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🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈 Tweeting is just like posting journal entries: if you don’t keep it balanced, the replies will audit you for free. - Benjamin Franklin VI

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@CCGButterfly @ZiggyRoss91 @themeasuredtake @ATS8669 What?!?

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@MV33Racing He never disappeared lol. In fact he was still with DRS distance.

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@TheChrisKazama @peetahmcfly My god you people really are dumber than I thought

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@RonDeSantis Not sure about Florida, but Californians aren’t dumb enough to vote for reality TV stars…

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@Gooner444_ @hasanthehun Who has been passing progressive policy?

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Perfectly said. We are watching a test. We want questions answered.

Do we have justice in America?

Who does law enforcement work for?

Is law enforcement honest?

Is the law applied equally?

Do facts prevail?

Can we still trust our institutions?

It’s not going well…

[PIERCE @MagiBlackChaos]

Read this carefully.

Not because of what Ammon McNeff said.

Because of what nobody asked.

In the bodycam footage, the American Fork Police Department is presented with two competing stories.

On one side: Ben Schneider, better known as Reckless Ben.

On the other: Ammon McNeff, CEO of Bricks & Minifigs, discussing Joshua Johnson, Brandon Best, the Salem-Keizer store dispute, and the Mansell family's collection.

The officer openly admits he is getting two completely different versions of events.

That should have triggered skepticism.

Instead, something strange happens.

Ammon McNeff makes a long series of serious allegations.

Fraud.

Forgery.

Extortion.

Fake contracts.

Criminal investigations.

Harassment.

Collusion.

Multiple lawsuits.

Organized misconduct.

Think about that for a moment.

Those are not small accusations.

Those are accusations that could destroy reputations and send people to prison.

Yet from the footage, the obvious follow-up questions never seem to come.

"Can you show me the evidence?"

"Can you provide the documents?"

"Can you verify those claims?"

"Do you have proof of the forgery?"

"Do you have proof of extortion?"

Instead, the conversation appears to move almost immediately toward accepting a narrative.

And that should concern everyone.

Not because Ammon McNeff is necessarily wrong.

Not because Ben Schneider is necessarily right.

But because justice dies the moment allegations become a substitute for evidence.

Then look at what happened afterward.

According to Ben's published footage and reporting, there were repeated police encounters, trespass warnings, vehicle searches, arrests, searches for alleged drugs that reportedly produced nothing, searches for alleged stolen LEGO merchandise that reportedly produced nothing, and escalating enforcement actions surrounding a dispute that everyone agreed was, at its core, connected to a civil controversy.

Again, maybe there are facts the public has not seen.

Maybe there are details that will emerge later.

But reasonable people should still ask:

If someone is accused of fraud, where is the evidence?

If someone is accused of extortion, where is the evidence?

If someone is accused of forgery, where is the evidence?

And if that evidence exists, why wasn't it the center of the conversation?

Because what many people are noticing is not proof of corruption.

It's something more subtle.

A pattern.

A pattern where the discussion repeatedly shifts away from evidence and toward character.

"He does this for clicks."

"He's a YouTuber."

"He's wearing camera glasses."

"He's trying to get footage."

Maybe.

But none of those statements answer whether the underlying claims are true.

Throughout history, powerful institutions have always preferred debating the messenger over debating the message.

The messenger is easier to attack.

The evidence is harder.

And that's why this story has spread far beyond LEGO collectors.

People aren't just watching a dispute involving Brian Mansell, Joshua Johnson, Brandon Best, Ammon McNeff, Bricks & Minifigs, Reckless Ben, and the American Fork Police Department.

They're watching something larger.

They're watching a test.

A test of whether evidence still matters.

A test of whether institutions remain accountable.

A test of whether ordinary citizens are allowed to ask uncomfortable questions.

Because if accusations alone are enough to justify investigations, searches, arrests, warrants, and public condemnation, then every single one of us is vulnerable.

Today it's a YouTuber.

Tomorrow it's a journalist.

The next day it's a whistleblower.

The next day it's you.

The strongest societies are not the ones that blindly trust corporations.

They are not the ones that blindly trust police.

They are not the ones that blindly trust influencers.

They are the ones that demand evidence from everyone.

No exceptions.

No sacred cows.

No special treatment.

Just facts.

Just evidence.

Just truth.

And until those questions are answered, people will continue asking them. https://t.co/7mXy4pIyFK

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@Bricks_and_Figs @AmmonMcNeff @afpolice If it was a disallowed consignment deal, then give back the collection. It’s not yours…

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@Facts0601 Broken brain syndrome

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@AzPittsburgh @hasanthehun Outing yourself as dumb is wild

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@ZiggyRoss91 @themeasuredtake @ATS8669 And who is killing Palestinians, the Lebanese, and Iranians?

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@cwebbonline The corporations literally bought Becerra you dumbass. People like you are so stupid

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@AstroPnoy @Laurie0801 @LLPDunn What was his ulterior motive?

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@TerryWatkinsJr1 People like are too dumb to fix

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@TerryWatkinsJr1 You voted for the guy who was bought stupid

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@Laurie0801 @LLPDunn Becerra was the worst choice for those who want change in California. Steyer was a better choice.

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@XelaSredna @Laurie0801 Anyone that voted for Becerra is not thinking for themselves.

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Nah you’re totally right, we should vote for the guy who will answer to billionaires rather than the guy who will answer to us. Seek help Lisa.

[Lisa Bee @leebee4life]

The way this man speaks about people of color is so gross. And imagine saying that Becerra represents billionaires and that Californians should instead vote for the actual billionaire in the race is so absurd.

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@galwithmalinois @SireRottweiler @ZFlawles1s You support an establishment that has been losing elections over and over again. What the fuck are you taking about? Lol

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@TerryWatkinsJr1 Outing yourself as dumb is wild

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@Ange_Amene I expected you to be dumb, and you did not disappoint.