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What have you witnessed or seen that would sound like a conspiracy theory if someone else told you? (feddit.de)

submitted 2 years ago by operetingushisutemu@feddit.de to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] BossDj@lemm.ee 22 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Police and MOVE were still exchanging gunfire, so the firefighters were ordered to back away.

Also, to add some intent, the police plan was to make a hole in the roof through which they could shoot year gas and force MOVE members to evacuate. Witnesses did see officers on the adjoining buildings ready to go. It was a stupid plan.

The conspiracy part comes in, though, because we really only have the word of the police on all of this, since all but two of the MOVE people died, and one was a child

[–] Cethin@lemmy.zip 8 points 2 years ago

Isn't most tear gas flammable? What the fuck is wrong with our cops and why are they so stupid?

[+] Jakdracula@lemmy.world -7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

You said above “the fire department showed up and let it continue to burn” This is a completely inaccurate statement. The fire department was there from the beginning and were ordered to move back because of the gunfire. Your statement is saying that the fire department showed up at sometime during the event and just waited around and let it continue to burn, which is absolutely untrue .

[–] orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts 13 points 2 years ago

It’s not inaccurate. That’s what happened because the police decided to corner MOVE members in their home and then fired at them as they tried to move outside. The goal from the start was to kill everyone there and in their rage, they devised easily one of the stupidest plans ever. The police forced people into a corner and they retaliated. The police also got hit with a lawsuit in federal court for use of excessive force and illegal search and seizure.

We can split hairs on phrasing, but the police are to blame for the entire thing and crafted a scenario where the fire department’s hands were tied.

[–] ProvokedGamer@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 years ago

He didn’t say that. It was a different person. Read the usernames.