Police in Minnesota round up journalists and take pictures of their faces

Re:Police in Minnesota round up journalists and take picture... by newacct583 on Monday April 19, 2021 @12:38AM (#26859151)

...hence these very protests. And thus the outsized extra-legal response.

This is a gang war, fundamentally. Cops view the protest movement as an existential threat (and strictly, they're not wrong) and are going to use whatever tools they can find to fight it. They aren't trying to enforce the law, they're trying to put down their enemies.

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Re:Police in Minnesota round up journalists and take picture... by lsiebert on Monday April 19, 2021 @01:19AM (#26859323)

Speaking of Law enforcement gangs

I just got sent this, and I'm shocked, but also not that shocked? Some great indie journalism.

https://knock-la.com/tradition-of-violence-lasd-gang-history...

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Re:Police in Minnesota round up journalists and take picture... by culot on Monday April 19, 2021 @01:52PM (#26865886)

Don't the police already use kid gloves to handle most of the situations? I've been watching livestreams of these for a solid year now and that seems to be a common theme: the police are in general far nicer and accommodating than they could be or even should be.

The dramatic brush you're painting this with is extremely unrealistic.

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Re:Police in Minnesota round up journalists and take picture... by gremlinsinc on Monday April 19, 2021 @08:19PM (#26869336)

serously? try heading to

https://reddit.com/r/policebrutality

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