This is utterly disturbing, and just as disturbing is the apparent reaction (or lack thereof) in this comment section. I know you guys have a lot to think about right now but, Americans, please understand that this is horrifying and unacceptable.
Unidentified Federal Law Enforcement Detaining Protestors Without Explanation
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#62Earlier quoted context omitted.
One can be against the lockdowns in response to a public health emergency and against incidences like these… Reminds me of my response to my wife in reaction to the State Dept "pleading" for americans to come back "home"… I'm strongly in the camp of things getting worse and worse because none of the underlying issues in modern american society have been adequately addressed for a long time.
I edited that bit out because it was invoking a generalized "other" that didn't need to be. Just by sheer numbers, surely some who were protesting at state capitols are also protesting unaccountable police and institutionalized racism. More succinctly though, there are many people refusing to wear masks, claiming it is government control rather than reasonable common sense in their own best interest. Meanwhile this i…
> More succinctly though, there are many people refusing to wear masks, claiming it is government control rather than reasonable common sense in their own best interest.
Yeah, I don't get that, but I'm not surprised many americans are against stupidly cheap ways to slow spread to any degree. However in response to that, lockdowns (stupidly expensive) seem to just bring on more unintended negative effects while still no guarantee at all against future death from covid.
Luckily for me, I moved to place where the government isn't strong enough to enforce such a lockdown (or a bunch of other things USG and individual state govs routinely get away with the relative apathy of the public) and people already have a culture of wearing masks in public.
> For the general trend, I want to hope that we're seeing the darkness before the light, but my cynical side tells me that's just a coping mechanism.
This is nothing yet, if history is any lesson. I've long abandoned any sense of hope.
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#63Earlier quoted context omitted.
>People sharing videos of this share either selectively edited videos without context OR they only share the ending part where they are arrested and not the part where they were instigating violence in the peaceful protests. I'm not sure the video that you've linked is any better. It's basically someone dismissing it saying they were bad people who deserved it. It adds zero information.
Here's one example where the dude who got arrested has a helmet on. Why's that needed in peaceful protests? Also note the thing he has on his left side. That's an attachment to break car windows: https://twitter.com/greg_doucette/status/1283452585945583618
there's a kid in texas who got a beanbag round embedded in his skull so i'd say helmets are probably a good idea when you've got cops firing less-lethal munitions into crowds
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#64Good
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#65Earlier quoted context omitted.
>People sharing videos of this share either selectively edited videos without context OR they only share the ending part where they are arrested and not the part where they were instigating violence in the peaceful protests. I'm not sure the video that you've linked is any better. It's basically someone dismissing it saying they were bad people who deserved it. It adds zero information.
Here's one example where the dude who got arrested has a helmet on. Why's that needed in peaceful protests? Also note the thing he has on his left side. That's an attachment to break car windows: https://twitter.com/greg_doucette/status/1283452585945583618
https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/nation/2020/06/19/pol...
https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/06/17/police-targeting-street-...
If you are protesting the police, you should have every possible form of armour on that you have access to, even if you are protesting peacefully.
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#66Why was this flagged? There's another thread of this exact same article on the front page at the moment, too.
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#67Earlier quoted context omitted.
Here's one example where the dude who got arrested has a helmet on. Why's that needed in peaceful protests? Also note the thing he has on his left side. That's an attachment to break car windows: https://twitter.com/greg_doucette/status/1283452585945583618
there's a kid in texas who got a beanbag round embedded in his skull so i'd say helmets are probably a good idea when you've got cops firing less-lethal munitions into crowds
There have been three or four of them in total. I believe this is the one you're talking about though.
https://www.kut.org/post/chief-manley-says-black-man-critica...
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#68Why was this flagged? There's another thread of this exact same article on the front page at the moment, too. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23866926
Because the headline is nonsense. The cops are not 'unidentified', they are clearly identified as federal law enforcement and they are arresting people who they believe have broken the law. They are not kidnapping random people off the street.
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#69This is utterly disturbing, and just as disturbing is the apparent reaction (or lack thereof) in this comment section. I know you guys have a lot to think about right now but, Americans, please understand that this is horrifying and unacceptable.
It’s horrifying that the state police keep releasing rioters without charge. It’s about time the offenders face the music.
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#70Why was this flagged? There's another thread of this exact same article on the front page at the moment, too. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23866926
Because the headline is nonsense. The cops are not 'unidentified', they are clearly identified as federal law enforcement and they are arresting people who they believe have broken the law. They are not kidnapping random people off the street.
I didn’t see the men identify themselves in the video. Did you? Seems pretty clear cut definition of “unidentified” to not say who you are or what organization you’re with.