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Re:Police attacks against journalists across the U.S. since ... by pbourke on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @02:59AM (#23400712)
> Question to Americans: if the police really are acting this badly, why aren't y'all exercising your second amendment rights to defend yourselves?

Because that is a fever dream. The reality is that if you use a firearm on the police you get killed on the spot or it turns into a siege and you are killed some time later.

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Re:Police attacks against journalists across the U.S. since ... by logicchains on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @03:38AM (#23400955)
Even when the protesters vastly outnumber the police? The police used much less force against the anti-lockdown protestors, who were armed, than against the unarmed BLM protestors. I don't think most police would be willing to risk their lives confronting a large crowd of armed protestors.
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