Rojava Free State wrote:Violence against small businesses is never justified. Don't burn the indian restaurant.
Violence against major corporate businesses like Target should be avoided, but I don't really feel sympathy for multinational corporation, Chinese sweatshop utilizing Target. I feel for their hourly employees but their corporate leadership are frankly scumfucks.
Violence against crooked police is justified, because if they can't keep from getting violent toward the populace, there is no reason not to brutalize them. Last night an NYPD officer ran protesters over in his car and the night before they bodyslammed a woman outside Barclay center. They deserve all the suffering they're getting. Zero sympathy from me.
Violence against McDonalds is even more justified because their food sucks ass, their managers are cocksuckers and they're represented by a creepy ass clown.
Completely agree with this, except for the third point. There are good and bad apples in the Police Force, and the bad apples are the ones it seems everyone is talking about. I mean, yeah. Chauvin was a bad apple. So are these NYPD folks running over rioters. But come on, seriously. Everyone knows at least one good cop in your area. Someone's dad in elementary school was a cop. Almost for sure.
Secondly, these looters and rioters are most likely organized by broader anarchist organizations, and most aren't even from the city they're protesting in. Arrest records show this. Additionally, looting and outright stealing from any type of store, big or small, is horrible. Come on, stealing PC's in the name of "Justice For George"? What the hell is wrong with you? Setting fires to businesses? Really, come on. A Minneapolis low-income shelter was burnt to the ground the other night. Burning and raiding a police station? God help us.
Finally, to my last point. The minute someone starts punching, smashing, or throwing; it becomes a riot, not a protest. No matter what the circumstances. In Atlanta, there was a handful of police cruisers parked outside the CNN World HQ while then-protesters were swarming the CNN building. Then, a single guy dressed in all-black kicked the windshield of a cop car. Immediately after, all the "protesters" began smashing and lighting the cop cars on fire. Unconfirmed rumors have been spreading that some of these rioters represent Antifa. Also, rioters in Washington broke down barriers at the White House and attempted to enter. Secret Service officials sprayed tear gas and pepper spray to disperse them from getting any further.
It's a shame that this is America in 2020. With a global pandemic in the midst, and the launch of SpaceX's new rocket, we should be standing together in unity. Instead, selfish idiots decide to cause unrest in our cities. Enough is enough.