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The key thing to call out is those L.A. protesters were peaceful and orderly. They remained calm even while being attacked by Trump’s goons. There were no fights and no murders. They protested civilly, and employed civil disobedience and organisation.
They are not completely non-violent though, as a handful did damage property by setting fire to Waymo’s (equipped with police surveillance). But that does not apply to all the protesters as, if I recall correctly, they had a massive turnout. Only a handful destroyed property.
Just want to clarify, Waymo was using their camera tech to give the police protestor information yo arrest people. They didnt just get a little too rowdy and set a car on fire, it was an act of self preservation to further their protest. Its important to put that in context, and not just throw that out there like people were just being hooligans.
Appreciate you adding that clarification. It was a while ago so I totally forgot about Waymo doing that!
It’s been… a really long year. Another 3.5 more to go.
An optimist, I see. I truly hope that ends up being the worst case scenario.
Remember, midterms in 1.5. They could let us stop most of this.
Waymo got what they deserved. I hope they and others now know to not mess with the people.
Property destruction is not violence.
Property destruction of an individual owner's (e.g house they depend on) is violence, if it poses damage to the family that lives there.
Destruction of corporate property is not.
The funny part is the cops only ever respond to one of these types of damage. Take a guess which.
Depends on the individual.
We need to stop referring to people as "violent" for damaging the means of oppression. Also people might technically be violent if they defend themselves against violent attacks by the authorities, but that again should not be accepted as a framing.