I just got harassed by protestors in downtown LA. I am sympathetic to the general cause, but this is outrageous. I was surrounded by many people and they threw things at my car. This video is a small portion. People were rude and mean. I did not feel that I was in danger, but they were surrounding my car so that I would injure them if I tried to get away. Also, most of the protestors were white and appeared to be educated/middle class, etc - i.e., not the people who are really being hurt by systemic racism.
Then, they saw my British Columbia license plate and yelled anti-Canadian slurs at me (I'm not Canadian and my car is actually registered in California, but I keep the BC plates because its fun..) Moreover, bigotry is not the response to bigotry.
After I finally got away (by backing up and turning around), I saw some police looking from a bridge above. I confronted them and asked why they are watching and doing nothing. They said they were told by Mayor Garcetti not to intervene. Irresponsible! If I had been physically assaulted, would the police just stand by?
Again, i agree with the general cause, but not with these tactics. These people are equally deplorable as Donald Trump
Originally Posted by Dan Druff
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