• explodicle@sh.itjust.works
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    1 day ago

    Here in America the police have already been shooting and killing us - without repercussions - for years. The weapons they’re using on protesters right now are called “less lethal” for good reason.

    How many killing shots do the police need to take before we can take one? Should we just wait until the first murder at each city, or at each individual protest within each city, or until we see one personally?

    • TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world
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      The only time I can think of where the army and police killed protestors was during the Vietnam war, and those incidents further delegitimised US involvement in Vietnam.

      The weapons they’re using on protesters right now are called “less lethal” for good reason.

      They are being used for decades now. It is not unique to the current LA protests.