Police Erupt in Violence Nationwide
[quote]The ongoing protests following the killing of George Floyd were caught up in violence again on Saturday, as police all over the country teargassed protestors, drove vehicles through crowds, opened fire with non-lethal rounds on journalists or people on their own property, and in at least one instance, pushed over an elderly man who was walking away with a cane. Here are some of the ways law enforcement officers escalated the national unrest.
Based on a lot of the videos I've seen on Twitter, this headline is accurate.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 26 | May 31, 2020 10:06 PM
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Proper headline. The pigs are the instigators.
by Anonymous | reply 2 | May 31, 2020 2:14 PM
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Repugs have been militarizing the fuzz for 30 years.
by Anonymous | reply 3 | May 31, 2020 2:19 PM
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Stormtroopers of Trumplandia
by Anonymous | reply 4 | May 31, 2020 2:19 PM
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Democrats have done a fine job. This is why I’ll be voting republican.
by Anonymous | reply 6 | May 31, 2020 2:21 PM
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The not so thin blue line.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 7 | May 31, 2020 2:21 PM
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Mother of Jefferson Davis, Miss Lindsey will NOT have juleps with her gentleman callers interrupted!
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 8 | May 31, 2020 2:25 PM
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This is just some of what they're doing to people. They think they can do anything to anyone. They think they're God
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 9 | May 31, 2020 2:54 PM
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More, this is criminal. Not to mention evil
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 10 | May 31, 2020 2:55 PM
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I hope there are other Micah Johnsons out there.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 11 | May 31, 2020 3:03 PM
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I was 12 yrs old in 1968. I knew bad shit was happening and vaguely remembering rooting for the "hippies" but as I get older I want some law and order. Young people's ideology is often misguided and reckless. But this seems to be a replay of that era and it didn't end well for the Dems.
by Anonymous | reply 12 | May 31, 2020 3:31 PM
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[quote]I get older I want some law and order.
Does law and order demand pepper spraying a sitting member of Congress who is seventy years old and was trying to diffuse the situation? Shooting people with rubber bullets who aren't even protesting? Pulling down people's masks to spray them? Running over them?
by Anonymous | reply 13 | May 31, 2020 3:37 PM
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The riots in the 60s and the 70s gave us Nixon, Reagan and the end of liberal ideology for decades. Hopefully, this doesn't lead to another four years of Trump. That would be a truly nauseating result.
by Anonymous | reply 14 | May 31, 2020 3:39 PM
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The difference being that Trump is making it worse.
by Anonymous | reply 15 | May 31, 2020 4:19 PM
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Those times, we had unpopular democratic incumbent presidents. They republicans said "Look at all this violence, I can stop it!".
Now Trump is president. The violence and chaos are happening in the country he is in charge of.
by Anonymous | reply 16 | May 31, 2020 4:20 PM
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Another 4 years of Trump won’t be fixable by the 2024 election in my opinion. The USA will be irredeemably over. Ivanka or Jr. will be installed. This year is our last chance.
by Anonymous | reply 17 | May 31, 2020 4:21 PM
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As in 1968 terrified white people gave us a Repug president. Dump could not have assured his re-election better if he had planned it. And he did.
by Anonymous | reply 18 | May 31, 2020 4:30 PM
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The amount of gear these police are wearing is phenomenal and it clearly makes them think they are superhuman.
by Anonymous | reply 19 | May 31, 2020 4:32 PM
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I am honestly not sure this is going to be a boon for Trump. If he was out giving statements intended to calm, absolutely, but he's making it worse. The LA riots happened in an election year, GHWB took an active role (he even went to LA to survey the damage), and he still lost.
Yes, I can see it helping him. But I don't think that's a certainty.
by Anonymous | reply 20 | May 31, 2020 4:34 PM
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When you think about it, the only reason police exist is to put down people. That's the reason for their existence. And I can see a future where we won't need traffic cops or drug interdiction cops. All you'll need is enough for burglary and domestic violence. That's it.
by Anonymous | reply 21 | May 31, 2020 4:44 PM
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R13 can you link to the video where the cop pulled down the mask?
I heard about it on the mayor’s press conference and he was questioned about it. He said he hadn’t seen it and I haven’t either.
by Anonymous | reply 23 | May 31, 2020 9:42 PM
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The cop that TKO’d her was suspended.
by Anonymous | reply 25 | May 31, 2020 10:02 PM
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