Video of looters in Philly
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Wow
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In other parts of the country, the cops are getting in on the action.
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These guys spraypainted and smashed in their own squad car.
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If you want to see where trouble starts, look to the cyclists.
It's a little known fact that Leon Trotsky and Vladimir Lenin both competed in the very first Tour de France in 1903, and it was the frustration of being beaten by drug cheats that finally led Lenin to split with those awful Mencheviks with their stupid drop handlebars and oh-so-clever bloody lightweight frames.
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@Doctor-Phibes said in Video of looters in Philly:
If you want to see where trouble starts, look to the cyclists.
It's a little known fact that Leon Trotsky and Vladimir Lenin both competed in the very first Tour de France in 1903, and it was the frustration of being beaten by drug cheats that finally led Lenin to split with those awful Mencheviks with their stupid drop handlebars and oh-so-clever bloody lightweight frames.
It's been reported that the Kulaks are juicers. Just sayin'.
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I may be 100% wrong and I will admit I dont have a lot of experience, but why is looting kind of a US "thing".
Yes, it happens in other countries, and sometimes big protests result in broken buildings and looting (see burning of Central World Department Store in BKK in 2010), but seems much more common in the US. Why is that?
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From Frank Bruni's column:
"Over the past week, Louisville has been the scene of especially tense encounters between protesters and the police, and of harrowing violence . . . Pictures and videos from Louisville portray a militarized police force and streets that look like war zones.
But a video from Sunday night portrayed something else. Captured and shared by Roberto Ferdman of Vice News, it showed a protester and a police officer clutching each other. Hugging.
“She just went in for the hug, and the officer accepted,” Ferdman wrote in the tweet in which the video appears. “Lasted almost a minute. Incredible.” Indeed. And while it’s just one moment involving two people, it says something and it means something. There’s hope in that hug."
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Damn decent of that officer hugging that rioter.
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@Aqua-Letifer said in Video of looters in Philly:
that rioter.
Was she rioting? Was she throwing bricks, frozen bottles of water? Was she looting?
I'm sure that that video is available on social media.
Otherwise, you're just making shit up.
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@Horace said in Video of looters in Philly:
The two factors at play here are a large under-class with nothing to lose, and a larger enabling ruling class who consider it evil to hold the under-class accountable for their behavior.
Also insurance covers it and damage is justified, a satisfying fvck you.
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But the same things are present in many countries. It just seems that it has become "acceptable" to riot and loot and destroy buildings.
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@George-K said in Video of looters in Philly:
@Aqua-Letifer said in Video of looters in Philly:
that rioter.
Was she rioting? Was she throwing bricks, frozen bottles of water? Was she looting?
I'm sure that that video is available on social media.
Otherwise, you're just making shit up.
Helpful resource:
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@Aqua-Letifer said in Video of looters in Philly:
Helpful resource:
https://bit.ly/3gV5b14Thanks for the tip.
In another thread you commented that because something didn't appear on social media, it didn't happen. In fact, you said, you follow it closely, and since you didn't see it, the allegations about the "protestors" at St. John's were wrong, and it was all peaceful.
I'm simply turning your argument back at you. Since I didn't see that she didn't throw anything, there's a possibility that she did.
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@taiwan_girl said in Video of looters in Philly:
But the same things are present in many countries. It just seems that it has become "acceptable" to riot and loot and destroy buildings.
Try it!
It might be fun!!
Don't knock it until you've tried it.
Look at all the laughter while looting, you don't think this isn't a riot, er, fun?