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https://www.vox.com/2020/6/1/2...ity-brooklyn-seattle

Many of the protests are not specifically about one police officer killing one unarmed black man. They have generalized into protests about police brutality (with a special emphasis on communities of color). Some police appear to be taking it personally and responding personally.

How do some police respond to people protesting police brutality? Escalate the brutality.

There is video of a police SUV literally running over protesters.

There is video of a police officer spraying mace in the face of a 9-year-old girl.

There is video of one police officer with his knee on the neck of a protester in the same position as Derek Chauvin had his knee on the neck of George Floyd. A fellow officer had to use force to remove his partner.


This is where we are.


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And the guy at the top, rather than working in unison with governors, escalates things with his rhetoric and actions, blames the governors for letting things get out of hand, and then tries to come out looking like a hero saving the country by sending in the troops and praising himself for how brilliantly he's acted.

Screw things up, blame someone else, and then declare victory. This has been his strategy the whole time (see handling of COVID-19) and he's not stopping now.

The stakes are so, so much higher. Before you could write it off to seeming like a reality TV show. Now it's actual reality. Our reality.


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The stakes are so, so much higher. Before you could write it off to seeming like a reality TV show. Now it's actual reality. Our reality.


Indeed. And it is terrifying.


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It's not like he doesn't tell us every day who he is.

He's done so for decades.

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Thirty years ago, Donald Trump said that China had shown the "power of strength" when its troops massacred pro-democracy demonstrators in Tiananmen Square the year before. Trump's words foreshadowed his general disposition toward protesters as president, and offered a preview of his support for military crackdowns on anti-police brutality demonstrations in the present day.

It was March 1990, and Trump was being interviewed by Playboy magazine about his life as a real estate mogul. At one point, Trump was asked about a trip he'd taken to Moscow a few years prior.

Trump said he'd been "very unimpressed" with the Soviet Union.

"Their system is a disaster," Trump said. "What you will see there soon is a revolution; the signs are all there with the demonstrations and picketing. Russia is out of control and the leadership knows it. That's my problem with [former Soviet President Mikhail] Gorbachev. Not a firm enough hand."

Trump was then asked if he meant "firm hand as in China."

"When the students poured into Tiananmen Square, the Chinese government almost blew it. Then they were vicious, they were horrible, but they put it down with strength," Trump replied. "That shows you the power of strength. Our country is right now perceived as weak...as being spit on by the rest of the world."


https://www.businessinsider.co...loyd-protests-2020-6


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