It appears as though the powers that be at Jalopnik chose to hide/dismiss the most starred comment (at 120 stars) on this article despite being a respectable comment that happened to contradict the author.  Copying and reposting it, because it deserves to be read and not stricken from the record being in contradiction…

Odd, I don’t see the usual people chiming in with the “BuT ShOw wHaT hApPeNnEd BeFoRe ThE vIdEoOooO!” for some reason.

Your argument is exactly the same as saying “she dressed that way to get attention, what did she expect? She was asking for it.”

Exactly. “Peaceful BLM protesters” shot through a car windshield and killed an 8-year old girl the other night. If protesters surround my car the first thing I’m doing is putting my gun in plain sight. If shit keeps escalating I’m out of there. Shooting will happen if shit starts happening after that or if I’m not…

So much this. They were breaking his windows FFS. What he did was self defense and removing himself from the situation. I see no problem here.

Why would someone be afraid of rioters surrounding their vehicle. It isn’t as though that has resulted in injuries to the driver before./s

So someone jumps in front of your vehicle to stop you with their bicycle and their body while someone else tries to break out your windows (which you can clearly see in the video) and you don’t think flooring it and getting out of there is a good idea?

Are you able to psychically enter their mind and find out their thought processes for the day?
I had no idea that you claimed the million dollar psychic challenge that has stood from the 70's.
Simply stunning. 

That’s not going to be a popular opinion around here even if it is a fact.

Came here to say this. If I’m driving around and my vehicle is suddenly surrounded by protesters who try to break in my window (to be confirmed but surely looks this way in the video and is the common theme across the country) you’re damn right I’m flooring it regardless of who or what is in front of me.  That just…

protesters brought this on themselves by attacking people in their vehicles. They made it unsafe for a driver to stop, so wtf are they trying to go for here?

Also in the automotive news article, but not included here:

In many cases, assuming certain conditions are met, these loans become grants and don’t have to be paid back. Which is fine, that is what the government should be doing to support the economy in a crisis.

Dealers, along with many other businesses, borrowed billions in, you know, loans which have to be paid back because, you know, there’s a pandemic.

1st Gear: Well, ya, they qualify for the PPP loans. That’s what the whole program was supposed to be for. I’m sure employees from other businesses that we don’t consider “mom and pop” got them too, like the machine shop down the street with 100,000 sq/ft building and 100 employees. Don’t hate, hate is sooooo 1800's.

1st Gear: I can’t decide if this is supposed to be a bad thing? I mean, we all like to shit on the “stealerships”, but when you realize that most of them have very few employees, many working on comission, sitting on millions in inventory they can’t sell and razor-thin margins - I feel like that’s exactly what these…

Gotta drive those sweet, sweet clicks! God forbid the author does it through competent writing.

I say we should have a headline that goes in the other direction:

How about “Feds File Charges in Case with over 1,000 Key Fobs stolen from a Train Shipment”

The Beyhive is the worst. Such a hateful fandom. This site coddles the nasty behavior because Beyonce is their fave too. If this was about Star Wars fans or BernieBros, I doubt the writers would cover it with this benign amusement tone.