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Distraction or not, Trump is a coward who thinks deploying soldiers at a protest will make him look tough. It doesn't. It makes him look scared and pathetic.
It's because he is. Him and most of his cronies are at a point where if they do not maintain power until they die, they may face extreme consequences.
The good thing is I guess they know that. The bad thing is, when it's that or maintain power, what lengths will they go to?
They are all a bunch of Racists. The existence of brown people is simply too much for them
“purposefully inflammatory”
Uh... this goes a bit beyond "inflammatory" chief.
Bass said in a statement Saturday night. “Everyone has the right to peacefully protest, but let me be clear: violence and destruction are unacceptable, and those responsible will be held accountable.”
Well at least he got the stuff about feckless Democrats right.
Police on Friday night issued a citywide tactical alert nearly two hours after declaring protests across the downtown area unlawful assemblies. “The use of less lethal munitions has been authorized by the Incident Commander,”
I mean ACAB so this isn't new, but still holy authoritarianism batman.
Newsom said in a statement responding to Huerta’s arrest, describing the union president as a “respected leader, a patriot and an advocate for working people.”
I'd like that sentiment to carry over to, you know, actual policy, but I guess he's not folding like a lawn chair yet.
Like there's no article of the Constitution giving right of protest.
But you dont understand one protestor littered , meaning that it is now an illegal gathering and that the thousands of people gathered are a violent mob.
Very convenient
Wtf? Why is this the first I'm hearing of this?!?
I was looking at porn while hundreds of other people stood up to the face of fascism.
Well that'd a terrble idea that will result in many deaths just like all the other times
Going to be watching this with great curiosity and excitement. Hopefully other places get the idea. Going to be very curious where Newsom comes down on this.
LAPD is already assisting ICE, so take a guess.
So, there's a cool documentary called Winter On Fire that covers the 2014 Maidan revolts in Ukraine. The relevant bit is at the end; after the police open fire on an unarmed march, the protestors announce that by 0900 tomorrow, they're marching on the capitol building and they're all going to be armed with guns (all 90,000 of them), and the cops can choose to be there or not. Well, the cops fucking skipped town that night, along with the president. Nobody has ever accused LA of being a city that is deficient in guns, or if they have, then they're fucking stupid.