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Comment by koheripbal

5 years ago

I read up on it's use in 1967. ...and it didn't really add anything. Looting leads to police/national guard having to restore order through violence.

There's no hidden meaning here.

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thethethethe  5 years ago

It was used by a racist police chief in reference to black protesters during the _civil rights movement_, which I think we can all agree is on the right side of history. The parallels are pretty clear to me, I’m not sure what you are missing here

  • will4274  5 years ago

    The fact that the police chief was racist doesn't make him wrong. He can be both racist and correct that looting generally leads to shooting.

    • thethethethe  5 years ago

      > He can be both racist and correct that looting generally leads to shooting.

      It appears as though you are deliberately misinterpreting this statement to confirm your biases.

      This statement is obviously intended to be interpreted as “the state will shoot looters (and possibly other protesters) when there is looting during a political protest”. If you genuinely don’t see it this way after considering all of contextual history of racial violence and injustice, it must benefit you to have your head in the sand

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