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Sorry, for the safety of myself, my fellow demonstrators, and my family I am not going to state the actual events I was at. Others have already shown examples,

by jascii 6y ago

Sorry, for the safety of myself, my fellow demonstrators, and my family I am not going to state the actual events I was at. Others have already shown examples, however here is an news article covering some incidents: https://www.newsweek.com/fbi-asks-evidence-individuals-inciting-violence-during-protests-people-respond-videos-police-1508165 https://www.newsweek.com/fbi-asks-evidence-individuals-incit... I have so far not seen any evidence of the opposite taking place, I would certainly appreciate some counter examples.

AuryGlenz 6y ago
I certainly don’t think the police cars in NYC going through those pedestrians - the first example on the page - is a good example. People crowded around the vehicles and starting throwing things at them. While I would expect police to have more restraint/less fear than they did, that wasn’t the police starting violence. I would expect almost anyone to have the same reaction they did. There was another NYC incident that people were up in arms about without context and it turns out one of the police had been hit in the head with a brick.
- wetmore 6y ago
  There is clearly a lot of space behind them when they drive through the crowd.
- staticassertion 6y ago
  Two different police vans drove up to a barricade and there were virtually no people behind them. Where do you think they were going? Why do you think they drove into the barrier to begin with? Why could they not back up?
  - AuryGlenz 6y ago
    The barricade was put by the protestors in front of them, and they were apparently responding to a call. Yes, they should have backed up. My point is that they were attacked first, nothing else. It was kind of a play stupid games scenario - if you do that to someone chances are they’re going to freak out and at best be unpredictable.
    - staticassertion 6y ago
      They weren't attacked first.
      - loco5niner 6y ago
        They were. Check out the video. You can clearly see the drivers window is broken, things are being thrown at them left and right, windshield is broken, then the next cop car shows up and people surround it and start punching the windows and windshield. https://www.insider.com/nypd-cruisers-ram-down-protesters-video-2020-5 https://www.insider.com/nypd-cruisers-ram-down-protesters-vi...

by jascii 6y ago

AuryGlenz 6y ago

I certainly don’t think the police cars in NYC going through those pedestrians - the first example on the page - is a good example. People crowded around the vehicles and starting throwing things at them. While I would expect police to have more restraint/less fear than they did, that wasn’t the police starting violence. I would expect almost anyone to have the same reaction they did. There was another NYC incident that people were up in arms about without context and it turns out one of the police had been hit in the head with a brick.

wetmore 6y ago
There is clearly a lot of space behind them when they drive through the crowd.
staticassertion 6y ago
Two different police vans drove up to a barricade and there were virtually no people behind them. Where do you think they were going? Why do you think they drove into the barrier to begin with? Why could they not back up?
- AuryGlenz 6y ago
  The barricade was put by the protestors in front of them, and they were apparently responding to a call. Yes, they should have backed up. My point is that they were attacked first, nothing else. It was kind of a play stupid games scenario - if you do that to someone chances are they’re going to freak out and at best be unpredictable.
  - staticassertion 6y ago
    They weren't attacked first.
    - loco5niner 6y ago
      They were. Check out the video. You can clearly see the drivers window is broken, things are being thrown at them left and right, windshield is broken, then the next cop car shows up and people surround it and start punching the windows and windshield. https://www.insider.com/nypd-cruisers-ram-down-protesters-video-2020-5 https://www.insider.com/nypd-cruisers-ram-down-protesters-vi...