There is this folklore that American cops are trigger happy against protesters, but as far as I can tell the last time police shot demonstrators was the Jackson State killings in 1970. Saying this not to minimize police violence, but to stop it being used as an excuse like thishttps://twitter.com/VerbatimHKG/status/1294373338387607552 …
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There is great racial disparity in how U.S. police treat white and non-white protest (as Jackson State again shows). I'm hopeful that in my lifetime, we'll make that disappear. But using American protests against police violence to justify repression is the height of perversity
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