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dware

(12,418 posts)
1. All this violence, looting, arson, etc.
Sat May 30, 2020, 01:23 AM
May 2020

is taking away from the real issue, like the corruption of our police forces across the nation and the treatment and killing of POC's by the police.

 

BGBD

(3,282 posts)
7. many of the inciters
Sat May 30, 2020, 01:51 AM
May 2020

are anarchists who take advantage of these things. Some are probably also alt-right types who want to discredit righteous black anger.

When you have a lot of young angry people, it only takes a few people to set it off and both of those groups know it.

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still_one

(92,266 posts)
3. I wouldn't be surprised. I am noticing in Minneapolis videos a distribution of whites are involved
Sat May 30, 2020, 01:23 AM
May 2020

in the looting

FirstLight

(13,362 posts)
5. any livestream on the ground? any idea where?
Sat May 30, 2020, 01:41 AM
May 2020

I got friends and relatives near 35th and the Laurel Dist.

11cents

(1,777 posts)
9. I live pretty close to there, in Fruitvale.
Sat May 30, 2020, 01:56 AM
May 2020

I think most of the action is downtown, as is usually the case.

And yes, "anarchist" derps always parasitize moments like this around here.

FirstLight

(13,362 posts)
10. Oh yeah I know...
Sat May 30, 2020, 01:59 AM
May 2020

and you can tell the difference between protestors who are there for the cause and those that are just having fun fucking shit up. It's so sad but then again with 40M out of work, what else are they gonna do?

Spunds like enough chaos that there's some Magas who will also go out 'a-shootin... a recipe for disaster across the country, then add in a freaking pandemic and it's gonna really be narly by July 4th

Jamaal510

(10,893 posts)
12. They always have to cause problems here
Sat May 30, 2020, 03:49 AM
May 2020

and tear up shit instead of in Berkeley (or wherever else they're from). I hate them.

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