mattlawn
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Post by mattlawn on May 28, 2020 19:43:47 GMT
protesting is cool arson is not
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Post by Polaris Seltzeris on May 28, 2020 20:57:20 GMT
protesting is cool arson is not The peaceful protests were stopped by police.
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instinct
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Post by instinct on May 28, 2020 21:23:04 GMT
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Michelle
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Post by Michelle on May 28, 2020 21:31:07 GMT
ACAB
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Michelle
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Post by Michelle on May 28, 2020 21:43:18 GMT
I'm at LA and they got on the 101 freeway, blocking everyone. Lots of people are mad about it but good for them. They're showing LAPD they stand with George Floyd and I heard some talk about how they are also protesting the raises that are being given to the police department. Which is BS. I just hate how one guy got on top of a moving vehicle, I hope he's okay.
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Post by Polaris Seltzeris on May 29, 2020 7:35:40 GMT
Trump has responded through Twitter by threatening to call in the National Guard, and stated that "Any difficulty and we will assume control but, when the looting starts, the shooting starts."
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Post by Polaris Seltzeris on May 29, 2020 7:45:55 GMT
The National Guard has already entered Minneapolis prior to Trump's tweet, primarily to assist the fire department, but there were tanks on the streets. Numerous police stations/precincts have been burned down and abandoned, notably the 3rd precinct in which rioters arrived and you had all of the police drive out of the station for it to be burned to the ground and destroyed.
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prince
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Post by prince on May 29, 2020 8:14:38 GMT
ok but why burn stores as if it has anything to do with the guy? it just seems to me like theyre looking for a reason to fuck around lol
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Post by Jayscoob on May 29, 2020 9:19:41 GMT
ok but why burn stores as if it has anything to do with the guy? it just seems to me like theyre looking for a reason to fuck around lol There is practically no legitimate coverage on this as of yet; or at least based on my attempts to find any. I cannot say this is true and please do not take my word for it but it could simply be the fact that damage is trying to be done as a result of the lack of action being taken on the officers and a great way of doing so is by looting a very popular retailer such as target, especially in Minneapolis where it all happened. By doing this, there is obviously going to be a response from the government and that is the reason: to bring awareness on what has happened to the man in hopes of justice. However Trump obviously seems to not give 2 shits because his response revolves around more violence.
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Post by ginlang on May 29, 2020 9:35:15 GMT
and this kids is how to break the lockdown rules
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Michelle
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Post by Michelle on May 29, 2020 10:39:13 GMT
and this kids is how to break the lockdown rules I think the unjust murder of an innocent man deserves to be acknowledged and protested, even if it goes against any lockdown rules
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Post by ginlang on May 29, 2020 12:49:14 GMT
and this kids is how to break the lockdown rules I think the unjust murder of an innocent man deserves to be acknowledged and protested, even if it goes against any lockdown rules I mean yeah sure but isn't this just gonna make COVID-19 worse? Someone with coronavirus could've protested and now hundreds are possibly sick,
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Wild1145
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Post by Wild1145 on May 29, 2020 12:56:19 GMT
Bit more fuel for the fire -
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xfilez
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Post by xfilez on May 29, 2020 14:08:11 GMT
Bit more fuel for the fire - oh you're fucking kidding me? yeah I can see why the entire fucking town is rioting
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Post by fionn on May 29, 2020 14:24:22 GMT
I find it quite ridiculous that they are ruining businesses and potentially peoples lives and livelihoods due to a generalization of an entire career when in reality it's a small number of bigots who define the rest of the police force.
I'll directly quote what I wrote on Twitter in response to someone who is in agreement with the destruction of buildings.
"What does burning down buildings and potentially ruining businesses achieve? Yeah, what the cops did is wrong but effectively you're slowly stooping down to their level... You're ruining innocent business owners due to the wrongdoing of racist cops. Two wrongs don't make a right. I get it, you feel hard done by and you have a right to, but this isn't the way to go about justice. You're generalizing an entire profession of people designed to help based on a small majority of workers who are bigots, I agree with the protests just not with the destroyal of businesses. You're making it out to seem that every single police officer in the entirety of the United States has it out for those of colour. By destroying these buildings you're also destroying innocent peoples lives."
Along with this, it's really fucking dangerous. There are going to be more then few casualties during this riot.
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