Black Panthers in Philly doing armed cop watch. Well this is interesting...

[jmbar2]

They argue that current events are exactly why 2A is needed.

I have mixed feelings about it- risk of a hothead setting off a massecre. But wouldn't 2A folks be in favor of it?

[BlueTsunami2018]

1. I think it's great, dude was standing on business.

The Panthers are a welcome sight in my view. They’re continuing the tradition of Fred Hampton who was a hero, which is why the government murdered him. He was a danger to this whole bullshit system we live under and they couldn’t have that.

[jmbar2]

7. Gotta admit - I'm loving this...

Awhile back, they confronted a bunch of neo-nazis and drove them out of their neighborhoods. There are some lessons to be learned here.

[yankee87]

2. 100% with Black Panthers

I have a feeling these coward ICE Gestapo will not go where they are. ICE are mostly cowards and would be too scared.

[Dan]

5. Actually, ICE won't go where there are serious criminals.

ICE wants to arrest and meet their quota by grabbing regular people - but ICE doesn't want to put themselves in harms way.

ICE is chickenshit like the POTUS.

[Intractable]

10. The other subtle point is they want to leave us with the criminals and sociopaths.

They want a violent society that's always on edge.

[sboatcar]

15. Yeah, if we posted armed constitutional observers all over the city, standing on corners with their long guns strapped

You better believe ICE won't go into the neighborhoods.

They're the tough guys when they're the only ones with guns.

[NightWatcher]

3. Bout damn time. A Neighborhood Watch that works

[flvegan]

4. Aren't the Philly police on the right side this time?

Didn't their sheriff have something to say about ICE not wanting smoke or some such thing?

[usonian]

6. The ONLY time in recent history that gun control laws were enacted was when the Black Panthers urged citizens to arm.

The NRA Supported Gun Control When the Black Panthers Had the Weapons

Back in the 1960s, even the NRA supported gun control to disarm the group.

https://www.history.com/articles/black-panthers-gun-control-nra-support-mulford-act

[mahina]

8. That video is AI generated I think. Read the signs.

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[jmbar2]

9. I dunno...

Grok says it appears to be real. Several version of the encounter have been posted. It's also covered by the Philadelphia Inquirer.

https://www.inquirer.com/news/black-pather-party-philadelphia-minnesota-shooting-20260110.html

[stopdiggin]

12. poster didn't say the STORY was false

they pointed a finger at AI generated video.

[stopdiggin]

11. oh goodie ! just what we need ! more bullsh*t 'messaging' !

now wait for the - "Well, it's sorta' kinda' true .." "Panthers are out there .. " (somewhere)
"N' the idea is righteous .. !"

So therefor, OK. Sound about right?

[jmbar2]

13. I'm genuinely interested in your point

I didn't see any problems with the signs. Grok says it's real.

What are you seeing that suggests it's AI? Do you have another way to check that out?

[stopdiggin]

14. I do not.

I reacted based on (and responding to) another poster identifying it as such.
That - and coupled with an almost visceral disgust for 'manufactured' (and misleading content).

If in fact the first poster was incorrect in so labeling ... You have a sincere apology here.

[jmbar2]

16. It's OK. We all make mistakes.

Respect for owning them.

[Boo1]

20. Absolutely not AI

Location is pretty easy to find

https://maps.app.goo.gl/S7NQ7mR2MBcHDYe99

[Volaris]

17. '...2nd amendment folks, be if favor of it?' Hahahahahaha NO.

The first statewide firearms regulation happened in California under Gov Ronald Reagan. Ask why.

Because the Black Panthers were out on the streets expressing their 2nd Amendment Rights by open carrying automatic weapons.

So those got banned.

[jmbar2]

18. But it's legal now right?

I've always been staunchly anti-gun. But now, maybe they have a point.

[Jack Valentino]

19. "2A" second amendment folks are only in favor of 2A rights for WHITE PEOPLE---

As a student of civil war and pre-civil war American history,
I will say that it is notable that after the passage of the 'fugitive slave law' in 1850,
within a couple years afterwards, there is little mention of much activity by 'slave-catchers'
traveling to the north to recapture slaves....

but there IS some mention of African-American communities having ARMED themselves
to protect themselves against such kidnappers....

And also there was my favorite quote from Frederick Douglass,
after he publicly gave up pacifism against black slavery---

At the Free Soil Convention in 1852, he said to a raucous crowd:
“The only way to make the Fugitive Slave Law a dead letter is to make half a dozen or more dead kidnappers.”


I see a very obvious moral parallel between the 1850's 'slave-catchers'
and the Trump government ICE agents of today....
and 'personal self defense' applies to both instances.