• WaxedWookie@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      Then there’s pretext, and the leftists get painted as thugs - appropriate targets for more aggressive crackdowns.

      It’s a lose-lose, but protesters will almost never benefit by responding to police brutality with an armed response. Counter-protests are generally a lesser problem.