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This is factually correct for anyone complaining. You can argue about some other places, but this was an obvious authoritarian play for a photo-op. Military o

• refurb 6y ago
  Per your article - "Moments before, police had cleared largely peaceful demonstrators from the area". Largely would infer there were some demonstrators using violence. I don't disagree that it was a bad move politically.
  • jbeam 6y ago
    The videos are easy to access. The people who the Trump administration attacked were peaceful. The fact that someone half a mile away might have been looting a store or a random person might have thrown a Poland Spring bottle does not justify assaulting the public so you can take a stroll for a two minute photo op. The church clergy themselves were teargassed and pushed off the property to make way for Trump. The US Government forcibly seized a church without warning from its clergy to provide a photo op for the president. It's not just bad politically, its bad.
  • hobs 6y ago
    So from my original response - if you find yourself bending backwards to justify violating civilians first amendment rights, getting called a fascist is an appropriate label.