@_p @realcaseyrollins "In one shocking and graphic video captured by Blaze TV’s Elijah Schaffer, a man was set upon by a mob, after allegedly rushing rioters with a large machete or sword. He was quickly surrounded and beaten with rocks, fists, boots, and a skateboard."
@wolfspider @realcaseyrollins @_p I think they mistook the weapon as being a machete but I don't know what it is.
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All reports said he had some kind of bladed weapon, but there isn't any footage of that.
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@realcaseyrollins @wolfspider @_p Yeah. I mean, it looked like there was something by him on the ground but it doesn't look like he used anything.

@sim @realcaseyrollins @_p There is a knife on the ground there. Hell, maybe he didn't get a chance to defend himself. Sucks balls that, fighting with a knife against a machete. One can buy then at Walmart you know:

@wolfspider @realcaseyrollins @_p Oof. If it is at Walmart then it is very easy to have on hand. But it is possible he didn't get that chance, they really came at him. Maybe one of them was able to disarm him or stop him from reaching his weapon. It was hard to tell whether he was using anything, but the fact we didn't hear anyone else get injured makes me think less likely that he used it or it was very quickly taken off him. They really hoarded around him.
@wolfspider @realcaseyrollins @_p Nah, just my word of choice. There were quite a few people around him, beating him up. All I've seen is the video shared above.

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Okay, there's an extended version that I had but didn't post being it was included with 's exclusive interview with the person who filmed the beating, maybe I'll share it. It shows him fleeing some pursuers (who reports say were throwing harmful objects at him) before rushing one of the people who was attacking him, holding the machete high in the air.

Maybe I'll post it in today's batch of footage.
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@realcaseyrollins @wolfspider @_p Might be an idea, and giving an update on the situation. So he did sort of use it but it was taken from him quickly?
@wolfspider @realcaseyrollins @_p Yeah, he didn't stand a chance against the mob. Good thing he managed to survive it or else we'd be talking about something different at this point.
@wolfspider @realcaseyrollins @_p Yeah. Doesn't help that there were quite a few beatings, some people might suffer if they can't get paid while the businesses they work for got vandalised and robbed tho. Gonna have a bigger impact. People won't feel safe if something like this can happen.
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