Update: According to Lane County Jail records, the counter-protester who was arrested has been identified as Jonathan James Wisbey. Wisbey, age 51, was charged with 1st Degree Menacing, 2nd Degree …
OK…? And cops shoot black teenagers for holding cans of Arizona Iced Tea, claiming they thought it was a firearm.
This dude had a literal replica of a firearm. He brandished it like a firearm, and threatened peaceful protestors. Whether or not the gun was real isn’t super relevant at this point.
Any bystander would have been justified in lighting that dude up the second that gun was visible. For example, if the camera was a gun it’d be privileged self defense and defense of others.
I googled “splatter ball gun” and everything looked like a toy. This looked either like a real firearm, a replica or a replica airsoft gun. Either way, it looks real without a close inspection.
OK…? And cops shoot black teenagers for holding cans of Arizona Iced Tea, claiming they thought it was a firearm.
This dude had a literal replica of a firearm. He brandished it like a firearm, and threatened peaceful protestors. Whether or not the gun was real isn’t super relevant at this point.
UK police just rammed a child on a bike with their car and arrested him for having a blue plastic water pistol
Poor kiddo. That had to have been traumatic.
Any bystander would have been justified in lighting that dude up the second that gun was visible. For example, if the camera was a gun it’d be privileged self defense and defense of others.
I googled “splatter ball gun” and everything looked like a toy. This looked either like a real firearm, a replica or a replica airsoft gun. Either way, it looks real without a close inspection.