07-26-2020, 12:40 PM
(07-25-2020, 08:54 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: He was shot after he tried to run over a federal agent.
There's also been enough cases of non violent protests in the last two months being met with rubber bullets, batons, and tear gas to dismiss any attempts to characterize them all as violent protests, as you imply here. That is quite disingenuous. The justification is guilt by association, and yet we're referring to a terrorist act in which a group that had prior armed showdowns with federal agents and some ties to militias was not treated the same.
As you said, LE handled that situation the right way, but the point isn't that they should have been met with rubber bullets and tear gas, but rather that peaceful protests should not be.
He was shot, justifiably as I stated, when he pulled a gun after crashing the car he was driving. As for responses to “non-violent” protests, I have a hard time with that. At what point does a peaceful protest cease to be peaceful? When one person starts throwing rocks? A dozen? At some point a line is crossed and I don’t think that line is a majority of those protesting.
(07-25-2020, 10:46 PM)GMDino Wrote: Simply one was right wing so some defend it. One is left wing so some attack it..
Peaceful is peaceful and adding troops that are beating and gassing and shooting peaceful protestors now is bad no matter how they handled them then.
The protests in Portland are not peaceful and weren’t peaceful well before federal law enforcement showed up. You can make the argument that there appearance exacerbated things but you cannot truthfully state that their appearance caused the violence.
Also, I don’t recall anyone here defending the guys who occupied the building.
(07-26-2020, 10:55 AM)fredtoast Wrote: They did not choose the remote area because it was remote. They chose it because that is where the dispute was.
You can't judge the validity of a protest based on where the dispute lies.
No, but you can judge the merits of law enforcement’s response based on exactly that. Which was the actual point being made.
