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Originally Posted by Byrjun
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My opinion on the actual shooting is worthless because it's affected by my personal bias. However, the other side of the story here is how quickly and effectively a community is able to be turned into a police state. This could happen anywhere, for any reason. Over the past few nights I've seen a child have her leg broken by a rubber bullet, a cop point their gun at a journalist and tell them to "get the fuck away," and all kinds of other scary shit. I only wish that people would look past the actual shooting (not enough information yet, if you think anyone was innocent it's due to bias), racism, and other obvious issues being brought up, and examine the situation in its entirety.
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This is a point that John Oliver brings up pretty well: how quickly and easily it is for the police to essentially declare quasi martial law with military grade materiel.
These are trends across the country that I do not like to see. It feels like the grip of the ruling elite is slowly tightening around us.