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Except for the "Open States Up" protests that occurred that had hospital personal begging the protestors to let the emergency vehicles through. But that's a di
by MDWolinski 6y ago
Except for the "Open States Up" protests that occurred that had hospital personal begging the protestors to let the emergency vehicles through. But that's a different type of crowd.
- grandmczeb 6y agoThis is a commonly repeated rumor about the Michigan lockdown protests, but its absolutely not true[1]. "Despite some "confusion," Lansing police had no complaints about any ambulance being locked in traffic during an emergency, said Robert Merritt, a spokesman for the Lansing Police Department. When ambulances on non-emergency runs were in traffic, "rally participants slowly cleared a path," he said." [1] https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/04/21/police-rebut-whitmer-claims-ambulances-blocked-protest-traffic/5169518002/ https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/0...
- mcv 6y agoI don't remember hearing anything about police dispersing those crowds with tear gas. I wonder why.
- benmw333 6y agoI'm gunna go ahead and assume it was due to the the lack of violence and looting.
- chipotle_coyote 6y agoI'm gunna go ahead and assume it was due to them being conservative white guys with guns.
- jtbayly 6y agoTurns out guns are important for protecting yourself against government overreach and abuse. Who knew?
- jkestner 6y agoJudging by how black people _thought_ to have guns are treated, I’d say white skin is better at protecting you.
- chipotle_coyote 6y agoI would say that is correct. (Fascinating trivia: California allowed open carry until the Mulford Act in 1967 restricted it -- directly in response to the Black Panthers practicing it. The Act was signed into law by Ronald Reagan, with the explicit support of the National Rifle Association.)
- mcv 6y agoGuns work very well when you're white. Not so well when you're black.
- monadic2 6y agoFun fact, the reason why california banned open carry was to prevent the black neighborhoods in Oakland from policing themselves as armed citizens: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulford_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulford_Act
- lliamander 6y agoI thought the right to bear arms was useless for defending against tyranny when the government has nukes and apache attack helicopters.
- mcv 6y agoSo maybe all the protesters against police violence should arm themselves. But considering how eagerly US police uses "I thought they had a gun" as a reason to shoot someone, I fear it would turn into a massacre. People have done tests with white people and black people open carrying in exactly the same way. Black open carriers got a very different police response.
- jascii 6y agoDo you think this might have something to do with it? https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2016-09-16/nations-biggest-police-union-endorses-trump https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2016-09-16/nations-bigg...
- monadic2 6y agoOf course it does. The police are Trump’s brownshirts, whether he knows what’s going on or not. Edit: I mean, come on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eVPKpBKGCE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eVPKpBKGCE