US police three times as likely to use force against leftwing protesters

Re:US police three times as likely to use force against left... by tester756 on Thursday January 14, 2021 @01:56PM (#25780547)

>The statistics, based on law enforcement responses to more than 13,000 protests across the United States since April 2020,

13 000?? how the...

it's >30 per day. everyday

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Re:US police three times as likely to use force against left... by ardy42 on Thursday January 14, 2021 @02:15PM (#25780844)

This is in reply to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25780482, because I can't reply there.

> what's the thing about zip ties?

I think that's in reference to participants in the capitol attack that were photographed carrying zip-tie cuffs (examples: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/zip-cuffs-capitol-riots/ and https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2021/01/11/retired-air-force...). Basically, its proof they were prepared to take prisoners/hostages.

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Re:US police three times as likely to use force against left... by edmundsauto on Thursday January 14, 2021 @06:13PM (#25784332)

There are maybe 150 million Americans who support BLM. Some of these protests were just a few dozen people.

America is a really freaking big place. I forget that until I read something like "500k vaccines per day means we're 2 years away from everyone getting 1 shot".

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