[LSNN] 24 Hour News: Violent LSSD crackdown on "Cancel 6" Protest leaves multiple injured.

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Violent LSSD crackdown on "Cancel 6" Protest leaves multiple injured.

BY RANA KHATI

 

 

On January 26th, 2021, at 6:00 PM a protest against Gruppe Six Corporate Security kicked off in Davis at their city location and what began as a peaceful protest with strong language ended in a violent crackdown by the Los Santos Sheriff's Department when protesters moved to demonstrate at the G6 Sandy Shores based headquarters. The protest began in response to the Fantasia Event Hall shooting of an unarmed African-American man by a guard from the Gruppe 6 Corporate Security company. After CCTV footage was released, there was a public outcry online.

 

Protest organizer Noah Gashi, 18, before the protest began.

 

The protest leader, Mr. Noah Gashi, an eighteen-year old student at ULSA, shared with LSNN his reasons for calling for the demonstration and his expectations for the event. He told LSNN he expected the demonstration to be peaceful but feared violence might come from any G6 guards who might be on site. Further, he told LSNN that the reason for the protest was because he felt tired of inaction and wanted to demonstrate strongly against systemic racism.

 

The protest in Davis gathered a crowd of up to fifty people, some onlooking, most protesting. As the protest developed, protesters began to question whether G6 was on site. This frustration lead Mr. Gashi to call for the protest to relocate to the Sandy Shores based G6 Headquarters a stone's throw from Sandy Shores.

 

Dr. Daneille Shaw watching as the protest in Sandy Shores grew.

 

On relocation the crowd size at first seemed to wane with the move, but soon grew to comparable numbers, at minimum 30-50 Los Santos citizens were on scene the entire time. On the scene were even some city-based notables such as Dr. Danielle Shaw who but days ago testified in an senate hearing on marijuana decriminalization. She told LSNN she was on scene because she was disgusted with that happened and called for the CEO of G6 to resign from position in the aftermath.

 

Protesters using various civil disobedience techniques, showing their hands to show they are unarmed.

Protesters used a variety of tactics, including whistling, handwaving, and at times trying to push the secure perimeter created by the LSSD. The protest leader, Noah Gashi, breached the perimeter and was dragged to the ground before being detained and placed into a van. This caused the protesters to chant with renewed vigor

 

Eventually, a LSSD deputy spoke through a megaphone and declared the assembly unlawful- ordering all protestors to disperse. Protesters erupted in chants of "They want us to be quiet" and "Free Noah!" echoed throughout the desert at sunset. The protesters did not move but stood in civil disobedience until the Sheriff's department deployed tear gas and began to advance on protesters in a line formation. Gunshots rang out in the desert air and the unarmed protesters claim it came from the department's forces. LSNN has not confirmed at this time whether live ammunition was used on protesters or not, but does confirm that many left injured or otherwise harmed by the LSSD's crowd control techniques.

 

Heavily armored riot police advancing on unarmed protesters (above), a scene of protest closer to the facility itself (below).

 

The advancing deputies tried to kettle protesters into a manageable crowd. Some deputies began screaming vulgarities a protesters, losing patience quickly. A pair of the armored police went as far as to approach the on-scene LSNN reporter, pushed her with a baton, held a gun to her, and commanded her to form up with the protesters.

 

The reporter then directly witnessed a Sheriff's Deputy pushing a woman to the brink of the river, tearing her mask off, calling her a "f*cking bitch," and proceeded to throw her directly into the Zancudo River where she remained submerged for a concerning amount of time. The photo below (right) taken by LSNN junior support staff member Jarane Cobra shows the aftermath of this particularly harrowing scene.

 

 

 

As protesters scattered, some leaving in emergency vehicles for treatment, others trying to find their way past the traffic blockade seeking to go home, the struggle against the perceived brutality of a private security company was tangibly replaced by the taste of police violence. Many in the scattering crowd called for another wave of protests to emerge, this time with their sights set on City Hall in the coming days.

 

LSNN reached out to the LSSD have not shared with LSNN how many were arrested, whether live ammunition was used, or whether they stand by the actions of their deputies during this violent crackdown..

 

UPDATED 10:39 PM 1/26/2021

 

The protest leader, Noah Gashi, shared a public statement to his Face Browser page today, confirming his whereabouts and wellbeing:

 

 

Mr. Gashi was not charged with any crime by the LSSD and was released to Pillbox Hill Medical Center where is currently lying in recovery.

 

Noah Gashi healing from his injuries, surrounded by his mother, a colorful man, and Nora Patterson, the Curator of Culture for Los Santos.

 

 

 

 

 

Edited January 26, 2021 by Al-Malikah
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[bonk]

Username: patriot1983

Comment: Job well done boys.

[MAGAman]

Username:  BabaBlack420

Comment: Very violence, very deadly, very evil... I gots hurting big time in the protest... Police want to kill (disgusting)

[Tsarna]

Username: KZarnavic
Comment: "Protesters used a variety of tactics, including whistling, handwaving, and at times trying to push the secure perimeter created by the LSSD. The protest leader, Noah Gashi, breached the perimeter..."

So - he was arrested after he breached the perimeter and the protesters overall tried to "push the secure perimeter". 

Conclusion - You reap what you sow. You all should have not pushed the perimeter or breach it, none of it would have happened. Why do those protest always end up with someone trying to breach something and provoke the other side to react? Calling for a PEACEFUL protest and then unlawfully breaching perimeters. Sad for the young man - while his intentions were great, his emotions, like they usually do with young people, got the better of him, and the results of it are right here. Would he not have breached the perimeter, he would have not been arrested, this means the other protesters would have stayed peaceful as well and none of this, which followed, would have happened. With leadership also responsibility comes. A cause, which was worth it, became null and void once more.

[dionkoffie]

 

Username: S

Comment: People protest in a stupid way > They're told to leave > they don't leave > they get hit > they cry. SD handled well in this situation.

Edited January 26, 2021 by dionkoffie

[UTOPIA]

Username:  PARANOIDD

Comment: HA HA HA FUCKIN ANTIFA GOT WHAT THEY DESERVED LOOOOOOL #THINBLUELINE WHEN U MESS WITH THE BULL U GONNA GET THE HORNS

[Briutas]

Username: Anonymous123

Comment: Tidy up your own room before you try to change the world - Jordan Peterson

[Airforce]

Username:  NoNameUser

Comment: good shit SD on putting an end to that circus and thanks for protesters who weren't acting like clowns

Edited January 26, 2021 by Airforce

[MAGAman]

Username: BabaBlack420

Comment: Very disgust how many nazi + murder sympathizer in comments now... Raid? Can't stop progress. RIP man who killed. 

Edited January 26, 2021 by MAGAman