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Re:De-Escalation Keeps Protesters and Police Safer by michaelt on Tuesday June 02, 2020 @05:59AM (#23389407)
You remember a few years back when some athletes took knelt during the national anthem?

And they were told to "shut up and dribble" and the president said they were sons of bitches and should be fired? [1]

There's your peaceful leadership right there.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._national_anthem_protests_...

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Re:De-Escalation Keeps Protesters and Police Safer by mcv on Tuesday June 02, 2020 @10:00AM (#23391055)
If you're black in the US, there's just no correct way to protest. Street protests get painted as riots (and often turn into riots due to excessive police response fanning the flames), quiet personal protests are claimed to be disrespectful (since when is kneeling a sign of disrespect?), speak up and they get told to shut up. There's no way to win.
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