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Are you giving the class an example of what happens when we dont stand together?
Because we all already know how cops act when they have the guns and numbers.
We know when they have the guns but not the numbers they escalate and use violence.
But when they dont have the numbers and protestors visibly are carrying rifles, suddenly the cops aren't escalating to violence anymore.
If you aren't familiar with a "visual deterrent" then frankly you're not in a position to be advising people.
Exactly. Armed guards are needed at protests precisely to protect peaceful protesters from being murdered by cops. Yes, it's obvious that you can't legally use weapons against officers. But every officer knows that the moment someone's life is threatened, the law doesn't matter for shit. If a cop is threatening to shoot me, I have no problem with shooting them right back. Maybe I'll go to jail, oh well, better that than being dead. Maybe the cops will still kill me. Oh well, at least I took a fascist with me.
Cops are able to act with such monstrous inhumanity precisely because there are no armed protesters to deter them. You don't see cops firing rubber bullets point blank unprovoked against armed protesters. Because those cops know that if they try that shit, there's a good chance they're not going home tonight. They can have the whole corrupt legal system behind them, but all none of that matters if you're lying dead on the ground. Every cop should have to attend every protest knowing that if they abuse their power and start actually threatening innocent lives, that they will be among the first dead if violence breaks out.
Cops are ultimately bullies. High school bullies grow up to be police officers. And like any bully, the only thing they understand and respect is force.
You don't need rifles if you have the numbers.
If they had the numbers they would have won at the voting booths
I wish that was true...
But surely you've seen/heard how cops react when they're out numbered but protestors aren't visibly armed...
Most commonly with this:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kettling#United_States
Tell that to victims of the Tlateloco massacre. They were locked in a plaza and shot from rooftops. They were unarmed and the massacre was pre-planned.