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Because systemic issues can be fixed overnight.

• eat_veggies 6y ago
  They can't be fixed overnight, but they certainly can't be fixed by doubling down on police brutality.
  • readarticle 6y ago
    Meanwhile, the riot riots. Tear gas won’t manage gentrification and economic inequality, and overarching societal reform won’t manage a riot in progress. Right tools for the job and all that...
    • eat_veggies 6y ago
      You say this with such certainty, but empirically we have seen that protests turn violent once police start escalating and attacking them, and turn peaceful again after the cops leave [0][1][2][3][4][5]. So no, it's not the right tool for the job. The protests have continued precisely because the government has not showed a single sign of even beginning efforts toward overarching societal reform. [0] https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/07/31/portland-protests-federal-calm/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/07/31/portland-pr... [1] https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/2/21278285/peaceful-protest-oakland-george-floyd-police-violence-tear-gas https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/2/21278285/peaceful-protest-... [2] https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/06/26/opinion/blm-protests-police-violence.html https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/06/26/opinion/blm-p... [3] https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/19/opinions/aggressive-police-peaceful-protest-wang/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/19/opinions/aggressive-police-pe... [4] https://www.vox.com/2020/6/12/21279619/protesters-police-violence-philadelphia-los-angeles-washington-dc https://www.vox.com/2020/6/12/21279619/protesters-police-vio... [5] https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/police-keep-using-force-against-peaceful-protesters-prompting-sustained-criticism-about-tactics-and-training/2020/06/03/5d2f51d4-a5cf-11ea-bb20-ebf0921f3bbd_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/police-keep-using-fo...
      • giancarlostoro 6y ago
        And yet parts of the government with abilities to act locally (where protests occur) allow the rioting instead of doing anything useful. When the politicians show up they get attacked. There is plenty wrong on either side but burning down your own city and destroying local businesses is not going to help anybody.
        • eat_veggies 6y ago
          When a politician, singular, showed up, he got attacked [by protestors] in Wisconsin. Of course, most of the violence and threats toward politicians at protests has been at the hands of police [0][1][2] [0] https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewsolender/2020/06/03/all-the-times-police-arrested-or-attacked-politicians-at-protests/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewsolender/2020/06/03/all-t... [1] https://www.newsweek.com/nypd-sergeants-benevolent-association-union-tweet-deleted-mayor-bill-de-blasio-daughter-1507750 https://www.newsweek.com/nypd-sergeants-benevolent-associati... [2] https://www.thedailybeast.com/norman-oklahoma-councilwoman-alexandra-scott-fears-police-doxxing-led-to-neighbor-being-raped https://www.thedailybeast.com/norman-oklahoma-councilwoman-a...
          • giancarlostoro 6y ago
            You seem to have forgotten about Rand Paul being attacked as well. Then theres the teenager getting into a battle with three criminals (or so they allege) at least one of which was holding a gun they had no right to own. What was the Police's hand in that situation that caused grown adults to attack a teenager?
            • eat_veggies 6y ago
              Apologies. I forgot about Rand Paul because in all the videos of the incident, he appears unharmed. To him, violence is being surrounded by his constituents.
              • giancarlostoro 6y ago