[darksaints]

This sort of thing is terrifying to me. I've read a little bit about the Stasi, and back then the whole idea behind it seemed too absurd to believe. Now we're living it. If you question or protest the status quo, you are literally putting your life in danger.

[blisseyGo]

These people are not protestors. There were rioters who would mix in with the protestors and then start violence. Protestors don't show up dressed in all black with a helmet and baseball bat.

They have also been allowed to throw bricks, molotovs, bats etc on law enforcement and people. They are destroying the peaceful protests to turn them into violence. Local law enforcement hasn't been doing anything to stop it because the mayors have been useless. That's where the feds intervene - especially because most of these people who are getting arrested are crossing state lines and therefore federal.

[tehwebguy]

Local law enforcement have been arresting violent and non-violent protestors alike throughout the last few months, I’m not sure where you are getting the idea that they haven’t been.

[blisseyGo]

No. Local law enforcement is being handicapped by mayors and DAs who are letting go of the violent rioters free without any charges.

[tehwebguy]

“Local law enforcement” means something different in every locality but you are still wrong.

On the contrary, thousands of protestors have been actually charged. Meanwhile police officers are still virtually never charged, even in cases of obvious brutality or obvious murder.

As an example, DA Jackie Lacey hasn’t charged a single one of the 330+ cops that killed LA residents during her 8 year tenure (some orgs say it’s over 600, the police disagree)

[WalterGR]

Could you provide some examples for this claim as well as your others?

[blisseyGo]

Just look at Chicago, New York etc. Both have broken historical records of shootings as well as fatalities. Portland has been rioting for over 45 days and the Mayor and Governor is not even stopping rioters from burning down federal property.

23 million in damages to federal property including courthouse:

https://www.theepochtimes.com/violent-demonstrations-in-port...

> A review of court records showed 59 people arrested during Portland demonstrations had charges dismissed, including several people arrested on felony charges.

https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/protests/criminal-cha...

The person who set the court house on fire also got his charges dropped.

[d3nj4l]

So you believe the feds should have the right to unilaterally abduct people off the street without reasonable cause, detain them for as long as they please before releasing them without making any record of the arrest or explaining the reason for the arrest?

[blisseyGo]

You have no idea what you are talking about. They were detained for 90 minutes.