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> Mr. Gallego said. “Our neighborhoods aren’t war zones.” Unfortunately, I am not sure that will be the case in a week. I think by the time the actual voting o

> Mr. Gallego said. “Our neighborhoods aren’t war zones.” Unfortunately, I am not sure that will be the case in a week. I think by the time the actual voting on the bill comes, it is likely that either the protests have died down removing the immediacy of this, or else there is so much destruction in the cities that this becomes not politically viable.

inetknght 6y ago
> Unfortunately, I am not sure that will be the case in a week. A week? I think it's already not the case. Maybe not across the entire nation but certainly in some places. I can see an argument that Twitter isn't a source of "quality" journalism. But these things are so widespread that I think it's hard to not only discredit it but even ignore it. In the first link [0] you've got National Guard walking in a neighborhood shooting paint at people legally standing on their own property. In the second link [1] you've got protestors taking refuge inside of someone's personal property. No, it's not a war zone insomuch as there aren't live rounds being used. Except for, you know, when they are being used {[2],[3]} [4]. Okay so the latter three videos videos aren't in neighborhoods. I don't think it matters. It shouldn't matter whether these events are happening to a neighborhood or not. The fact is, they're happening and people are getting permanent injuries and some even dying. [0] https://twitter.com/tkerssen/status/1266921821653385225 https://twitter.com/tkerssen/status/1266921821653385225 [1] https://twitter.com/allieblablah/status/1267636221406261248 https://twitter.com/allieblablah/status/1267636221406261248 [2] https://twitter.com/BrandiKruse/status/1266889752466227200 https://twitter.com/BrandiKruse/status/1266889752466227200 [3] https://twitter.com/BrandiKruse/status/1266924674107109377 https://twitter.com/BrandiKruse/status/1266924674107109377 [4] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdmaXkNcgWw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdmaXkNcgWw
- jacobush 6y ago
  The National Guard said it was the MPD who was doing the shooting.
  - inetknght 6y ago
    That makes sense. The NG goes by in their vehicle and the people firing the paint guns are wearing what looks like police armor. Do you have a link to cite though? I haven't yet read a statement from the National Guard about it and some brief searching on Google brings up a lot of useless noise.
    - jacobush 6y ago
      I saw it as it unfolded while I watched YT and Twitter in disbelief. I’ll try to find it but I lost it in a flurry of tabs.
- deleted 6y ago
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banads 6y ago
Our neighborhoods (especially poor/black neighborhoods) are war zones, ever since Nixon declared them so in 1971. The war on drugs is the primary cause of police militarization and mass incarceration. It's like that Orwell quote "We've always been at war with Eastasia"; it's gone on for so long, we've forgotten its actually happening.

inetknght 6y ago

> Unfortunately, I am not sure that will be the case in a week. A week? I think it's already not the case. Maybe not across the entire nation but certainly in some places. I can see an argument that Twitter isn't a source of "quality" journalism. But these things are so widespread that I think it's hard to not only discredit it but even ignore it. In the first link [0] you've got National Guard walking in a neighborhood shooting paint at people legally standing on their own property. In the second link [1] you've got protestors taking refuge inside of someone's personal property. No, it's not a war zone insomuch as there aren't live rounds being used. Except for, you know, when they are being used {[2],[3]} [4]. Okay so the latter three videos videos aren't in neighborhoods. I don't think it matters. It shouldn't matter whether these events are happening to a neighborhood or not. The fact is, they're happening and people are getting permanent injuries and some even dying. [0] https://twitter.com/tkerssen/status/1266921821653385225 https://twitter.com/tkerssen/status/1266921821653385225 [1] https://twitter.com/allieblablah/status/1267636221406261248 https://twitter.com/allieblablah/status/1267636221406261248 [2] https://twitter.com/BrandiKruse/status/1266889752466227200 https://twitter.com/BrandiKruse/status/1266889752466227200 [3] https://twitter.com/BrandiKruse/status/1266924674107109377 https://twitter.com/BrandiKruse/status/1266924674107109377 [4] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdmaXkNcgWw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdmaXkNcgWw

jacobush 6y ago
The National Guard said it was the MPD who was doing the shooting.
- inetknght 6y ago
  That makes sense. The NG goes by in their vehicle and the people firing the paint guns are wearing what looks like police armor. Do you have a link to cite though? I haven't yet read a statement from the National Guard about it and some brief searching on Google brings up a lot of useless noise.
  - jacobush 6y ago
    I saw it as it unfolded while I watched YT and Twitter in disbelief. I’ll try to find it but I lost it in a flurry of tabs.
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banads 6y ago

Our neighborhoods (especially poor/black neighborhoods) are war zones, ever since Nixon declared them so in 1971. The war on drugs is the primary cause of police militarization and mass incarceration. It's like that Orwell quote "We've always been at war with Eastasia"; it's gone on for so long, we've forgotten its actually happening.