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RicROC

(1,204 posts)
Mon Jun 27, 2022, 10:50 AM Jun 2022

Cops handling left vs fascists in South Carolina.

I saw on TV women being 'manhandled' at a protest, one being led down the middle of the street to the pokey, while 100's of supporters stood and watched. If I was one of those protestors being cuffed, I sure would have welcomed any kind of resistance to help me- at least to make me think my sacrifice wasn't isolated .

If fascists were promoting the protest, would they just stand by and watch while their comrades were being cuffed and led away? I don't think so.

Do I have any answer? No. I'm still trying to figure how to react and to lend my support.

Maybe if down the street, further down toward where the cops were dragging his poor woman protestor, what would happen if the crowd spontaneously closed ranks to block off that street such that the cop would not have free access. It would slow him down- she would have support-maybe all he would have to do is walk past the crowd, but he wouldn't know that at the moment.
What would have happened if the crowd formed a large circle around the 5 cops who were ruffing up the peaceful protestors? ( I don't mean to squeeze them and not to touch the cops, but to form a circle, a line, a boundary)

Sorry, just venting.

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Cops handling left vs fascists in South Carolina. (Original Post) RicROC Jun 2022 OP
If we were all carrying AR-15's.... TheRealNorth Jun 2022 #1
I was thinking about shit like this the other day... Wounded Bear Jun 2022 #2
I saw a skirmish at a protest rally Saturday and was dreading that someone would pull a gun. Midnight Writer Jun 2022 #3
Well yeah TheRealNorth Jun 2022 #4
Indeed! nt Wounded Bear Jun 2022 #5

TheRealNorth

(9,481 posts)
1. If we were all carrying AR-15's....
Mon Jun 27, 2022, 12:10 PM
Jun 2022

Maybe the cops would be too scared. Or they would call in the National Guard (like the Republican candidate for WI Governor called on Evers to.do).

Wounded Bear

(58,662 posts)
2. I was thinking about shit like this the other day...
Mon Jun 27, 2022, 12:29 PM
Jun 2022

when reports of that truck hitting protesters came up.

I was thinking...what if one of the protesters in the area was packing? What if someone unloaded a few rounds into that guy's pretty little truck? What if they shot the driver?

What if?

Shit is gonna start happening that people won't like.

Midnight Writer

(21,768 posts)
3. I saw a skirmish at a protest rally Saturday and was dreading that someone would pull a gun.
Mon Jun 27, 2022, 01:09 PM
Jun 2022

Guns are not just for tools for killing.

They are used to terrorize, threaten and oppress as well.

TheRealNorth

(9,481 posts)
4. Well yeah
Mon Jun 27, 2022, 01:38 PM
Jun 2022

Last edited Mon Jun 27, 2022, 02:31 PM - Edit history (1)

That's why RWNJ militias show up with guns. The problem is we allow this as "legitimate political discourse".

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