Opinion | Police mistake nationwide protests as demanding more brutality

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Opinion: Police mistake nationwide protests as demanding more brutality

Seeming to think that the nationwide protests over police brutality were actually a request forof it, police around the country arrived at peaceful demonstrations Monday night clad in riot gear and bristling with shields, pepper spray and flash-bang grenade launchers. They fired tear gas into a crowd of protesters peacefully assembled outside the White House. They kettled more protesters in a small residential street elsewhere in D.C.

Seeming to think that the crowds pleading for police accountability were clamoring for the streets of American cities to be treated as a “battlespace” , law enforcement hovered helicopters low over the streets of downtown Washignton,

 

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Follow to rules, protest all you want, when the governor or mayor says don’t cross this line and you do, it is no longer a peaceful protest. When rocks a glass are being used as weapons against LEO’s, it’s not a peaceful protest. Stop cherry picking and report the FULL STORY!

Shame on you, inciting further looting and violence against the American people!

Seen it over and over the past few days: Violence begets violence; love begets love.

Looks like Wash Post is afraid Amazon Warehouses will be looted next, and they wanna get on the bosses good side.

nailed it. I honestly thought this was the onion

we need more of this!!!

Very close to an Onion headline, sadly.

Opinion: the mainstream media should quit calling them protest and start calling them what they are riots! Neighborhoods are being destroyed buildings are being burned and people are losing their businesses and lives! Doesn't look like a protest to me! SMH RIOT

It’s been stunning to watch so many of these cops feel even more emboldened & just openly brutalize people with no hesitation.

You speak the truth. At every turn over the last few days of these protests, rioters/looters or not showing up had little effect on how MUCH the police want to brutalize the crowds showing up. To DARE question their authority and demand that they be held responsible.

Lol what the fuck is this headline lmaoooooooo

Conservatives have raised $100k in two hours for the family of David Dorn - murdered by looters last night BlackLivesMatter - while WAPO * hits blunt * and supports chaos

Black Lives Don't Matter, the radical left just wanted a reason to loot and burn things to the ground! They don't care about Floyd or Dorn.

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