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1. mcbutt+(OP)[view] [source] 2020-06-01 23:55:05
Denver is so far from any other major city outside of their state. Do they expect us to believe that there are hordes of people from Colby, Kansas that drove for hours just to riot?

Minneapolis is reasonable considering its the epicenter of the current issue and reasonable driving distance from Wisconsin.

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2. scared+97[view] [source] 2020-06-02 00:55:35
>>mcbutt+(OP)
What's so different between Minneapolis and Wisconsin that hordes of Wisconsinites would come to town to do things that Minneapolans would never do? That seems implausible, at least to a know-nothing outsider like me.
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3. mcbutt+mo[view] [source] [discussion] 2020-06-02 03:20:07
>>scared+97
The only thing I can think of is to show support in the city where Floyd was killed.
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4. Liquid+iq[view] [source] [discussion] 2020-06-02 03:38:50
>>scared+97
Minneapolis is where the inciting incident, the murder of George Floyd, occurred and thus became the epicenter of the current wave of protests.
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5. scared+XF2[view] [source] [discussion] 2020-06-02 20:15:46
>>mcbutt+mo
For sure, but why would the Wisconsinites be behaving any differently in terms of violence, looting, etc.? I suppose it could be selection bias. Maybe it takes a higher level of anger to drive a couple hours than to go someplace local, and that's more correlated with violent behavior.
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