The harder the crackdown, the more intense the rebellion
This isn& #39;t "end-able" by force https://twitter.com/neoavatara/status/1299926902778494976">https://twitter.com/neoavatar...
This isn& #39;t "end-able" by force https://twitter.com/neoavatara/status/1299926902778494976">https://twitter.com/neoavatar...
Protests were already ebbing away, until Bonespur Brezhnev decided federal stormtroopers in Portland was the way to go
There was a spike, another ebb, then Kenosha cops shot Jacob Blake in the back 7 times for sport on camera
So we& #39;re back on another spike
There was a spike, another ebb, then Kenosha cops shot Jacob Blake in the back 7 times for sport on camera
So we& #39;re back on another spike
There& #39;s a several-thousand-tweet thread pinned to my profile that& #39;s quite conservative https://twitter.com/bobsmiththeone/status/1299933791360872448">https://twitter.com/bobsmitht...
Time. Or a prolonged spate of bad weather in all the major cities all at once
Too many instances of federal and state police violating the Constitution the last 3 months for a further crackdown to be seen as anything other than more of the same https://twitter.com/philkjames/status/1299933942183866368">https://twitter.com/philkjame...
Too many instances of federal and state police violating the Constitution the last 3 months for a further crackdown to be seen as anything other than more of the same https://twitter.com/philkjames/status/1299933942183866368">https://twitter.com/philkjame...
You& #39;re right, there aren& #39;t that many violent anarchists in the US
Which really should tell you something about the size, breadth, and depth of the protests https://twitter.com/lordstreetguru/status/1299934559480340482">https://twitter.com/lordstree...
Which really should tell you something about the size, breadth, and depth of the protests https://twitter.com/lordstreetguru/status/1299934559480340482">https://twitter.com/lordstree...
Also true https://twitter.com/Thanos4Congress/status/1299934313644003335">https://twitter.com/Thanos4Co...
Idk who that person it is, they were just RT& #39;d onto my TL by someone I follow ::shrug:: https://twitter.com/crunchyfishtaco/status/1299936076816101376">https://twitter.com/crunchyfi...
Or any urban pacification lessons at all from the Iraq War https://twitter.com/matoakit/status/1299937590099898369">https://twitter.com/matoakit/...
There was a MN crackdown with National Guard; it poured more fuel on the fire, leading to more protests
There was an OR crackdown with federal stormtroopers; it poured more fuel on the fire, leading to more protests
Similar attempts+results in IL and NY w/ city cops https://twitter.com/tangcharlie2/status/1299934100489461760">https://twitter.com/tangcharl...
There was an OR crackdown with federal stormtroopers; it poured more fuel on the fire, leading to more protests
Similar attempts+results in IL and NY w/ city cops https://twitter.com/tangcharlie2/status/1299934100489461760">https://twitter.com/tangcharl...
It& #39;s like trying to get the economy to bounce back first before you handle the coronavirus. It doesn& #39;t work; stopping the virus stops the recession, not the other way around
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These protests started because of police brutality caught on camera. Creating more opportunities for more police brutality to be caught on camera is a painfully stupid idea – and one that won& #39;t actually work
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No chance of that happening; love of police brutality is strongly bipartisan
Police budgets wouldn& #39;t even be getting cut at all were it not for the economic realities of coronavirus-related revenue losses https://twitter.com/rekastner/status/1299936635010899968">https://twitter.com/rekastner...
Police budgets wouldn& #39;t even be getting cut at all were it not for the economic realities of coronavirus-related revenue losses https://twitter.com/rekastner/status/1299936635010899968">https://twitter.com/rekastner...
Absolutely correct https://twitter.com/baastinshow/status/1299942751434420225">https://twitter.com/baastinsh...