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1. RcouF1+rb[view] [source] 2020-06-02 16:49:59
>>miles+(OP)
> Mr. Gallego said. “Our neighborhoods aren’t war zones.”

Unfortunately, I am not sure that will be the case in a week. I think by the time the actual voting on the bill comes, it is likely that either the protests have died down removing the immediacy of this, or else there is so much destruction in the cities that this becomes not politically viable.

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2. inetkn+bB[view] [source] 2020-06-02 18:52:42
>>RcouF1+rb
> Unfortunately, I am not sure that will be the case in a week.

A week? I think it's already not the case. Maybe not across the entire nation but certainly in some places. I can see an argument that Twitter isn't a source of "quality" journalism. But these things are so widespread that I think it's hard to not only discredit it but even ignore it. In the first link [0] you've got National Guard walking in a neighborhood shooting paint at people legally standing on their own property. In the second link [1] you've got protestors taking refuge inside of someone's personal property.

No, it's not a war zone insomuch as there aren't live rounds being used. Except for, you know, when they are being used {[2],[3]} [4]. Okay so the latter three videos videos aren't in neighborhoods. I don't think it matters. It shouldn't matter whether these events are happening to a neighborhood or not. The fact is, they're happening and people are getting permanent injuries and some even dying.

[0] https://twitter.com/tkerssen/status/1266921821653385225

[1] https://twitter.com/allieblablah/status/1267636221406261248

[2] https://twitter.com/BrandiKruse/status/1266889752466227200

[3] https://twitter.com/BrandiKruse/status/1266924674107109377

[4] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdmaXkNcgWw

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