| On the off chance you aren't just trolling: watch the video attached to the story this thread is about. Or watch a hundred similar videos. There are looters/rioters. But there are countless videos showing police attacking peaceful protesters. These are people protesting police violence and the police are responding with violence. Do you think that will lead to more or less chaos? Sometimes the violence bubbles up from the bottom, like in this case (but notice the signs of systemic problems: (1) cops stop and correct the behavior of the one cop whose first impulse is compassion, (2) The police release an official statement to exonerate the cops involved which the video prove is a lie. The problem in Buffalo isn't limited to one or two cops.) Sometimes the violence comes from the top down, like in DC when cops were apparently ordered to violently clear peaceful protestors and bystanders from a public park and church yard (including the pastor of the church!), apparently for a brief, cringy photo-op. Top to bottom, the problem is that cops believe they are above the law, morality, or even just basic decency. I wish we could say "cops are on the side of order." That's their job, and the whole reason police exist. The huge problem here is that they so often are not. |