I’m no Civil Rights historian, but do people think MLK’s peaceful protests would have been effective without the Black Panthers, armed to the teeth, presenting an alternative negotiation?https://twitter.com/QasimRashid/status/1265462854783729665 …
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Police in these places seem more willing to attack the unarmed is all I’m saying
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I'm not sure if you're suggesting the protesters in Minnesota wouldn't be attacked if they were armed, but if that's what you're saying, I'm pretty sure they'd be attacked, provoked, and/or arrested.
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I think he's saying that the existence of violent (or at least, threatening) protests is what forces those in power to see nonviolent protests as reasonable, and come to a compromise with them...right?
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