Frankie Stockes
National File
Residents of an elite Washington, D.C. neighborhood took to an internet message board in a state of panic after spotting a white man parking his work truck on the side of a public street, eventually calling police over fears that the truck was an “insurrectionist” vehicle.
According to a recent report from The Washington Post, residents of the elite Adams Morgan neighborhood in Washington, D.C. took to the Next Door app – a hyper localized social media network described as a cross between Facebook and Craigslist – to accuse the vehicle’s driver of engaging in domestic terrorism, honing in on the color of the driver’s skin and the truck’s Gadsden Flag, “Don’t Tread on Me” license plates as evidence of impending doom.
“There’s this suspicious white truck that is parked on the corner of Belmont and 19th,” the thread’s original post claimed, describing the driver as a white male and aking note of the truck’s “Don’t Tread on Me” tags, which are available to anyone with a vehicle registered in Virginia.
“The Don’t Tread on Me tags say he probably has guns
and is probably angry at some minority or politician,” a response to the post
read as Adams Morgan residents and users of the community-based Next Door
social media platform began to panic over the sight of the truck.
Some
users began drawing comparisons to the recent Nashville bombing and the January
6th Capitol Hill protests, which the Adams Morgan residents labeled an as
“insurrection.”
One
user even made the claim that the truck was part of a plot to assassinate
former President Barrack Obama, who lives in the nearby Kalorama neighborhood,
while others claimed that the “insurrectionist” vehicle was part of the latest
right wing conspiracy to takeover Washington, D.C. “I just want the
police to be aware,” another user said.
When
police arrived on the scene, they found the vehicle to be occupied by its
owner, who was doing nothing wrong and was part of a construction project in
the area.
“When
things are serious, things need to be taken seriously — instead of just being a
sheep. You got to look out for your tribe,” Michael Landry, one of the thread’s
posters, told The Washington Post.
Additionally,
Landry told The Post that he and other Adams Morgan residents have remained
“vigilant” in recent months, keeping an eye open for out-of-town license
plates, bumper stickers conveying conservative messages, and people who aren’t
wearing masks.
When faced with the reality of having accused an
innocent working man of domestic terrorism, Landry told The Washington Post
“I’m actually kind of ashamed of some of the things I said — but I stand my
ground on everything I said.”
Link at knuckledraggin.
Actually, scaring the piss
out of white elitists sounds OK, as long as you can keep from going to jail.
You know what I call people with conservative bumper stickers ? Neighbor. I’m a pro union retired social worker and my political beliefs tend to run a bit to the left of most of the people I call friends these days, but my conservative friends are nicer, kinder people, much less inclined to disparage other folks. I guess its hard to make an equal comparison, cause you aren’t going to find an “antifa” sticker on a work truck.
ReplyDeleteTsgt Joe. On a Prius maybe but not a work truck. You are 100% correct.
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