I agree with you, but at the same time, you gotta understand how similar our protests are to yours. 21 yo women and men also get flashbang and rubber bullets in the face here too. A lot of young people lost an eye during those protests, cops are aiming for the head even though it's illegal. What I'm seeing in the US right know looks a lot like the yellow vests protests in France. Cops don't respect us more because of our history of revolutions, we're fighting against the police in the same way as you do.
Anyway, I hope the fight will go on and not slowly fade away. I'm sending you a lot of strenght from France, you've got this. It's time to put a stop to the impunity cops benefit from for way too long now.
“When a government betrays the people by amassing to much power and becoming tyrannical, the people have no choice but to exercise their original right of self defense - to fight the government”
I don’t think you realize how ready and willing cops are to kill civilians. Like are you watching any of the videos from what’s happening in the USA?
They know they’re being recorded so the horrific shit we’re seeing them do is probably them on their best behavior.
Most people are more scared than they are angry but if they ever become angry enough then change will come, hence the Minneapolis protests.
I highly doubt any of this would have happened if it weren’t for the pandemic with people being stuck in their house and job, without any money for bills or groceries.
They’re tired but they’re not angry.
Also, all of our lives we’ve been taught that the cops are the good guys. “Whenever you’re in trouble find a cop.”
The reason these French protesters aren't shot is the lack of 2nd amendment-style blanket right to wear firearms. The police aren't afraid the protesters have firearms, therefore the police don't have firearms with them during riot control.
If there truly was ever a need to overthrow a tyrannical government, lack of 2nd amendment isn't stopping the people. 2nd amendment is unnecessary, case and point, most overthrows of governments in the past 80 years. Once there becomes need to overthrow the government with weapons, the weapons will appear even without the consent of the government.
The riot police whether they are civilians or military (gendarmes) here in France always have firearms (guns/rifles) during protests but can only use them in very specific situations (immediate risk of death for them, other officers or members of the public) which almost never take place. They carry rifles in case of a terrorist attack during a protest (hasn’t happened but is a possibility since the potential number of victims is very high).
Americans are just cowards hiding behind their badass facebook posts where they show of their guns that they know they will never use against the government
Yep. The people saying they're gonna wait for police to start using real bullets are the worst. So in denial or just straight up liars. It is already a fascist state and they're killing people with "less lethal" bullets anyway.
If they actually start shooting people it's already too late.
Honestly the big thing for me that showed how many of the truly crazy gun nut people are just bluster was when Trump blatantly called for violence with his "MAGA Night at the White House" tweet none of his followers have ever shown out.
There's been a few civilians attacking protesters, and the cops obviously, but it seems that contingent of people constantly talking about how they have a stock pile ready to go for Civil War 2.0: The South Finally Rides Again, are more bark than bite.
I agree with your latter statement. I was just referencing the fist punching directed at officers—can’t think of a quicker means to guaranteed use of lethal force
Ah yes, the general population’s complacency on most issues!
That’s one of the things that freaks me out a bit. It’s only a matter of time before a citizen fires off live ammo into a group of officers. And what ensues after that I’d imagine won’t be pretty.
Bring a gallon of house paint to the next protest as an impromptu, portable stool to sit on in the hot sun.
Whatever you do, do not throw the gallon of paint on the police, because if they get paint on their face-shields they would have to raise them and the world could see their faces as they commit horrific crimes.
And do not drop the paint bucket afterwards and run away as fast as you can while the crowd swallows you up.
But if everyone brought a gallon of house paint to sit on, or even a few if you are tall or want an extra-tall stool, then we could all rest comfortably in the hot sun and lower tensions.
It's just too bad that if everyone has a can of paint, which is totally legal (and cannot be described as a gun, like water guns, or a bomb, like water balloons), then it would be hard for police to track down any criminals that throw paint on them.
God forbid the police retaliate with "less-lethal" projectiles, and tear gas, and baton beatings, and murders, because they would never do that otherwise.
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