09-04-2020, 12:18 PM
(09-04-2020, 10:17 AM)Belsnickel Wrote: In all seriousness, though, the protests have been largely peaceful. There is a disproportionate amount of attention paid to the violence because that is what sells, but there have been peaceful protests going on this whole time. From my perspective, people have been trying to focus the lens on what benefits them the most to further their agenda. Some people ignore that there are many of peaceful protesters and some people try to downplay the violence of the riots.
(09-04-2020, 11:36 AM)Belsnickel Wrote: https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/515082-over-90-percent-of-protests-this-summer-were-peaceful-report-shows
I agree. So let's say this information is completely accurate (which I have to doubt a little because Portland alone had pretty much 90 days straight of violent protest) and only 7% of the protests turned violent. It's ironic that the protests are about unnecessary use of force by police, which probably happens in less than .0001% of encounters with law enforcement. Not saying it's not a problem when it does happen, because it absolutely is, but law enforcement doesn't seem to get anything close to the same consideration these protests did/do.