>> Video going around of a Black Lives Matter protest from the Columbia Heights area, showing
the sort of hectoring and pressure on an individual at a restaurant for not showing support. You've
probably seen this but let's roll it back. >> No justice!
>> No peace. >> No justice!
>> No peace. >> No justice.
>> No peace. >> If we don't get it!
>> Shut it down! >> Hands in the air!
>> Are you a Christian? Okay bitch. >> Okay, so that was the woman who was at
a restaurant or something, and they were yelling at her and raised their fists to show solidarity.
What do you think, JR? >> I don't know who these folks are.
>> I don't, I don't. >> I don't know the build up to this stuff
but maybe the way I mean, I can believe that they're actual protesters. I'm not sure what
the red hat said on it.
I'm not sure if that was a mocking Make America Great Again hat that I saw in the crowd. But
those- >> Supposedly, they're, from everything I've
read, they're authentic. They're Black Lives Matter protesters. And this is just how they
were expressing it, I guess. >> So again and then they're confronting people
at restaurants and telling them to join them, right?
That was the whole idea. >> I guess. Right. So he prompted it. He thought
this is a good idea. I don't know. So for me to criticize is doing this ridiculous action
here. I don't know who it is. Have they come forward yet? Have they said, yeah, this is
this is our plan.
This is what we're up to because from what I'm hearing from conservatives is that Black
Lives Matter is this group of people who then they get these emails that and they all coordinate
to say the same thing and do the same thing, because they've been directed to do so.
I'm waiting for the director, where's the email they said, new arm of our movement.
Start going and harassing people sitting at diners outside and tell them to join us. But
make sure it's only the white folks that are part of the movement that are doing it. Like,
I don't know, there's a lot of odd things that are happening here.
And again, if it's organic, and it's a real, actual protest is doing this, it's stupid.
It's ridiculous. >> Yeah,
>> I just don't know. No, I'm glad that you're giving all those caveats. We constantly try
to like, I don't know all those individuals, I'm speculating that they're authentic.
And look, while seemingly every single person on the video that I could see was white, which
is sort of interesting. I have seen other videos that imply that not everyone at that
rally was white if that changes your opinion or not,
>> I'm sure I'm sure there's other folks within the crowd.
Some of the people that I see on the video, the majority of them that are all leaning
over this woman's table. >> Yeah. Yeah, it's just-
>> And look, again, this is not the worst thing in the world. I'm just saying strategically,
how could this be the way?
This is not. And look, by the way, it's not that they're inconveniencing someone. I'm
not one of the people that's like don't block traffic or anything like that. Protests get
to inconvenience people, but running up on an individual who as far as we know is just
sitting there eating, especially in pandemic times, and yes, okay, they're wearing masks,
but they're getting super close to her, like-
>> Yeah. >> No, don't get that close to someone. And
supposedly, I can't say for sure, but according to the reports I've seen, the individual who
I believe is the woman in the video says I felt I was under attack. But she says in the
moment it didn't feel right.
I wasn't actually frightened. I didn't think they'd do anything to me. I'm very much with
them. I've been marching with them for weeks and weeks and weeks.
>> And it's like, no, cuz things like that cuz, again, that's that's the lack of a thought
process, assuming that someone is eating at the moment, you see them they haven't participated,
that they haven't voiced their support.
They haven't done anything, even if it wasn't based off protest that could help. There's
a lot of assumptions that can be made about someone just sitting there eating because
every protester goes home and eats at some point or goes somewhere else and eat at some
point. So yeah, the assumptions that had to be made in order for this to be a valid move
just don't really add up.
I just need to know who it was, cuz that's the only thing in my opinion, in my watching
that, I don't know who these folks are. >> Yes.
>> You can also say that all the looting and the vandalism and the rioting, we've seen
people that weren't actually a part of the movement doing those things.
It's not out of the ordinary to say, so who are these folks?
>> Mm-hm. >> Then after we find out, fine, if they're
support of the movement, then we go ahead and chastise them and say no, this is the
wrong. >> Supposedly they are. It seems pretty clear
that they are but I get what you're saying.
Yeah, and it's not like, they're not the worst people in the world. It's just like, maybe
learn from this and reassess exactly what your strategy is for bringing people over.
Or cuz again, apparently that woman already supports the movement. So I don't know. Not
everything we do, even if we have a genuine belief or passionate, not everything we do
is awesome and perfect and the best thing we could be doing.
Everybody can be wrong. Everybody statistically will be wrong at certain times. That includes
me and JR by the way. We've learned. We've changed on things. Maybe some protesters can.
It's not to say anything about like their motivations or anything like that. I just
don't think this is the way that seems to be generally how people have come down on
this.
So maybe we can take this as an opportunity to reassess.
>> Yeah, and if you think that's a good approach, rethink it before
you even do it. >> Optimally, yes, optimally.