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A gunman killed and injured protesters at a BLM march. Why did police blame the victims?
(www.theguardian.com)
Because ACAB.
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the assailant tried to provoke a stand-your-ground situation, daring three women to fight him, before suddenly opening fire when they refused.
Ah so unlike Rittenhouse he couldn't goad his victims into playing along.
The accumulated evidence flatly contradicts what Portland’s police chief told the public and city council staff in the days after the attack: that the gunman, 43-year-old Ben Smith, had opened fire only after he had been confronted by “armed protesters”.
That false characterization of the unarmed victims as aggressors, which was repeated in dozens of local and national news reports, remains uncorrected on the website of the Portland police bureau (PPB) even today,
Look at that, a story involving police lies! During the BLM protests no less?! Who else is as surprised as I am??! (Just kidding, everyone is just as surprised as I am, which is to say not surprised.)
Will they be surprised when the summer of 2020 happens again in another decade or two, or will they finally put it together that they had an unheeded message sent to them after King, then again after Floyd?
A true mystery.
ACAB every fucking pig needs to be dragged into the street.
And I hate to break this to you because I know some of you are itching to post 'why is this kind of thing increasing?'
The sad thing is: it's not.
Its just that now we have the 24 hour news cycle and the internet to make us aware of nearly every time it happens.
Things like this have been going on since slavery days just it used to be a lot easier to cover up.
Fucking pigs content in their power protecting them from the consequences of their bigotries, and our government and court system will bend over backwards to cater to them.
Yep.
I remember before the era where we all had high-def cameras in our pocket, and how many middle class white people would always say "Well he must have done something to deserve that, police just wouldnt hurt/kill/etc someone for no reason!"
and guess what? They do! We have innumerable videos proving just that thanks to the prevelence of pocket cameras. Cause Cops are fearful tyrants that leap to lethal force in half a second over nothing, and will unashamedly beat the shit out of someone if they feel disrespected.. all while blatantly lying and falsifying their paperwork.. because Cops are tiny tin pot tyrants running their own personal fiefdoms, complete with all the protections and immunities such positions of rulership bring.
I'll never forget how Americans turned on Portland protesters.
Remember when the hot take was that it was all their fault for having bad branding?
Not all Americans, just the loud and ignorant ones.
So most of em.
The reason there was a protest is because they do that sorta thing
I was surprised there's still BLM marches but this happened two years ago
The event happened two years ago, but the current article is calling out police lies related to that shooting which are still on the books.
That false characterization of the unarmed victims as aggressors, which was repeated in dozens of local and national news reports, remains uncorrected on the website of the Portland police bureau (PPB) even today,
Yes I was just talking about the mentioned march
Because the gunman got to do what they wake up every morning hoping they get the chance to?
The 911 dude told the pigs it was at an "anti police rally"...
I mean, technically it was? But so what? That's legal.
It speaks volumes to their attitude.
They wouldnt let the ambulances in before they showed up acting hostile. Spun it to the national media as if they were asking for it, etc.
And these protest were about the police racist gross misuse of their power and authority. Murder is not an acceptable form of justice.
Sure, many people have become anti police, but largely only because of the police own horrific actions. So they're whining, and playing the victim card. You know, more behavior that justifies people being sick of the police
Absolutely. My point was that it shouldn't matter to the police whether or not they were anti-police because they should be doing their job regardless.
Of course, they don't because they're pigs, but anti-police protesters should not be treated any worse by police because of that.
Some of those that work forces
Are the same that burn crosses
I remember during the first major BLM protests while Trump was president. Protestors, beaten and shot. Journalists and reporters, beaten and shot.
And Americans point fingers across borders claiming every country but their own is authoritarian. Fucking pieces of shit.
Fuck the police.