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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe Police Are Rioting. We Need to Talk About It.
I dont recall seeing this posted.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/05/opinion/sunday/police-riots.html
If were going to speak of rioting protesters, then we need to speak of rioting police as well. No, they arent destroying property. But it is clear from news coverage, as well as countless videos taken by protesters and bystanders, that many officers are using often indiscriminate violence against people against anyone, including the peaceful majority of demonstrators, who happens to be in the streets.
Rioting police have driven vehicles into crowds, reproducing the assault that killed Heather Heyer in Charlottesville, Va., in 2017. They have surrounded a car, smashed the windows, tazed the occupants and dragged them out onto the ground. Clad in paramilitary gear, they have attacked elderly bystanders, pepper-sprayed cooperative protesters and shot nonlethal rounds directly at reporters, causing serious injuries. In Austin, Texas, a 20-year-old man is in critical condition after being shot in the head with a less-lethal round. Across the country, rioting police are using tear gas in quantities that threaten the health and safety of demonstrators, especially in the midst of a respiratory disease pandemic.
None of this quells disorder. Everything from the militaristic posture to the attacks themselves does more to inflame and agitate protesters than it does to calm the situation and bring order to the streets. In effect, rioting police have done as much to stoke unrest and destabilize the situation as those responsible for damaged buildings and burning cars. But where rioting protesters can be held to account for destruction and violence, rioting police have the imprimatur of the state.
Much more at the link above ...
oasis
(49,389 posts)in the form of a special commission.
SoonerPride
(12,286 posts)And I find my pessimism terribly depressing.
dalton99a
(81,516 posts)mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)SoonerPride
(12,286 posts)And racist screeds.
Because I know they exist.
And they shouldnt.
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)Eliot Rosewater
(31,112 posts)45% of voters PREFER KGB to USA...evidently
SoonerPride
(12,286 posts)They would be perfectly fine with declaring trump
emperor and imposing a new one party state
Eliot Rosewater
(31,112 posts)I said this 4 years ago and was mocked for it.
too late now maybe
SoonerPride
(12,286 posts)Because they want a white America and would be fine with opening up gas chambers again to rid the country of every person they hate.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,112 posts)to them by the traitor.
Any reason at all, any lie.
BComplex
(8,053 posts)They'd kill all of the democrats & liberals because Fox "news" gives them permission.
Lokee11
(235 posts)I did not post this thread -
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213558395
but looks like they may be to me
FDT
uponit7771
(90,347 posts)hunter
(38,317 posts)"It'd be a shame if something bad happened to your beautiful city..."
There are too many rotten police departments in the U.S.A. that need to be torn down and rebuilt from the ground up.
Mr.Bill
(24,303 posts)it says out loud that they know they are doing wrong and don't want to be seen doing it.
DallasNE
(7,403 posts)We are now ending the 2nd week of these demonstrations, which is a long duration. That is because Trump keeps things inflamed as do cops on the street. I had some hope several days ago when in a number of locations the police and national guard joined BLM in taking a knee but that seemed to be a one and done and back to the same old, same old. The demonstration in Omaha today at Memorial Park looks like it will be the largest demonstration seen here in decades. That is because very little of substance is taking place. Sure, the symbolic gesture of taking a knee was a good start but we need far more than gestures. And so here we are.