4 ms·

There is something enlightening and deeply inspiring about how protesters in Ecuador were able to detain the police themselves and order them to unequip their r

There is something enlightening and deeply inspiring about how protesters in Ecuador were able to detain the police themselves and order them to unequip their riot gear. Among the crowd they were presented as equal to the protesters. Many riot police are portrayed as faceless monsters hiding behind riot masks and advanced military equipment. It had never occurred to me that the people can win and detain the police, not the other way around.

bob1029 6y ago
This is the silent understanding that most police departments operate under and produce optics to insulate against. They know its a 100:1 ratio at best and if everyone in town decided no more police all at once, there's not a whole lot the local sheriff could do about it without ramping directly into a regional revolution. This is why the police departments in America parade around in armored vehicles and use absurdly overpowered weapons for regular duty. The intent is to keep everyone thinking that the police are incomprehensibly overpowering and could never be approached in a direct conflict. The reality is that it wouldn't take much to wrest back control and they know it. The 2nd amendment is your best friend if you are an American. You should NEVER have to use it, but it's like your copy of the police having an M1A1 tank at the local precinct. Just like you have to worry that the SWAT team might arbitrarily come into your house and end your life, they should have to worry that maybe one day everyone in town is going to get tired of their shit and band together to put an end to it all.
- dantheman 6y ago
  And it's worked and happened in the past: https://www.npr.org/2015/09/23/442801731/director-chronicles-the-black-panthers-rise-new-tactics-were-needed https://www.npr.org/2015/09/23/442801731/director-chronicles...
- djyaz1200 6y ago
  I fully agree and this documentary illustrates your point well. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/american-patriot-inside-the-armed-uprising-against-the-federal-government/ https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/american-patriot-ins...

bob1029 6y ago

This is the silent understanding that most police departments operate under and produce optics to insulate against. They know its a 100:1 ratio at best and if everyone in town decided no more police all at once, there's not a whole lot the local sheriff could do about it without ramping directly into a regional revolution. This is why the police departments in America parade around in armored vehicles and use absurdly overpowered weapons for regular duty. The intent is to keep everyone thinking that the police are incomprehensibly overpowering and could never be approached in a direct conflict. The reality is that it wouldn't take much to wrest back control and they know it. The 2nd amendment is your best friend if you are an American. You should NEVER have to use it, but it's like your copy of the police having an M1A1 tank at the local precinct. Just like you have to worry that the SWAT team might arbitrarily come into your house and end your life, they should have to worry that maybe one day everyone in town is going to get tired of their shit and band together to put an end to it all.

dantheman 6y ago
And it's worked and happened in the past: https://www.npr.org/2015/09/23/442801731/director-chronicles-the-black-panthers-rise-new-tactics-were-needed https://www.npr.org/2015/09/23/442801731/director-chronicles...
djyaz1200 6y ago
I fully agree and this documentary illustrates your point well. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/american-patriot-inside-the-armed-uprising-against-the-federal-government/ https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/american-patriot-ins...