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I think the main difference is that American police will kill people. Correct me if I'm wrong, I don't know anything about French police but my impression of European police is that they have less guns and trained not to kill?
I'm not saying I'm right, it's just a hunch. Rioting in the USA could put you in prison, life crippling fines, maimed or death. In ratio we imprison the most people in the world and our prisons are notriously inhumane. If you don't go to prison then the fines and medical bills will cripple a person.
We have instances of protestors sitting on the ground in unison while getting pepper sprayed to the face or even burned with hot gas canisters. Even when our police use rubber bullets they aim for the face. I think the usa is more fascist than france and that makes it very difficult to fight back.
The only way I'd riot is if I was willing to endure our screwed up legal system. Rioters are usually labeled as violent antifa gang members and treated like enemies of the state.
If those same people were waving the red white and blue and threatening to pillage the capitol, that's cool.
French police is blowing up children's arms, that's not even a joke. The ministre de l'intérieur (the police chief) literally said they will use war weapons againt fucking children. France is turning into the USA