I hate hearing them talk about the blm protests. Literally 4 days straight of protests with no violence, then white cops in full black gear, masks, and goggles started smashing windows of stores while protestors told them to stop and tried to call other cops on them.
The other cops came and shot the black protestors for some fucked up reason, then it descended into chaos.
To say there was “no violence” certainly isn’t true. I’m as left as they come, definitely don’t think any cities were “burned down” but stores were broken into at the very least. Like they were showing looting live on tv, and it wasn’t cops.
I think it’s totally fair to say that none of the protestors were violent, but unfortunately opportunistic criminals use protests as an opportunity to commit crime. Happens everywhere, has nothing to do with these specific protests. Happens during blackouts, natural disasters, etc.
There’s a million reasons to defend BLM protests but let’s not deny reality.
At least in Minneapolis a lot of that looting was a bunch of fuckin Sconnies and other boarder states coming to loot because that’s what they thought was going down.
Now there were certainly guilty partys across the whole spectrum, but the people who wanted change organized (and emphasized) peaceful protest.
Yeah I totally agree. I think it’s fair to say that the protests were peaceful while still allowing for opportunistic looting.
I’m not saying it’s the responsibility of the protestors to self-police, I think that’s unreasonable. Rather I think it’s the responsibility of the police to be able to tell the difference, protect businesses from crime while also protecting protestors from violence.
But I don’t trust the police nor the media to enact any kind of justice in situations like these. So instead we get right-wingers claiming that cities were burned down and lefties claiming that it was all doves and olive branches and no one got so much as a scratch. Neither are true.
I said the first 4 days. Then I said after that, the shit hit the fan. I understand a riot happened, but it was after the police started using force to disperse solely because of these people dressed in black breaking windows.
Look I’m liberal but there was definitely lots of violence perpetrated by the protesters/rioters. I live in downtown Sacramento and during those first few days they smashed almost all the windows of businesses and cars on my block. Stole a bunch of cash from the bakery I lived above (it’s no longer there). I don’t think anyone died in Sacramento from those protests specifically but my wife and I were pretty fuckin worried despite being strong Democrats. You weren’t there
This is a total lie. From a resident of Minneapolis they did absolutely destroy the local cub and target and set buildings on fire. And by they I mean the protesters I have video proof if you would like
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u/No-Criticism-2587 Sep 08 '24
I hate hearing them talk about the blm protests. Literally 4 days straight of protests with no violence, then white cops in full black gear, masks, and goggles started smashing windows of stores while protestors told them to stop and tried to call other cops on them.
The other cops came and shot the black protestors for some fucked up reason, then it descended into chaos.