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The harder the crackdown, the more intense the rebellion
This isn't "end-able" by force https://twitter.com/neoavatara/status/1299926902778494976
This isn't "end-able" by force https://twitter.com/neoavatara/status/1299926902778494976
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'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're back on another spike
There's a several-thousand-tweet thread pinned to my profile that's quite conservative https://twitter.com/bobsmiththeone/status/1299933791360872448
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
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
You're right, there aren'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
Which really should tell you something about the size, breadth, and depth of the protests https://twitter.com/lordstreetguru/status/1299934559480340482
Idk who that person it is, they were just RT'd onto my TL by someone I follow ::shrug:: https://twitter.com/crunchyfishtaco/status/1299936076816101376
Or any urban pacification lessons at all from the Iraq War https://twitter.com/matoakit/status/1299937590099898369
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
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
It's like trying to get the economy to bounce back first before you handle the coronavirus. It doesn'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't actually work
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No chance of that happening; love of police brutality is strongly bipartisan
Police budgets wouldn'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
Police budgets wouldn'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
Absolutely correct https://twitter.com/baastinshow/status/1299942751434420225
