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So, the moment a single cop lobs a tear gas can at a peaceful protest, is the moment when the protest starts doing damage to its cause? That would explain why
by vkou 2y ago
So, the moment a single cop lobs a tear gas can at a peaceful protest, is the moment when the protest starts doing damage to its cause?
That would explain why they seem to be so eager to employ violence against peaceful protestors.
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago> the moment a single cop lobs a tear gas can at a peaceful protest, is the moment when the protest starts doing damage to its cause? No. The trigger was "a protest that was starting to get a bit rowdy." Not a peaceful protest that gets gassed. The latter is extremely effective at generating public sympathy.
- immibis 2y agoSo all the cops have to do is send one of them undercover to throw a couple of bricks, and then they have casus belli to gas the whole protest. Ever wondered why protests always turn violent very shortly after the government decides it's time to disperse them?