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1. microc+(OP)[view] [source] 2020-06-20 00:10:43
Are we supposed to be upset? It's easy to play down what's been happening these past few weeks from a suburb or small city, but we should hope that the extreme criminal acts that have destroyed whole neighborhoods recently at least have some chance of being solved.

Much as the sympathizers would like to deflect that insurance is somehow going to cover all of this (it isn't), anyone who complains about “food deserts” but cheers on riots in the hood is part of the problem whether they admit it or not.

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2. salusi+p[view] [source] 2020-06-20 00:14:50
>>microc+(OP)
It is illegal to use military equipment like drones on US soil.
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3. microc+N[view] [source] [discussion] 2020-06-20 00:18:25
>>salusi+p
Depends on what you mean. If they fired missiles at civilians you'd have a point, but merely flying a drone in the U.S. is routine, civilians do it. Some cities and states have restrictions on the routine use of drones by police, but using aerial surveillance is not generally illegal in the U.S. far as I'm aware (nor do I think it should be).
4. 1hello+Q1[view] [source] 2020-06-20 00:27:57
>>microc+(OP)
Nobody in power cared about George Floyd's death until the violent protests. As Noam Chomksy once said - See, people with power understand exactly one thing: violence.
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5. microc+a2[view] [source] [discussion] 2020-06-20 00:31:24
>>1hello+Q1
> Nobody in power cared about George Floyd's deaths until the violent protest

That is untrue. Well before the executions, arsons, and burglaries, there was essentially no ambiguity in the public perception of the case. Most people who watched the video believed they witnessed a murder, and that charge was already planned for Chauvin, well before the public was aware of riots.

And of course, even if it did work, it would still be wrong, and the people executing people and shooting senior citizens to death to steal televisions should be prosecuted.

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6. newacc+34[view] [source] 2020-06-20 00:49:31
>>microc+(OP)
> extreme criminal acts that have destroyed whole neighborhoods recently

Where do "facts" like this come from? I mean, a police station was burned. A bunch of windows have been broken in a bunch of places. But there's literally nothing to support anything like a statement like that.

Seriously: who told you "neighborhoods" had been "destroyed". Which neighborhoods? How many residents were displaced or whatever? Did you think to maybe question your sources when they arrived with no data at all? Didn't the fact that Fox (who normally are pretty good about journalistic micro-rigor, believe it or not) got caught faking image evidence about the unrest maybe cue you that you might be being misled?

But you're still going with that rhetoric? Why? Where are you getting your facts?

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7. Consul+e5[view] [source] [discussion] 2020-06-20 01:02:26
>>1hello+Q1
I really wish Trump would've sent the FBI into Minneapolis to investigate before the violent protests started.
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8. leetcr+e7[view] [source] [discussion] 2020-06-20 01:27:06
>>1hello+Q1
I'm willing to entertain this possibility, but how can you be so certain that they weren't persuaded by the persistence of the nonviolent elements? baltimore's protests have been remarkably peaceful, and the city leadership has already made some (albeit minor) concessions.
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9. xxpor+Z7[view] [source] [discussion] 2020-06-20 01:35:53
>>leetcr+e7
Another analysis would be they're seeing the violence in other cities and want to get out ahead of it.
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10. xxpor+a8[view] [source] [discussion] 2020-06-20 01:38:34
>>microc+a2
Executions? Wtf are you talking about?
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11. microc+Db[view] [source] [discussion] 2020-06-20 02:24:03
>>xxpor+a8
Several people have been executed, including a Federal Protective Services officer.
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12. newacc+Ad[view] [source] [discussion] 2020-06-20 02:49:08
>>microc+Db
Anderson was killed a a 2A boogaloo nut, not a BLM protester: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_boogaloo_killings
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13. relbee+Nd[view] [source] [discussion] 2020-06-20 02:50:39
>>salusi+p
With that logic would it not also be illegal for military jets and helicopters to fly on "US soil"
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14. microc+cg[view] [source] [discussion] 2020-06-20 03:15:17
>>newacc+Ad
Nobody is less dead when killed by a person of a different ideology from the nominal ideology of a gathering.

When you push out the police, it's no wonder that people who would like to get away with heinous crimes show up.

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15. ordina+0J[view] [source] [discussion] 2020-06-20 10:19:22
>>1hello+Q1
The looters and rioters don't care about his death either - they just want to exploit the tragedy to steal and cause harm to their own communities.
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16. Fjolsv+Ys2[view] [source] [discussion] 2020-06-21 04:23:38
>>Consul+e5
Who said the FBI wasn't watching?
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17. Consul+yu5[view] [source] [discussion] 2020-06-22 15:36:43
>>Fjolsv+Ys2
It was a trick, because Trump DID send the FBI in on the 2nd day, before the violent protests started. So people in power did pay attention and did care before the violence started.
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