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Presidential Memoranda to approve use of US Armed Forces against American protesters, labeling riots as an act of rebellion. (www.whitehouse.gov)

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[–] Z_Poster365@hexbear.net 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

BLM spread because of police brutality and overreactions. If they are trying to "get ahead of it" by escalating into extreme violence quickly it will only escalate the protests faster.

The way to "get ahead" of BLM and actually subvert it is to do what Joe Biden and the Democrats did. Coopt the peaceful elements of the movement into the corporate, NGO and DNC controlled sphere, alienate and isolate the radicals, give promises of reforms and then never do anything. Every heavy handed thing the Trump administration did only made the protests in 2020 worse for them.

[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 8 points 23 hours ago

I didn't say it would work, I'm just saying that this is their plan. Make people too afraid to protest.

That's clearly their plan for the anti-genocide protests, after all.