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minus-squareIlovethebomb@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down3·8 months agoThe protests started because the police murdered a man in full view of a group of witnesses, a lot of people had a vested interest in making sure that didn’t happen again, in a way that non violent protest would not have achieved.
minus-squarehelenslunch@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down5·8 months agoQuite the opposite. A non-violent protest would have achieved much more. The rioters and looters only obstructed the cause.
minus-squareIlovethebomb@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down2·8 months agoDid you ever get smacked as a child, out of interest?
The protests started because the police murdered a man in full view of a group of witnesses, a lot of people had a vested interest in making sure that didn’t happen again, in a way that non violent protest would not have achieved.
Quite the opposite. A non-violent protest would have achieved much more. The rioters and looters only obstructed the cause.
Did you ever get smacked as a child, out of interest?