‘DON’T F**K UP YOUR NEIGHBORS’
Heavily-armed civilians defend gas station from looters and arsonists during wild night of Jacob Blake protests
A GROUP of armed civilians protected a gas station from protesters enraged by the shooting of Jacob Blake and urged the mob not to “f**k up” their own town.
The small but well-equipped three-man militia in was armed with rifles and protective gear on Monday night, as seen in , a reporter for the Daily Caller.
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“We’re out here trying to protect residents, we’re trying to protect the innocent people and we’re trying to protect the businesses of the citizens out here,” one man said.
The defenders of the Kenosha gas station were adamant that they were on the same side as the rioters, but were worried about the business - located in a mostly black neighborhood, - being set on fire by arsonists.
“We really don't want a gas station [to] go up [in flames]. That'd be bad,” a man said in the video.
The men also insisted that they were not connected to any organized militias, and were not affiliated with the gas station.
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“I’m on your side!” one of them said to the agitated crowd that had built up around them.
“But you can’t burn down your local businesses.”
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While the men insisted that the mob should stay away from the privately-owned gas station, they did not condemn destruction of government property.
“It’s the government that f**ked with you guys. It’s not the civilians,” one of the militiamen said.
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“Go f**k up the government that just killed your man. Don’t f**k up your neighbors.”
Protesters have taken to the streets since Sunday when B, was shot by police.
has "eight bullet holes in his body" and is paralyzed from the waist down.
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