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No government buildings in DC were damaged. Small groups, in some cases as small as three people, destroying private property in the first few nights were a maj
by coffeefirst 6y ago
No government buildings in DC were damaged. Small groups, in some cases as small as three people, destroying private property in the first few nights were a major problem because they were moving across the city and MPD couldn’t be everywhere at once.
You are correct, there’s no such thing as a safe way to use indiscriminate force on a crowd. But you’re also mischaracterizing the situation on the ground here.
- beaner 6y agoHow was the poster mischaracterizing? He did not say government buildings were damaged, only that they should be protected.
- na85 6y agoIt's a classic tactic of online trolls to construct a straw-man argument and then direct their efforts towards attributing their argument to you. It works because they twist your words into something inflammatory and you waste time/energy defending yourself and trying to discriminate between your point and the point they paint you as making. Meanwhile to a casual observer you get made to look like the extremist. In this case, asking "how will you protect government buildings?" is like asking "how will you prevent protesters from leaking classified military secrets?". Nobody said that classified military secrets were being leaked, only that they should be protected.
- SpicyLemonZest 6y agoThe question isn't whether the violence actually happened, but whether it was a reasonable possibility to plan for. It's not good for anyone if riot control tactics can only be discussed once a riot is in full heat - everyone involved will surely overreact if they don't know what the plan is.