No, the police tend to go hands-off when armed people show up to a protest. This is the real reason behind the second amendment, not the republican gun nut use of guns as fear and control.
They start shit and get violent when nobody has the power to hit back.
When they actually have the potential to trigger people shooting back with intent, they are far, far more careful.
They’re bullies. They’re scared when someone can hit back.
That’s not sarcastic, though. Police are cowards. See: waiting outside a school building for hours while elementary children are being shot.
It’s a big reason why Malcom X is vilified in history class and we’re all told his protests were ineffective background noise, even though the civil rights movements would likely have failed without him. They prefer peaceful non-threatening protests that they can either ignore or decimate at will.
That’s not sarcastic, though. Police are cowards. See: waiting outside a school building for hours while elementary children are being shot.
Brown children were shot. They weren’t going to risk their lives for brown kids. In the protests, these are ICE dudes who want to kill brown people, that’s why they signed up.
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That’s not sarcastic, though. Police are cowards. See: waiting outside a school building for hours while elementary children are being shot.
It’s a big reason why Malcom X is vilified in history class and we’re all told his protests were ineffective background noise, even though the civil rights movements would likely have failed without him. They prefer peaceful non-threatening protests that they can either ignore or decimate at will.
Brown children were shot. They weren’t going to risk their lives for brown kids. In the protests, these are ICE dudes who want to kill brown people, that’s why they signed up.