Sit down frens and let me tell you a tale, about a reasonable man driven to do unreasonable things.
Marvin Heemeyer was a man who owned a muffler shop in Granby Colorado. The city council ordained to approve the construction of a concrete factory in the lot across from Marvin's shop. In the process this blocked the only access road to the muffler shop. Marvin petitioned to stop the construction to no avail. Petitioned to construct a new access road, and even bought the heavy machinery to do so himself.
Denied.
The concrete factory went up in disregard to the ramifications on Marvin's business. To add insult to injury, the factory construction disconnected the muffler shop from the city sewage lines. An indifferent city government then chose to fine Marvin for this. His business and livelihood were in ruin. Rather than lie down and die, Marvin chose to fight back.
Over the course of a year and a half Marvin secretly outfitted the bulldozer he bought to save his business with three foot thick steel and concrete armor, camera systems guarded with bulletproof glass.
On June 4th 2004 Marvin Heemeyer lowered the armored shell over top of himself, entombing himself inside the Killdozer to make his last stand. He burst fourth from the walls of his muffler shop and straight into the concrete factory that ruined his business.
Over the course of the next several hours Marvin drove his Killdozer through 13 buildings owned by those officials that had wronged him, including the city council building itself. Swat teams swarmed the dozer, but it proved immune to small arms fire and even explosives. Another piece of heavy machinery was even brought out to fight the Killdozer, but it too fell to the dozers righteous fury.
In the end, Marvin's Killdozer became trapped in one of the buildings it was built to destroy. Marvin chose to take his life, the only life he took that day.
Today we celebrate Killdozer day and Marvin Heemeyer, the last great American folk hero. A man driven to the brink who chose to fight back against an indifferent system.
From notes left behind after his passing: "I was always willing to be reasonable until I had to be unreasonable. Sometimes reasonable men must do unreasonable things."
When injustice becomes the law, resistance becomes duty
He set up cameras on the outside with compressed air things by them to blow away dust that might get in the way. If you’re interested watch Count Dankula’s video on it (someone else linked it in this thread).
Shame they scrapped the vehicle entierly after, US love to scrap unique/rare things. If the dozer was in russia it would sit in the Kubinka Tank museum.
They were afraid of people turning Marvin into an idol/martyr and turning the killdozer into a fetish object. However, by destroying it they just gave him and it more power. The killdozer might just be a novelty, a tourist trap, with Marvin’s story being a piece of trivia if they kept it in a museum. Instead, they turned him into a legend and a hero.
Also, funny you should mention Russia. Apparently the story appeals very strongly over there. A Russian made a very good movie based on the government screwing over Heemeyer. It however doesn’t have the avenging. The movie is called Leviathan.
Heard about that movie. Fucked over soo hard, poor people.
And that local gov really fucked up all the way. I mean, they closed the road to his shop AND cut the sewers, THEN fine him about it and DENY him using his OWN bulldozer to make a passage? They asked for it.
Saw about a hundred variations of Gadsden flags with "Tread on Them" and the Killdozer on my IG feed yesterday. Big oof for them if they were trying to prevent him from becoming a martyr.
57 comments
1 WhenISayNYouSayIgger 2019-06-05
Out of the way nonfrens!!
1 redditor-2019 2019-06-05
The bullydozer
1 PostModernPaine 2019-06-05
This is fren zone! No bulli not allow!
1 303anon 2019-06-05
Sometimes reasonable frenz must do unreasonable things
1 the_glengarry_leads 2019-06-05
God rest ye dozerfren
1 ChrisTheDrunkITGuy 2019-06-05
A modern American folk hero o7
1 ser-of-cannabis 2019-06-05
Honk Honk!
1 kidrobot0069 2019-06-05
Good he was in the right in all did
1 dontneedit123 2019-06-05
Marvin Frenmeyer did nothing wrong and was murdered by a tyrannical government
1 TomDeath 2019-06-05
Didn't he shot himself?
1 BasedBrownBear 2019-06-05
they made him kill himself
1 Max2000128 2019-06-05
Yeah if the government didn't do all that shit he wouldn't have to kill himself, thus they killed him
1 armaliteisforlovers 2019-06-05
For anyone who doesn't know.
Sit down frens and let me tell you a tale, about a reasonable man driven to do unreasonable things.
Marvin Heemeyer was a man who owned a muffler shop in Granby Colorado. The city council ordained to approve the construction of a concrete factory in the lot across from Marvin's shop. In the process this blocked the only access road to the muffler shop. Marvin petitioned to stop the construction to no avail. Petitioned to construct a new access road, and even bought the heavy machinery to do so himself.
Denied.
The concrete factory went up in disregard to the ramifications on Marvin's business. To add insult to injury, the factory construction disconnected the muffler shop from the city sewage lines. An indifferent city government then chose to fine Marvin for this. His business and livelihood were in ruin. Rather than lie down and die, Marvin chose to fight back.
Over the course of a year and a half Marvin secretly outfitted the bulldozer he bought to save his business with three foot thick steel and concrete armor, camera systems guarded with bulletproof glass.
On June 4th 2004 Marvin Heemeyer lowered the armored shell over top of himself, entombing himself inside the Killdozer to make his last stand. He burst fourth from the walls of his muffler shop and straight into the concrete factory that ruined his business.
Over the course of the next several hours Marvin drove his Killdozer through 13 buildings owned by those officials that had wronged him, including the city council building itself. Swat teams swarmed the dozer, but it proved immune to small arms fire and even explosives. Another piece of heavy machinery was even brought out to fight the Killdozer, but it too fell to the dozers righteous fury.
In the end, Marvin's Killdozer became trapped in one of the buildings it was built to destroy. Marvin chose to take his life, the only life he took that day.
Today we celebrate Killdozer day and Marvin Heemeyer, the last great American folk hero. A man driven to the brink who chose to fight back against an indifferent system.
From notes left behind after his passing: "I was always willing to be reasonable until I had to be unreasonable. Sometimes reasonable men must do unreasonable things."
When injustice becomes the law, resistance becomes duty
1 FBI_CRIME_STATS 2019-06-05
Count Dankula video of this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xmr6jIpXSmg also hello armalite :)
1 armaliteisforlovers 2019-06-05
Whats up fren! Man we see each other all over! Appreciate you putting the video up.
1 FBI_CRIME_STATS 2019-06-05
no worries fren xD
1 FretlessBoyo 2019-06-05
I honestly think that Count's heavy accent and editing kinda bring the video down, but that doesn't make him bad or anything of the sort.
And besides, what can you do against a heavy accent? Not talk?
1 Ryandabaus 2019-06-05
I love the accent tbh
1 ChrisTheDrunkITGuy 2019-06-05
Implying you can get a Scotsman to shut up...
1 avaqueue 2019-06-05
How did he see where he was going with all that armor?
1 Mr_Faorry 2019-06-05
He set up cameras on the outside with compressed air things by them to blow away dust that might get in the way. If you’re interested watch Count Dankula’s video on it (someone else linked it in this thread).
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1 hi_0 2019-06-05
F
1 trenescese 2019-06-05
He was a fren of freedom, a true fren
1 IronGearGaming 2019-06-05
Shame they scrapped the vehicle entierly after, US love to scrap unique/rare things. If the dozer was in russia it would sit in the Kubinka Tank museum.
1 california_dying 2019-06-05
They were afraid of people turning Marvin into an idol/martyr and turning the killdozer into a fetish object. However, by destroying it they just gave him and it more power. The killdozer might just be a novelty, a tourist trap, with Marvin’s story being a piece of trivia if they kept it in a museum. Instead, they turned him into a legend and a hero.
Also, funny you should mention Russia. Apparently the story appeals very strongly over there. A Russian made a very good movie based on the government screwing over Heemeyer. It however doesn’t have the avenging. The movie is called Leviathan.
1 IronGearGaming 2019-06-05
Heard about that movie. Fucked over soo hard, poor people.
And that local gov really fucked up all the way. I mean, they closed the road to his shop AND cut the sewers, THEN fine him about it and DENY him using his OWN bulldozer to make a passage? They asked for it.
1 kharnxii 2019-06-05
Saw about a hundred variations of Gadsden flags with "Tread on Them" and the Killdozer on my IG feed yesterday. Big oof for them if they were trying to prevent him from becoming a martyr.
1 nddragoon 2019-06-05
Also, the sarcophagus was designed in a way that once the crane was disengaged, no one could get in or out again
1 M-A-S-C 2019-06-05
Hell yeah. Fuck corporatism!
1 Klockgaming 2019-06-05
nerf the killdozer
1 TheDukeOfDementia 2019-06-05
Oh no fren, now we need the concrete slabs
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1 RogueThief7 2019-06-05
We need more frendozers in this world
1 BorisHisJohnson 2019-06-05
A legend was born
1 flappythedappy 2019-06-05
Nonfrens bullied Dozzerfren for to long so dozzerfren built a nonfren removal machine.
1 _Plague_Doctor_ 2019-06-05
Great man. May peace be with him
1 Alfred_Crowe 2019-06-05
His dozer is legend.
1 Anrende 2019-06-05
We need more like the Frendozer and the Sky Fren
1 nationalitarian 2019-06-05
We can remember them and keep them in our heart fren, but we shouldn't tell our frens to bop themselves.
1 Z3r0_man1c 2019-06-05
Hank hank u too fren
1 Z3r0_man1c 2019-06-05
How did I anger my frens?
1 Give_downvotes_plz 2019-06-05
His name Hank and he talks like pikachu
1 kspmatt 2019-06-05
Wish marv didnt bop himself dude was a hero
1 GyroscopicJello 2019-06-05
Today’s the 15th anniversary, right?
1 PostModernPaine 2019-06-05
That was yesterday fren
1 GyroscopicJello 2019-06-05
I see
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1 feelsgatekeeper 2019-06-05
Oooo!
1 snacc-man 2019-06-05
RODA ROLLA
1 Arussiandoge 2019-06-05
I fuckin love this sub
1 PostModernPaine 2019-06-05
ilu2 fren
1 brofu05 2019-06-05
frenday 2
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1 egotisticalnoob 2019-06-05
Keep tearing down the nonfren housing to build up infrastructure, fren. You're doing good work!
1 genericfakename529 2019-06-05
Get ridding of nonfrens!!!
1 bamagarises 2019-06-05
frendozer building a lighter tomorrow!