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Re:George Floyd Protest – police brutality videos on Twitter by hef19898 on Monday June 15, 2020 @09:17AM (#23526976)
Risk management. Allowing htem to tear it down vs. intervening with force to safe a piece of metal on a piece of rock. The latter can be put back up. The former carrers quite a risk for everyone involved. Sunds like a reasonable call to me.
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Re:George Floyd Protest – police brutality videos on Twitter by koheripbal on Monday June 15, 2020 @11:29AM (#23528360)
If this were a one-time event, I suppose that might be true.

...but the unfortunate reality is that allowing mobs to destroy property become a feedback loop because they then realize that mobs can destroy anything they like with impunity.

That's no way to run a civilization.

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Re:George Floyd Protest – police brutality videos on Twitter by fnord123 on Monday June 15, 2020 @04:05PM (#23532328)
Safely allowing protests to take place and let people have their say without fear of rubber bullets in their faces is a fantastic way to run a civilization.
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