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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 5 Jun 2020

      Jeet Heer Retweeted b-boy bouiebaisse

      I think it's essential to understand the point Jamelle makes here: the police riots aren't just spasm of anger. They have a political goal.https://twitter.com/jbouie/status/1268884049092845570 …

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      b-boy bouiebaisseVerified account @jbouie
      the police aren't just rioting against accountability, they are rejecting the right of the people to hold them accountable outright. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/05/opinion/police-riots.html …
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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 5 Jun 2020

      The unfortunate fact is rioting does in fact "work" -- it's an effective way to get your agenda noticed and catered to. That's why the police are rioting.

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        2. Nathan Newman  🧭‏ @nathansnewman 5 Jun 2020
          Replying to @mattyglesias @HeerJeet

          Don't think major politicians in NYC would be seriously discussing a $1 billion cut in the NYPD budget without the police rioting and abuse this past week. So strong argument for maximum defunding efforts as deterrence for such police abuse in the future.

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        1. Euqinomist‏ @Euqinomist 5 Jun 2020
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        1. Kay Shannon‏ @kayellen17 5 Jun 2020
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          It seems to have worked for Chicago cops. Not much change since 1968 Dem convention riots.

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        1. Steve Negus‏ @SteveNegusMasr 5 Jun 2020
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          The police are facing a dramatic drop in support, and reform measures that I'm pretty sure they hate (ie, banning police unions) are now mainstream. I don't think they're "winning." Not all attention is good attention.

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        1. Susan Hatch‏ @SusaHatch 5 Jun 2020
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          And the mayors see nothing.

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        2. Henry Farrell‏Verified account @henryfarrell 5 Jun 2020
          Replying to @HeerJeet

          There is good and relevant evidence that nonviolent activism is persuasive, while violence moves voters in the other direction http://omarwasow.com/APSR_protests3_1.pdf …. The logic of police violence isn’t about getting agenda noticed and catered to imo but reasserting dominance.

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        3. spider tack junkie‏ @one_uglyman 5 Jun 2020
          Replying to @henryfarrell @HeerJeet

          I think that they are betting that the general public will see it (with help from some of the media) as broad civil unrest and rioting and give the police the benefit of the doubt.

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        1. Phil Stewart‏ @Retinalia 5 Jun 2020
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          Could the Baathists have only given the US a warning of what purging the army would bring.

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