Oregon, Journalists Sue U.S. over Portland Arrests, Violence

Re:Oregon, Journalists Sue U.S. over Portland Arrests, Violence by fzeroracer on Saturday July 18, 2020 @01:57PM (#23883282)

Unfortunately the way I see people defend this sorta stuff is that they tend to work backwards. They were detained because they are obviously criminals and they are obviously criminals because they are protesters and are guilty by association.

Though I have a feeling that if any of the anti-mask protesters were treated like this you'd see sentiment change rather rapidly.

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Re:Oregon, Journalists Sue U.S. over Portland Arrests, Violence by R0b0t1 on Saturday July 18, 2020 @02:05PM (#23883361)

In the US the main power of policing is detaining on suspicion. A non-officer can only detain or intervene after observing concrete evidence. So what you are saying is "how it works" but with the caveat it needs to be recorded as an arrest to hold the system accountable to society.

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Re:Oregon, Journalists Sue U.S. over Portland Arrests, Violence by Google234 on Saturday July 18, 2020 @02:21PM (#23883527)

The anti mask protesters were not trying to burn down federal buildings.

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Re:Oregon, Journalists Sue U.S. over Portland Arrests, Violence by fzeroracer on Saturday July 18, 2020 @02:28PM (#23883582)

They are, however, stabbing people that ask them to put on a mask [1], or shooting them [2] or assaulting them in general [3].

And let's be honest here. If you want to associate all protesters with the rioters, then I'll associate all anti-mask violence with the anti-mask protesters. Guilt by association should be treated equally, correct?

[1] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jul/14/michigan-fac...

[2] https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/0...

[3] https://www.businessinsider.com/walmart-shoppers-pull-guns-h...

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