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Rules Recovered From The Floyd Riots (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 4 months ago by rambling_lunatic@sh.itjust.works to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone

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Dear Americans,

I am not an American. Were the Floyd protests anywhere near as chaotic as they were portrayed in the press? I recall hearing that most protests were nonviolent, just slightly property-damaging. Thanks!

Sincerely, rambling_lunatic

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[-] kriz@slrpnk.net 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Exactly. Almost everytime the chaos is when police beat and arrest peaceful protest. A lot of protest never even got off the ground, so to speak. I saw thousands gather in a park and as soon as they took their first steps to march waves of police moved in and just destroyed them.