The way police are dealing with these protests shows that police are good at exactly one thing, and it isn't de-escalation or protection Let's talk about last night in Portland
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Except they couldn't, because they are the police and their purpose is to enforce obedience. And the best way to do that, they have been taught, is to enforce small rules to keep people in line The entire mood of the event changed the instant they got on the loudspeaker
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From there it was a game of chicken they were never going to win. Tensions rising, provocations increasing, the ugly end we've come to expect
It doesn't have to be like this. We need a different kind of community protection. We need to #AbolishPolice
