Obama will impose martial law they said, he'll impose a military dictatorship they said...

[El OchoCinco]

Did they fire those guns? Assualt anyone? Burn down a building or two? Turn over any vehicles? Any act of violence at all? Peaceful protests are legal. So is owning a gun. Your argument is completely incorrect in comparison of the two groups in question.

I am comparing protests to protests, it is sad the looters and rioters took advantage of the situation.

But the police used tear gas and rubber bullets against the protestors who were peacefully standing around while they ignored the looters and people causing damage.

Thank you for admitting that peaceful protests are legal.

So why did the police attack peaceful protestors or yank 2 students out of a car and taser them and break the windows?

 

[El OchoCinco]

Unenforced curfews are worthless. Don't be out after curfew, no cracked skull. Police, without regard to the narrative, are not just randomly walkinh up to some kid and beating on them, day or night, curfew or not.

Yeah...the cops are not just walking up to random people and beating them....sure...

 

[CaptainObvious]

I am comparing protests to protests, it is sad the looters and rioters took advantage of the situation.

But the police used tear gas and rubber bullets against the protestors who were peacefully standing around while they ignored the looters and people causing damage.

Thank you for admitting that peaceful protests are legal.

So why did the police attack peaceful protestors or yank 2 students out of a car and taser them and break the windows?

I don't know all the details of the two students other than the cops were fired by those who I assume do know the details. I support the decision. Riots will bring out the worst from both sides.

 

[Cuddles]

Unenforced curfews are worthless. Don't be out after curfew, no cracked skull. Police, without regard to the narrative, are not just randomly walkinh up to some kid and beating on them, day or night, curfew or not.

There's plenty video evidence of the national guard & cops doing just that.

 

[El OchoCinco]

Of course you guys were all about enforcing the police action when it was about Covid, but not now that it is about "peaceful" protests. That knife cuts both ways, my friend.

I'm not saying they shouldn't be out past the curfew. I'm saying that if you decide to stay out and put yourself in the path of the police, then don't whine when you catch a rubber bullet. It isn't the police's fault.

The rubber bullets should be used to disrupt rioters and looters and those psoing a significant danger, same with the tear gas. The Mayor's already said they would not enforce the curfew.

How about the cops not watch shops get looted while clearing an intersection so the prez can stnad in front of a church.

Police had an easy decision to make, let's use the weapons on protestors mainly and do little to stop the looting. I do not understand that choice. People marching down the middle of the street is peaceful and was in many instances. When it was not then by all means clear it out.

But we cannot pretend that the 2 Atlanta college students were the exception when we have a few media people in the hospital from getting hit in the face with rubber bullets or a CNN reporter arrested live on the air for doing nothing.

Police have not learned anything and are being led by mentally challenged leaders in the department and training.

 

[Frederick Foresight]

Perhaps not violent to the degree of Antifa, BLM and other assorted criminals,

I think you're referring to the white supremacists posing as Antifa et al. It's important to get those pesky details right.

 

[El OchoCinco]

I don't know all the details of the two students other than the cops were fired by those who I assume do know the details. I support the decision. Riots will bring out the worst from both sides.

the details are important. they were sitting in their car stuck in the traffic when 6 cops surrounded the car, busted the windows open and tasered both of them and dragged them out of the car.

What about the videos of press being assaulted for just standing there?

Looters action does not defend the police action on those who are NOT looting.

That is like me saying 4 guys robbed my store so I am going to the corner and picking out 4 people and stabbing them in the leg.

 

[CaptainObvious]

There's plenty video evidence of the national guard & cops doing just that.

Please show me a full video of a cop walking up to someone who is doing absolutely nothing, there are no words spoken, no physical confrontation of any kind, no resistance to any order to move, and then beating on them.Then you have an example which should be addressed and prosecuted.

 

[userque]

being led by mentally challenged leaders in the department and training.

And it's been going on for decades. Cop violates someones rights; keeps job because he was doing as trained; lawsuit; big settlement paid by tax payers; rinse, repeat.

No one ever says, Hey! wait af minute! Why does this bs keep happening?!

 

[El OchoCinco]

My point is there are plenty of peaceful protests that were steamrolled by police while cameras were filming looters breaking into stores and the police decided to back off becuase it was only property and they did not want to confront anyone. You are police or you are not police.

Bring in the stormtroppers to clear the area where people are bashing windows and looting and secure that area so that civilians were not beaten trying to defend their homes from assholes while caring more about "We need to own this intersection" which is meaningless so fire bullets and tear gas.

I have no sympathy for looters and people busting up windows for nothing, I would have paid to sit and watch them get gassed and rubber bulletted. Not a show of force to occupy an intersection.