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by arel 2202 days ago
> All of the clips cut out all of the context

Categorically false

There are hundreds of videos showing the police brutalising peaceful protest. Watch them.

Single example - How about peaceful protestors at the Whitehouse being tear gassed, batoned and charged to make way for the president's photo op?

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The USPP explained that it was pepper balls and smoke bombs, not tear gas.
This is objectively wrong as multiple people confirmed it was in fact tear gas [1]. The USPP was lying.

[1] https://twitter.com/GarrettHaake/status/1267824405876359173