Comment by dragonwriter
2 years ago
A big factor in the OKC, J6, and militia movement and White nationalist violence more generally is that the law enforcement community in the US has very significant overlap with the militia and White nationalist movements, impacting how seriously they are treated by law enforcement, and how seriously they are treated by journalists who rely on experts from within the law enforcement community (both current officers and private experts that are the same people relied on as outside experts by law enforcement and are usually ex-law enforcement) for their understanding of the issues.
If BLM had attempted what J6 actually did, it would have made Kent State look like a Simpson's episode.
Seattle allowed BLM protesters to establish their own “autonomous zone” and ignored it until enough kids were killed.
> ignored it until enough kids were killed
From overdoses, right? Sort of different from terrorism in many meaningful ways.
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> Seattle allowed BLM protesters to establish their own “autonomous zone” and ignored it until enough kids were killed.
I do feel like "reclaiming a public street" is slightly different from "attempted coup d'état" though.
You should have included a link to be unambiguous: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitol_Hill_Occupied_Protest
It was quite a spectacle.
“Some of those that work forces…” indeed.