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MadRonnie97 t1_j5k48v8 wrote

Reply to comment by isawagoose in France protests: man lost testicle after clashes with police – lawyer | France by Bynoeson94

The US government doesn’t have nearly enough restraint once it turns non-peaceful though. During the George Floyd Protests they riddled both rioters and peaceful protesters alike with rubber bullets and teargas canisters. I saw more than one video of a person with a rubber bullet lodged in their skull. It’s actually amazing that so few people were killed (19 in total) during the violence.

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bn1979 t1_j5k97oz wrote

What’s really crazy is just how “peaceful” American rioters are compared to the police trying to stop them.

At one point I was watching a row of police advancing down a road to push protesters back and all I could think was how easy it would be for one pissed guy to drop a dozen cops in a matter of seconds. If the imagined threats to police were actually real, they would need to find some seriously different tactics.

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MadRonnie97 t1_j5k9zni wrote

I guess no one really has the stomach to push it “past that point” which I don’t blame anyone for. If anything the protestors showed significantly more restraint than anyone else.

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bn1979 t1_j5kczg2 wrote

That’s definitely a good thing. We will be heading into interesting times if one random person snaps.

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karl4319 t1_j5m20pp wrote

They already have. The Jan 6th coup attempt saw mutiple cops killed and dozens seriously injured. Only one traitor was killed by a guard, with several more killed by accidents (like falling off the building as on tried to climb it). Instead of trying to block them in and arresting them, they were all simply let go. Over 2 years later, and only a few hundred have been arrested, all but a handful only sentenced a few weeks.

Moral of the story: if you are going to protest in the US, be clearly armed. Best way to insure peace these days.

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Broken_Reality t1_j5lxvn8 wrote

They have plenty of restraint but only when the protest or march involves the far right. They get let off with pretty much anything and cops applauding them and chatting with them.

Anyone else though gets the tear gas, rubber bullets and beating (especially journalists).

It is pretty clear that the police in the USA are far right fascists.

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karl4319 t1_j5m14by wrote

That's because the protestors weren't armed. Police in the US are a bunch of cowards and bullies, and are easily cowed by even the idea that there might be violence. But against unarmed, peaceful protestors? They go all out since there is almost no risk.

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