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For better or worse, I don't think it's all that surprising that police end up being more hesitant to fire rubber bullets at a group of protesters with rifles s

For better or worse, I don't think it's all that surprising that police end up being more hesitant to fire rubber bullets at a group of protesters with rifles slung over their shoulders.

awillen 6y ago
100% agree - it also makes sense that when they're hugely outnumbered and have no backup, they're a lot less likely to fight. That's why it's so baffling that the response to protests where people were actively talking on social media about being armed involved so little preparation and such a small number of police.
bsder 6y ago
The last time a bunch of minorities exercised their "Second Amendment" rights, funnily enough a bunch of gun control laws went through tout suite. Civil rights didn't come about because the establishment liked Martin Luther King. Civil rights came about because the establishment was MORE afraid of the Black Panthers, et al.
- edmundsauto 6y ago
  I'm not sure if I agree with the second graph, but more context on the first sentence: Conservative hero Ronald Reagan implemented California's gun control laws in response to Black Panthers (legally) arming themselves.
- MikeUt 6y ago
  The last time was in 2020, when the exclusively-Black NFAC (Not Fucking Around Coalition) held armed marches: https://edition.cnn.com/2020/10/25/us/nfac-black-armed-group/index.html https://edition.cnn.com/2020/10/25/us/nfac-black-armed-group... "Could you even imagine a group of black people with guns drawn on the steps of a government building? Exactly.": https://www.theroot.com/the-open-america-protests-are-a-classic-example-of-the-1843022481 https://www.theroot.com/the-open-america-protests-are-a-clas...
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