The protests started peaceful. There were no calls to burn down a police station. The first window shattered was done so by an undercover cop.
The first violent action taken was by the cops. So the people responded in turn.
Nope, I don't blame them. They tried kneeling, so the president got a football player fired. They tried peacefully protesting, the cops showed up armed to the teeth and fired at people with plastic bullets and tear gas. There's a video of a parade of cop cars driving by protestors, the last of which indiscriminately sprayed pepper spray into the crowd.
Please don’t do this here. Demonizing HN users or blaming them for systemic issues while trying to have an honest conversation is totally uncalled for.
> I stand by my previous statement that America is farther on the path toward collapse than I previously surmised
I don't disagree with you, but I feel that the blame lies with the government, not with the rioting people who are just tired of the government arbitrarily executing people in the street whenever they feel like it.
And please don't give me the usual nonsense about "you get what you vote for". The level of real disenfranchisement in this country is staggering.
Say what you want, the protests were peaceful until the cops started firing off tear gas. The videos are there for all to see.
Regardless, we shouldn't be surprised at the levels people will go when you grind their noses into the dirt for four hundred years. The law enforcement arm of the government brought this upon itself.
The protests started peaceful. There were no calls to burn down a police station. The first window shattered was done so by an undercover cop.
The first violent action taken was by the cops. So the people responded in turn.
Nope, I don't blame them. They tried kneeling, so the president got a football player fired. They tried peacefully protesting, the cops showed up armed to the teeth and fired at people with plastic bullets and tear gas. There's a video of a parade of cop cars driving by protestors, the last of which indiscriminately sprayed pepper spray into the crowd.
Lmao. The very audacity of your comment.