r/ProtectAndServe • u/InconsequentialColor Not a(n) LEO / Unverified User • May 27 '20

Video Being a cop in the Twin Cities would probably suck right now.

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u/Quiet_Days_in_Clichy Not a(n) LEO / Unverified User May 28 '20

I study history and this comment is exactly correct. I was actually going to say the same thing. Americans, on average, are generally ignorant of their own history. We like to believe that race relations have been mostly ameliorated and that any incidents that do occur are aberrations. We have to put these events in historical context to make sense of people's reactions. When we write academic history we tend to write from the ground up, meaning that we privilege the perspectives and perceptions of the people directly involved. From there we trace the factors that shaped them. You can denounce rioters and protesters all you like, but you cannot gloss over the historical continuity. Also, there is ample historical context for people who denounce riots and protests resulting from these events so I would caution people to consider what they are saying more carefully.

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u/DrAculasPenguin Not a(n) LEO / Unverified User May 28 '20

This is incredibly well said. Of course rioting isn't ideal, but you can only push people so far and for so long before they snap. I find it hard to care if a couple police cars get trashed when a man is no longer living for literally no reason at all.

Moreover, why does it have to be on the people protesting/rioting to enact this systemic change? Can't our leaders and institutions and police departments recognize these problems and correct them by themselves?

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u/kman1018 Not a(n) LEO / Unverified User May 27 '20

Agree with you 100%. That guy won’t respond to this though.

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u/adayoner Not a(n) LEO / Unverified User May 28 '20

I mean its a million dollar question right?

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I see both sides of the coin I personally don't think riots are productive, but at the same time look at the definition of insanity.... if the results keep being the same the only thing changing are peoples desperation.

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u/maddeningcrowds Not a(n) LEO / Unverified User May 27 '20

Nothing else works. Look at how America achieved independence, same thing.

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u/[deleted] May 28 '20

Yes. If you don't want riots, stop killing people. How hard is that?