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    California man seen pointing AR-15 at protesters arrested, charged with assault

    A California man captured on camera pointing a loaded AR-15 rifle at a group of advancing protesters has been arrested and charged with assault with a deadly weapon. Jacob Daniel Bracken, 38, of Rancho Cucamonga, faces two counts of assault with a deadly weapon related to the incident in Upland on Monday, the San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office said. Upland Police Chief Darren Goodman said they have videos as well as still photos that “conclusively showed” Bracken pointing the weapon at some point. “On June 1, 2020, the Upland Police Department was monitoring a peaceful protest in their city. The police officers were notified by protestors of a potentially life-threatening incident. The officers immediately investigated the incident. Bracken was arrested by the Upland Police Department, and the case was forwarded to our office for filing consideration,” the district attorney’s office said. “This incident was captured on video by the peaceful protestors who cooperated with law enforcement, which is encouraging to the community. Thankfully, through the restraint of the protestors and the swift investigation by the Upland Police Department, a potential tragedy may have been avoided," the office said.
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    The R in F.A.R.T RevolverRob's Avatar
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    Stupid games, stupid prizes.

    Don't point a gun at people unless you believe you are fully justified to pull the trigger.

    Besides the fact that it sounds like the AR15 wielder was part of a group that sought to antagonize the crowd. If you rile them up to advance on you, you don't get to claim self-defense.

    Adios motherfucker.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RevolverRob View Post
    Stupid games, stupid prizes.

    Don't point a gun at people unless you believe you are fully justified to pull the trigger.

    Besides the fact that it sounds like the AR15 wielder was part of a group that sought to antagonize the crowd. If you rile them up to advance on you, you don't get to claim self-defense.

    Adios motherfucker.
    Waving American Flags on private property = antagonizing? Nope.

    Good to see CA LE has their priorities straight.

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    THE THIRST MUTILATOR Nephrology's Avatar
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    I saw that video. Looked like an AR pistol with a one of the Magpul 60rd drum magazines; that is to say, California unfriendly. Wonder if they found the gun.

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    Yawn. Fox News is just outrage porn for the right at this point.

    I'm not so sure what he did was particularly wrong. But if you're the only guy pulling out an AR saying, "Back the fuck up,"...you coulda maybe gauged the situation a little better.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Darth_Uno View Post
    Yawn. Fox News is just outrage porn for the right at this point.

    I'm not so sure what he did was particularly wrong. But if you're the only guy pulling out an AR saying, "Back the fuck up,"...you coulda maybe gauged the situation a little better.
    Is MSNBC as bad for the left? I love not having "real TV."

    24 hour cable news is a scourge.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Patrin View Post
    Waving American Flags on private property = antagonizing? Nope.

    Good to see CA LE has their priorities straight.
    Try again.

    Go watch the video in the FoxNews link.

    The crowd is standing in the street, no one is particularly near him. The “flag wavers” are standing in the street and they are screaming at the protesting crowd. At one point one of the “flag wavers” even mimes throwing her water bottle at the crowd.

    This isn’t a “we were just standing there in our yard waving our flags, singing the national anthem and they attacked us!” Situation. Those folks went looking for trouble and found it.

    Stupid games, stupid prizes.

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    On my shitty laptop speakers it sounded like they were chanting "beat their meat" but I'm assuming that's not right...
    Sorta around sometimes for some of your shitty mod needs.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Patrin View Post
    Waving American Flags on private property = antagonizing? Nope.

    Good to see CA LE has their priorities straight.
    Nah the guy on the US flag waving side pulls his gun from the truck, 'brandishing it' while the other group (Rainbow flag?) was still across the street, the relevant video is embedded in the first twitter post. The Fox website is confusing since the main video isn't even relevant to the headline, all it show is several groups of teens obtaining clothes and shoes for going to school.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BehindBlueI's View Post
    On my shitty laptop speakers it sounded like they were chanting "beat their meat" but I'm assuming that's not right...
    Or maybe.... it is

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