• tidderuuf@lemmy.world
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    “Ohio National Guard member Sgt. Devon Beck was not amused by this satire,” the complaint states, and after “less than two minutes” of O’Hara’s musical protest, Beck “turned around and threatened to call the police officers to ‘handle’ Mr. O’Hara if he did not stop.”

    O’Hara kept playing the song, and Beck called the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department, who arrived on the scene. The MPD officers accused O’Hara of “harassing” and “assaulting” the Guard members; he denied these accusations and insisted he was peacefully protesting by standing on the sidewalk and playing music on his phone. The MPD officers “tightly handcuffed and detained Mr. O’Hara for between 15 and 20 minutes,” the complaint states.

    Sounds like that Sgt and the N. Guard being there are more of a nuisance.

    If MPD had enough free time to go after something as petty as this then there must be no other real crimes going on so then we have to ask, wtf are the military still doing there?

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      Ohio National Guard member Sgt. Devon Beck was not amused by this satire

      The goal never was to amuse him.

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      Sgt Beck has got some thin skin. This was barely a roast let alone a burn. Dude needs to take it easy and man the fuck up, this is just the beginning.

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      I honesty don’t think the national guard did something bad. We should blame the police for not chewing out the national guard for wasting their time, then leaving.

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        The Guard is an agent of the state. Being this clueless about the First Amendment shows poorly on him as an American, but also suggests poor training by his command structure.

        Yes, the MPD are actually the ones who violated his civil rights.

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          Are national guard trained in protestor rights? They aren’t police, aren’t trained as police, and have no business policing unless it’s a state of emergency.

          Unless I’m totally off base. I don’t know anything about the American national guard. I’m not even American.

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        I don’t have TikTok, so I can’t see the video. Here’s a picture that I assume is him and shows his face. He is shorter than the other people in the picture. Not sure if this is the guy you’re referring to though.

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    Fuck that bull shit, thats free speech baby.

    Also I’ve seen the video and the.tik toker was annoying.

    Why am I such a contrarian online?

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    There is logic in that music option. We should solidify that idea, make the Darth Vader music the main musical theme for posted video of ICE.

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        To be fair, Star Wars is a dystopia. Authoritarian Empire rules, with troops willing to vaporize entire planets to quell ragtag bands of protestors who eventually go military in their operations. There’s your organized antifa, the rebels.

        It’s easy to parallel it because it’s an established archetype in life and lore. Authoritarian regime vs underdog rebels.

        But with magic.

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        We need a “…Valkyries”, that’s been arranged to sound like 5th grade band. Like a Wagner Shreds video. That would be perfect for this entire regime.

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        It sounds cool, but if you don’t know it’s already associated with an evil authoritarian empire. A second one can’t really do more damage. You can still like the song.

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          I mean some Wagner is already associated with the nazis lol

          Edit I read your comment half asleep and did not understand. I guess I’d rather just have something goofy or musical shitty otherwise I mean having an intimidating piece of music seems like more of a rallying anthem than otherwise. I’m with the entrance of the gladiators option.