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by BSHII
Wed Sep 02, 2020 9:44 am
Forum: General Texas CHL Discussion
Topic: Protest / Riot Intel Source?
Replies: 4
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Re: Protest / Riot Intel Source?

Boxerrider wrote: Mon Aug 31, 2020 9:50 pm If you don't have the time to commit to monitoring multiple groups to figure out when they might gather then you'll probably never know ahead of time. They take their own video and either live-stream or post it later.
My driving is pretty rural. The advice I gave to my college-age children; plan your driving during weekdays and daylight hours, keep your fuel tank more than half full, be aware of what is going on all around you, and do the best you can to leave yourself an out.
RIght. My hope was that there was some intrepid citizen journalist out there who did have that kind of time on his hands. I do check a couple sources from time to time, such as "itsgoingdown," but it looks like most of the organizing is done on social media.

Absent good intel, all we can do is prepare. I vary my routes out of downtown just to learn as many routes as possible, because all of my most direct routes are likely targets or have already been targeted. By the way, for those in Houston, I drove through EaDo yesterday, and came across another protest at the same place as the last one, at Emancipation near Preston, just north of the soccer stadium. It was small and they stayed out of the road, probably because most of the locals in that neighborhood are hipster types who are sympathetic. But it's good to know what's on their radars regardless.
by BSHII
Mon Aug 31, 2020 4:17 pm
Forum: General Texas CHL Discussion
Topic: Protest / Riot Intel Source?
Replies: 4
Views: 18370

Protest / Riot Intel Source?

There's been a lot of discussion about self-defense in a protest or riot, and that has become all the more pertinent in the last couple weeks.

Of course, the best strategy is to avoid them entirely. I drive with my 1-year-old son in downtown Houston on an almost daily basis, and getting stuck with him in my car in the middle of a riot is a nightmare scenario. We actually drove through one in EaDo a month ago, but luckily it was small and just getting started.

To that end, does anyone know any good sources for news and intel on upcoming or active protests in Houston or other Texas cities? I've found most local news sources to be sadly lacking in this regard. The last thing I want is end up on a street blocked by protesters with no way out, or to have to stage a combat exfil of my son from his daycare, just because there was an imminent protest or riot I'd never heard about.

We've been lucky in Houston and most of Texas so far, but there's no telling whether that will continue.

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