Appearently an ambulance was called. If the cries for help is an everyday occurrence, if the other officers were not in a position to see how Chauvin's knee was placed, it may not be reasonable to hold them accountable, depending on the specific procedures of their department, and considering they were still in training. At the very least, I would reserve judgment until the trial. 

The swamp fought back and fought back hard. The Obama FBI was in the middle of a baseless investigation that derailed the first two years of Trump's presidency, and probably got Democrats control over congress in 2018. Trump has struggled to implement his agenda at every turn, having ~all his cabinet nominations held up in the Senate that only resulted in the maximum debate time used with little if any actual debate and no minds changed. He has had to deal with an unprecedented number of "nationwide injunctions" that were previously nearly unheard of. More recently, it appears the Pentagon had undermined Trump's ability to call active-duty troops to protect the US from an insurrection.

He also continued resisting arrest while saying he was unable to breathe. If you are in an altercation with someone and you cannot breathe, you should submit, not ask for mercy. He was being lawfully arrested, and being lawfully arrested involves using force. If the police were not able to use force to lawfully arrest suspects, all anyone would need to do is resist arrest, and you could do whatever you wanted, including harm other people.

I have lived within walking distance to a popular bar in my city, and some number of years ago the cops were wrestling a big dude, trying to arrest him, and put him in handcuffs, lots of people were watching. During the skirmish, he was claiming to be unable to breathe, yet he continued to fight back. At one point he what I assumed to pretend to pass out, the police put what I assume to be smelling salts to his nose, he made a funny face and continued to struggle. Eventually, he was put in handcuffs and tried to fight being put into the police car. I remember one person saying "there is no way this guy is going to jail tonight" after he was handcuffed. It was amazing how many people were around who were either medical or legal experts who were able to give their opinion on the matter. One girl claimed to be a paramedic but couldn't attend to him because she "was drunk".

Anyway, I am curious as to how often people under arrest falsely claim to be unable to breathe. 

My bet is the DA will intentionally botch the case with the hope it will cause more riots, and to push the false narrative that racist police can kill black people with impunity. Hopefully, Trump will be able to successfully bring civil rights charges against him that will carry substantial jail time.

This is an important point. According to their lawyers, one of them was on the job for 4 days, and both (of the two) were being trained by Chauvin. This means that Chauvin had some level of control over two of the officers. This changes my perspective as to what happened with regards to the other officers. I don't see the other officers being able to find any kind of employment for years. This is especially true considering everyone in the US is now subject to the Social Credit System.

I don't think any of those people ever set anything on fire...

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You cannot defend what these people did. Nor can you defend any of the riots.

The Boston tea party was an act of war against a dictator (monarch). I would think twice before comparing what is happening to the Boston tea party. I don’t think these thugs would win in a war.

You can hardly compare today to being ruled by a dictator.

My assumption is the mayor of Bristol ordered the police not to intervene.

I am not familiar with the person, or why there is a statue of him up, however, I would repeat my previous points that if the electorate believes it should come down, they should vote as such. I condemn "mob rule" no matter how bad a person the mob is attacking.

Is it okay to deface property that does not belong to you? No.

It is okay to change public policy (the statute) just because a small number of people don't like it without the consent of the people? No.

It appears the insurrection is spreading from the US to other Western countries.

Well let’s hope he is okay wherever he is. Also hopefully no one stopped looking for him based on that post.

Why would you do that? What if someone IRL was looking for him and stopped when they saw that someone he knows has knowledge that TMAN is safe?

If someone’s whereabouts are unknown, you shouldn’t claim to know where a person is if this isn’t true.

https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/those-arrested-over-two-nights-of-protests-and-unrest-in-st-louis-released-from-jail/article_6c06a78f-b9f3-59f2-842f-0d6c466e84e5.html

Take a look at the above article. I have my doubts that there are a lot of people getting arrested for being out past curfew. If there are and these people are not also being charged with other crimes, the police are arresting the wrong people and more importantly, are letting the wrong people off Scott free.

The local DAs are mostly allowing the thugs out without bail and will probably end up dropping the charges. I don’t think this is true for any Federal charges anyone gets. I wouldn’t be surprised if Biden were to pardon them on his first day in office if elected though.

Bill Bar just arrested 51 people on federal rioting charges related to the recent rioting throughout the US. Hopefully he will be able to make more arrests and that the destruction will stop.

Antifa is a fascist organization, despite their name. This is similar to North Korea having Democratic in it. They claim anything they disagree with is “fascist” which is similar to how many on the left claim that anytime someone disagrees with their stance, they are “racist”.

I am not concerned with unlawful assembly, I am concerned with people burning buildings, shooting cops, breaking windows, stealing from stores, and beating people. The rioters have been able to act with impunity. Here is the proof, the riots are continuing and are getting worse. Arresting someone with unlawful assembly usually amounts to being in handcuffs for a few hours, being released and getting a fine that won’t get paid. The rioters should be facing years/decades in prison.

The mayors and governors are in charge of the police force and National Guard response. If rioters are not being arrested, this is because they have been ordered not to, or have been ordered to arrest people in certain circumstances.

Many in the left wing media have been defending the riots.  

Yes, he has not offered any proof. The rioters are not white supremacy groups, here is my proof, if they were, left wing extremists celebrities would not be donating millions collectively to bail them out of jail.

That wasn’t the only video I saw of that happening. Here is better evidence
https://mobile.twitter.com/ColumbusPolice/status/1267568211370934272

I don’t think the bricks belonged to any building nearby.

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I have noticed there is a lot of propaganda. There is actually a troubling amount of propaganda, to the extent that the presence of this much propaganda bothers me.

Police in the majority of cities are not arresting rioters, except in the most egregious cases, and this is not even happening all the time.

If you look at who is defending who and whose statements have been debunked, you should get an idea as to what is true. On the left, politicians are directing police to not arrest rioters and are in some cases defending them. They are being called out for what they are on the right.

In Minnesota, elected officials had said that over 80% of rioters were from out of town and that White supremacy groups are instigating the riots, however arrest records show that most arrested are not from out of the state.

There are also many on the left that are donating money to those arrested to post bail, and again, most rioters are not getting arrested, let alone protestors. To me, money speaks louder than words, if White suppremists were out there rioting, those on the left would not be defending the riots, and they would not be giving money to get them out of jail.

Also, to prove a point about the funding of Antifa, there are videos of people going to piles of bricks in the middle of cities. How would a pile of random bricks get to the middle of a street?  Here is an example
https://mobile.twitter.com/fleccas/status/1267326702771793920

From what I have read, it doesn’t take much to cause a lot of havoc at a protest/gathering. Just look at what was happening at Trump campaign events in 2016.

At the end of the day, the riots need to stop. If the protests stop, there won’t be a venue for the riots.

I agree, Trump has been poor with his messaging, but I was referring to prior to when Trump would have reasonably even had been aware of the incident.

There is pretty strong evidence that extremist groups are involved in the riots.

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Trump has been strangely quiet today. The secret service received significant backup from multiple agencies to protect the White House, and there is a news headline that car bombs are feared (but there is nothing in the article) near the White House. It is unclear if Trump is currently in the White House Bunker, however the White House lights are off, so I would presume there is at least some kind of credible threat. I am not sure if he would be secretly evacuated if the threat was severe enough, and if so, I presume he would leave his phone behind. The amount of agencies, that included the ATF, being called to assist almost made it seem like there was a panic in DC.

If there is a credible threat, especially if explosives are found, I would expect the National Guard to be nationalized in much of the country, and the protests part of what is going on to largely stop. If this happens, I would expect Trump to win in a landslide. Democrat mayors and other officials who were declining to condemn the riots, and in some cases even supports the riots would likely be largely voted out of office.

If the above is not the case, I would expect a Oval Office Presidential address calling for calm and peace. I am not sure how effective this would be considering the rioters are professional, however it may make the rioters easier to deal with (and arrest) if it gets people to largely stop protesting. This may still result in the National guard being nationalized. This attack seems to have caught our intelligence agencies largely off guard. Trumps election prospects likely largely hinge on his ability to stop the riots.

Here is the statutory definition of the types of support that would be prohibited if anifta was designed a terrorist organization. The punishment for providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization faces 20 years in prison, or a life sentence if their support can be attributed to the death of someone.

I don't think wearing an antifa tea shirt would qualify, however, I also don't think antifa has tea shirts, as from what I have heard on news reports, and read on news reports, they like to keep their identities secret, and use violence to prevent anyone from filing them. My understanding is they primarily engage in violence and intimidation of citizens. I also understand they have operated in Washington state for quite some time with impunity, in broad daylight. This implies they have some politicians in their pockets who are preventing them from being prosecuted.

You are not able to have riots in many cities across the US all starting on the same day (Friday) without funding. Airline prices (and hotel) are low right now, so the cost of getting professional protestors into place may be cheaper than it would normally be. I have heard on the news that police have found numerous cars with "stashes" of rioting supplies that rioters were going to in order to cause damage in multiple cities. This implies they are fairly well funded.

I also know there are some "freedom funds" that are being used to bail out people who are arrested. This may also fall under the above-referenced definition of "support".

I don’t think knocking him out would be justified. Maybe knocking him down. Given the number of people that swarmed him, he was probably no longer a threat before the first punch was thrown from the front.

This depends on if Trump is designating them a foreign terrorist organization or a domestic terrorist organization.

The qualifying factor appears to be that ANTIFA is a "foreign organization". It is unclear based on my initial research what the definition of a "foreign organization" is.

If they are designated a domestic terrorist organization, the designation appears to be largely symbolic. It would probably get some people to think twice before giving money, or other support to Antifa. It is also a signal to Antifa members that the feds are watching and are going to be bringing charges against Antifa members who engage in terrorism, which hopefully will get them to think twice before continuing to engage in terrorism. Antifa often operates in very liberal cities where law enforcement policies effectively allow them to wreak havoc without consequence. Bill Bar said anyone who crosses state lines, or uses the interstate system to commit a crime is committing a federal crime, which means that anyone using interstates to travel or purchase supplies could be charged with a federal crime. He may also extend the theory for people who use the internet to communicate to commit a crime, or the banking system to purchase supplies to commit a crime. I think both of these may or may not hold up in court, but they have the potential to scare people out of continuing to engage in terrorism.

Classifying Antifa as a foreign terrorist organization would have serious, real consequences. Their assets would be frozen, and anyone giving them support would be committing a serious crime.

I would not be surprised if Antifa is receiving money from foreign governments, and foreign people. It is also likely that Antifa's messages are being amplified by foreign governments on social media. I am not sure if either of these would be sufficient to classify Anifta as a "foreign terrorist organization", or if it would hold up in court. If they are classified as a foreign terrorist organization, I suspect a handful of members of congress and some in the liberal media will likely end facing charges.

Pointing a bow and arrow is not something that would justify beating the man. Self-defense is limited to removing the threat of harm, which was about 2 seconds after he was first hit by the mob. Setting his car on fire was completely unjustified under any circumstances.

You forgot the part about how these people are "MAGA people"

Also, in both cases, the terrorists went way beyond self-defense in beating both of those people, and as such should be brought up on terrorism charges.