[williamdclt]

> How do you get people to obey the law, in a way that is safer for all concerned?

Start by not shooting at them, especially when the protest is legal.

Escalation is the big problem here, nobody is complaining about using rubber bullet against dangerous armed people. They're complaining about using rubber bullet against people in a non-violent protest. If the police is using significantly more force than their "targets", there's an escalation problem

[downerending]

I don't think they are using significantly more force. Looking at the riots across the US, the police appear in general to be showing an almost saintly level of restraint, and being killed and severely injured as a result.

This is simply too much to ask.

[williamdclt]

Wow, you'll have to provide extraordinary proof to this extraordinary claim that goes against so much evidence.

What I've seen (from outside the US) is the exact opposite, police shooting, beating and killing protestors while they were peacefully protesting (or medics, or journalists, or people in their own homes).

[Nursie]

This has to be trolling. The whole thing started because of the police literally committing murder, and in most cases closing ranks and getting away with it.

[qaz_plm]

You seem to be confusing “protests” and “riots”

[_qwfv]

I strongly disagree. Footage from protest after protest shows police firing weapons into crowds, causing permanent injuries with zero accountability.

As far as I am aware, no active police officers have been killed by protesters. (One was killed by a right wing extremist.) Meanwhile, several protesters have been killed by police at these protests. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Floyd_protests#Violence...