When you see #Ferguson play out with police as domestic army, does it make you more sympathetic to 2nd Amendment crusaders?
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@baratunde Nope. Escalation of police tactics is due in part to extreme arming of American public, esp. RW extremist groups.
@justinsreedy @baratunde I disagree. Extreme militarization + aggressive surveillance comes w/ expansion of DHS post 9/11.
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@justinsreedy@baratunde Current style of riot policing can be traced to WTO protests. -
@justinsreedy@baratunde and Stop & Frisk and other dragnet practices have been in existence since the 60s, and those are racially targeted -
@sarahjeong@baratunde See Black Panther 2ndAm movement--not much help for them. Or MOVE in Philly: Cops dropped a bomb on them, FFS. -
@justinsreedy@baratunde the guns don’t help them, but gun control legislation is used as a tool to suppress them. Two different things. -
@sarahjeong@baratunde Fair. But see UK: Some bad riot control, racial profiling, racist/classist policing, but cops not shooting black kids -
@justinsreedy@baratunde I feel like the US has a much more troubled legacy. But yes. Guns are for killing, can’t act surprised when they do -
@sarahjeong@baratunde Agreed. I think you raised some great points about root causes of police violence. Really hope we can change things.
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@sarahjeong@baratunde Note the "due in part" -- I agree 9/11 & DHS are huge part of it. But arms proliferation makes cops feel under siege.Merci. Twitter en tiendra compte pour améliorer votre fil. SupprimerSupprimer
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