>Tristan Rettke, an 18-year-old freshman, wore overalls and a gorilla mask and, wandering barefoot while holding a burlap sack with a Confederate flag and a marijuana leaf on it, offered bananas to students who were protesting, according to a report by ETSU police. He was arrested and charged with civil rights intimidation.
>According to campus police, after being read his rights Rettke told officers that a couple of days earlier he had seen on social media that there would be a Black Lives Matter event in the “free speech” area of Borchuck Plaza on the Johnson City, Tenn., campus. He said he went to a store Tuesday to buy rope to tie to a bunch of bananas. While there he also bought the mask and brought it all to the event on Wednesday.
Are you fucking kidding me? Do we even have the right to free speech in this country anymore?
> He was arrested and charged with civil rights intimidation.
What is this shit?
Ryan Cox
One of us.
Asher Cook
meanwhile niggers can burn attempt to burn people alive
Isaiah James
holy fuck
Nathan Brooks
HOLY FUG dude you fucked up
Aaron Jenkins
Jesus H Christ.
What happened to USA?? Why can monkeys yell "kill cops, fuck white people, rob the whiteys house" but a non google wears their mask and gets charged?? Dafuk.
Benjamin Rodriguez
>MRW I live in Johnson city
Kayden Reyes
>civil rights intimidation
Aiden Powell
>charged with Civil Rights Intimidation We need a revolution. I'm not joking.
Gabriel Rodriguez
There's a reason Trump is going to win, user. People here are sick of this and Trump began his campaign on the "anti-PC" platform. That was the best thing he could have possibly gone for. Americans are done with this shit.
William Morris
>one intimidator >surrounded by a hundred intimidatees
o ya bud that's illegal
Lincoln Cruz
False flag bullshit. I bet anything that if we were to look into this guy's background, it would turn out he's just another SJW posing as a racist idiot to give desperately needed credibility to BLM.
We ought to get his identity and expose him.
Jaxson Young
He fucked up with the noose reference.
He should have played it off a little lighter
Ryan Sanders
I know who I'm being for Halloween.
Hudson Hughes
He should have just went with the free samples of lead.
None of the niggers dressed with KKK hoodies protesting trump rallies were arrested. This is straight up institutional racism.
Matthew Reyes
being "racist" is a crime punishable by death according to leftists
Zachary Anderson
>One of us. >One of us. >One of us.
Ryder Gomez
>ETSU
And here was me about to apply to their grad school.
Jackson Kelly
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Bentley Cook
I agree user. We cannot allow this to continue.
Where are my Seattle area bros at? Let's prepare for war!
Daniel Brown
Really? They are disclosing his identity and publishing a photo too?
Thats an actual civil rights violation
Thomas Anderson
>I'm proud to be an American, where at least I know I'm FFRRRREEEEEEEEEE
Gavin Thomas
>freely demonstrating >violating civil rights What the fuck?
Elijah Edwards
Niggers NEED to be taken down a few pegs. They are so uppity
Joshua Torres
And you faggots still think this is the "land of the free".
Nicholas Gutierrez
>They are disclosing his identity and publishing a photo too?
Good. Let them. Then we can research his background. I guarantee he's a SJW pulling off a false flag.
Aiden Peterson
No it's not. If you get arrested your mugshot along with your personal information like your name and the charges you were arrested for are obvailable online for anyone to excess
Sebastian Diaz
wtf are we germany now or someshit what is this shit? did he really get arrested and charged?
Lincoln Cruz
>We ought to get his identity and expose him
Do you even read?
Luke Lopez
>Typical white male
Liam Bennett
One of ours.
Hunter Hernandez
This. Guaranteed there's nothing, no social media footprint. They aren't using his mug for the headline picture, its pretty obvious that he's been paid to create controversy. The coveralls were over the top and gave it away. He was pretending to be a caricature redneck.
Levi Scott
If I saw that nigger holding that sign Id run up. We're fuckin past words man
Hunter Richardson
when has anyone ever said "kill cops, fuck white people, rob the whiteys house"
its okay to hate black people but at least make the caricatures believable
fuck canadians are stupid
Asher King
They are allowed to insult and beat whites but if a white man makes fun of them? jail baby.
He broke no law. I hope anyone here who knows a lawyer willing to help this kid fucking calls them up or e-mails them, because this kid needs a good lawyer. This needs to become a case that he wins. Jailing people acting racist is not the answer and it's a serious civil rights violation to lock someone up for expressing their dissenting beliefs on the matter.
This is absolutely infuriating. The blood in my body is fucking boiling. This sucks.
Carson Williams
it's literally nothing. a move to stay the potential protests and "calls of resignation".
1A rights, no intimidation could reasonably be argued. he was alone amongst a group of racialised, upset blacks, so obviously outnumbered and without the means or the manpower to do anything. Also didn't suggest any threat, and didn't speak. The no-speaking part will become key.
What is threatening about bananas and nooses? A noose is a fucking knot, bananas are food. Even imbued with meaning, no threats were made or insinuated. 1A easily covers this.
Cameron Morgan
I've never heard the term 'civil rights violation'
Knowing Merican freedom, should I assume this'll get tossed out easily, and he might even be able to sue to make bank?
Isaiah Ross
Free speech for me but not for thee. The soft tyranny of political correctness is gradually hardening.
Caleb Walker
he's fucked.
>1. Civil rights intimidation is a Class D felony. Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-309(d).
>2. It is a Class A misdemeanor for a person to wear a mask or disguise with the intent to violate Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-309(b).
Carter Walker
Youre flag says you're trolling but look up the video of the nigger sister of the MA nog that got shot. Literally telling them to stop rioting in their neighborhoods and take it to the white ones and burn their shit down. Cnn conveniently cut that part out right after She says stop rioting in their neighborhoods
Isaac Foster
Plus he's been expelled from college for the stunt.
Asher Turner
At least he had the good sense to not point the banana at the cop as if it was a gun.
Julian Flores
look I want to open fire on coons as much as the next guy but that's pretty fucking racist
Jackson Hernandez
I'm surprised the other gorillas didn't assault him.
Jackson Edwards
But he wasn't arrested on legitimate charges
That'd be like the nazis would arrest and publish the name, photo and adress of jews for the crime of not wearing their badges, and after that a witch hunt ensues
(in sjw fantasy terms)
Ryder Sullivan
Cool Cucks Clan
Benjamin Price
>Are you fucking kidding me? Do we even have the right to free speech in this country anymore? Yes. If he feels like it, he just won the fucking lottery if he decides to sue the city.
The only person whos rights were being oppressed were his.
Camden Evans
As much as I hate to disagree with you >a noose is just a knot Real? People don't act like this unironically right?
Christian Jackson
How does he keep getting away with it?
Carter Stewart
That's your opinion. I think anyone holding a BLM sign is a racist. So why aren't they arrested?
James Morales
To be fair, that is pretty blatant harassment.
Bentley Green
>he didnt threaten anyone He didn't commit a felony in the first place, the cops fucked up. tncrimlaw.com/TPI_Crim/30_02.htm > that the defendant injured or threatened to injure or coerced another person Nope. >that the defendant damaged, destroyed or defaced any real or personal property of another person Nope.
Guess who just became a millionaire at the city's expense?
Jack James
Damn what a brave soul, that guy must have balls the size of cantaloupes.
Benjamin Richardson
because they're just standing there holding a sign not race baiting a crowd full of people
Jace Howard
>because they're just standing there holding a sign not race baiting a crowd full of people >holding up signs that say only nigger lives matter >not race baiting
Ryder Gutierrez
>blacks irrationally protesting against police >police arrest white counter protester even though he actually dindu nuffin
ETSU police confirmed for most cucked police force in the counry.
Blake Collins
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Isaiah Bennett
are you guys retarded?
Xavier Rogers
That's literally what it is; a knot. It has cultural significance and bringing it to a protest surrounding black is imbued with meaning, but not violence or suggestions/threats of violence. It didn't stop someone from civil rights intimidation.
A lawyer would have to argue why handing out a banana and walking around with racist paraphanelia and someone CHOOSING to forego their own rights of freedom of speech/protest is akin to physically restraining someone from voting, or exercising 2A/4A/5A/6A, etc.
It literally won't work.
this.
this is how we know nothing will happen. cops fucked up by not doing due diligence as to if an actual crime had been committed.
lad would have had to take these ropes and tied up people or thrown bananas, or even say threats of violence. none of those tenants are satisfied by doing what he did
Charles Miller
If he can get a jew lawyer, he can beat that charge.
Cameron Diaz
>When you banter so hard you get arrested
Luke Wood
>Why yes officer I did in fact come here with the express purpose of provoking people to violence! >Oy Vey why am I being persecuted?! Read the fucking article, he's a full blown autist. He even posted his gear on cripple Chan before he did it.
Isaiah Walker
Can we talk about this bullshit "civil rights intimidation" charge?
I actually read the article and watched the video, unlike most of you redditors, but this is actual fuckery. The MOST that should've happened is the protesters (who were non-aggressive for the most part, surprising for niggers) should've waved the cops over, and maybe they do what is common for counter-protestors: keep them X feet away.
But no, he was charged with a crime I've never heard of recently. Even further, the article clearly says that, after being read his rights, the guy was cooperative and spoke to the cops.
The worst I could see happening is that the guy refuses to comply and move X feet away. But were that the case, why wasn't he slapped with an obstruction or failure to comply charge? All of the articles I've seen is this single charge of Civil Rights intimidation.
Liam Wright
"FREE COUNTRY"
Samuel Barnes
Okay, rereading the article, it actually does seem like the idiot was retarded enough to explicitly tell the cops he wanted a reaction. Still, that should warrant no more than telling him to fuck off, and if he doesn't comply he goes to jail.
I'm still only seeing that bullshit Civil Rights intimidation charge.
Asher Gonzalez
Can one man be so based? Fucking kek
Jaxson Turner
>white student >arab terrorist is mexican
Joshua Bailey
People can't threaten to burn or rob houses or kill cops.
Jacob Lewis
Some still support free speech. I consider myself a leftist on some economic issues but consider free speech a near-absolute.
Jonathan Moore
Beating anyone is a crime unless you are a cop. Then you might get a benefit of a doubt.
Lincoln Ross
pretty rude, he is obviously so anti-racist that he assumed that blacks only riot because they get hungry while they protest and decided to try and help out. the gorilla mask is just good marketing, i'd trust a gorilla to give me better bananas than some lazy beaner, those motherfuckers know their bananas.
Cooper Green
It's illegal to wear an identity concealing mask in assemblies, in some states.
Henry Rivera
What if that mask is part of my first amendment right to self expression?
What if its a burqa?
Noah Edwards
Then get the fuck out of my country :^)
Kevin Murphy
>get arrested for civil rights intimidation >sue police for civil rights violation >mfw
We merchant lvl operators now.
Ethan Edwards
I'm not surprised. Consider the following.
>I'm just trying to get these niggers to chimpouts officer >Chimpouts? >Yeah, ya know like Ferguson, Baltimore, Milwaukee! >So rioting, looting, burning things down? >Yeah! A category 10 Chimpout!
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Jordan Martin
Looks something like that. Considering the autist posted But, as I've said, I don't like this civil rights intimidation charge. I can definitely imagine him sperging out and going full sovereign citizen, but the police report only mentions the one. That's what I'm iffy about.
Kid needs to learn how to pick his battles. The video looked like 4 googles and a handful of white bitches craving nigger dick. He fucked up by not shutting his god damn mouth and saying he wanted a chimpout.
The faggot should watch some Brother Dean. Dude's been calling leftist cucks faggots for years, until he himself chimped out last week.
Cooper Young
You're justifying a relatively recent interpretation of the law, which was in response to people wearing guy fawkes masks. What's wrong with you? Your response to "this is an injustice, this is invading his civil liberties" is "well this law that invades civil liberties exists".
You're either saying that the law is the law and thus is good, or you're presenting no point whatsoever.
Sebastian Flores
>near
Aaron Gomez
He's not free to speak when he's prepping the bull.
Jaxon Bennett
>Why can monkeys yell "kill cops, fuck white people, rob the whiteys house"
Why aren't these niggers and their hanger-on whiteys not arrested when they protest for domestic terrorist threats for these chants to assassinate cops, murder whites, etc.?
Yes, I know the reason but fucksake, how long must whitey be held down for shit other Whites did over 150 years ago?
Jeremiah Nguyen
So I looked this shit up because my first thought was they changed him with this because it's some low grade misdemeanor. Turns out the law is unique to Tennessee. And it's a felony. Wew lad, wew.
>1. Civil rights intimidation is a Class D felony. Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-309(d). >2. It is a Class A misdemeanor for a person to wear a mask or disguise with the intent to violate Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-309(b).