I saw Edgar Vazquez point a pistol at the heads of unarmed protesters at the Whipple Building the day after Renee’s murder. I watched it happen and couldn’t believe what I’d seen. There’s a video of the incident on Instagram here:
He had hundreds of feet of open space behind him and was also holding a “less lethal” rubber bullet or pepperball gun which he switched to his non-dominate hand in order to wield the pistol.
There is another video of him on reddit pointing some sort of rifle, not sure if lethal or “less lethal” at the heads of more unarmed civilians:
I am very surprised to learn that he has any amount of experience or training with either firearms or crowd control. Judging by his absolutely crazed, disassociated behavior on the day I encountered him, I assumed he was very new. I ended up face to face with him for a period of time staring into his eyes, so I got a good read on his state of mind. He was terrified.
It is an enormous relief to know his name. Thank you.
We have so many ways of excusing our treatment of urban citizens, and justifications built on cultural/racial stereotypes, which are built on urban legends that are untrue and concocted by populations with similar motivations of Steven Miller and Trump himself.
Whatever acronyms or initialisms are used, these are the dogs of war, released on our civilian neighborhoods, and the results were not only predictable, but actually predicted. Now we hear Trump calling to nationalize our elections, and Bannon stating they will be deployed at our polling places.
We all should be able to recognize the difference between a mishap predicted and a reign of terror implemented.
I saw Edgar Vazquez point a pistol at the heads of unarmed protesters at the Whipple Building the day after Renee’s murder. I watched it happen and couldn’t believe what I’d seen. There’s a video of the incident on Instagram here:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DTRvMMbjjwc/
He had hundreds of feet of open space behind him and was also holding a “less lethal” rubber bullet or pepperball gun which he switched to his non-dominate hand in order to wield the pistol.
There is another video of him on reddit pointing some sort of rifle, not sure if lethal or “less lethal” at the heads of more unarmed civilians:
https://www.reddit.com/r/minnesota/comments/1q8lvmg/i_was_taught_trigger_discipline_when_i_was_13/
I am very surprised to learn that he has any amount of experience or training with either firearms or crowd control. Judging by his absolutely crazed, disassociated behavior on the day I encountered him, I assumed he was very new. I ended up face to face with him for a period of time staring into his eyes, so I got a good read on his state of mind. He was terrified.
It is an enormous relief to know his name. Thank you.
Looking him in the eye like that, and then finding out so much more about him must have been a strange experience. Thank you for sharing!
Great work, and thank you.
We have so many ways of excusing our treatment of urban citizens, and justifications built on cultural/racial stereotypes, which are built on urban legends that are untrue and concocted by populations with similar motivations of Steven Miller and Trump himself.
Whatever acronyms or initialisms are used, these are the dogs of war, released on our civilian neighborhoods, and the results were not only predictable, but actually predicted. Now we hear Trump calling to nationalize our elections, and Bannon stating they will be deployed at our polling places.
We all should be able to recognize the difference between a mishap predicted and a reign of terror implemented.
Thanks!