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 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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