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Related: About this forum99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)of how close we are to open warfare in the streets of USA.
Even though I'm outraged by the recent wave of trigger-happy
killer-cops shooting down African Americans in the street, I
totally hope the police that took the gunfire are going to survive.
We need to ask ourselves: "why are Americans shooting each other
dead in the streets?"
edgineered
(2,101 posts)were they moving along as is required of the citizens, or were they unlawfully assembling?
just asking, nothing more.
99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)Don't you mean "we"?
Just asking, nothing more.
edgineered
(2,101 posts)laws should apply equally for everyone.
to refine that a little bit, i am attempting to weigh the risks of violating the law equally as well.
seeing an unlawful assembly of armed persons could potentially make one feel as if his life was threatened. just saying.
99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)except for one (maybe 2?) random shooters who no one knew who the f*ck they were.
Just going by the spontaneous voices of protesters responding to the shooting in the video.
tblue37
(65,590 posts)are required to "move along," then, he suggests, the *armed* police should also have to "move along."
99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)Thanks for the clarification.
Eko
(7,437 posts)He could be called up to help keep the peace, he is one of the best people I have ever known. If I lost him to this I would loose myself.
Eko
(7,437 posts)is as bad as two protestors being shot. If you think differently then you are no kind of progressive I want in my camp.
Madmiddle
(459 posts)Are most assuredly the shooters. Most protester in town have had their guns taken.
99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)Do you really think so?
You mean like a false flag thing, to whip up public sympathy and support,
after that scathing DoJ report the other day? like that?
Eko
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