A cop points a gun at a protester #Newnan WHAT IS GOING ON??

[riversedge]

I just logged onto twitter and am away from TV. Anyone know what this is all about??

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Christopher Mathias
?Verified account @letsgomathias
43m43 minutes ago

A cop points a gun at a protester #Newnan

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Daniel Shular @xshularx

Video of arrests in #Newnan with one officer pointing his rifle at protesters and press

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[riversedge]

1. Here is some explanations....

Emily Molli
? @MomesMolli
Apr 20

On my way to Georgia for the National Socialist Movement rally and anti-fascist counter protest in #Newnan tomorrow. I’ll have updates here throughout the day, stay tuned
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Christopher Mathias
?Verified account @letsgomathias
Apr 20

I'm headed to Georgia to cover the white supremacist rally in #Newnan tomorrow. Pls send tips and bar recommendations to [e-mail]
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Red T Raccoon
? @RedTRaccoon
6m6 minutes ago

Has anyone seen photos of any white supremacists in Newnan, Georgia?

All I see so far is counter protesters.

[riversedge]

2. a neo nazi spat on a cop car and was immediately tackled by 5 cops.

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A.M. Armstrong
? @AshleyMArmstro1
17h17 hours ago

#newnan is trending not because it’s an historic, small town nestled outside of the sprawling city of #atlanta, or for it’s displays of southern hospitality, or cause the town has great sweet tea. Nope, it’s trending cause neo-Nazis are rallying there tomorrow.
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Stephen Robert Morse
?Verified account @morsels
3h3 hours ago

a neo nazi spat on a cop car and was immediately tackled by 5 cops.

freedom to spray bodily fluids is not covered by the first amendment.

#Newnan
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It's Going Down @IGD_News
15h15 hours ago

Much as in lead up to #Charlottesville rally, neo-Nazis ahead of #Newnan protest encourage white supremacists to engage in violence. Leaders telling attendees to kill counter-protesters with "NO WARNING SHOTS" and to bring concealed knives. #NewnanStrong #NoNaziNewnan

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[riversedge]

3. I just witness the most over-aggressive policing I've ever seen in #Newnan. Tackling protesters and

Christopher Mathias
?Verified account @letsgomathias
45m45 minutes ago

Cops' response when I asked why arrests were being made #Newnan

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Christopher Mathias
?Verified account @letsgomathias

I just witness the most over-aggressive policing I've ever seen in #Newnan. Tackling protesters and arresting them... for wearing masks.

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[Ferrets are Cool]

5. A State law against masks. I guess there are a lot of lawbreakers on Halloween huh? nt

[Lee-Lee]

10. Here is the law

Halloween masks are exempted.

The reason for the law is to make sure groups like the KKK can’t march with faces hidden.

2010 Georgia Code
TITLE 16 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES
CHAPTER 11 - OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER AND SAFETY
ARTICLE 2 - OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER
§ 16-11-38 - Wearing mask, hood, or device which conceals identity of wearer
O.C.G.A. 16-11-38 (2010)
16-11-38. Wearing mask, hood, or device which conceals identity of wearer


(a) A person is guilty of a misdemeanor when he wears a mask, hood, or device by which any portion of the face is so hidden, concealed, or covered as to conceal the identity of the wearer and is upon any public way or public property or upon the private property of another without the written permission of the owner or occupier of the property to do so.

(b) This Code section shall not apply to:

(1) A person wearing a traditional holiday costume on the occasion of the holiday;

(2) A person lawfully engaged in trade and employment or in a sporting activity where a mask is worn for the purpose of ensuring the physical safety of the wearer, or because of the nature of the occupation, trade, or profession, or sporting activity;

(3) A person using a mask in a theatrical production including use in Mardi gras celebrations and masquerade balls; or

(4) A person wearing a gas mask prescribed in emergency management drills and exercises or emergencies.

[Hoyt]

12. Don't think people should be tackled, but those laws were passed to stop Klansmen form wearing masks

While I am glad to see all the anti-Nazi/racist protestors, I'm fine with enforcing mask laws as long as people aren't beaten. The big picture is it helps keep Klansmen and others from spreading hatred and intimidation while masked.

[Exotica]

4. Police state, ultra wound up, paramilitary cops in the hundreds, probably

half of them closet white nationalists, all with hair triggers spiraling out of a Trumpian/RW media radicalised matrix.

What could go wrong?

[NCTraveler]

6. Protesters can wear masks.

https://demu.gr/100210515613

[Lee-Lee]

7. Actually in most states, especially in the south, they cannot

Anti-mask laws date to the 60’s and 70’s mostly, intended to prevent the KKK from marching anonymously under their hoods.

2010 Georgia Code
TITLE 16 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES
CHAPTER 11 - OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER AND SAFETY
ARTICLE 2 - OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER
§ 16-11-38 - Wearing mask, hood, or device which conceals identity of wearer
O.C.G.A. 16-11-38 (2010)
16-11-38. Wearing mask, hood, or device which conceals identity of wearer


(a) A person is guilty of a misdemeanor when he wears a mask, hood, or device by which any portion of the face is so hidden, concealed, or covered as to conceal the identity of the wearer and is upon any public way or public property or upon the private property of another without the written permission of the owner or occupier of the property to do so.

(b) This Code section shall not apply to:

(1) A person wearing a traditional holiday costume on the occasion of the holiday;

(2) A person lawfully engaged in trade and employment or in a sporting activity where a mask is worn for the purpose of ensuring the physical safety of the wearer, or because of the nature of the occupation, trade, or profession, or sporting activity;

(3) A person using a mask in a theatrical production including use in Mardi gras celebrations and masquerade balls; or

(4) A person wearing a gas mask prescribed in emergency management drills and exercises or emergencies.

[NCTraveler]

8. I thought it was funny. Nt

[struggle4progress]

9. Not here in NC

§ 14-12.7. Wearing of masks, hoods, etc., on public ways.
No person or persons at least 16 years of age shall, while wearing any mask, hood or device
whereby the person, face or voice is disguised so as to conceal the identity of the wearer, enter,
be or appear upon any lane, walkway, alley, street, road, highway or other public way in this
State. (1953, c. 1193, s. 6; 1983, c. 175, ss. 1, 10; c. 720, s. 4.)

§ 14-12.8. Wearing of masks, hoods, etc., on public property.
No person or persons shall in this State, while wearing any mask, hood or device whereby the
person, face or voice is disguised so as to conceal the identity of the wearer, enter, or appear
upon or within the public property of any municipality or county of the State, or of the State of
North Carolina. (1953, c. 1193, s. 7.)

§ 14-12.9. Entry, etc., upon premises of another while wearing mask, hood or other
disguise.
No person or persons at least 16 years of age shall, while wearing a mask, hood or device
whereby the person, face or voice is disguised so as to conceal the identity of the wearer, demand
entrance or admission, enter or come upon or into, or be upon or in the premises, enclosure or
house of any other person in any municipality or county of this State. (1953, c. 1193, s. 8; 1983,
c. 175, ss. 2, 10; c. 720, s. 4.)

§ 14-12.10. Holding meetings or demonstrations while wearing masks, hoods, etc.
No person or persons at least 16 years of age shall while wearing a mask, hood or device
whereby the person, face or voice is disguised so as to conceal the identity of the wearer, hold
any manner of meeting, or make any demonstration upon the private property of another unless
such person or persons shall first obtain from the owner or occupier of the property his or her
written permission to do so, which said written permission shall be recorded in the office of the
register of deeds of the county in which said property is located before the beginning of such
meeting or demonstration. (1953, c. 1193, s. 9; 1983, c. 175, ss. 3, 10; c. 720, s. 4.)

[NCTraveler]

11. And many other places. Nt

[Hoyt]

13. There were a few white wing racists there --

[blake2012]

14. It is clear to me the police side with KKK and white supremacists

In recent past it was found quite a few rank and file officers belong to those types of organizations.