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JI7

(93,218 posts)
Fri Aug 8, 2025, 12:32 PM Aug 2025

Truth about the attack on "Big Balls"

The billionaire claimed that Coristine heroically stopped “a gang of about a dozen young men” from assaulting a woman in her car at night.” He said that Coristine ran over to defend the woman and saved her in spite of being “severely beaten to the point of concussion.” Musk ended his retelling by calling for the federal government to take control of D.C. 

Trump used the attack on Big Balls to echo the same inaccurate, made-for-Fox News sentiments, calling for the federal takeover of D.C. and the mass criminalization of mostly working-class Black and Latino children. 

Neither of these highly dramatized accounts aligns with the Metropolitan Police Department’s report. While Trump and Musk claimed a brutal assault involving a gang of men, the MPD reported an unarmed carjacking, with only two 15-year-old suspects detained, a girl and a boy.

https://newrepublic.com/post/198846/doge-big-balls-beaten-up-attack-musk-lie

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Truth about the attack on "Big Balls" (Original Post) JI7 Aug 2025 OP
There's gonna be false flag crap all over the place, starting with DC Attilatheblond Aug 2025 #1
Precisely. Trump/MAGA are not only SPOILING for a confrontation, B.See Aug 2025 #61
Provides an excuse for him to federalize D.C. Ritabert Aug 2025 #2
The office of president... littlemissmartypants Aug 2025 #7
With this administration all rules are gone Ritabert Aug 2025 #16
Keep spreading the joy and keep the faith, Ritabert. littlemissmartypants Aug 2025 #18
I try not to get depressed Ritabert Aug 2025 #21
❤️ littlemissmartypants Aug 2025 #41
Sad, but true. johnnyplankton Aug 2025 #34
Trump wants all the power... Shipwack Aug 2025 #29
DC is already "federalized." soldierant Aug 2025 #54
Was the woman his girlfriend? not fooled Aug 2025 #3
The police report says Coristine identified her as his "significant other." Update: her name is Emily Bryant. SunSeeker Aug 2025 #9
Thought the original version of this tale was that BB was hijacked. Story seems to keep allegorical oracle Aug 2025 #12
Here is the police report. Police were doing regular patrols and came up 10 juveniles surrounding a vehicle. LeftInTX Aug 2025 #15
Thanks for trying. mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2025 #35
Do you have a link where we can see the whole report? nt SunSeeker Aug 2025 #65
It came from a reporter at the Bullwark. That's all they posted. LeftInTX Aug 2025 #68
3AM? That sounds fishy. Ritabert Aug 2025 #17
The police report said the incident and arrests occured between 3:01 am and 4:20 am. SunSeeker Aug 2025 #66
They were not in his car Prairie Gates Aug 2025 #22
No, the police didn't say they saw him push her. That was Coristine telling the cops that. SunSeeker Aug 2025 #37
I didn't say the police saw it. I said the report states Prairie Gates Aug 2025 #47
When the scene caught the cops' attention, the woman was inside the car and Coristine was outside fighting with teens. SunSeeker Aug 2025 #51
You say, very clearly and unambiguously "They were in his car together at 3 am." Prairie Gates Aug 2025 #60
You say, very clearly and unambiguously, "They were not in his car." But police say she was in the car. SunSeeker Aug 2025 #62
At 19, BB should have not been out anyway IzzaNuDay Aug 2025 #58
Good point. Drinking age is 21 in DC and Coristine is only 19! SunSeeker Aug 2025 #63
Knew it was bullshit from the get-go. hadEnuf Aug 2025 #4
I still want to know Jilly_in_VA Aug 2025 #5
The attack happened Saturday to Sunday...it was 3 am Sunday morning, i.e., Saturday night Prairie Gates Aug 2025 #23
Thanks for trying. mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2025 #36
Doesn't this reek of another setup, with paid actors? ananda Aug 2025 #6
Is the guy in the crowd who got killed a method actor? EdmondDantes_ Aug 2025 #13
You guys always bring that guy up as though that proves it wasn't a set up. I'm not saying it was, but do you really Solomon Aug 2025 #24
Teenage assassin had a handler EarthAbides Aug 2025 #27
So, how long have you been listening to Alex Jones? NT mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2025 #44
Given I have no evidence that says otherwise, yes EdmondDantes_ Aug 2025 #40
Epstein for one Blues Heron Aug 2025 #77
or maybe the stunt went bad. rampartd Aug 2025 #75
No. It reeks of an entitled snowflake who's ego got bruised JoseBalow Aug 2025 #71
this is why their message gets amplified 4catsmom Aug 2025 #8
And what was he doing out on the streets at that hour? Retrograde Aug 2025 #10
More disinformation. Read the police report. mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2025 #33
The incident did occur at 3 am. What is the disinformation? I'd love to read the police report. SunSeeker Aug 2025 #69
Police observed about 10 juveniles surrounding the vehicle. LeftInTX Aug 2025 #11
Thank you for bringing facts into this conspiracy theory EdmondDantes_ Aug 2025 #14
The part of the story I like is where, after safely putting the lady in the car, he turned to confront the gang instead Solomon Aug 2025 #25
Why do you think that was an option? hueymahl Aug 2025 #30
Thanks for trying. mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2025 #42
Because Big Balls himself told the police that Solomon Aug 2025 #45
Minors account for half of DC's carjacking arrests since 2023 MichMan Aug 2025 #59
"Carjackings are down 78% across the District, according to U.S. Attorney Matthew Graves." SunSeeker Aug 2025 #72
Comparing June 2024 to June 2023 mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2025 #78
Um, because it makes no sense? yardwork Aug 2025 #46
And if he was being a gentleman and opened her door EdmondDantes_ Aug 2025 #52
Republicans lie like its its water. If they are Pukes and they are talking, they are proabably lying. Are you kidding? Blues Heron Aug 2025 #79
Scary that Coristine's phone was stolen! He's a "special employee" at the Social Security Administration. SunSeeker Aug 2025 #70
hem. AllaN01Bear Aug 2025 #19
My guess is after all is said and done, this is going to be really skeevy. At best. Torchlight Aug 2025 #20
Those balls Traildogbob Aug 2025 #26
When interviewed Big Balls was extremely upset and said they threw their girl scout cookies at him. twodogsbarking Aug 2025 #28
Not a great look for us to be treating this as anything but a crime situation hueymahl Aug 2025 #31
Are you at all concerned that Musk's story doesn't match the police report? yardwork Aug 2025 #48
The way I read it hueymahl Aug 2025 #49
I don't see it that way. yardwork Aug 2025 #50
This is yet another link to the heavily edited opinion piece at TNR. NT mahatmakanejeeves Aug 2025 #32
The truth is... LudwigPastorius Aug 2025 #38
Ah, that takes me back. Grokenstein Aug 2025 #39
Maybe 'big balls' was just wishful thinking. Norbert Aug 2025 #43
Big Balls is a liar LetMyPeopleVote Aug 2025 #53
Yup. Like his boss, Elon Musk. nt SunSeeker Aug 2025 #67
False Flag ZDU Aug 2025 #55
One is required to adhere to the prevailing orthodoxy around here... sop Aug 2025 #80
Looney Tunes ZDU Aug 2025 #81
I bet it was the girl who beat hin up. CanonRay Aug 2025 #56
My thought exactly JustAnotherGen Aug 2025 #64
He was probably crapping his pants Quanto Magnus Aug 2025 #57
They tried hard to make this kind of crap happen in Los Angeles. C Moon Aug 2025 #73
Just so y'all know, "Big Balls"'s daddy. . . DinahMoeHum Aug 2025 #74
Republicans... GiqueCee Aug 2025 #76
Lying is as natural to him and his magats as breathing. nt lark Aug 2025 #82

Attilatheblond

(8,305 posts)
1. There's gonna be false flag crap all over the place, starting with DC
Fri Aug 8, 2025, 12:52 PM
Aug 2025

then moving into any city of note that has a DEM mayor.

B.See

(7,793 posts)
61. Precisely. Trump/MAGA are not only SPOILING for a confrontation,
Fri Aug 8, 2025, 06:07 PM
Aug 2025

they're trying to PROVOKE one, in my opinion.

HegsDEATH has already threatened another civil war over (checks notes) preserving the proud and treasonous heritage of traitors who went to war against their country and fellow countrymen for their 'god given right' to keep Black people in chains... ahem...

whereby Trump will have excuse to suspend elections under some bullshit martial law, and use the military against 'liberal' cities and states, minority Americans and others deigned by 'the chosen one' to be 'bad people who need to get the hell out' as Trump once said... and maybe with Putin's help? Who knows?

I put nothing past em.

littlemissmartypants

(31,666 posts)
7. The office of president...
Fri Aug 8, 2025, 01:22 PM
Aug 2025

Already enjoys power over D.C. If it is "federalized" it will be the responsibility of the office to remove literal trash, fix roads and do everything else necessary to run the city. It is also necessary for Congress to vote on the measure and they're on vaycay. Plus, should the Democrats choose to, they can use the filibuster to block it.

Ritabert

(1,997 posts)
16. With this administration all rules are gone
Fri Aug 8, 2025, 01:39 PM
Aug 2025

He'll do whatever he wants and nobody will stop him.

johnnyplankton

(607 posts)
34. Sad, but true.
Fri Aug 8, 2025, 03:09 PM
Aug 2025

The sooner we face reality, the better decisions we can make. It's not like we haven't seen this movie before.

soldierant

(9,286 posts)
54. DC is already "federalized."
Fri Aug 8, 2025, 05:21 PM
Aug 2025

It isn't a state. Like other territoried, their Convressional rep cannot vote and they have no Senators. If he "takes over," it won't be "federalization." More like "Colonization."

not fooled

(6,607 posts)
3. Was the woman his girlfriend?
Fri Aug 8, 2025, 01:09 PM
Aug 2025

I thought I saw that in an earlier account, but don't remember where to check.

SunSeeker

(57,574 posts)
9. The police report says Coristine identified her as his "significant other." Update: her name is Emily Bryant.
Fri Aug 8, 2025, 01:24 PM
Aug 2025

Last edited Fri Aug 8, 2025, 10:55 PM - Edit history (2)

In addition to Coristine, the report references Emily Bryant as a second victim and describes her as Coristine’s “significant other.” A DOGE affiliate named Emily Bryant has been linked to the Federal Trade Commission, the General Services Administration, and the Executive Office of the President.
https://www.wired.com/story/edward-coristine-big-balls-assaulted-alleged-carjacking/

My initial thought was she might be a hooker because of the late hour, but she appears to a fellow DOGE employee...a workplace romance?

allegorical oracle

(6,187 posts)
12. Thought the original version of this tale was that BB was hijacked. Story seems to keep
Fri Aug 8, 2025, 01:28 PM
Aug 2025

shifting with every read.

LeftInTX

(34,015 posts)
15. Here is the police report. Police were doing regular patrols and came up 10 juveniles surrounding a vehicle.
Fri Aug 8, 2025, 01:35 PM
Aug 2025

Juveniles fled
Big Balls had been assaulted, but beyond that who knows what really happened.
Obviously there was a skirmish.
No indication what caused the skirmish.
Juveniles were arrested for unarmed carjacking, but there is no indication that the vehicle was actually carjacked.
Big Balls said made a comment about taking his vehicle.
Why didn't Big Balls just drive off?
Charges against carjacking may be dropped and this might be an assault case. However, LE does gang control and a group of unsupervised juveniles out at 3 am is a public safety threat.
They will use the carjacking charge to pressure the juveniles to identify the other members of a likely gang and drop the carjacking charges.
LE likely already knew the two that were arrested.
Things like this happen everyday all over the country.

LeftInTX

(34,015 posts)
68. It came from a reporter at the Bullwark. That's all they posted.
Fri Aug 8, 2025, 11:23 PM
Aug 2025



I posted the screenshot since no one has twitter these days.

SunSeeker

(57,574 posts)
66. The police report said the incident and arrests occured between 3:01 am and 4:20 am.
Fri Aug 8, 2025, 10:47 PM
Aug 2025
According to a report from DC’s Metropolitan Police Department, two people were arrested in connection to the incident, described as a carjacking, between 3:01 and 4:20 am on the morning of Sunday, August 3. The location of the alleged incident is in the northwest region of Logan Circle, a well-known and relatively central area of the city.
https://www.wired.com/story/edward-coristine-big-balls-assaulted-alleged-carjacking/

The boy is a night owl I guess.

Prairie Gates

(7,205 posts)
22. They were not in his car
Fri Aug 8, 2025, 02:08 PM
Aug 2025

The police report states they were outside of the car and he pushed her into the car for her "safety."

SunSeeker

(57,574 posts)
37. No, the police didn't say they saw him push her. That was Coristine telling the cops that.
Fri Aug 8, 2025, 03:17 PM
Aug 2025
Edward Coristine, also known by his online name, “Big Balls,” and a woman characterized in a police report as his significant other were the victims of an unarmed attempted carjacking early Sunday.
...
The report added that police officers saw about 10 “juveniles” surrounding the car and assaulting Coristine, which prompted the officers to get out of their vehicle and all but two of the juveniles, whom police arrested, to flee. Police said that in an interview, Coristine said he pushed the woman identified as his significant other into the car and “turned to deal with the suspects,” who in turn assaulted him.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/trump-threatens-federal-control-dc-attack-doge-staffer-coristine-rcna223293

So, when the scene caught the cops' attention, the woman was inside the car and Coristine was outside fighting with the 15 year olds.

It was 3 am on a Sunday morning. Coristine wasn't going to church. In Washington, D.C., most bars close at 2:00 a.m. on weeknights, but they have extended hours on Friday and Saturday nights, closing at 3:00 a.m.  What the fuck was he doing out with his "significant other" at 3 am? Sure sounds like he got kicked out of a bar at closing time and picked up a hooker, then got jumped by a bunch of teens for his car. The police report noted the teens were unarmed, and that it was an unarmed attempted carjacking.

I'd love to know what kind of car it was. I bet it was flashy, just the kind of thing that would grab teens' attention in the late night/early morning hours on a Saturday night. I bet he bought it with taxpayer money.

I lived in DC for 3 months in my 30s. I am a woman, and I was going to nightclubs, bars and restaurants a lot, meeting friends there or going alone. I always took the Metro and never had a problem. Cars are a liability in DC...even if you can find a parking spot.

Prairie Gates

(7,205 posts)
47. I didn't say the police saw it. I said the report states
Fri Aug 8, 2025, 04:28 PM
Aug 2025

Which it does. Yes, of course that's according to Coristine. In any case, the poster I was responding to said that they were in a car. The only statement we have disputes that. They can't be in a car and pushed into the car at the same time.

SunSeeker

(57,574 posts)
51. When the scene caught the cops' attention, the woman was inside the car and Coristine was outside fighting with teens.
Fri Aug 8, 2025, 05:16 PM
Aug 2025

What Coristine says is just what Coristine says.

Prairie Gates

(7,205 posts)
60. You say, very clearly and unambiguously "They were in his car together at 3 am."
Fri Aug 8, 2025, 05:46 PM
Aug 2025

What are you basing that on?

There's no doubt that Coristine could be lying. He almost certainly is. But you said They were in his car. Why do you say that? What makes you believe they were in his car?

SunSeeker

(57,574 posts)
62. You say, very clearly and unambiguously, "They were not in his car." But police say she was in the car.
Fri Aug 8, 2025, 08:31 PM
Aug 2025

The police did not witness that "they were not in his car," so that is not stated as a fact in the police report, it is just reported as what Coristine said to them. What the police witnessed is that the woman was in the car and Coristine was outside fighting with the teens. That's the only point I was trying to make to you.

I surmised they were both in the car together at some point, if not at 3 am then certainly when they parked there...if she is his "significant other" and they came there together.


IzzaNuDay

(1,241 posts)
58. At 19, BB should have not been out anyway
Fri Aug 8, 2025, 05:27 PM
Aug 2025

And especially not drinking. Being drunk and roaming in the DC streets is asking for trouble anyway. So the kids capitalized on it ( I don’t condone what they did but just saying). Bet the cops didn’t give BB a breathalyzer test!

SunSeeker

(57,574 posts)
63. Good point. Drinking age is 21 in DC and Coristine is only 19!
Fri Aug 8, 2025, 08:43 PM
Aug 2025

But in Washington, D.C., the current curfew law for juveniles only applies to those 17 and under, so he was not violating curfew. I don't know the age of his "significant other" though....

hadEnuf

(3,527 posts)
4. Knew it was bullshit from the get-go.
Fri Aug 8, 2025, 01:15 PM
Aug 2025

A-N-Y-T-H-I-N-G coming from Trump and the GOP is absolute bullshit.

Jilly_in_VA

(13,817 posts)
5. I still want to know
Fri Aug 8, 2025, 01:17 PM
Aug 2025

what tiny balls was doing out on the streets at 3 am on a Monday morning......

ananda

(34,439 posts)
6. Doesn't this reek of another setup, with paid actors?
Fri Aug 8, 2025, 01:19 PM
Aug 2025

Like the one where Trump supposedly got his ear nicked?

EdmondDantes_

(1,383 posts)
13. Is the guy in the crowd who got killed a method actor?
Fri Aug 8, 2025, 01:31 PM
Aug 2025

Or maybe a crisis actor. Or maybe he actually did get killed by a guy trying to kill Trump.

Solomon

(12,634 posts)
24. You guys always bring that guy up as though that proves it wasn't a set up. I'm not saying it was, but do you really
Fri Aug 8, 2025, 02:10 PM
Aug 2025

believe Trump wouldn't have some one killed to save his own hide?

EarthAbides

(428 posts)
27. Teenage assassin had a handler
Fri Aug 8, 2025, 02:21 PM
Aug 2025

The teenage assassin was led to believe by a handler from the FBI that there was an assassin in the crowd. The assassin shot the bystander thinking the bystander was the assassin. The teen age assassin was never going to shoot the fascist pig, then the handler killed the teenage assassin...

EdmondDantes_

(1,383 posts)
40. Given I have no evidence that says otherwise, yes
Fri Aug 8, 2025, 03:24 PM
Aug 2025

Do you have a list of people he's killed to save himself or is it just that you think he's bad and ergo nothing is beyond him?

Trump's an idiot who isn't capable of keeping anything clean whether it's payoffs for his mistress, his fraudulent charities, etc. But the one thing he's ever done perfectly is set up a fake assassination attempt and nobody involved has talked?

JoseBalow

(9,173 posts)
71. No. It reeks of an entitled snowflake who's ego got bruised
Sat Aug 9, 2025, 12:01 AM
Aug 2025

telling stories after getting slapped around a little bit in front of his girlfriend.

Retrograde

(11,375 posts)
10. And what was he doing out on the streets at that hour?
Fri Aug 8, 2025, 01:24 PM
Aug 2025

3AM, Monday morning, IIRC - doesn't he have a job to go to? And how was he dressed? Did he do anything to provoke his attackers? (questions usually asked of female assault victims)

Donnie and enablers are looking for an excuse to further take over control of DC (it already falls under Congressional oversight) and move all those they consider undesirable somewhere else - probably so they can cash in on all that sweet real estate.

mahatmakanejeeves

(68,249 posts)
33. More disinformation. Read the police report.
Fri Aug 8, 2025, 03:08 PM
Aug 2025

TNR’s opinion piece is riddled with half-truths. It is intended to deceive.

At DU, it’s working.

SunSeeker

(57,574 posts)
69. The incident did occur at 3 am. What is the disinformation? I'd love to read the police report.
Fri Aug 8, 2025, 11:39 PM
Aug 2025

I have not been able to find a full copy of the police report. Do you have a link where you were able to read the police report?

It is my understanding that accessing the full police report is restricted restricted due to privacy concerns and ongoing investigations. However, some details of the incident have been widely reported in the media, based on information released by the Metropolitan Police Department, so that's what I've been going by.

LeftInTX

(34,015 posts)
11. Police observed about 10 juveniles surrounding the vehicle.
Fri Aug 8, 2025, 01:28 PM
Aug 2025

When officers drove up, the juveniles fled on foot.
Police apprehended two juvenile suspects.
Suspects had assaulted Big Balls prior to arriving on the seen.
Big Balls girlfriend was sitting in car and was not assaulted.
Big Balls phone was apparently stolen.

The rest is "fill in the blanks".

This is not an "exceptional" event. We don't know what happened between Big Balls and the group before the skirmish started.
We don't know if the group intended to car jack his vehicle or if there was something else involved.
Things like this happen all over the country every day.
They aren't headlines.





Solomon

(12,634 posts)
25. The part of the story I like is where, after safely putting the lady in the car, he turned to confront the gang instead
Fri Aug 8, 2025, 02:13 PM
Aug 2025

of getting in the car and driving off.

hueymahl

(2,892 posts)
30. Why do you think that was an option?
Fri Aug 8, 2025, 02:31 PM
Aug 2025

Nothing in the police report suggests that he had that option. Nothing suggests he didn't either, but if you are surrounded by people looking to do you harm, you may not have the opportunity to retreat.

Solomon

(12,634 posts)
45. Because Big Balls himself told the police that
Fri Aug 8, 2025, 04:24 PM
Aug 2025

Why wouldn't he tell them they gave him no option? He was the one who claims he confronted them. Mr. Hero. The first story was they were assaulting t he woman and he had to save her by fighting them off.

I live and work in DC. There aren't groups of juveniles going around attacking white people for no reason.

SunSeeker

(57,574 posts)
72. "Carjackings are down 78% across the District, according to U.S. Attorney Matthew Graves."
Sat Aug 9, 2025, 12:22 AM
Aug 2025

That's the quote at your Fox link: https://www.fox5dc.com/news/carjacking-down-dc-officials-vow-prosecute-juvenile-offenders-adults

Sure sounds like there is no reason to get rid of DC self governance just over carjackings. Nor over violent crime in general:

Despite Trump’s claims of “out of control” violence in the city, violent crime is down 26% from last year, according to preliminary police figures. 
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/trump-threatens-federal-control-dc-attack-doge-staffer-coristine-rcna223293

mahatmakanejeeves

(68,249 posts)
78. Comparing June 2024 to June 2023
Sat Aug 9, 2025, 07:53 AM
Aug 2025
Carjacking down in DC as officials vow to prosecute juvenile offenders as adults

By Katie Barlow
| Published July 8, 2024 8:34pm EDT | Crime and Public Safety | FOX 5 DC |

WASHINGTON - Carjackings are down 78% across the District, according to U.S. Attorney Matthew Graves.

He says there were 31 carjackings in the District last month compared to 140 carjackings in June 2023. Graves blames juveniles for "turbocharging" the rate of carjackings and vows to continue to charge 16- and 17-year-olds as adults.

{snip}

yardwork

(68,976 posts)
46. Um, because it makes no sense?
Fri Aug 8, 2025, 04:27 PM
Aug 2025

If you are able "to put the young lady in the car" you're most likely able to get in yourself and drive off.

EdmondDantes_

(1,383 posts)
52. And if he was being a gentleman and opened her door
Fri Aug 8, 2025, 05:19 PM
Aug 2025

And that's when they approached? Tactically speaking it's a smart time to attack. His attention is on her, the car is unlocked so if they are at the driver's door or even at the passenger door, you can't lock the doors while one is open. So if he shuts the passenger door to hit the lock button, then he can't get in the car.

Sure it could be made up. But you've got police reports and arrests and so far no allegations that the arrest was racial profiling and the idiot looked pretty beaten up in the picture shown.

Not liking his politics doesn't inherently mean he's lying.

Blues Heron

(8,391 posts)
79. Republicans lie like its its water. If they are Pukes and they are talking, they are proabably lying. Are you kidding?
Sat Aug 9, 2025, 07:53 AM
Aug 2025

SunSeeker

(57,574 posts)
70. Scary that Coristine's phone was stolen! He's a "special employee" at the Social Security Administration.
Fri Aug 8, 2025, 11:58 PM
Aug 2025

God knows the kind of sensitive stuff he may have on that phone. Hopefully he has a hard to guess password.

Torchlight

(6,316 posts)
20. My guess is after all is said and done, this is going to be really skeevy. At best.
Fri Aug 8, 2025, 01:55 PM
Aug 2025

Tomorrow never knows

twodogsbarking

(17,582 posts)
28. When interviewed Big Balls was extremely upset and said they threw their girl scout cookies at him.
Fri Aug 8, 2025, 02:29 PM
Aug 2025

hueymahl

(2,892 posts)
31. Not a great look for us to be treating this as anything but a crime situation
Fri Aug 8, 2025, 02:33 PM
Aug 2025

I appreciate the posting of the actual police report earlier in this thread. Those that immediately want to demonize this kid just because he may not have the same politics as us should really rethink their life choices.

hueymahl

(2,892 posts)
49. The way I read it
Fri Aug 8, 2025, 04:55 PM
Aug 2025

It’s somewhere in the ball park. It wasn’t “2 kids” like a lot of posters on this thread are claiming. Two wrongs don’t make a right, as they say.

yardwork

(68,976 posts)
50. I don't see it that way.
Fri Aug 8, 2025, 05:15 PM
Aug 2025

First, "Big Balls" was out at 3 am with his girlfriend. He didn't "happen to see a girl being attacked and rush to her defense." They were together from the beginning.

The whole story seems very fishy. It's certainly not a reason for Trump to take over DC.

For one thing, the police response indicates that policing in DC seems to be working well.

mahatmakanejeeves

(68,249 posts)
32. This is yet another link to the heavily edited opinion piece at TNR. NT
Fri Aug 8, 2025, 03:06 PM
Aug 2025

Once again, DU is spreading disinformation.

LudwigPastorius

(14,180 posts)
38. The truth is...
Fri Aug 8, 2025, 03:19 PM
Aug 2025

he could have avoided all this if he just would have given them his lunch money.


Grokenstein

(6,245 posts)
39. Ah, that takes me back.
Fri Aug 8, 2025, 03:22 PM
Aug 2025

You know, to the days when BLM was burning entire cities to the ground?

And then they'd be rebuilt overnight, only to be burned to the ground again?

Good times.

ZDU

(1,120 posts)
55. False Flag
Fri Aug 8, 2025, 05:24 PM
Aug 2025

Please let me know when we're supposed to shout:
False Flag!
Crisis ACTORS!
Hoax!
Fake News!
Sad!

sop

(17,442 posts)
80. One is required to adhere to the prevailing orthodoxy around here...
Sat Aug 9, 2025, 07:55 AM
Aug 2025

That means shouting "bullshit," "fake news," "lies," "hoax," "false flag," and relying on one's own alternate facts to concoct absurdist conspiracy theories whenever confronted with a story that doesn't fit one's narrow-minded view of the world.

ZDU

(1,120 posts)
81. Looney Tunes
Sat Aug 9, 2025, 08:01 AM
Aug 2025

Yeah, I was never quite comfortable with the .... "If you can't beat them, then join them" motto.

C Moon

(13,473 posts)
73. They tried hard to make this kind of crap happen in Los Angeles.
Sat Aug 9, 2025, 12:30 AM
Aug 2025

I think the ICE in L.A. was supposed to be much more violent than it was.
These bastards don't care about anybody's well-being.

DinahMoeHum

(23,368 posts)
74. Just so y'all know, "Big Balls"'s daddy. . .
Sat Aug 9, 2025, 06:55 AM
Aug 2025

. . .is CEO of Lesser Evil popcorn company

. . .and he was a former Wall Street bond broker.

Shit didn't fall far from the asshole in terms of arrogance.

https://www.lesserevil.com/

GiqueCee

(3,415 posts)
76. Republicans...
Sat Aug 9, 2025, 07:48 AM
Aug 2025

... can't tell the truth about the time of day. They lie to their dying mothers for idle amusement.

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