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CNN is covering the protest in Los Angeles. (Original Post) SamKnause May 2020 OP
It's ridiculous brokephibroke May 2020 #1
+++ still_one May 2020 #2
but killing black people is stillcool May 2020 #8
Who says it's funny? brokephibroke May 2020 #10
burning a car is never cool... stillcool May 2020 #12
It you say so brokephibroke May 2020 #13
yeah....you too. Definitely odd. stillcool May 2020 #14
Do the protesters not understand that they buy these cars out of taxpayer money jimfields33 May 2020 #3
They are sticking it to "The Man" MichMan May 2020 #4
I guess. jimfields33 May 2020 #5
Apparently. Tipperary May 2020 #9
Live NBCLA helicopter coverage Brother Buzz May 2020 #6
Effect and cause. Igel May 2020 #7
Now that we KNOW agents provacateurs are involved, how do you sort them out? Hekate May 2020 #11
There are a lot of good policemen. The few are bad apples rockfordfile May 2020 #15
If that is true Mariana May 2020 #16

jimfields33

(16,251 posts)
3. Do the protesters not understand that they buy these cars out of taxpayer money
Sat May 30, 2020, 06:29 PM
May 2020

If they have to replace cars, the money needed could have been used for another program or anything else the city needs that may not be able to fund now.

Brother Buzz

(36,522 posts)
6. Live NBCLA helicopter coverage
Sat May 30, 2020, 06:36 PM
May 2020

This shit is way, way, worse than last night. Peaceful demonstrators have left and the assholes have taken over.



Igel

(35,404 posts)
7. Effect and cause.
Sat May 30, 2020, 06:52 PM
May 2020

Get them backwards and you just have the obviously disordered "cause and effect".

Hekate

(91,174 posts)
11. Now that we KNOW agents provacateurs are involved, how do you sort them out?
Sat May 30, 2020, 07:38 PM
May 2020

The mayors of St Paul and Minneapolis have noted that the arson was "professional," which points to Black Block, Proud Boys, Boogaloo, and other white supremacist groups. Are they sticking it to The Man, or are they sowing chaos and hurting the POC even more?

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