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> ...if we treated nonviolent people the way these videos portray. A lot of the videos portray violent rioters/looters. A lot of the ones of the police are am

> ...if we treated nonviolent people the way these videos portray. A lot of the videos portray violent rioters/looters. A lot of the ones of the police are ambiguous because they don't show what behavior warranted the police reaction. I've also seen a lot of videos of peaceful protests with police walking/talking/marching with the protesters. We do justice a disservice when we lump everyone and every precinct together.

coronadisaster 6y ago
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ookdatnog 6y ago
I don't think the core sentiment of these protests is "literally every cop is evil". Rather, the repeatedly demonstrated fact that the system is willing to protect the "bad apples" (read: outright thugs) corrupts the entire policing system and undermines its legitimacy, regardless of how many benign officers there are.
StellarTabi 6y ago
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komali2 6y ago
> A lot of the videos portray violent rioters/looters. I've yet to see an instance of this that wasn't precipitated by cops showing up in ironman armor to a peaceful protest and firing on people with all sorts of military-police toys. The violent instigators are the cops, across America. Even Target came out and said "whatever, our shit's insured, this problem with the cops needs to be solved."
- loco5niner 6y ago
  Here's just one example: https://www.whec.com/rochester-new-york-news/rpd-asking-for-help-identifying-people-seen-beating-couple-on-monroe-avenue/5747247/ https://www.whec.com/rochester-new-york-news/rpd-asking-for-... Animals.
  - komali2 6y ago
    Animals? Lemme guess, thin blue line, thugs, etc? How about credit where credit is due - systemic police racism, and when that was protested, insane amounts of police brutality. All people had to do was not be racist.
    - loco5niner 6y ago
      I'm talking about the video I linked. Did you watch it? The looters in this video are acting like animals. More links to the same incident: https://twitter.com/PatrolRpd/status/1267202275895803904 https://twitter.com/PatrolRpd/status/1267202275895803904 https://streamable.com/ibwexe?fbclid=IwAR3Kmn22FzFgxAHTxNfiu5LOtYYpW0hOnRB5xUaoUVevxe9D8QD0U3Csv-s https://streamable.com/ibwexe?fbclid=IwAR3Kmn22FzFgxAHTxNfiu...
      - komali2 6y ago
        I've only ever heard protesters described as "animals" by people that are also happy to throw around the word "thug" and smugly pretend both aren't racist dogwhistles.
        loco5niner 6y ago
        You are attempting to put a positive spin on their behavior by calling them protesters. No. They are rioters and looters, and guilty of aggravated battery. This has nothing to do with race. It has to do with behavior.

coronadisaster 6y ago

https://streamable.com/u2jzoo https://streamable.com/u2jzoo

ookdatnog 6y ago

I don't think the core sentiment of these protests is "literally every cop is evil". Rather, the repeatedly demonstrated fact that the system is willing to protect the "bad apples" (read: outright thugs) corrupts the entire policing system and undermines its legitimacy, regardless of how many benign officers there are.

StellarTabi 6y ago

https://imgur.com/gallery/iFMweYc https://imgur.com/gallery/iFMweYc

komali2 6y ago

> A lot of the videos portray violent rioters/looters. I've yet to see an instance of this that wasn't precipitated by cops showing up in ironman armor to a peaceful protest and firing on people with all sorts of military-police toys. The violent instigators are the cops, across America. Even Target came out and said "whatever, our shit's insured, this problem with the cops needs to be solved."

loco5niner 6y ago
Here's just one example: https://www.whec.com/rochester-new-york-news/rpd-asking-for-help-identifying-people-seen-beating-couple-on-monroe-avenue/5747247/ https://www.whec.com/rochester-new-york-news/rpd-asking-for-... Animals.
- komali2 6y ago
  Animals? Lemme guess, thin blue line, thugs, etc? How about credit where credit is due - systemic police racism, and when that was protested, insane amounts of police brutality. All people had to do was not be racist.
  - loco5niner 6y ago
    I'm talking about the video I linked. Did you watch it? The looters in this video are acting like animals. More links to the same incident: https://twitter.com/PatrolRpd/status/1267202275895803904 https://twitter.com/PatrolRpd/status/1267202275895803904 https://streamable.com/ibwexe?fbclid=IwAR3Kmn22FzFgxAHTxNfiu5LOtYYpW0hOnRB5xUaoUVevxe9D8QD0U3Csv-s https://streamable.com/ibwexe?fbclid=IwAR3Kmn22FzFgxAHTxNfiu...
    - komali2 6y ago
      I've only ever heard protesters described as "animals" by people that are also happy to throw around the word "thug" and smugly pretend both aren't racist dogwhistles.
      - loco5niner 6y ago
        You are attempting to put a positive spin on their behavior by calling them protesters. No. They are rioters and looters, and guilty of aggravated battery. This has nothing to do with race. It has to do with behavior.