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>Federal troops assassinating kneeling protesters didn’t used to be “one side” This is factually not true. Levels of violence by the state against citizens in
by FiniteField 8mo ago
>Federal troops assassinating kneeling protesters didn’t used to be “one side”
This is factually not true. Levels of violence by the state against citizens in the United States is at near historic lows. The state killed dozens of children in Waco in the 90s, bombed domestic buildings in Philadelphia in the 80s, shot protestors Kent State University in the 70s, going back to the early years of the USA where protests and rebellions were put down with private militias and bounties. The shooting by one officer of one protester in a scuffle with officers wouldn't have reached the history books in any other time.
- jmyeet 8mo agoUS law enforcement kill over 1000 people every year, way more than any comparable country [1]. The raw data of incidents on Wikipedia has to be broken down by month [2]. And here's a chart showing the number has been going up basically every year for at least a decade [3]. What "historic lows" are you talking about? [1]: https://www.prisonpolicy.org/graphs/policekillings_total.html https://www.prisonpolicy.org/graphs/policekillings_total.htm... [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_killings_by_law_enforcement_officers_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_killings_by_law_enfor... [3]: https://www.consumershield.com/articles/how-many-people-are-killed-by-police-each-year https://www.consumershield.com/articles/how-many-people-are-...
- int_19h 8mo agoOP is saying that this is a historical low for US, not in the grand scheme of things.