Riots in Los Angeles

[Dr. MB]

https://twitter.com/arashmarkazi/status/1265812673104457728?s=21

[Grassroots]

Looks like unrest is contagious.

[Koharu]

Protest, not riot.

[ProudModerate2]

They shut down a huge portion of freeway near downtown Los Angeles.
They finally left the freeway, but are marching down various large avenues, disrupting traffic everywhere they go.

[PSOL]

✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼✊🏻

[Grassroots]

Protest, not riot.

Fixed.

[BudgieForce]

When you feel like your country has failed you and the institutions meant to protect you are against you, why wouldn't you riot?

I don't condone looting or violence, but I'm a white guy who has no idea what black and brown people are going through.

[It’s so Joever]

Protest, not riot.

When you smash a police window, it’s a riot.

[Koharu]

When you feel like your country has failed you and the institutions meant to protect you are against you, why wouldn't you riot?

I don't condone looting or violence, but I'm a white guy who has no idea what black and brown people are going through.

It's an issue of setting the narrative. BLM protests are routinely labeled as "riots" because of institutional racism.  Similar protests or even ones that are more violent but not carried out by minorities are still called protests rather than getting relabeled as riots.

This is a protest. If they were running around town setting fire to things and  generally causing destruction, that would be a riot.

[Coastal Elitist]

When you feel like your country has failed you and the institutions meant to protect you are against you, why wouldn't you riot?

I don't condone looting or violence, but I'm a white guy who has no idea what black and brown people are going through.

It's an issue of setting the narrative. BLM protests are routinely labeled as "riots" because of institutional racism.  Similar protests or even ones that are more violent but not carried out by minorities are still called protests rather than getting relabeled as riots.

This is a protest. If they were running around town setting fire to things and  generally causing destruction, that would be a riot.

smashing police car windows and jumping on the hood of them is not a protest that is a riot: https://twitter.com/FknStrada/status/1265818771538632705

[Dr. MB]

Protest, not riot.

Yeah I know, I just named it so it would bring out more people’s true beliefs.

[Starry Eyed Jagaloon]

This was going on right outside my window and I have to say I'm in strong support.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Police: *murders dozens of Black people with impunity*
America: this is fine nothing to see here
Black people: *mildly damage a police car*
America: OH WOW THIS IS SERIOUS FOLKS

[It’s so Joever]

Police: *murders dozens of Black people with impunity*
America: this is fine nothing to see here
Black people: *mildly damage a police car*
America: OH WOW THIS IS SERIOUS FOLKS

Except plenty of conservatives have called for the officers to be investigated and arrested. Your argument is a complete misrepresentation of the other side.
And it’s also looting and not social distancing (which as you all know, is a big no-no for me)
It’s not a peaceful protest if you intentionally destroy property/possessions.

[Bismarck]

The logic of this is that it’s okay to attack police and destroy cars because someone who may or may not be the same race as the LA police officer did a bad thing 2000 miles away?

[PSOL]

The logic of this is that it’s okay to attack police and destroy cars because someone who may or may not be the same race as the LA police officer did a bad thing 2000 miles away?

There is such a thing as a spillover effect, in which one event is needed to overwhelm the whole pressure-stopgaps from what has been done in the past. LA has a police brutality and accountability problem, we live in an interconnected nation from social media, there was a violent and undeniable case of police brutality pushing the people of LA who have had enough to conduct themselves this way.

[SevenEleven]

Police: *murders dozens of Black people with impunity*
America: this is fine nothing to see here
Black people: *mildly damage a police car*
America: OH WOW THIS IS SERIOUS FOLKS

Except plenty of conservatives have called for the officers to be investigated and arrested. Your argument is a complete misrepresentation of the other side.
And it’s also looting and not social distancing (which as you all know, is a big no-no for me)
It’s not a peaceful protest if you intentionally destroy property/possessions.

Protests aren't required to be peaceful.

[vitoNova]

* Y A W N *

Wake me up when they start trashing white neighborhoods.

[Sumner 1868]

I liked the original series in 1965, but the remake in 1992 was a bit over-the-top. Not sure if a third time is the charm.

[fhtagn]

Police: *murders dozens of Black people with impunity*
America: this is fine nothing to see here
Black people: *mildly damage a police car*
America: OH WOW THIS IS SERIOUS FOLKS

Except plenty of conservatives have called for the officers to be investigated and arrested. Your argument is a complete misrepresentation of the other side.
And it’s also looting and not social distancing (which as you all know, is a big no-no for me)
It’s not a peaceful protest if you intentionally destroy property/possessions.

Protests aren't required to be peaceful.

They are if you want your protest to be taken seriously.

[SevenEleven]

Police: *murders dozens of Black people with impunity*
America: this is fine nothing to see here
Black people: *mildly damage a police car*
America: OH WOW THIS IS SERIOUS FOLKS

Except plenty of conservatives have called for the officers to be investigated and arrested. Your argument is a complete misrepresentation of the other side.
And it’s also looting and not social distancing (which as you all know, is a big no-no for me)
It’s not a peaceful protest if you intentionally destroy property/possessions.

Protests aren't required to be peaceful.

They are if you want your protest to be taken seriously.

Taken seriously by who? Smashing a car window with a skateboard is less violent than waving Confederate flags and carrying around assault weapons if you ask me.

[fhtagn]

Police: *murders dozens of Black people with impunity*
America: this is fine nothing to see here
Black people: *mildly damage a police car*
America: OH WOW THIS IS SERIOUS FOLKS

Except plenty of conservatives have called for the officers to be investigated and arrested. Your argument is a complete misrepresentation of the other side.
And it’s also looting and not social distancing (which as you all know, is a big no-no for me)
It’s not a peaceful protest if you intentionally destroy property/possessions.

Protests aren't required to be peaceful.

They are if you want your protest to be taken seriously.

Taken seriously by who? Smashing a car window with a skateboard is less violent than waving Confederate flags and carrying around assault weapons if you ask me.

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Carrying a Confederate flag is covered under the first amendment right to free speech.

If you live in an open carry state, there is nothing wrong with carrying around a gun as long as you aren't physically harming people, making credible threats, and damaging property. Heck, if people wanted to carry guns to protest against police brutality, I have no issues with this.

I bolded and underlined the important part of the first amendment for you. No one has the right to damage property to "protest". This isn't hard to figure out. Your opinion is irrelevant. 

[SevenEleven]

Police: *murders dozens of Black people with impunity*
America: this is fine nothing to see here
Black people: *mildly damage a police car*
America: OH WOW THIS IS SERIOUS FOLKS

Except plenty of conservatives have called for the officers to be investigated and arrested. Your argument is a complete misrepresentation of the other side.
And it’s also looting and not social distancing (which as you all know, is a big no-no for me)
It’s not a peaceful protest if you intentionally destroy property/possessions.

Protests aren't required to be peaceful.

They are if you want your protest to be taken seriously.

Taken seriously by who? Smashing a car window with a skateboard is less violent than waving Confederate flags and carrying around assault weapons if you ask me.

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Carrying a Confederate flag is covered under the first amendment right to free speech.

If you live in an open carry state, there is nothing wrong with carrying around a gun as long as you aren't physically harming people, making credible threats, and damaging property. Heck, if people wanted to carry guns to protest against police brutality, I have no issues with this.

I bolded and underlined the important part of the first amendment for you. No one has the right to damage property to "protest". This isn't hard to figure out. Your opinion is irrelevant. 

What does any of that have to do with being taken seriously? Scientology is protected by the first amendment; I'm not going to take Scientology seriously.

Throwing a skateboard at a tempered glass window with no passengers is less violent than marching around with loaded weapons or running someone over with a car.

[ProudModerate2]

Protests are fine, but must be done in a safe manner.
I do not support damaging property or violence.
Stopping traffic can be dangerous not only to the pedestrian protesters, but for the people driving the car and/or other vehicles around them.
For example, earlier this crowd stopped an entire freeway. If cars were to suddenly stop and swerve, some innocent people or family in the vehicles could be killed in a high-speed (freeway) accident.

[fhtagn]

Police: *murders dozens of Black people with impunity*
America: this is fine nothing to see here
Black people: *mildly damage a police car*
America: OH WOW THIS IS SERIOUS FOLKS

Except plenty of conservatives have called for the officers to be investigated and arrested. Your argument is a complete misrepresentation of the other side.
And it’s also looting and not social distancing (which as you all know, is a big no-no for me)
It’s not a peaceful protest if you intentionally destroy property/possessions.

Protests aren't required to be peaceful.

They are if you want your protest to be taken seriously.

Taken seriously by who? Smashing a car window with a skateboard is less violent than waving Confederate flags and carrying around assault weapons if you ask me.

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Carrying a Confederate flag is covered under the first amendment right to free speech.

If you live in an open carry state, there is nothing wrong with carrying around a gun as long as you aren't physically harming people, making credible threats, and damaging property. Heck, if people wanted to carry guns to protest against police brutality, I have no issues with this.

I bolded and underlined the important part of the first amendment for you. No one has the right to damage property to "protest". This isn't hard to figure out. Your opinion is irrelevant. 

What does any of that have to do with being taken seriously? Scientology is protected by the first amendment; I'm not going to take Scientology seriously.

Throwing a skateboard at a tempered glass window with no passengers is less violent than marching around with loaded weapons or running someone over with a car.

Not once have I defended running over anyone with a car. If you had any reading comprehension skills, you'd have understood that from my post.

No one has the right to damage property or people in a protest. Simply carrying a loaded weapon is doing none of those things, and I would support protesters against police brutality doing that if they chose to do so.