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Open Carrier Bullied by Protesters at Seattle May Day 2015

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RogueReflections

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Below are links to 2 videos I shot at May Day, Seattle, 2015. They include a man, identified as Shayne Butts, attending May Day in Seattle. He was legally carrying a slung rifle and peacefully addressing members of the crowd and media when he was called racist by one of the protesters. He was not accused of being a racist because he used racist words or suggested racist things. He was called a racist because he was carrying a firearm. I even heard the dumb woman in the video call his GUN racist. Having witnessed this incident, I can tell you, Butts acted with nothing but respect and conducted himself in a way that would make any free person proud.

Video 1: Initial reactions to Shayne while he talked with crowd members and answered questions from the media:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bR_t5r0qznI

Video 2: The bullying continues into the march:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8M347Ivi_I

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Woah, the protesters who called him racist, it may be possible that some may be looters ? Last thing the looters probably want is arm civilians.
 
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Hey Rogue were you OCing during this or during the May Day events? Couldn't see from the video.
 
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When I was growing up, I was taught that the "good guys" smile, and the "bad guys" wear black and hide their faces.

badguy.jpg

Hmmmm....
swat_team1.jpg
 
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Looks like the gun had lugs for a bayonet - bring it next time....


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Folks so scared of guns they can't stay away from a person with a gun. And go so far as to get in his face. Incredible restraint.
 
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No Bayonets in City of Seattle

HPmatt said:
Looks like the gun had lugs for a bayonet - bring it next time....
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Unfortunately, Seattle has restrictive knife laws that prohibit carrying of any fixed bladed knife, no matter how small, explicitly including bayonets. Plus folding knives above a small size are prohibited. I think a bayonet could give the police the excuse they are looking for, so he's smart to leave it at home. Even carrying it in a pouch could get him in trouble. This is a city issue only, though. State-wide, carrying bayonets is fine.

-- Sandy (WA)

(Citation: SMC 12A.14.010)
 
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RogueReflections said:
Below are links to 2 videos I shot at May Day, Seattle, 2015. They include a man, identified as Shayne Butts, attending May Day in Seattle. He was legally carrying a slung rifle and peacefully addressing members of the crowd and media when he was called racist by one of the protesters. He was not accused of being a racist because he used racist words or suggested racist things. He was called a racist because he was carrying a firearm. I even heard the dumb woman in the video call his GUN racist. Having witnessed this incident, I can tell you, Butts acted with nothing but respect and conducted himself in a way that would make any free person proud.

Video 1: Initial reactions to Shayne while he talked with crowd members and answered questions from the media:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bR_t5r0qznI

Video 2: The bullying continues into the march:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8M347Ivi_I

-Rogue Reflections -
www.roguereflectionsphotography.com
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Wow. A GUN being racist.:shocker: Guess the term "black rifle" is pretty racist too.:confused:
Come to think of it, there's a lot of racist objects out there: black powder, white rice, brown rice, black beans, yellow chili peppers, Red Hot Chili Peppers...:rolleyes:

Props to the LGOCing man for remaining calm and collected, and especially for not being a hypocrite about Human Rights such as Freedom of Speech, unlike the incredibly rude and aggressive bunch that surrounded him.

dinocoor said:
Woah, the protesters who called him racist, it may be possible that some may be looters ? Last thing the looters probably want is arm civilians.
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Their reasoning (if we use the term very loosely:rolleyes:) is that a black person would be shot on sight if they LAWFULLY carried a slung long arm. *searches for thread detailing the non-event and relatively non-publicized Long Gun Open Carry (LGOC) march organized by the Huey P. Newton Gun Club.*
 
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Rusty Young Man said:
Wow. A GUN being racist.:shocker: Guess the term "black rifle" is pretty racist too.:confused:
Come to think of it, there's a lot of racist objects out there: black powder, white rice, brown rice, black beans, yellow chili peppers, Red Hot Chili Peppers...:rolleyes:

Props to the LGOCing man for remaining calm and collected, and especially for not being a hypocrite about Human Rights such as Freedom of Speech, unlike the incredibly rude and aggressive bunch that surrounded him.

Now the next step is to carry the giant Gadsden Flag :lol:

Their reasoning (if we use the term very loosely:rolleyes:) is that a black person would be shot on sight if they LAWFULLY carried a slung long arm. *searches for thread detailing the non-event and relatively non-publicized Long Gun Open Carry (LGOC) march organized by the Huey P. Newton Gun Club.*
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http://www.pbs.org/hueypnewton/actions/actions_capitolmarch.html

There's the Black Panthers carrying "assault rifle." Quick! Shoot them with the camera!
 
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WalkingWolf said:
Folks so scared of guns they can't stay away from a person with a gun. And go so far as to get in his face. Incredible restraint.
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That always gets me too. They like to claim that gun owners are so violently dangerous they can't be tolerated in society...and then they go right up to a guy with one and antagonize him. If he were even a tenth as dangerous to public safety as they claim, none of them would survive.
 
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The crowd would have dropped by 3/4 had the "I wanna be a photojournalist" idiots weren't all hopped up on the fantasy of wartime imagery. "I'm not here to protest. I'm here to take pictures of blood and violence. For science." :banghead:
 
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