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RandySF

(58,963 posts) Sat May 30, 2020, 01:28 AM May 2020

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Detroit protestor shot, killed by motorist.

DETROIT (WXYZ) — One person was killed as hundreds of people gathered in downtown Detroit on Friday night as part of nationwide protests over the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis this week.

The shooting did not involve police.

A DPD spokesperson days a grey Dodge Durango pulled up and fired into the crowd, striking a 19-year-old man. The victim was pronounced dead at the hospital.

https://www.wxyz.com/news/photos-and-videos-hundreds-gather-at-large-protest-in-downtown-detroit-on-friday-night

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Detroit protestor shot, killed by motorist. (Original Post) RandySF May 2020 OP

Jesus wept Walleye May 2020 #1

So terrible. applegrove May 2020 #2

Sad. Buckeye_Democrat May 2020 #3

The shooting gang got their orders from their leader Sunsky May 2020 #4

Bingo. Maru Kitteh May 2020 #7

It's a textbook example of stochastic terrorism. crickets May 2020 #16

I really want to know who did it. roamer65 May 2020 #5

Maybe a video will surface. wnylib May 2020 #10

I am betting it was a MAGAt. roamer65 May 2020 #11

Or a member of one of the wnylib May 2020 #13

:( Cha May 2020 #6

Hope like hell they catch the perpetrator somehow. Solomon May 2020 #8

it's Charlottesville everywhere. SleeplessinSoCal May 2020 #9

There is usually a drive by shooting in Detroit every few weeks or so. MichMan May 2020 #12

Damn, praying someone got a plate or something from the Durango uponit7771 May 2020 #14

These are the heroes that Trump praises so much. lpbk2713 May 2020 #15

Walleye

(31,030 posts)

1. Jesus wept

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Sat May 30, 2020, 01:29 AM

May 2020

applegrove

(118,712 posts)

2. So terrible.

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Sat May 30, 2020, 01:30 AM

May 2020

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,855 posts)

3. Sad.

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Sat May 30, 2020, 01:31 AM

May 2020

Sunsky

(1,737 posts)

4. The shooting gang got their orders from their leader

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Sat May 30, 2020, 02:28 AM

May 2020

You know, "when the looting starts, the shooting starts"- The Don in the White house. Tragic.

Maru Kitteh

(28,341 posts)

7. Bingo.

Reply to Sunsky (Reply #4)

Sat May 30, 2020, 02:31 AM

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crickets

(25,981 posts)

16. It's a textbook example of stochastic terrorism.

Reply to Sunsky (Reply #4)

Sat May 30, 2020, 12:14 PM

May 2020

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2011/1/10/934890/-

roamer65

(36,745 posts)

5. I really want to know who did it.

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Sat May 30, 2020, 02:30 AM

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wnylib

(21,505 posts)

10. Maybe a video will surface.

Reply to roamer65 (Reply #5)

Sat May 30, 2020, 04:34 AM

May 2020

I sure hope so.

roamer65

(36,745 posts)

11. I am betting it was a MAGAt.

Reply to wnylib (Reply #10)

Sat May 30, 2020, 04:38 AM

May 2020

wnylib

(21,505 posts)

13. Or a member of one of the

Reply to roamer65 (Reply #11)

Sat May 30, 2020, 08:53 AM

May 2020

several supremacist groups in the country like Nazi, Aryan Nation, KKK member, etc. Of course, it is possible to be BOTH a magat and a Klansman.

Cha

(297,360 posts)

6. :(

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Sat May 30, 2020, 02:30 AM

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Solomon

(12,311 posts)

8. Hope like hell they catch the perpetrator somehow.

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Sat May 30, 2020, 02:32 AM

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SleeplessinSoCal

(9,125 posts)

9. it's Charlottesville everywhere.

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Sat May 30, 2020, 03:56 AM

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MichMan

(11,940 posts)

12. There is usually a drive by shooting in Detroit every few weeks or so.

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Sat May 30, 2020, 07:48 AM

May 2020

Unfortunately a fairly common occurrence.

No reports of any looting last night

uponit7771

(90,347 posts)

14. Damn, praying someone got a plate or something from the Durango

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Sat May 30, 2020, 09:40 AM

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lpbk2713

(42,760 posts)

15. These are the heroes that Trump praises so much.

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Sat May 30, 2020, 10:41 AM

May 2020

He probably drove hundreds of miles.

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