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The looters take advantage of the chaos. The chaos seems willingly and knowingly caused by the police. I would at this point consider the police atleast somewha

by jascii 6y ago

The looters take advantage of the chaos. The chaos seems willingly and knowingly caused by the police. I would at this point consider the police atleast somewhat responsible for the conditions that lead to the looting.

m0zg 6y ago
> willingly and knowingly caused by the police Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
- vkou 6y ago
  https://old.reddit.com/r/Seattle/comments/gv0ru3/this_is_the_moment_it_all_happened/ https://old.reddit.com/r/Seattle/comments/gv0ru3/this_is_the... Extraordinary enough? A birds eye view, of a protest that was peaceful for hours, until police grab for an umbrella, and start attacking the crowd. Here's an ant's eye view of the same event, by the way. @26:30 - the gas masks arrive, @28:20 - the gas masks take their place in the line, @30:00 - the umbrella gets grabbed, and the crowd gets attacked. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10220021035848747&id=1009114782&anchor_composer=false https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1022002103584874...
- tomnipotent 6y ago
  Are you living under a rock? Reddit has a compilation thread of dozens of examples of police escalating situations, attacking press, pushing old men with canes to the ground, shooting residents ON THEIR doorstep, randomly grabbing civilians and assaulting them. The list doesn't seem to stop. Since 2001, police have taken more American lives than all other terrorist activities combined.
  - m0zg 6y ago
    Dude, you've justified torching a residential building in another thread. I think you should sit this one out, for your own good.
    - tomnipotent 6y ago
      Oh please, nice try. You'd have to be desperate to make that assumption, just like the previous person that tried to pull that. Supporting protestors and civil unrest doesn't mean you support violence, but I'm not a naive child that thinks great change happens without bad things accompanying it.

by jascii 6y ago

m0zg 6y ago

> willingly and knowingly caused by the police Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.

vkou 6y ago
https://old.reddit.com/r/Seattle/comments/gv0ru3/this_is_the_moment_it_all_happened/ https://old.reddit.com/r/Seattle/comments/gv0ru3/this_is_the... Extraordinary enough? A birds eye view, of a protest that was peaceful for hours, until police grab for an umbrella, and start attacking the crowd. Here's an ant's eye view of the same event, by the way. @26:30 - the gas masks arrive, @28:20 - the gas masks take their place in the line, @30:00 - the umbrella gets grabbed, and the crowd gets attacked. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10220021035848747&id=1009114782&anchor_composer=false https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1022002103584874...
tomnipotent 6y ago
Are you living under a rock? Reddit has a compilation thread of dozens of examples of police escalating situations, attacking press, pushing old men with canes to the ground, shooting residents ON THEIR doorstep, randomly grabbing civilians and assaulting them. The list doesn't seem to stop. Since 2001, police have taken more American lives than all other terrorist activities combined.
- m0zg 6y ago
  Dude, you've justified torching a residential building in another thread. I think you should sit this one out, for your own good.
  - tomnipotent 6y ago
    Oh please, nice try. You'd have to be desperate to make that assumption, just like the previous person that tried to pull that. Supporting protestors and civil unrest doesn't mean you support violence, but I'm not a naive child that thinks great change happens without bad things accompanying it.