Comment on The Los Angeles Police Department shot an Australian reporter with a rubber bullet while she was live on TV. Zero provocation.

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• WoodScientist@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  California should pass a ballot initiative making it legal for any random person to shoot police with less lethal munitions whenever they want.

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  • fyzzlefry@retrolemmy.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Its only illegal if you get caught

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• Bloomcole@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It’s one thing to constantly talk about standing up to tyranny and defending your precious freedoms, owning guns especially for that long awaited moment when they can be revolutionary heroes.
  Looks like Americans talk the talk but don’t walk the walk.

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  • Ilovemyirishtemper@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The Americans who spout off about things like standing up to tyranny and how much they love having guns are not the same people participating in this protest. The government is actively supporting those people.

    The protesters are the ones expecting the rule of law to eventually win, but also know how important it is to protest so that the rule of law continues to exist. It may not be as violent as you’re expecting, but it seems to me that they are walking the walk.

    We haven’t done this in a while and we’re a little rusty, but that doesn’t mean we aren’t fighting.

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    • p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The Americans who spout off about things like standing up to tyranny and how much they love having guns are not the same people participating in this protest

      And this is part of the problem. Maybe we should be the people bitching about tyranny and loving guns.

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      • Kommeavsted@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Slow down there baud. With talk like that someone might mistake you for some kind of anarchist!

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    • Bloomcole@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Guns is probably and mostly a typical right-wing fetish (despite Dem uniparty politicians doing nothing about it).
      The freedom and revolutionary spirit talk is for sure bipartisan and typical American.

      I can tell you now the velvet gloves, following the little rules is not going to work.
      You will get nothing if you don’t take it.

      And when have you done this before?
      I can’t think of anything.

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• MangioneDontMiss@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  same protester that got trampled and concussed was the one shot in the head.

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• Ledericas@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  NYpd and lapd are probably the most corrupt out there. LAPD has actual gang affiliations, some with white supremcesists.

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  • Antwares@lemmynsfw.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Rage against the machine lyrics are factually based.

    Lots of police departments started as slaver patrols, Union busters, and right wing militia.

    Portland’s police, for example, were originally a KKK militia.

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    • buttnugget@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Great time to also mention that Oregon was founded as a white supremacist state.

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