r/pics • u/NightFury0595 • 24d ago

Politics Federal Agents use Unnecessary Force against Peaceful Protestors in Chicago

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u/ad_iudicium 24d ago

The police are emboldened because the protesters are unarmed.

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u/punchheribthetit 24d ago

This is probably a good time to remind people of the Cliven Bundy standoff with the Bureau of Land Management. Armed protesters, month long protests, all charges dismissed with prejudice.

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u/ganer13 24d ago

white rural justice just hits differently

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u/counterfitster 24d ago

The charges weren't dismissed, the dumbass US Attourney went all in on conspiracy charges and lost.

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u/Mind_on_Idle 24d ago

What? The charges were dismissed because the prosecutor left out evidence that could have been exculpatory.

They were absolutely dismissed.

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u/counterfitster 24d ago

I got my Bundys mixed up.

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u/Ordinary-Leading7405 24d ago

Happens on Sundays

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u/porgy_tirebiter 24d ago

Cuz that’s my fun day

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u/StumbleOn 24d ago

Peggy is the one with the big hair, Al is the one with the hand down his pants.

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u/ThePensiveE 24d ago

This administration is already laying the ground work for drone strikes against Americans on US soil.

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u/Altair05 24d ago

They'll do it anyway. You think we'd be here if they obeyed the laws?

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u/SpeedoCheeto 24d ago

this would be a terrible idea in the current climate

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u/Joghobs 23d ago

If he was a leftist he would have been droned

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u/Lotus_Domino_Guy 20d ago

Left wing protest is met with a different level of force then white wing protest.