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>>laurex+(OP)
Here's another article uncovering the brutality of the police [1]. Some of the scenes are really inhuman [2] and I feel sorry for the poor people trying to make their voices heard.

I hope, that both sides, the protesters and police force will find a way, to exit that spiral of violence. But right now it looks like this won't happen. It's a shame.

If the state acts harder against protesters, journalists and civilian bystanders it will only fuel their anger. Leading to more violence, used by the state to issue a even worse crackdown than now. And so on and so on.

The only hope that I have is, that other politicians from all parties will stand up against that.

[1] https://www.bellingcat.com/news/americas/2020/05/31/us-law-e...

[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Byk2axDVNHE

>>zubspa+s5
Third party oversight. This country was founded on checks and balances. There are no checks to their power as it stands now.

>>sixoth+b8
> Third party oversight.

Aren't the journalists supposed to be the third party oversight? Showing and telling the rest of us what's happening so that when one side oversteps we as a society can take action to correct it?

>>elliek+yb
Freedom of the press is certainly important, and if anything changes because of all this, people hearing about it will be instrumental, but it's not a replacement for proper systems of accountability. If the bar for getting away with murder is "don't make national headlines," something is deeply wrong.

Up until now the bar has been far lower than that.