We want to live in a world free of chemical weapons

Re:We want to live in a world free of chemical weapons by giancarlostoro on Sunday September 06, 2020 @10:46AM (#24391691)

And yet parts of the government with abilities to act locally (where protests occur) allow the rioting instead of doing anything useful. When the politicians show up they get attacked. There is plenty wrong on either side but burning down your own city and destroying local businesses is not going to help anybody.

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Re:We want to live in a world free of chemical weapons by eat_veggies on Sunday September 06, 2020 @10:52AM (#24391723)

When a politician, singular, showed up, he got attacked [by protestors] in Wisconsin. Of course, most of the violence and threats toward politicians at protests has been at the hands of police [0][1][2]

[0] https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewsolender/2020/06/03/all-t...

[1] https://www.newsweek.com/nypd-sergeants-benevolent-associati...

[2] https://www.thedailybeast.com/norman-oklahoma-councilwoman-a...

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Re:We want to live in a world free of chemical weapons by giancarlostoro on Sunday September 06, 2020 @11:25AM (#24391991)

You seem to have forgotten about Rand Paul being attacked as well. Then theres the teenager getting into a battle with three criminals (or so they allege) at least one of which was holding a gun they had no right to own. What was the Police's hand in that situation that caused grown adults to attack a teenager?

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Re:We want to live in a world free of chemical weapons by eat_veggies on Sunday September 06, 2020 @11:36AM (#24392064)

Apologies. I forgot about Rand Paul because in all the videos of the incident, he appears unharmed. To him, violence is being surrounded by his constituents.

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Re:We want to live in a world free of chemical weapons by giancarlostoro on Sunday September 06, 2020 @12:36PM (#24392551)

I'm sure they would of left him unharmed if he had no police escorting him.

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