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Monday, June 8, 2020

Man drives his car into Seattle protest for George Floyd, shoots man

A man drove a car into a Seattle crowd of protestors angered over the death of George Floyd and shot one of the marchers over the weekend

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Police detained an unidentified man on Sunday after he used his car as a weapon outside of the department’s East Precinct in Capitol Hill. After he exited the vehicle, he shot a protestor in the arm. He is now in police custody and there are no other victims.

 

“Suspect in custody, gun recovered after man drove vehicle into crowd at 11th and Pine.  Seattle Fire transported victim to hospital. Officers searched, but do not believe there are any additional victims.  Will provide updates when available,” the Seattle police department tweeted.

The Seattle Fire Department would only state that a 27-year-old was taken to the hospital but former University of Maryland basketball player Dino Gregory confirmed on social media that it was his brother, Dan. He described him as a “hero” who tried to stop the alleged gunman.

 

“My brother the Hero. A crazy dude tried to run into a HUGE group of protestors Dan ran after the car made him stop and got shot in the process. He is fine he has surgery in the morning but he saved 100s of lives. MY GUY,” he posted Monday.

The video of the incident was captured on video and has since gone viral. It occurred a half-hour before Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best and Mayor Jenny Durkan held a press conference to discuss the protests that have erupted since Floyd’s death in Minneapolis after now-former officer Derek Chauvin placed a knee on his neck.

Best pledged vowed to create an environment in which the protestors could air out their grievances and that the goal of the department was to “meet peace with peace.” However, she cited “bad actors” in the crowd and claimed their efforts were part of “an organized effort to incite violence.”

Best and Durkan are working with leaders from the Black Lives Movement to find solutions and to address systemic racism in the police force. On Monday, there was also an emergency order to the City Council that would mandate officers have their body cameras on during demonstrations.

“I believe we can make that step now instead of waiting for final recommendations,” Durkan said.

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Durkan also took to social media to outline changes she wants to see in the department from asking for civilian independent police accountability partners, DOJ and federal monitors to examine all of the current Seattle Police policies for crowd management and de-escalation techniques. Police officers will also be required to make their badges visible.

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GoFundMe stops campaign sponsored by Candace Owens after George Floyd comments

Candace Owens started a GoFundMe for a Birmingham bar owner that raised over 200K. But it won’t raise any more as the campaign was suspended after comments by both Owens and the business owner.

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According to Variety, the 200K was raised for Birmingham’s Parkside Cafe, a popular Birmingham bar that had just opened after shutting down due to the pandemic. But after co-owner Michael Dykes sent a text to his partner about charging a “protest tax” because his bar couldn’t remain open past a 7 p.m. curfew, imposed by the city after protests turned violent, the campaign was suspended.

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He also said employees who participated in the protests should quit. The full text read:

“We should go up one or two dollars on everything until June 10th. Call it a protest tax because all the idiots that went to the protests are responsible for us not being able to open normal hours. Any employees that went or are going should resign. Mr. Floyd was a thug, didn’t deserve to die but honoring a thug is irresponsible.”

AL.com reports that that the text was shared among the bar’s employees and one of them,  Lacey King, posted it in on Friday in a now-deleted Facebook post.

“This is the owner of Parkside, this is the man I work for, Michael Dykes. Please someone give me a new job bc this man is the most hateful person I have ever met in my life. The evil texts I’ve received from him over the years are astonishing. This is just one example.”

Three employees quit after the text was made public and the backlash on social media was swift.

When reached by AL.com, Dykes said he wanted to apologize  “100%.” He said he was upset about the damage some protesters had done and was “inspired” by Owens’ take on the situation when she referenced Floyd’s past.

“I feel like I’ve been raked over the coals” he said. “It was a heat-of-the-moment thing. I’m very frustrated, because it was way misconstrued. I was just mad. I didn’t get the chance to explain myself. … I think this has gotten blown way out of control.”

Dykes has owned the bar since 2010 in an area of Birmingham some consider to be gentrifying.

“I’m not a racist. I have many black friends. I have friends from Gambia and other places,” Dykes added.  “Yes, I made a mistake and called Mr. Floyd a thug. I regret that. I really do regret that. … I am sorry for what I said. I did not mean disrespect to Mr. Floyd, ever.”

GoFundMe flagged the campaign, sponsored by Owens, as one that was in violation of their terms of service for “user content that we deem, in our sole discretion, to be in support of hate, violence, harassment, bullying, discrimination, terrorism or intolerance of any kind.”

 

Parkside Cafe will get to keep the money already raised, although their Facebook and Instagram pages are now filled with angry posts and people saying they will no longer patronize the bar.

Owens herself has come under fire for an exchange with conservative radio host Glenn Beck, by saying that while she doesn’t believe Floyd deserved to die, holding him up as a martyr is ill-advised.

READ MORE: California mayor resigns after racist email on police brutality goes viral

“The fact that he has been held up as a martyr sickens me. George Floyd was not a good person, I don’t care who wants to spin that. I don’t care how CNN wants to make you think he changed his life around,” she told Beck.

 

The four officers who were present at Floyd’s arrest for allegedly trying to spend a $20 counterfeit bill are now under arrest for crimes including second-degree murder for Derek Chauvin. The now-former policeman held his knee on Floyd’s neck for almost nine minutes. The other officers who were also fired have been charged with aiding and abetting second-degree murder.

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Virginia man who drove truck into protesters is a KKK leader

A Virginia man who drove his car into protesters is an admitted leader of the KKK.

The Richmond Times-Dispatch reported that Harry H. Rogers, 36, has been charged with attempted malicious wounding, felony vandalism, and assault and battery. He is accused of driving his truck into a crowd of about 100 protestors in the Lakeside Avenue in Virginia on June 7. One person was injured.

READ MORE: Trump calls DC mayor ‘incompetent’ in clash over George Floyd protests

Henrico County Commonwealth’s Attorney Shannon Taylor made the announcement Monday and said she will determine whether or not Rogers can be charged with a hate crime.

“While I am grateful that the victim’s injuries do not appear to be serious, an attack on peaceful protesters is heinous and despicable and we will prosecute to the fullest extent of the law,” Taylor said.

“The accused, by his own admission and by a cursory glance at social media, is an admitted leader of the Ku Klux Klan and a propagandist for Confederate ideology.”

Rogers is being held without bond.

Roger’s girlfriend, who declined to give her full name because of death threats, tried to defend him. She insisted that he’d only gone to the A.P. Hill statue to “observe” after learning there would be protests because he did not want any of the monuments to be destroyed.

Across the country, various Confederate statues have been vandalized or destroyed. Ambrose Powell Hill, the Confederate general, is buried underneath the statue that was previously defaced in 2018.

“He did not go there with violent tendencies,” Rogers’ girlfriend said.

READ MORE: Man who pointed bow and arrow at protesters now behind bars

The unidentified woman shares a 14-year-old son with Rogers. She claimes that a protestor hit her son while they were in the truck with him and that’s what instigated the incident.

“Someone reaches in the truck window and popped my son in the side of the face,” she said.

She added that Rogers was simply trying to get their son to safety.

“He tried to drive over a median to get my son out of danger,” she said.

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