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Yeah man, that's what street uprisings look like. That's how people react, and I'd be among them if this **** was going down around me. ******-up, power-hungry cops stomping the heads of innocent men onto the curb, killing them in cold blood, in broad daylight. **** yeah people react to seeing that. I'd react, and most of you would also react, if that was happening in your neighborhood.
Vader and others who've stated this isn't a race issue are exactly right. It should bother everyone, regardless of race, to see this level of police overreach and brutality play out on the streets. And as far as those on the streets, organizing and protesting, standing up for what is right, who are we to judge them?
When you're pissed off you put your foot through the door, put a dent in it, not thinking through you'll need that door to be intact the next day, or the following day. Protests like these are fast & furious, when people take to the streets in the thousands. Shocking to see, frankly, in the US. More like scenes out of Egypt or some banana republic, folks en masse burning down the 3rd precinct police department, cause they've had enough and they're pissed off.
Sometimes i can see your side of this, but not in this case. These riots are not spontaneous as they happen a day or 2 after the incident. If i get mad i don't kick my dog 2 days later. One cop was arrested and charged already and the riots are getting worse.