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boof · 02-26-2019, 01:15 PM

bro i know you saying that means you haven't watched nearly enough live footage of these events.

if you're trying to argue that police don't use excessive force during peaceful protests or vigils, you aren't going to get far with me. i've seen it time and time again

el cajon police shot unarmed civilians in the face with bean bags during a vigil. literally a vigil, not even a protest. police turned standing rock into a riot. a girl lost her arm. she wasn't armed, she wasn't aggressive. charlotte wasn't a riot until the police escalated, i watched it happen. someone got shot point blank in the face and died, and it immediately got swept under the rug. the police almost always decide when to turn things up, and it has nothing to do an increase in aggressive activity by the protesters 9 times out of 10. but no, police do not show up to 'riots' with tear gas. they show up to peaceful protests, they stand around for a bit, and then they launch rubber bullets & tear gas canisters directly at people who are unarmed and peaceful. all the time. are their exceptions? sure. but that is completely overstated while police aggression is virtually erased from any media coverage. and hopefully you're aware of black bloc protesting/paid provocateurs as well.

do i want us to be more armed than the police? this is an interesting question but my answer is that the police should not be militarized and i do not mind how many guns a sane, responsible adult has so indirectly, sure. worked for the bundy standoff, and the opposite has left many understandably concerned and angry protesters injured or dead.

02-26-2019, 01:15 PM	#11
boof Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Posts: 1,620 Rep Power: 21316672	bro i know you saying that means you haven't watched nearly enough live footage of these events. if you're trying to argue that police don't use excessive force during peaceful protests or vigils, you aren't going to get far with me. i've seen it time and time again el cajon police shot unarmed civilians in the face with bean bags during a vigil. literally a vigil, not even a protest. police turned standing rock into a riot. a girl lost her arm. she wasn't armed, she wasn't aggressive. charlotte wasn't a riot until the police escalated, i watched it happen. someone got shot point blank in the face and died, and it immediately got swept under the rug. the police almost always decide when to turn things up, and it has nothing to do an increase in aggressive activity by the protesters 9 times out of 10. but no, police do not show up to 'riots' with tear gas. they show up to peaceful protests, they stand around for a bit, and then they launch rubber bullets & tear gas canisters directly at people who are unarmed and peaceful. all the time. are their exceptions? sure. but that is completely overstated while police aggression is virtually erased from any media coverage. and hopefully you're aware of black bloc protesting/paid provocateurs as well. do i want us to be more armed than the police? this is an interesting question but my answer is that the police should not be militarized and i do not mind how many guns a sane, responsible adult has so indirectly, sure. worked for the bundy standoff, and the opposite has left many understandably concerned and angry protesters injured or dead.