Now that MN police and national guard have proven that protests go much more peacefully without their involvement, maybe they can focus on protecting homeowners and small businesses from looting?
No?
Hmm.
No?
Hmm.
CONTEXT: MN police depts, national guard & homeland security formed "Operation Safety Net" to deal with protests.
After weeks of attacking protesters & reporters, public officials called for OSN to calm down. OSN decided to go home instead, and...the protests have been peaceful.
After weeks of attacking protesters & reporters, public officials called for OSN to calm down. OSN decided to go home instead, and...the protests have been peaceful.
For days, OSN had been tear gassing, rounding up and arresting protesters and reporters without any charges, and the protests continued to escalate, because that's how people respond to being brutalized.
Now that OSN has stopped, protests have been much calmer thus far.
Now that OSN has stopped, protests have been much calmer thus far.
Yet another example of the police state creating the conditions that they use as a pretext to justify their tactics.
If this were about public safety, why were they focusing on protesters and media, instead of looters and rioters?
If this were about public safety, why were they focusing on protesters and media, instead of looters and rioters?
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