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> 25+ people were killed in the riots this summer. Over $2B was done in property damage No excuse for violence or property damage. Prosecute them all. But ke

• deathlight 6y ago
  > And it involved multiple "sides" in various states of cooperation or opposition. This is a good point that deserves to be reiterated. At its worst you certainly had the stereotypical "pig" cops that everyone likes to ACAB at. The kind that intentionally incite an otherwise peaceful crowd; the kind that may shoot at erstwhile peaceful bystanders (including people standing on their own porch) with rubber bullets; the kind that aim their gas canister launchers directly at people standing nearby, against all common decency, and often department policy/law. But you also had police departments that merely monitored a situation without forcefully intruding unless necessary. Some even that put away their weapons and peacefully marched with protestors.