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In response to "I fully disagree with the idea that looting is a justifiable or effective tactic. And I don't know know that "organizers" in this context have" by pmb

there are 13,000 cops in Chicago... were all 13,000 in another part of town?

Posted by colin (aka colinski) Aug 10 '20, 08:07

don't you think there's value in saying to wealthy people, to a corrupt police force that we, the people, outnumber you, have more power than you, and if you push and push, we will literally burn it to the ground?

this isn't just an isolated event, this is a culmination of hundreds of years of violence against Black people, even to this day. if you're asking how or why this happened, not sure what i can do for you.

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I understand it fine. I don't agree with it as a tactic or in its effectiveness. The answer to injustice is not anarchy. It distracts from the - pmb Aug 10, 08:14 2
- looting isn't the most effective form of protest, but it still is effective in it's way. -- (edited) - colin Aug 10, 08:25 1
  - Still not with you. It brings it to the public eye, but not with sympathy for the idea. To the extent that it provokes police to overreact, maybe - pmb Aug 10, 08:32

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there are 13,000 cops in Chicago... were all 13,000 in another part of town?

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