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by systemvoltage 2180 days ago
One thing that comes to my mind (note: I do not support this view) but I am trying to put myself into the opposite party's shoes:

- Listing videos of police brutality during protests without also listing videos of protestors brutally attacking the police perhaps creates a dissonance to the counter party?

I think there have been a few incidents were cops were attacked but they are far and few between, but listing those would help clear the accussation of hypocrisy.

Furthermore, I personally think that we should separate police brutality videos in normal civic life (before the protests began) to gather evidence of systemic violence vs. the enraged/emotionally outraged protests that both sides were not willing to concede. I categorize them as different.

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I really doubt there's more than a handful of instances in which protesters use violence against the police in a context that's not self-defense.