Man arrested striking Tesla counter-protestor with vehicle

[Valletta]

Christopher Talbot, 70, made “an obscene gesture” at a 49-year-old victim and struck him with his car, police alleged. About 30 protesters and 200 counterprotesters had gathered at a protest at a Tesla dealership on Franklin Road in western Idaho.

Idaho man arrested and accused of striking Tesla counterprotester with car, police say

Christopher Talbot, 70, was charged with aggravated battery, Meridian police said

www.nbcnews.com

The leaders on the left need to step up NOW and tell their base to stop the violence.

 

[ozso]

Christopher Talbot, 70, made “an obscene gesture” at a 49-year-old victim and struck him with his car, police alleged. About 30 protesters and 200 counterprotesters had gathered at a protest at a Tesla dealership on Franklin Road in western Idaho.

Idaho man arrested and accused of striking Tesla counterprotester with car, police say

Christopher Talbot, 70, was charged with aggravated battery, Meridian police said

www.nbcnews.com

The leaders on the left need to step up NOW and tell their base to stop the violence.

Are there any leaders or is it just a disorganized mob?

 

[Valletta]

Are there any leaders or is it just a disorganized mob?

I think there are leaders organizing protests nation wide.

 

[Fantine]

I think there are leaders organizing protests nation wide.

Perhaps Fox News is telling you that. I get FB messages from a number of progressive groups and no one is suggesting protests at Tesla dealerships. There was one protest at our town when the governor came to visit concerning her policies. She worked for Trump in his first administration and does plenty of things worth protesting about on her own.
April 5th is a national day of protest. Women are marching on Washington. There are local protests everywhere.
I don't know if there will be counter protests.
I think protesters here get permits first so if they are harassed they can call 911.
I remember the Parkland protests where, in a nearby city, police had to patrol militia members who.had climbed into trees with sniper rifles. The police patrolled them with drones and a helicopter. Talk about pure evil! These protests had been organized by non-violent HS students.
I am wary of protests because there are domestic terror cells, each about 90 miles away

 

[Aryeh Jay]

I think it's people in their 70s. The Las Vegas shooter was also 70. How long are we going to allow this dangerous age group to run amock causing damage?

 

[RocksInMyHead]

I'm glad he was arrested. Fortunately, this didn't happen in Iowa or Oklahoma, where drivers are immune from prosecution if they hit a protester.

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www.nytimes.com

 

[ForeignNational]

Christopher Talbot, 70, made “an obscene gesture” at a 49-year-old victim and struck him with his car, police alleged. About 30 protesters and 200 counterprotesters had gathered at a protest at a Tesla dealership on Franklin Road in western Idaho.

Idaho man arrested and accused of striking Tesla counterprotester with car, police say

Christopher Talbot, 70, was charged with aggravated battery, Meridian police said

www.nbcnews.com

The leaders on the left need to step up NOW and tell their base to stop the violence.

Where have you been? Do you not remember all the liberals not only condoning the COVID violence as free speech but also giving them paid for legal counsel when arrested? Even bail money? These are evil people and will do whatever it takes to usher in their version of socialism (communism) regardless of who is hurt.
Communism is the govt. of Satan.

 

[Fantine]

Where have you been? Do you not remember all the liberals not only condoning the COVID violence as free speech but also giving them paid for legal counsel when arrested? Even bail money? These are evil people and will do whatever it takes to usher in their version of socialism (communism) regardless of who is hurt.
Communism is the govt. of Satan.

What COVID violence? As far as I could see, it all came from anti-vaxxers and anti-maskers.

 

[Always in His Presence]

Christopher Talbot, 70, made “an obscene gesture” at a 49-year-old victim and struck him with his car, police alleged. About 30 protesters and 200 counterprotesters had gathered at a protest at a Tesla dealership on Franklin Road in western Idaho.

Idaho man arrested and accused of striking Tesla counterprotester with car, police say

Christopher Talbot, 70, was charged with aggravated battery, Meridian police said

www.nbcnews.com

The leaders on the left need to step up NOW and tell their base to stop the violence.

What leaders? They seem to be a leaderless group that has acquiesced to the thugs of the party. They can't handle the fact they lost the election, so it seems their radical followers resort to intimidation and violence. Not ONE Democrat Congress person (except Federman) has disavowed the their actions. All we get is plausible deniability and who? not me! Or 'it peaceful'

The American public can see it on full display for all to see. IMHO - if they do not get the hatred and violence under control - it could be the end of their party. Now at 26% approval, they don't have much farther to fall, but if they keep going they might just hit bottom

 

[Always in His Presence]

Perhaps Fox News is telling you that.

Uh...... umm... the OP is linked to NBC -

 

[Valletta]

What leaders? They seem to be a leaderless group that has acquiesced to the thugs of the party. They can't handle the fact they lost the election, so it seems their radical followers resort to intimidation and violence. Not ONE Democrat Congress person (except Federman) has disavowed the their actions. All we get is plausible deniability and who? not me! Or 'it peaceful'

The American public can see it on full display for all to see. IMHO - if they do not get the hatred and violence under control - it could be the end of their party. Now at 26% approval, they don't have much farther to fall, but if they keep going they might just hit bottom

It is trouble for the nation. They should have take action against Chuck Schumer when he threatened specific Supreme Court justices.

 

[ozso]

What COVID violence? As far as I could see, it all came from anti-vaxxers and anti-maskers.

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Etc.

 

[ForeignNational]

What COVID violence? As far as I could see, it all came from anti-vaxxers and anti-maskers.

Oh, I see. I believe you're on the wrong forum.

 

[ozso]

I think it's people in their 70s. The Las Vegas shooter was also 70. How long are we going to allow this dangerous age group to run amock causing damage?

He was 64. Most mass shooters have been in their late teens and early 20s.

 

[Hazelelponi]

Christopher Talbot, 70, made “an obscene gesture” at a 49-year-old victim and struck him with his car, police alleged. About 30 protesters and 200 counterprotesters had gathered at a protest at a Tesla dealership on Franklin Road in western Idaho.

Idaho man arrested and accused of striking Tesla counterprotester with car, police say

Christopher Talbot, 70, was charged with aggravated battery, Meridian police said

www.nbcnews.com

The leaders on the left need to step up NOW and tell their base to stop the violence.

These left wingers make me feel like I'm a Jew in Nazi Germany witnessing the lead up to the Holocaust.

I've been saying for years now they are going to begin killing people if the leadership on that side of the aisle doesn't stop this.

They have already started killing people and destroy property and livelihoods. We don't have that much longer before they decide gas chambers are the way to go.

Outside of saying man is radically depraved I don't know what is wrong with people anymore. I really don't. But this is going nowhere good fast.

Absolutely 100% unhinged from reality and violent.

No one was firebombing Budweiser trucks and running people down when we protested Budweiser. No. When right-wingers boycott they just don't buy the stuff anymore.

 

[Valletta]

These left wingers make me feel like I'm a Jew in Nazi Germany witnessing the lead up to the Holocaust.

I've been saying for years now they are going to begin killing people if the leadership on that side of the aisle doesn't stop this.

They have already started killing people and destroy property and livelihoods. We don't have that much longer before they decide gas chambers are the way to go.

Outside of saying man is radically depraved I don't know what is wrong with people anymore. I really don't. But this is going nowhere good fast.

Absolutely 100% unhinged from reality and violent.

No one was firebombing Budweiser trucks and running people down when we protested Budweiser. No. When right-wingers boycott they just don't buy the stuff anymore.

I'm concerned members of the Supreme Court feel threatened enough by the left to not make an honest decision.

 

[Belk]

These left wingers make me feel like I'm a Jew in Nazi Germany witnessing the lead up to the Holocaust.

I've been saying for years now they are going to begin killing people if the leadership on that side of the aisle doesn't stop this.

They have already started killing people and destroy property and livelihoods. We don't have that much longer before they decide gas chambers are the way to go.

Outside of saying man is radically depraved I don't know what is wrong with people anymore. I really don't. But this is going nowhere good fast.

Absolutely 100% unhinged from reality and violent.

No one was firebombing Budweiser trucks and running people down when we protested Budweiser. No. When right-wingers boycott they just don't buy the stuff anymore.

Who is "they" and whom have they killed?

 

[Larniavc]

Christopher Talbot, 70, made “an obscene gesture” at a 49-year-old victim and struck him with his car, police alleged. About 30 protesters and 200 counterprotesters had gathered at a protest at a Tesla dealership on Franklin Road in western Idaho.

Idaho man arrested and accused of striking Tesla counterprotester with car, police say

Christopher Talbot, 70, was charged with aggravated battery, Meridian police said

www.nbcnews.com

The leaders on the left need to step up NOW and tell their base to stop the violence.

WAY too early to draw conclusions without knowing the context of the situation?

How do we know that the alleged ‘victim’ does not have a string of convictions a mile deep?

This guy could have threading the old timer’s life.

How do we know that the driver even saw the alleged ‘injured’ party?

We don’t know if he was gay, black a drag Queen, a Muslim or student from Spain. We NEED to know these things before we can call him a criminal.

He might even be a white Christian. How would you feel if you jumped to the wrong conclusion then?

Context!

 

[Larniavc]

Oh, I see. I believe you're on the wrong forum.

Seems like @Fantine is definitely in the correct forum. Where do you (a newbie) think they belong?

 

[iluvatar5150]

I'm glad that vehicular assault on a protestor is back to being a bad thing.