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1. twblal+qg[view] [source] 2020-06-02 17:14:03
>>miles+(OP)
Police were able to brutalize protesters in the 1960s with much simpler equipment than they have today. The equipment is not the problem.
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2. paloal+2h[view] [source] 2020-06-02 17:16:21
>>twblal+qg
All the more reason to not give the police even more powerful tools with which to brutalize people. If the equipment is not the problem, take it away. That's one less thing to worry about.
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3. remark+Pk[view] [source] 2020-06-02 17:37:00
>>paloal+2h
This isn't true. Modern tools are significantly less lethal, and give police more options on the spectrum of escalation before having to draw their service pistol. This is why protests were much more deadly in the 1970s.
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