a ladder up against the statue and throwing a rope over its neck. She then enlists the help of fellow protesters to yank the statue down, eventually collapsing it onto the ground. The statue, which honored soldiers of the Confederate Army during the Civil War, has stood in Durham's public square since 1924.

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16 comments:

Anonymous said...

10 Years!!! Minimum!!!

Anonymous said...

Good, I'm glad she got arrested so should everyone else that was involved.

lmclain said...

Wait until these louts start working on OTHER parts of history they don't like...
Keep cheering.

Anonymous said...

I hated hearing this all the time when Obama was president but it really makes sense now. I can hear him saying "if I had a daughter". Nothing would've happened to this lady if a Democrat was president.

Anonymous said...

Do the crime, do the time! No sympathy here.

Anonymous said...

LOck her Stupid Butt Up !!!!!!

Anonymous said...

No kidding she is shocked. Those people are inherently of the criminal mind. They can't help themselves from being criminals, thugs and murderers. It is in their DNA. Proof is in their own neighborhoods. They kill each other constantly and without any repercussions from their own people who obviously approve themselves of the criminals. Now watch. They will riot over this. Any excuse to tear things up, steal and burn things down. Besides killing each other that is what they do best.

Anonymous said...

Lock her up for a long time.

Zorro said...

NAACP and BLM want the Statue of Liberty removed now...

Anonymous said...

Why is she shocked she destroyed what is history.

Anonymous said...

The people of this type don't care about doing what is legal, right, moral, or otherwise proper! They just want things given to them!

Here's where the healing needs to start - these turds need to recognize personal responsibility and act accordingly.

Considering her actions were captured on video - shouldn't be too difficult to convict! Lock her up for a looong time!

Anonymous said...

Of course she is shocked. They usually burn and loot and destroy property with impunity and nothing ever happens to them. Heck, they cut the water hose lines the fire fighters were using to try to put out a fire they had started. I don't recall seeing where any of them were locked up. Actually that is not true. I do seem to recall that the guy that cut the fire hose was actually charged and I think they ordered him to pay restitution. It seems to me it was a CVS store that burned down. Like he is going to pay that. Probably didn't have a job to start with.

Anonymous said...

Hope vandalism is included in the charges.

Anonymous said...

Why isn't the media showing pictures of the Red, Black, and Green Black Lives Matters/Black Panther flags at the Charlottesville Rally??

Because the Left Wing Nuts and the media(the left wing nuts) clearly want this to be a "white nationalist" racist movement. And you stupid white people jumped right on board and fell for that shit right from the git go. Char Selby and Julie Brewington posted all over their Facebook pages about white racists and that is exactly what is hurting white America. Dumb white people like those two.

Just look at the pictures of the people carrying the Tiki Lanterns and then look at the anti-protesters. The white people carrying the lanterns were normal people there to support their heritage. They are normal hard working Americans and America turned on them calling them white nationalists and racists. You people are idiots.

I saw a video with four of those flags and google pics and noticed they were carefully cropped out.

Anonymous said...

A few thoughts...

She was charged with inciting a riot. Yet the police, at the scene, made no moves to stop, halt, or disperse the crowd. Why? Because there was no violence. None. So, when did it become a riot? And if it was a riot, didn't the police officers on hand have a duty to disperse the crowd?

Think for a second about the statues you are championing and why. What do they represent to you? Because so far, they have been military leaders of an armed insurrection against the United States of America whose government formed for the purpose of keeping slavery legal. (Seriously, people, read The Corner-Stone Speech by CSA Alexander Stephens).

These statues aren't history. Most were erected decades, if not a century after the Civil War ended.

They're not history, they're propaganda.

bayman said...

I hope they throw the book at this piece of garbage. I bet your ignorant looking face is not smiling now. Heeee heeeee.