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https://www.nfb.org/ https://www.nfb.org/ will receive a bunch of new members in 2020. Someone please explain this to me, in a few short sentences: Why exactly

https://www.nfb.org/ https://www.nfb.org/ will receive a bunch of new members in 2020. Someone please explain this to me, in a few short sentences: Why exactly does the US police fire on protesters in the first place? I get the looting part of the problem, but what I saw on 7News seemed like the police had declared war on all protesters, no matter what they were doing. Also, maybe that is my own sort of bubble, but I found it interesting that it was far easier to find live coverage of the mishaps during protests from foreign stations like from australia then from US media. From afar, it had the air of quite some censorship going on. Same with general coverage of the situation in my own country. I used to read a headline almost on daily basis detailing how crazy trump must be. But given whats going on since the protests started, there is very little coverage about that in local media. Almost as if the media were afraid to spread the sentiment to other countries?

CamJN 6y ago
Police in the us hold an unbroken history from the runaway slave patrols: https://plsonline.eku.edu/insidelook/brief-history-slavery-and-origins-american-policing https://plsonline.eku.edu/insidelook/brief-history-slavery-a... they also feel that the public are dangerous and need to be suppressed: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/08/18/thin-blue-line-what-does-american-flag-wit-flag-maker-condemns-use-white-supremacists-charlottesvill/580694001/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/08/18/th...
- ASalazarMX 6y ago
  Except when the public are idiots complaining against using facemasks to avoid spreading COVID, those are safe.
  - aerostable_slug 6y ago
    Remind me how many stores were looted during those protests? How many cars were burned when the heavily armed bozos showed up to complain about common sense C19 measures? They are idiots, but oddly enough they don't seem to attract those who would damage, steal, or destroy other people's property.
    - ASalazarMX 6y ago
      You're right, they're just idiots that spread a pandemic, effectively taking more lives than the riots and looting would. Things would have to be extremely bad before the governments enacted a curfew because of the covidiots. But that's philosophy, the fact is that USA hasn't excised all its racist roots. Your own president sought to fuel civic unrest by tweeting "FREE MINNESOTA!" during the lockdowns, yet it warned that rioters could be shot in more recent tweets. You can say that his hypocrisy comes from following his agenda, yet the troubling issue is that it resonates well among the intended recipients, which are too many TBH.
  - mlang23 6y ago
    Do you actually believe calling people "idiots" who do not share your opinion on a matter is a productive way of discussing things? No matter how you might think about the WHO, I'd like to remind you that it is only about 2 weeks ago that the WHO actually changed their opinion on facemasks, now claiming they do actually help. Given that apparently even well-known organisations and experts do not always agree on these (rather new) matters, do you seriously believe it is fair to call the common people that do not agree with your current interpretation "idiots"? Mind you, I am not arguing for or against facemasks. I can't help but notice that the tone you're using here is actually much more part of the problem then you might realize.

CamJN 6y ago

Police in the us hold an unbroken history from the runaway slave patrols: https://plsonline.eku.edu/insidelook/brief-history-slavery-and-origins-american-policing https://plsonline.eku.edu/insidelook/brief-history-slavery-a... they also feel that the public are dangerous and need to be suppressed: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/08/18/thin-blue-line-what-does-american-flag-wit-flag-maker-condemns-use-white-supremacists-charlottesvill/580694001/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/08/18/th...

ASalazarMX 6y ago
Except when the public are idiots complaining against using facemasks to avoid spreading COVID, those are safe.
- aerostable_slug 6y ago
  Remind me how many stores were looted during those protests? How many cars were burned when the heavily armed bozos showed up to complain about common sense C19 measures? They are idiots, but oddly enough they don't seem to attract those who would damage, steal, or destroy other people's property.
  - ASalazarMX 6y ago
    You're right, they're just idiots that spread a pandemic, effectively taking more lives than the riots and looting would. Things would have to be extremely bad before the governments enacted a curfew because of the covidiots. But that's philosophy, the fact is that USA hasn't excised all its racist roots. Your own president sought to fuel civic unrest by tweeting "FREE MINNESOTA!" during the lockdowns, yet it warned that rioters could be shot in more recent tweets. You can say that his hypocrisy comes from following his agenda, yet the troubling issue is that it resonates well among the intended recipients, which are too many TBH.
- mlang23 6y ago
  Do you actually believe calling people "idiots" who do not share your opinion on a matter is a productive way of discussing things? No matter how you might think about the WHO, I'd like to remind you that it is only about 2 weeks ago that the WHO actually changed their opinion on facemasks, now claiming they do actually help. Given that apparently even well-known organisations and experts do not always agree on these (rather new) matters, do you seriously believe it is fair to call the common people that do not agree with your current interpretation "idiots"? Mind you, I am not arguing for or against facemasks. I can't help but notice that the tone you're using here is actually much more part of the problem then you might realize.