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Armed to deter cops (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago (4 children)

It does. Armed peaceful protesters don't get hassled by the police. These are armed peaceful protesters and they were not hassled. It worked for the black panthers. Cops only brutalize the weak.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago

Well I'm not sure it worked that well for Fred Hampton or the MOVE guys.

There's always a danger of escalation, and the boys in blue have no upper limit.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Armed peaceful protesters don't get hassled by the police.

There were quite a few shoot outs between panthers and cops, no? Some even argue that the increasing use of "swat" was, in part, because of black panthers.

Again, I'm not speaking out against armed groups, but it seems a bit romantized to say "armed protesters don't get hasseled"..

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'm pretty sure there are some statistics on the mental profiles of cops the people who end up becoming them being people who enjoy power.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

And this is a failure of the system. The failure to identify and reject these sick fucks.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Failure of the system, or working exactly how it was intended?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago

lol okay