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Originally Posted by MarchHare
Last August, police in Aurora, Colorado murdered 23-year old Elijah McClain, a young man who had committed no crime other than walking while black. In Aurora today, citizens hosted a vigil for Elijah in a public park. This event was the very definition of peaceful assembly. You can't even call it a protest. People were just quietly sitting on the grass listening to a group of violinists performing.
Then the Sturmtruppen arrived for no reason.
https://twitter.com/user/status/1277126019246260224
https://twitter.com/user/status/1277275436725055489
Will any of the bootlickers in this thread offer a defense of the Aurora PD's actions here? |
Watching them march in like that scares the #### out of me. What is this ####? The hunger games?
Honestly, clips like this should scare everyone. Unacceptable.
Edit: after reading more about this, I understand that there may have been a small group of trouble makers in the back (where they head to). This still doesn’t change my opinion.
How to handle this large gathering:
- have a couple of well spoken, well respected higher ups engage the organizers early on.
- have those same representatives of the police force there early in the day, interacting with the organizers as they set up. Helping.
- make it clear they are there for the protests protection (as they should be).
- discuss the possibility of a few riot starters trying to make trouble, and how to handle that together.
Done. Peaceful protest. At least a small notch of respect within the community earned.