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Violent protests that did not lead to the death of a single police officer. I mean, how violent could they have been. My personal experience (not as a partici

Violent protests that did not lead to the death of a single police officer. I mean, how violent could they have been. My personal experience (not as a participant, but rather someone who observed a few protests from a distance) was that they were peaceful until the cops would engage with the protestors to impose the curfews that many cities had established. And then the violence was largely 1 sided.

fpgaminer 6y ago
> Violent protests that did not lead to the death of a single police officer. I did some quick fact checking, just for my own peace of mind. I view the George Floyd protests as overall peaceful, but it's good to question one's understanding. So for what it's worth Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Floyd_protests_in_Portland,_Oregon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Floyd_protests_in_Portl...) lists one casualty. I'm guessing that was the August 29th event, which wasn't a police officer. So yeah, seems you're right, and that's an important fact to keep in mind. 7 months of protests with only one dead, in an area people keep arguing is the worst of the BLM protests.
panny 6y ago
>Violent protests that did not lead to the death of a single police officer. Nice way to move the goalposts. How many people were killed in the protest? Aaron Danielson was ambushed and murdered by antifa Michael Reinoehl in Portland. >I mean, how violent could they have been. The "protestors" were using blinding laser weapons against the police. That's not even permitted in war, there's a 109 nation treaty against blinding laser weapons. Anyway, there's a 22GB torrent of riot videos out there now if you need a memory refresher. The largest file in the torrent is 6.2 GB of Portland videos. Portland was months and months of violent riots and murders.
- lupire 6y ago
  Those months and months did less damage than 1 day in the Capitol.
  - panny 6y ago
    That's not even remotely true. For example, here's a list of buildings damaged and looted in the much shorter Minneapolis riots: https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/a-list-of-the-buildings-damaged-looted-in-minneapolis-and-st-paul https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/a-list-of-the-buil... Can you show me a list of building and businesses damaged and looted for Jan 6 that exceeds this? Remember, a woman was kidnapped, raped, and then murdered in the "mostly peaceful" protests that followed George Floyd there. Her name has never been released and her story went down the memory hole. Some of her last moments were captured on a doorbell cam when she was desperately trying to escape her attackers. We watched her die in realtime. Kidnapped: https://i.imgur.com/md660xQ.jpg https://i.imgur.com/md660xQ.jpg Raped: https://twitter.com/CrimeWatchMpls/status/1266109379440447493 https://twitter.com/CrimeWatchMpls/status/126610937944044749... Murdered: https://kstp.com/minnesota-news/woman-found-dead-inside-car-bryant-avenue-17th-minneapolis/5744504/ https://kstp.com/minnesota-news/woman-found-dead-inside-car-... Can you point me to such an event happening on Jan 6? No, you can't.
    - nicoffeine 6y ago
      This whataboutism is unreal. Criminals taking advantage of chaos is not the same as an attempted coup. That's why there are 20,000 national guard troops ringing the nation's capital right now, quartered in the Capitol Building for the first time since the Civil War. That's why corporations with trillions of dollars in market cap shut down communications. We are only at the beginning of an FBI investigation that may last years. Maybe you won't believe any of it until you see some famous figures perp walked for sedition. I guess we'll find out.
      - panny 6y ago
        >an attempted coup I believe you are now projecting https://twitter.com/MarkSZaidEsq/status/826262311560216578 https://twitter.com/MarkSZaidEsq/status/826262311560216578 The left has openly stated they are conducting a coup. Jan 20 is less than a week away, and Trump has put more troops in DC than in Afghanistan. I guess we will find out soon, yes.

fpgaminer 6y ago

> Violent protests that did not lead to the death of a single police officer. I did some quick fact checking, just for my own peace of mind. I view the George Floyd protests as overall peaceful, but it's good to question one's understanding. So for what it's worth Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Floyd_protests_in_Portland,_Oregon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Floyd_protests_in_Portl...) lists one casualty. I'm guessing that was the August 29th event, which wasn't a police officer. So yeah, seems you're right, and that's an important fact to keep in mind. 7 months of protests with only one dead, in an area people keep arguing is the worst of the BLM protests.

panny 6y ago

>Violent protests that did not lead to the death of a single police officer. Nice way to move the goalposts. How many people were killed in the protest? Aaron Danielson was ambushed and murdered by antifa Michael Reinoehl in Portland. >I mean, how violent could they have been. The "protestors" were using blinding laser weapons against the police. That's not even permitted in war, there's a 109 nation treaty against blinding laser weapons. Anyway, there's a 22GB torrent of riot videos out there now if you need a memory refresher. The largest file in the torrent is 6.2 GB of Portland videos. Portland was months and months of violent riots and murders.

lupire 6y ago
Those months and months did less damage than 1 day in the Capitol.
- panny 6y ago
  That's not even remotely true. For example, here's a list of buildings damaged and looted in the much shorter Minneapolis riots: https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/a-list-of-the-buildings-damaged-looted-in-minneapolis-and-st-paul https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-news/a-list-of-the-buil... Can you show me a list of building and businesses damaged and looted for Jan 6 that exceeds this? Remember, a woman was kidnapped, raped, and then murdered in the "mostly peaceful" protests that followed George Floyd there. Her name has never been released and her story went down the memory hole. Some of her last moments were captured on a doorbell cam when she was desperately trying to escape her attackers. We watched her die in realtime. Kidnapped: https://i.imgur.com/md660xQ.jpg https://i.imgur.com/md660xQ.jpg Raped: https://twitter.com/CrimeWatchMpls/status/1266109379440447493 https://twitter.com/CrimeWatchMpls/status/126610937944044749... Murdered: https://kstp.com/minnesota-news/woman-found-dead-inside-car-bryant-avenue-17th-minneapolis/5744504/ https://kstp.com/minnesota-news/woman-found-dead-inside-car-... Can you point me to such an event happening on Jan 6? No, you can't.
  - nicoffeine 6y ago
    This whataboutism is unreal. Criminals taking advantage of chaos is not the same as an attempted coup. That's why there are 20,000 national guard troops ringing the nation's capital right now, quartered in the Capitol Building for the first time since the Civil War. That's why corporations with trillions of dollars in market cap shut down communications. We are only at the beginning of an FBI investigation that may last years. Maybe you won't believe any of it until you see some famous figures perp walked for sedition. I guess we'll find out.
    - panny 6y ago
      >an attempted coup I believe you are now projecting https://twitter.com/MarkSZaidEsq/status/826262311560216578 https://twitter.com/MarkSZaidEsq/status/826262311560216578 The left has openly stated they are conducting a coup. Jan 20 is less than a week away, and Trump has put more troops in DC than in Afghanistan. I guess we will find out soon, yes.