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Originally Posted by Iggy City
Ummm...
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So...who should stop them?
Where I sit, there are 2 options.
Those on the streets that are there to protest lawfully
or
Police.
Since the entire protest is directed at how the police treat the very people who are protesting, the police going in would cause......what?
Realizing that even the very best cops are still human, they are now going to be on edge and very likely a far thinner line of restraint.
Now if those protesting took an approach like MLK and his followers did in the 60's, which one do you think might see as more likely to see change come from it?
Again, I fully understand the anger and the lashing out. The whole incident is sickening and infuriating.
All that being said, one has to have to look at it from a pragmatic view as well and see quite clearly that rioting and destroying property and more dead innocent people, is not going to help the very goal they are striving for. Period.
I don't know....it's a nearly impossible situation for sure but in no way shape or form is more destruction going to help anyone anywhere.
The Watts riots, King riots, Detroit/NY/DC riots of 68, Washington Heights, Ferguson etc...have all shown that repeatedly.