Summary
At a Lafayette, Indiana anti-Trump rally Saturday, a man pulled an assault-style rifle after clashing with protesters who blocked his truck at a Third Street intersection.
Video shows the man in a MAGA hat yelling at protesters, prompting another man—angered by the confrontation with women—to intervene.
The two exchanged shouts before the protester headbutted the man. He returned to his truck, retrieved a rifle, and reentered the crowd.
Police detained but released him, citing self-defense. The “Hands Off!” rally drew nearly 1,000 people and ended early amid safety concerns.
there’s video, no one was doing anything to him. he got out of his SUV, started yelling at people, returned to the vehicle, got back out with the weapon at his side. self defense would have been (a) for literally anyone to have threatened him and (b) for him to simply leave the scene.
Since you didn’t link the video, here it is on reddit.
I can see the headbutt, it’s at second 12.
Still an insane overreaction of course, but the truth is important.
oh geez, thanks for the correction there
Can someone share a mirror?
Found it on Twitter… but I guess that doesn’t help.
Maybe it’s easier to download, but I haven’t tried from either site before. I’ll drop the link in case anybody wants to try.
https://x.com/Human101Nature/status/1908897483826286924
at least I can watch twitter without an account, so it does help, thanks.
It is Indiana. Basically wild west style gun laws. You buy the gun, its yours … done. No permit, no concealed carry, nothing. You bought the gun, take it where you want. Pretty much anywhere. If people are yelling at you on the street then Indiana’s stand your ground style law basically kicks in. The state is very much “fuck around and find out”.