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Re:US police three times as likely to use force against left... by tengbretson on Thursday January 14, 2021 @02:35PM (#25781231)
For better or worse, I don't think it's all that surprising that police end up being more hesitant to fire rubber bullets at a group of protesters with rifles slung over their shoulders.
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Re:US police three times as likely to use force against left... by bsder on Thursday January 14, 2021 @04:23PM (#25782789)
The last time a bunch of minorities exercised their "Second Amendment" rights, funnily enough a bunch of gun control laws went through tout suite.

Civil rights didn't come about because the establishment liked Martin Luther King. Civil rights came about because the establishment was MORE afraid of the Black Panthers, et al.

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Re:US police three times as likely to use force against left... by edmundsauto on Thursday January 14, 2021 @06:04PM (#25784229)
I'm not sure if I agree with the second graph, but more context on the first sentence: Conservative hero Ronald Reagan implemented California's gun control laws in response to Black Panthers (legally) arming themselves.
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Re:US police three times as likely to use force against left... by MikeUt on Thursday January 14, 2021 @06:43PM (#25784719)
The last time was in 2020, when the exclusively-Black NFAC (Not Fucking Around Coalition) held armed marches: https://edition.cnn.com/2020/10/25/us/nfac-black-armed-group...

"Could you even imagine a group of black people with guns drawn on the steps of a government building? Exactly.": https://www.theroot.com/the-open-america-protests-are-a-clas...

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Re:US police three times as likely to use force against left... by awillen on Thursday January 14, 2021 @02:55PM (#25781584)
100% agree - it also makes sense that when they're hugely outnumbered and have no backup, they're a lot less likely to fight. That's why it's so baffling that the response to protests where people were actively talking on social media about being armed involved so little preparation and such a small number of police.
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