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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. Spivak+qp[view] [source] 2020-06-02 18:02:27
>>twblal+qg
True but modern weapons have made it possible for a single officer/small group to brutalize people much more efficiently.

You can really only beat one person at a time with a club. You can spray rubber bullets and water pumps into a crowd.

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