Our Mayor Attacked
By Four Walls
@FourWalls (86855)
United States
July 13, 2020 11:53am CST
The US Constitution guarantees the right for people to peaceably assemble. What happened to Louisville’s mayor last week wasn’t “peaceable.”
Greg Fischer, Louisville’s mayor, was attending a ribbon-cutting ceremony in the Portland section of the city’s west end for a new apartment complex. About 100 protesters began shouting for Fischer, a three-term Democratic mayor, to resign and accusing him of hiding evidence in the Breonna Taylor death in March 2020.
Fischer tried to have a dialogue some of the protestors, but they wouldn’t listen. They followed him to his car, the blocked the car from leaving. Some protesters hit the mayor’s car with their signs.
The police had to open a path for Mayor Fischer’s car to leave the area.
A local TV station’s coverage:
https://www.wdrb.com/news/protesters-confront-mayor-fischer-at-a-west-louisville-ribbon-cutting-surround-his-car/article_f5532674-c2c7-11ea-a7f3-777b8b575446.html
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@Namelesss (3364)
• United States
13 Jul 20
Arrest them all as rioters, that was not peaceful protesting by anyone's definition.
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@FourWalls (86855)
• United States
13 Jul 20
I agree; however, the mayor sort of brushed this off, as if everything would've been fine had the cops not been there.
@FourWalls (86855)
• United States
14 Jul 20
@Namelesss — my brother jokes that, to him, “BLM” stands for “bike lanes matter.” (He’s spent a lot of money putting bike lanes in and taking car lanes out in downtown Louisville.)I don’t think he’s a very good mayor. I’ve met him a couple of times at the Hike, Bike, and Paddle fitness events that the city puts on, and he’s a nice guy (great pickle ball player, I found myself teamed with him one morning! 
), but I think an overcooked hamburger left under a heat lamp at McDonald’s is a better leader. 
), but I think an overcooked hamburger left under a heat lamp at McDonald’s is a better leader. 
@wolfgirl569 (135966)
• Marion, Ohio
14 Jul 20
The protests like that all need to be arrested.
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@LindaOHio (222726)
• United States
13 Jul 20
There is no reason to act this way. If they want to protest, fine...but don't block his path or hit his car.
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@amitkokiladitya (171988)
• Agra, India
13 Jul 20
This is something which shouldn't have been done
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@DocAndersen (54399)
• United States
13 Jul 20
so much anger, we need calmer heads...
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