They're literally a response to George Floyd being murdered. The straw that broke the camel's back. Every single protest has chanting of the high-profile cases of black people being murdered by police.
> The chaos and riots are a direct result of weak leadership. When the mayor and governor practically declare a "purge" this is what you get.
I have no idea what this is referring to.
> This would happen in any place and any time in which the government stands down and tells the civilian population they are on their own.
When the government stands down from what? Civilian population on their own for what? I have so many questions.
> We've been locked down for months and it seems like the only thing that's legal to do is burn down buildings and rob stores.
Are you trying to make this about the pandemic?
> This will only be ended with overwhelming violence. Either the state needs to step up and accept their role/responsibility as the monopoly holder on violence, or I fear the general population will. And if the average joe does it, it'll be in the form of mass killings at rallies, which no one wants.
It will be ended when cops stop murdering black people. That seems like a more copacetic solution than escalating violence.
In Portland the major and governor have ordered police to stand down. Rioters even occupied an area for a week or more, you might recall news stories about chaz/chop? When your neighborhood is violently overtaken by an occupying force and the government does nothing, what do you call that? And of course Portland is not the only city to have made the police stand down and refused to call in the national guard after 3 months now of nightly riots, they're just the most egregious.
>Are you trying to make this about the pandemic?
I'm not trying to make this about any one thing, but I think it's foolish to imagine that the pandemic lockdowns have no impact on the proverbial temperature in the room.
> It will be ended when cops stop murdering black people. That seems like a more copacetic solution than escalating violence.
Police violence against black people is a problem in every way except statistically.
> In Portland the major and governor have ordered police to stand down. Rioters even occupied an area for a week or more, you might recall news stories about chaz/chop?
I went there personally. It was a defensive protest area with blockades against cars that had been running into protesters and aggressive cops.
> When your neighborhood is violently overtaken by an occupying force and the government does nothing, what do you call that?
"Violently overtaken". It's just protesters being in an area, most of which was a public park. It wasn't seized using weapons or anything like you might assume based on how you word that claim.
In addition, the denizens of Capitol Hill reported being much happier with CHAZ than the constant nightly indiscriminate and liberal use of teargas that seeped into their apartments and hurt their children and infants. CHAZ put a stop to that by preventing organized police aggression.
> And of course Portland is not the only city to have made the police stand down and refused to call in the national guard after 3 months now of nightly riots, they're just the most egregious.
PPD was extremely aggressive and escalatory. There's a reason they're targeted by calls to stand down or otherwise be massively restricted. They also have a long-standing history of collaborating with white supremacists. Nothing there is okay.
> I'm not trying to make this about any one thing, but I think it's foolish to imagine that the pandemic lockdowns have no impact on the proverbial temperature in the room.
I think it's callous and dismissive to speculate that protests about yet another unarmed black man being murdered by cops is about the pandemic.
> Police violence against black people is a problem in every way except statistically.
>I went there personally. It was a defensive protest area with blockades against cars that had been running into protesters and aggressive cops.
This same group of people was throwing rocks, hitting people with sticks, permanently blinding people with powerful lasers, and other acts of violence. Whether you agree with it or not, they were violent occupiers of several city blocks, not just a park. And they were definitely armed. They even created their own "peacekeeping" force which walked around with AR-15s.
>I think it's callous and dismissive to speculate that protests about yet another unarmed black man being murdered by cops is about the pandemic.
George Floyd died of an overdose of fentanyl. He was complaining about not being able to breathe before he was lying on the ground. While he was still up, he begged the police to lay him down on the ground, which they did. It appears you are the victim of race baiting. It's a shame, because the police involved in this are almost certainly going to be found not guilty, but because this story has been ginned up so much it will result in even more violent riots in the streets.
They're literally a response to George Floyd being murdered. The straw that broke the camel's back. Every single protest has chanting of the high-profile cases of black people being murdered by police.
> The chaos and riots are a direct result of weak leadership. When the mayor and governor practically declare a "purge" this is what you get.
I have no idea what this is referring to.
> This would happen in any place and any time in which the government stands down and tells the civilian population they are on their own.
When the government stands down from what? Civilian population on their own for what? I have so many questions.
> We've been locked down for months and it seems like the only thing that's legal to do is burn down buildings and rob stores.
Are you trying to make this about the pandemic?
> This will only be ended with overwhelming violence. Either the state needs to step up and accept their role/responsibility as the monopoly holder on violence, or I fear the general population will. And if the average joe does it, it'll be in the form of mass killings at rallies, which no one wants.
It will be ended when cops stop murdering black people. That seems like a more copacetic solution than escalating violence.