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1. inetkn+(OP)[view] [source] 2020-06-02 18:52:42
> 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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2. jacobu+hJ[view] [source] 2020-06-02 22:56:38
>>inetkn+(OP)
The National Guard said it was the MPD who was doing the shooting.
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3. inetkn+k81[view] [source] [discussion] 2020-06-03 02:28:53
>>jacobu+hJ
That makes sense. The NG goes by in their vehicle and the people firing the paint guns are wearing what looks like police armor.

Do you have a link to cite though? I haven't yet read a statement from the National Guard about it and some brief searching on Google brings up a lot of useless noise.

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4. jacobu+Uu1[view] [source] [discussion] 2020-06-03 06:20:39
>>inetkn+k81
I saw it as it unfolded while I watched YT and Twitter in disbelief. I’ll try to find it but I lost it in a flurry of tabs.
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