One of my friends is very proud to have been arrested during a BLM riot. Flash bangs, tear gas, all that. Now he brings it up as some sort of arguing point: “YEA WELL WHERE WERE YOU?”
So they all got arrested and had to stay outside all night while being held. Today im talking to him and he claims they changed alot. He brought up “all those convictions” but only one cop was convicted last year while over 200 were killed. Then he mentioned Aubery who was murdered in Alabama, but they were private citizens not cops, and there was literally video of the murder. Naturally he didn’t seem to take that fact well.
Defunding didnt happen much either. Is this just a liberal brain trying to convince themselves theyve done something useful? Because nothing really changed after they dragged Bernie away either.
if it helps, they also think only red fascism has existed and theres never been a successful communist country.
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It was good practice and led to many people becoming radicalized. That isn’t a small thing. You need experienced people to get things done.
As a POC, I’m going to say no. The cops here still exist and still suck just as much as before. There’s literally ZERO change here locally. Zilch. Nada. Cops here still act EXACTLY the same. I still get anxiety whenever I see a cop on the road. I still have doomsday plans in place for if a cop ever shows up at my door. I still have PTSD. POC are still being killed. Changing minds/gaining momentum is great, but POC don’t have the luxury of waiting. We need things fixed NOW.
People came out to protest against police violence and how did the Oinks react? With violence. In front of countless cameras broadcasting to both an American and International audience. Such a thing that puts a nasty dent in the American State’s legitimacy goes a long, long way. The fact that nothing substantive has been done about police violence and the mainstream “Left” threw BLM under the bus as soon as they got power is just what completes it.
