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Do you consider this fine? I don't think anyone benefits from a breakdown in civil order and the rule of law.

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2020/7/2/21310109/ch...

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53491223

CHOP was fine. Walked through there multiple times when it was happening because I was curious, it really does appear to me like media blowing things out of proportion for clicks/views.

Aside from the half dozen people they shot, I guess.

What's the excuse for the shootings that happened in other areas that the police didn't abandon? Perhaps it's because shootings happen regardless?

But you know, you're right, I'll take the news medias version of events, my eyes were lying to me, since what I witnessed doesn't jive with sensationalist news coverage.

I’m glad you weren’t there while any of the shootings were happening, but that doesn’t mean they didn’t happen.

I was, a man drove his car in to the crowd, when people tried to stop him he fired once out of his car. He ran past me on the way to the police line (the police hadn't abandoned the precinct yet).

So, ironically enough, I was there for a shooting that happened while the police were still holding the area.

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