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Except for the "Open States Up" protests that occurred that had hospital personal begging the protestors to let the emergency vehicles through. But that's a different type of crowd.

>>MDWoli+(OP)
This is a commonly repeated rumor about the Michigan lockdown protests, but its absolutely not true[1].

"Despite some "confusion," Lansing police had no complaints about any ambulance being locked in traffic during an emergency, said Robert Merritt, a spokesman for the Lansing Police Department. When ambulances on non-emergency runs were in traffic, "rally participants slowly cleared a path," he said."

[1] https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/0...

>>MDWoli+(OP)
I don't remember hearing anything about police dispersing those crowds with tear gas. I wonder why.

>>mcv+t3
I'm gunna go ahead and assume it was due to the the lack of violence and looting.

>>mcv+t3
I thought the right to bear arms was useless for defending against tyranny when the government has nukes and apache attack helicopters.

>>benmw3+Y7
I'm gunna go ahead and assume it was due to them being conservative white guys with guns.

>>mcv+t3
Do you think this might have something to do with it? https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2016-09-16/nations-bigg...

>>chipot+Ii
Turns out guns are important for protecting yourself against government overreach and abuse. Who knew?

>>jtbayl+dA
Judging by how black people _thought_ to have guns are treated, I’d say white skin is better at protecting you.

>>jkestn+6L
I would say that is correct.

(Fascinating trivia: California allowed open carry until the Mulford Act in 1967 restricted it -- directly in response to the Black Panthers practicing it. The Act was signed into law by Ronald Reagan, with the explicit support of the National Rifle Association.)

>>jascii+2j
Of course it does. The police are Trump’s brownshirts, whether he knows what’s going on or not.

Edit: I mean, come on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eVPKpBKGCE

>>jtbayl+dA
Fun fact, the reason why california banned open carry was to prevent the black neighborhoods in Oakland from policing themselves as armed citizens: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulford_Act

>>lliama+lg
So maybe all the protesters against police violence should arm themselves. But considering how eagerly US police uses "I thought they had a gun" as a reason to shoot someone, I fear it would turn into a massacre.

People have done tests with white people and black people open carrying in exactly the same way. Black open carriers got a very different police response.

>>jtbayl+dA
Guns work very well when you're white. Not so well when you're black.

>>monadi+ga1
Firefly fans? Or do you mean brownshirts?

>>mcv+Ib1
Corrected, thank you, I apparently had that embedded in my brain from 15 years ago.