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Ex-NFL punter Chris Kluwe arrested over protest at Huntington Beach City Council meeting

https://www.nbcsports.com/nfl/profootballtalk/rumor-mill/news/ex-nfl-punter-chris-kluwe-arrested-over-protest-at-huntington-beach-city-council-meeting

Former NFL punter Chris Kluwe was arrested over a protest at a city council meeting in Huntington Beach, California on Tuesday.

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MeepMorp@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Kluwe was protesting Huntington Beach’s decision to display a plaque at its public library that uses the words, “Magical,” “Alluring,” “Galvanizing,” and “Adventurous” next to each other to spell out MAGA. All seven members of Huntington Beach’s City Council are Republicans.

Video from the city council meeting shows Kluwe criticizing the MAGA movement during the public discussion portion of the meeting, calling it “a Nazi movement” and then saying he would engage in civil disobedience. After Kluwe went to the front of the meeting where the city council sits, police handcuffed him and carried him out.

Kluwe was arrested on a charge of disrupting an assembly. He told the Orange County Register afterward that he was released after about four hours in custody.

RubberElectrons@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y

HB has been a fucking shithole for decades at this point.

Surfing and skateboarding came up there to rebel against those limp dick clowns, remember the cool kids were the outcasts in a sea of Nixons.

NocturnalMorning@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 1y

Good for him, fuck those assholes.

Donjuanme@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y

Finally an NFL kicker on the right side of the news.... Oh wait they kicked him to the curb for speaking his mind while I'm the NFL.

Keep kicking ass /u/loate (one of the few Reddit users I followed)