Ex NFL player @chriswarcraft.bsky.social protesting the inclusion of a MAGA acronym in the Huntington Beach library plaque at last night’s council meeting. He was arrested and cited.
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What this young man did was straight out of Henry David Thoreau’s “Civil Disobedience”. Peaceful protest. Looks like the library should re-read. God Bless our American democracy!
He's a wealthy man thanks to his football career. He would probably prefer that you keep your powder dry for when a less-wealthy activist is facing legal trouble.
He walked towards the dais where the Council was seated (I'm sure there's an ordinance against approaching without invitation). But I'm sure it's really because he didn't have his gaze averted and his head down in supplication.
Apparently the charges were ultimately disrupting an assembly. They..didn't know what the charges were, figured that out later. Which is very constitutional, much due process.
I'm guessing they have some bullshit rule that speakers must remain behind the podium, and can't approach the members of the committee. His last comment suggests he knew that by walking forward he was breaking a rule. He's always been brave and committed to speaking truth to power
How ironic. These NAZI's think they're spreading good will & positivity thru their communities., by of all things behaving like the TRUE NAZI'S THEY ARE. Thank you for showing your true colors you POS traitorous nazi's.
The scary part is how many people are afraid of this regime. How many people have capitulated already. People who cannot wait to be a part of it. Kudos to the brother for handling his business.
There is usually at least a security guard at city council meetings, and considering how many MAGA folks there are in Huntington, they likely have cops at council meetings. You’d be surprised how “civically engaged” they are - more reason for resistance folks to show up - and it’s entertaining.
The real question is where were the rest of the people in the HB beach community? Why was he the only one protesting a MAGA plaque in a library? It’s not only up to Senators- it’s up to us.
Hey now, that isn't fair. They also slow roll it when conservatives break into state houses looking to lynch elected officials, and when that one lockdown protest took hostages, and when Rittenhouse murdered 3 people, and when the Nazi at the Wi Spa protest tried stabbing a counter protester...
Are there shootings that have happened at private schools and the police have acted quicker and more effectively than shootings that happen at public schools?
Uvalde, Texas had hundreds of cops standing outside for an hour while children and teachers bled to death. HUNDREDS. They’re frozen in place in the face of real danger but so quick to tackle and arrest an unarmed, peaceful protester.
And a mother who simply went around the back, walked past police, climbed the fence, went in and got her child out. And got shit for it from the sniveling cowards wearing armored vests. 😡
Tbh I don’t remember hearing about it happening at private schools at all. But then again I’m Canadian so all the US school shootings start to blend together.
Ok. Well, just to give you a little info on how American cops work, they don’t give a fuck if the kids parents are paying for the semester or not, they won’t risk their lives for kids.
Thanks to Chris for standing up! Such a shame that they want to ruin the library.
I was there at a council meeting last year protesting book banning. Gracey Van Der Mark was one of the ringleaders. She said she was trying to "protect the children." Here are my signs:
just in the emojis, you just put the pin in your reply and it will show up on the pinned feed. i really like this site. and i really love you Scott. so happy to see you here :)📌
This is just making me cry- he was peacefully saying his piece. Then even didn’t resist. There i nothing he did wrong here. And how they arrested him like he was a danger- the point is to humiliate and demonstrate power. Disgusted
He said he was going to engage in “peaceful civil disobedience.” Looked like he was going to sit down on the floor of the stage, quietly making a nuisance of himself and maybe hoping others sat down next to him
It was pretty obvious, and the way he announced it before hand signals he was trying to be arrested. It was him walking up to the council members at the end. I disagree with the way they handled it, but he was absolutely trying to disrupt the meeting. (And I totally support him doing that)
I love that he could tell exactly what was going to happen and remained as calm as he could, making it a lot easier for the cops to embarrass themselves.
Hero, f’en 100% hero. Resist. Slow the whole economy down. Stop this nightmare in its tracks. Do everything slower , stop buying non essentials. Grind it to a halt
Been a fan for years. I’m a Vikes fan and got his jersey due to him speaking out. (Yeah, I bought a punter’s jersey) Met him at his game shop’s grand opening in HB. Nice guy. Nerd. Politically outspoken.
"Councilman Butch Twining celebrated the unanimous passing of the revised plaque design, posting on social media, “Last night the Huntington Beach City Council voted 7-0 to approve this 50 Year Anniversary Commemorative Plaque (read bottom part). The Left went insane!”"
Huntington Beach is notoriously a haven for white supremacists. It’s pretty weird. And now San Clemente is gunning for second place in Orange County fuckery,
It’s hard to believe that it is legal in California to use taxpayer dollars for such unabashedly partisan purposes. I suspect there is at least one Democratic lawyer in Huntington Beach, who will make that clear to them in court.
In a sane country there would have been no police there - they should be out serving the public. He did nothing wrong and the police shouldn't have touched him, just asked him to leave. This is not the land of the free.
Much respect for this guy. He supported gay marriage before it was mainstream at the expense of his NFL career. Not surprised to see him leading the way, again.
It takes tremendous courage to do this, which I trust he gained in the intense matchups he played in. However we should be extremely careful with Black-and-White labelling. No “villain” is ever fully villainous just to be villainous.
I really enjoyed this cathartic show of anger, yet I remind you
America is a work in progress and there is TREMENDOUS work to do. This DOGE warrant just started, and I think they are critically under employing. They need way more people per DOGE team to account for all the subtlety of America. You can’t cut the forest without hurting Nature. Think before!
I wish the rest of the crowd would have moved forward and surrounded those police officers. Numbers are the only things these ass-hats will understand.
This is why we must back the blue - just look at those brave officers, rushing in, risking life and limb to take down that...
...er, that peacefully protesting, cooperative unarmed man.
Damn. I think the bald one is the cop who approached us last year when we were there to protest book banning. We had a table with banned books on it. He picked up "Everybody Poops" and said, "My daughter loves this book. They want to ban it?"
Oh he’s so dangerous standing there that you need 3 policemen rushing to control him. So bloody disgusting and pathetic. Kudos to that young man and his civil disobedience.✊🇨🇦✌️
Huntington Beach City Hall got taken over by a handful of evangelical nut-sacs about 4 or 5 years ago, ones name is Tony Strickland and another is Gracie van der Mark, who tried to purge the library of books she deemed offensive.
That's all that needs to happen, good people taking every opportunity to speak truth to power and highlight the scams. To paraphrase the PR inspiration of the #MAGA movement, Joseph Goebbells, "If you repeat the truth enough, eventually even the dumbest mofos on the planet will start to believe it"
And oppressive regimes will only highlight the nonviolent interactions because they're afraid we're going to find out how many times we put boots to their asses.
No fight with brutal people is won with the power of friendship...period
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He was happy to get it
Also.
Leaves of Grass
Walt Whitman 💕👍
All good, though. He wanted to get arrested and said he was going to try to break John Lewis's record of 45 arrests for civil disobedience.
Probably a misdemeanor and fine. But anyway, an example to follow.
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All of the terrible, horrible disasters and no one in charge is doing anything. You become numb to it.
They didn't do anything over Sandy Hook - they're never do anything at all.
Of course they would then be Premiers but hey you say tomato….
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Thank you.
I was there at a council meeting last year protesting book banning. Gracey Van Der Mark was one of the ringleaders. She said she was trying to "protect the children." Here are my signs:
#MAGAareNAZIS
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dude should have brought an AR-15 and threatened to shoot school children, the pigs are stymied by that.
I fear that US Americans are so used to just consume that even watching this they won't realize the simple truth: It should have been you, doing that.
America will not get through the next 4 years as a democracy without a revolt.
for having compassion
Fucking Nazis.
BARS!
Glad he did something!!
Huntington Beach is an embarrassment
America doesn’t have free speech!
Good for him.
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*buries head in librarian despair*
Musk's A Giant Asshole
Make America Read Again
That’s one.
Where are the other 70 million people standing up for your democracy, America?
That’s a follow.
I really enjoyed this cathartic show of anger, yet I remind you
As for arresting. Total over reaction and completely inappropriate.
This is an open and shut 1A violation and police brutality.
In CA he is likely to prevail.
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Instantly followed him here.
...er, that peacefully protesting, cooperative unarmed man.
https://www.ocregister.com/2025/02/19/former-nfl-punter-chris-kluwe-arrested-for-disrupting-huntington-beach-council-meeting/amp/
RESIST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So obviously trolling.
TELL IT LOUD & CLEAR!!!!
The inverse, that violent resistance is more effective, is also untrue
It entirely depends on what the situation is.
Gotta say though, starting to look pretty questionable that non-violence is going to cut it this time
How did that work for Italy, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Chile, Argentina, Perú, etc?
Fascists love your whole "hold committee meetings and write letters of protest until the boots are in the halls" Schtick but it won't save you
Successful, peaceful mass movements require protesters to accept often significant costs, often for prolonged periods. But they can succeed.
No fight with brutal people is won with the power of friendship...period
its wild out there
The cops will always be outnumbered if we organize.