> Today I watched a police officer in kenosha wisconsin get knocked unconscious with a brick. The fellow police officers picked him up and dragged him away - while the crowd changed "Fuck the police" and recorded it.
The idea that the worst the protesters have done is throw apples at the police is so crazy I don't even know how you could be that deep in a bubble
If you want to conflate places to strengthen a case then you need to dive in to what happened at Kenosha and the lack of police response to that tragedy or any of the others.
If you want to bring up how "protestors were asking for it" by showing up to protests then we got to ask if police are asking for mass nation wide protests by actively resisting change and harming black lives.
Portland where there’s been continuously rioting, looting and attack on civilians for three months now.
The police’s job is to provide law, order and security for the people, something Portland currently lacks, and which the police needs to restore.
When anarchists are obstructing that job, they can’t expect not to be handled appropriately.
Also, if you think police can just beat people senseless because they feel challenged then you're just a short step away from text book fascism.
That seems like a massive deflection. Sure, business as usual during the day, but what's happening every evening?
Sure. They're largely peaceful, except when attacking and almost killing civilians[1]. And it's not even intended as a joke. There's some crazy levels of cognitive dissonance going on.
[1] https://twitter.com/RationalTheory/status/129536995058932531...
You have one example versus dozens of examples of police violence. And it's Andy Ngo, who once again didn't actually take the video footage.
You're the one with cognitive dissonance claiming all nights are violently attacking civilians when you have one example. Somehow though most nights police beat protestors or use tear gas and that’s ok by you?