Earlier today there was what was being reported as an armed standoff between a group of men and Massachusetts police. That has now ended and arrests have been made:
A group of eight armed men refused to comply with police officers following a traffic stop Saturday on Interstate 95 in Massachusetts. The standoff shut down the interstate in both directions. Two men were arrested and police are searching for the others. https://t.co/LjeuqQTR5W
— The Associated Press (@AP) July 3, 2021
11 'heavily armed men' arrested after lengthy standoff in Massachusetts https://t.co/uYwgmdkOll pic.twitter.com/3vK01pEVj5
— CBS2 News (@CBS2Boise) July 3, 2021
However, some conclusions were being jumped to that immediately started aging poorly.
Suspects of No Description https://t.co/yNbcqg1hkG
— jimtreacher.substack.com (@jtLOL) July 3, 2021
17 paragraphs in:
"The website for the group says they are 'Moorish Americans dedicated to educating new Moors and influencing our Elders.'"L
O
LAsk yourself what the headline would've read if it had been white guys. Our media is such trash. https://t.co/DsGXRr3HGY pic.twitter.com/TEuFnMPsud
— Magnus' Ego (@EgoMagnus) July 3, 2021
But that didn’t stop the kneejerk narrative creators prematurely jumping into action:
Took a quick look at the replies of one of the early posts on it… pic.twitter.com/aDa110geeJ
— AG (@AGHamilton29) July 3, 2021
You can almost hear the gears grinding on the narrative shift. pic.twitter.com/SKr0ePmqu1
— Fuzzy Chimp 🇺🇸 (@fuzzychimpcom) July 3, 2021
Recommended
Simply amazing and completely predictable.
This is going to get flushed fwiw https://t.co/ondgicbY3V
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) July 3, 2021
Without a doubt.
100% predictable
— Nielkt 🇺🇲 (@Nielkta) July 3, 2021
Typical ignorance from @TheDemocrats
They always project. They always lie. They are never right. https://t.co/dzehdWYmb9
— Molon Labe (@dwm2112) July 3, 2021
Can you imagine if 11 heavily armed white men had taken over a section of a highway. It’s all CNN would talk about for months.
— Easton Croy (@CroyEaston) July 3, 2021
Whoops.Wrong narrative…..This story gets flushed down the Media Memory hole, fast pic.twitter.com/LSFbVLah0E
— Frankie 5 Angels (@Frankie5angelzz) July 3, 2021
This will be memory-holed by the corporate media. https://t.co/KTadG5Fuma
— Skeptical Stoic (@StoicSkeptical) July 3, 2021
Saving this tweet to use next time I hear a “if they were black they would’ve been shot”. https://t.co/SnhFxmmY1s
— Jaihawkk for Congress (@Jaihawkk) July 3, 2021