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>American cops would just open fire and then gleefully make up lies about the nature of the demonstrations or their supporters. You say that but since the 90s

>American cops would just open fire and then gleefully make up lies about the nature of the demonstrations or their supporters. You say that but since the 90s there has been a concerted effort to not let federal law enforcement escalate to that point (at least in group situations like this). In small swat team type situations they can be very trigger happy but in an ongoing clash like this the politicians would (and have) hold the cops to a reasonable ROE. Edit: Federal law enforcement

KirinDave 7y ago
> You say that but since the 90s there has been a concerted effort to not let law enforcement escalate to that point (at least in group situations like this). You say this as if the inaugural protesters weren't rounded up, detained for illegal lengths of time, and subject to spurious lawsuits and fines that were enormously damaging to even passerbys. > but in an ongoing clash like this the politicians would hold the cops to a reasonable ROE. You say this like there aren't still ongoing lawsuits of brutality cases from Ferguson or that BLM isn't still organizing widespread civil rights demonstrations that draw hundreds to thousands and then being chased off by cops with tear gas, truncheons, and "non-lethal" bullets.