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Because politicians let them. There are steps congress and the president can take towards police accountability, but they choose not too. So police continue assaulting and killing because they can get away with it.
The Atlanta shooting is kinda weird. Atlanta police say Atlanta police were shot at so the Atlanta police say the Atlanta police did nothing wrong. I have not seen another source that independently clears the Atlanta police. >

Asking the obvious question: why doesn't GSP wear/use bodycams? >

So they can shoot protestors >

I get that they don't want to film themselves doing all the bad shit they do. What I don't understand is why essentially every other agency is required to wear/use cams but GSP gets a pass. >

The explanation I've heard is that they always work in front of their car cameras.
Until they don't I guess. >

"We already get recorded sometimes so there's nothing more we can do!"
How the hell does cop logic work on the general public? >


How the hell does cop logic work on the general public?

“they want to kill me and i support them! don’t tread on me 🇺🇸” >

Ah yes, until they want to break into the capital to commit treason and one of them disobeys clear orders and dies. Then suddenly the tune changes. >

Back the Blue unless it's a Coup. >

You could have asked this question in 1990, 1970, 1960, 1920, 1880 and 1848, and the answers would all be the same. >

"why do slave patrols keep shooting abolitionists?" >

“Why do police keep killing striking union workers?” >

Oh yeah, it’s a total mystery… >

Another mystery, why did the Capitol Police not open fire on jan 6? >

They did >

I don’t give this comment 24 hours before you’re banned entirely from Reddit.
That said per the law those in defense of the capitol absolutely had justification for deadly force.  Unfortunately you’re talking about holding white nationalists accountable, and the /politics mods are going to “be centrists” and only let right wingers suggest leftists should be hurt.  They make us be nice to people who Reddit allows to threaten us.  Obligatory fuck Reddit for not quarantining Republican and conservative subs.
This country doesn’t hold white nationalists accountable though.  America was tacitly siding with Germany in WW2 until the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor.  We had sedition trials in 1944 because a bunch of our elected senators were goddamned Nazis.
Nothings changed, it got worse.  Nazis have a political party in the US, they’re in control of the Republican Party. >

What’s concerning me the most is that there’s been a blatant rise in “both sides” astroturfers too. They’re more insidious than the blatant far-right on here, since all they have to say is “I’m Not A rEpUbLiCaN” for those who aren’t paying attention to take what they say seriously, in order to sow discord/apathy in our country in terms of making any meaningful change >

When a conservative tells me they want small government, at this point I just assume they mean they want one person to be “the government.”  Conservatives want everyone they hate to be ruled. >

That’s about right unfortunately >

They want a theocratic dictatorship because that’s the only way they’ll hold enough of the reins to keep this country “in line” with capitalism and Christian nationalism, which are intertwined, and deeply unpopular. >

And, unfortunately for them, they seem to keep getting knocked back on their asses in crucial states every election after 2016. Not to the degree most of us would like, but definitely growing each and every year the republicans show their malice, hypocrisy and incompetence. We’re winning small battles, but we need to press on until this threat is diminished once and for all >

Are these people even "left wing"? The right has gone so far right that average American is called liberal over anything. >

Kids nowadays have been so over exposed to this bullshit that they call random people on the Internet they disagree with left-wing, libby, etc.  It's just typical stupid animal behavior. >

I disagree it's kids that say that. It's mainly Fox news viewers. >

It's a lot of people, I was just adding that I've personally had this experience on numerous occasions playing video games, where the stupid children using it as an insult had no knowledge of my political opinions at all. Which means idiots are now just using it as a general term for someone they disagree with. >

I see your point. >

For the same reason left-wing protesters kept getting killed by police in Wiemar Germany.
The police are nothing more than the foot troops of the elite conservative establishment, who in turn fear nothing more than a rising of the people.  Actual democracy is a tool of the People, therefore, the left-wing.  Conservatives do not believe in representation, they believe in authoritarian control over the masses.
The real entrenched establishment has always been conservative and has always used taxes, taken from the People, to pay for protection from those who they subjugate. The police force exists to ensure that the poor do not encroach on the entitlements of the wealthy while the criminal courts exist to ensure that an example is made of those who do.
There are plenty on this board who don't believe what I just wrote, but those are generally posters who have never tried to enlist the help of the police or the courts while being poor.
Through a lot of hard work, and an amazing amount of luck, I've been able to escape from poverty into a relatively comfortable situation in a more affluent area. I've seen the difference first-hand. >

Police serve capital.  Not the people. >

They exist to protect property >

Private property. >

Private capital. You ever try to get police to do their ostensible job and find your stolen Hyundai even when you have the GPS location? The most I've ever seen them do is fill out a police report for insurance. And even doing that comes with a bunch of callous attitude. >

I should have been more explicit.  I mean private property, not personal property.  When I was younger, someone broke into my car and stole some items from me.  They pawned it to a shop my friend worked at who recognized and told me he had the item.  It was such a hassle to get the cops to do anything at all.  I ended up doing all their work for them, and they still acted inconvenienced when I gave them everything they needed to do their fucking job.  I regret calling the cops, but I don't think the shop could give me the persons info so I could hash it out with them paying me back for my busted window. >

Its hard to kill people you agree with.
We know that police forces are largely made up of right-wing activists who are 'making the world a better place' by 'enforcing law and order'.
Its just human nature beyond that. The guy who is saying things that make sense, that resonate, why, he's just speaking the truth and there ain't no law against that.
But the guy who is challenging your beliefs, who is offering a direct rebuttal of your core principals? He's easy to shoot. >

"Why do police keep killing left-wing protestors" FTFY. >

The classic passive voice used by media in pursuit of "objectivity". >


"objectivity"

Neutrality is the word your looking for. The media actively avoids being objective so that they can instead remain neutral... If you're objective people will accuse you of having a liberal bias for not legitimizing baseless conservative conspiracy theories.
Now if you'll excuse me, I need to take a few steps right or I'll fall out of the Overton Window. >

Regime forces have been killing left wing protestors since the 1800s. This is literally one of the oldest phenomena of modern western governance. >

Remember, folks - when the Nazis took over from the Weimar Republic, it wasn't liberals first in line for the camps, and it wasn't even Jews.  It was leftists.  They were the first guests in the nascent extermination camps.  
Fascists know who their enemies are. >

If folks are not familiar with the Cop City situation, I strongly encourage you to read up about it. The whole project is very troubling, and the fact that an individual protesting the development was killed under extremely suspicious circumstances is all the more alarming. 
I would post a link, but there are so many aspects of this that are disturbing. There is no one single link that could accurately explain it all. 
Edit- If anyone has any good links to stories surrounding the story, please share. I am trying to learn as much as I can about it. I truly believe these types of projects are dangerous and should not be funded by taxpayer money. Again, I would encourage anyone to read up on it. >

Thank you. >

Reinoehl was innocent. But his existence as the antiRittenhouse with a textbook claim to self defense far stronger than the right wing darling could not be tolerated. He was assassinated as a result.
1:34 To show Danielson assaulting Reinoehl
Eyewitness account of the Reinoehl assassination >

Let's not forget the fucking President holding a celebratory press conference after his federal hit squad murdered a citizen. >

Because police are right wing fascists >

Because the police are just the violent arm of the fascist right in this country.  Its pretty easy to understand when you start actually looking at what is happening.   Police protecting right wing supporters and battering left wingers is a policy they have been operating under for over a century now so I cant understand why people are so surprised by this now... >

Just look at the police in Portland openly working with the Proud Boys, knowing that they were armed and some of them had warrants. They’re on the same side. >

And the sniper nests. Don't forget about the sniper nests. >

Elaborate? >

Because our nation is rapidly descending into a fascist state. >

Those who wish for peace are peaceful people. We believe in this country doing the right thing! Even if the police and fascists have to kill us all, then we... I mean... So they will begin to feel bad, because the facists deep down are reasonable and caring people. We will be heard with our poems and quotes of Maya Angelou. The change is coming, for the better... if we continue to be beaten and die? I guess.
So for real, why do we insist on such highroad defeatism? >

Because the only way to defeat fascism is with violence, as peaceful protest just makes you easier to shoot. But that requires being willing to take a life and be willing to risk your own, both of which are things most people aren't. Their sociopathy is a terrifying advantage. >


Their sociopathy is a terrifying advantage.

That couldn't be more succinct. Like a predator hunting rabbits. The brutality vs helplessness is unending. >

You don’t get to participate in a corrupt, oppressive and exclusionary society by politely asking to be allowed in. Simple as that. >

For the same reason that it is mostly left wing politicians that get assassinated etc. Most left wing people (those whom haven’t fallen into the fascist dictator pit) are trying to improve our lives whereas right wing people tend to see those whom disagree with them as an existential threat. Once the mindset has been adopted that doesn’t care about whether what one believes and tells others is true or not, then they can rationalise anything towards their perceived goal.
Police have always been about protecting property and wealth. It’s just sad that most right wing people are so deluded about it. Our justice system isn’t about courts of justice, it’s about courts of law and those laws are and always have been authored by those whom perceive left wing people as a threat. Every now and then the left manages to be able to adjust but ever since the Gracchi brothers (and before), it has been the same. >

Because cops see anything less than total boot-licking submission as a reason to treat human beings as target practice, on the flimsy-ass excuse that they "feared for their lives." 
Unless they're white people who actually have guns, at which point they pass around a few brewskis, because it's become an impromptu meeting of the "we can't call it the Klan anymore" club. >

Questions we all know the answer to but most people don't want to say outloud. >

Because they are left wing protesters and not “patriotic” right wing protesters? >

Yeah Cops usually don't shoot on their own People. >

Oh they do all the time. More than they get shot by civilians on average per year. They just charge whoever they can other than each other.  I dont care to Google stats. This is something I got from the horses mouth at 430 in the morning before a job. They were warning each other not to shoot again. 
(I have personally seen two LEO's taze each other accidentally by encircling a perp. They ain't bright) 
Edit: If you are a pussy, they take you to the hospital to get the tazer barbs removed. If you are a suspect, they rip them out themselves. Enjoy. >

Because police in the United States are full on Fascist. >

Oh I have a lot of screws missing.
But think about it:
- We have robots that are getting close to mobile (boston dynamics)
- We have facial recognition, albeit its a bit racist
- We have voice translation
- We are getting "AI" levels of interaction
Simply not many decades off from a boston dynamics robot, with a taser hopefully, that can recognize somebody doing a crime and stop them.
But when they taser a jaywalking 90 year old lady, or a baby that snagged a candy bar, folks will start to have issues.
We'll see :D >

I think China is far more likely to implement something like that. Americans would shoot something like that if it was implemented. I like target practice and I draw the line at AI policing. I’m not listening to a piece of software. >

We literally already are doing that. Cops in Oakland literally tried to arm robots with shotguns like three months ago. >

Because police overwhelmingly lean to and sympathize with the right. >

Because cops are fascist tools or right wing authoritarians? >

Because those that work forces >

Couldn’t the headline be something more like “Policing Isn’t Working For The Police Either”Officer suicide rates keep breaking new records, alcoholism and drug abuse affect over 30%, and domestic violence rates are INSANE. We really need to rethink what policing is. >

Like a thousand die each year on the side of the road. You might think that they would resent the man sending them out to shake down citizens only to get mowed down by some texting teen or drowsy trucker, but nope; they can't get enough of it. They just love jumping out of the bushes and relieving people of their money, they're crazy for it. >

The police are the "fa" to our "anti." >

The police are always a right-wing force. They are there to enforce the status quo. Progress is against the rules. Right-wing nutcase protesters carrying guns are no bother to the cops as long as they're trying to prevent change. 
Police three times more likely to use force against left-wing protests: analysis >

Left-Wing Protesters actually challenge the status quo and pose a threat to the ruling class.
Right-Wing Protesters are the useful idiots of capitalism. They protest against marginalised groups and specific centre-left politicians that they've been told are the cause of everything wrong with society. >

Remember during the BLM protests in New York, when unmarked vans would roll up and kidnap people marching. WTF was that? >

US Wagner Group. How has that not yet been adressed, or have I missed something? Iirc they had no information on their uniforms, either. And masks. >

Because the police, who are supposed to uphold the law, are breaking the law? And the people who are protesting about that are the ones they are killing?
Next on The Daily Beast - Why Does Water Keep Making Things Wet?  Why Are Bears Shitting in the Woods? Why Is The Pope Always Catholic? >

Because they are not shooting back? >

HE literally did. Which is why he was killed. >

Read up on a few hundred years of labor history. >

Because left wing protesters want change. Police are here to keep the system from changing. >

Because the police have been infiltrated with right wing extremist and generally show up as counter protesters rather than to keep peace. >

Why is an overly militaristic organization with very little over site and training killing people? Some questions we just might never know the answers to >

Right wing cops. Gasp >

Bc police are right wing >

Why do the police keep killing left-wing protesters? >

Why? It’s who they’ve been training to fight ever since they militarized the police force. You think they need all that gear to “protect” you? Pfft. >

ask that KYLE loser kid. >

The answers in the question? >

I mean....is this a trick question? >

Remember when Obama warned that there were unusually high numbers of dangerous right-wing extremists infiltrating the military, because Bush/Cheney were too indiscriminate ramping up for their Iraq/Afghanistan wars? Remember he said that they were trying to radicalize other soldiers? Remember how Republicans jumped on that, accusing Obama of being divisive and belittling his warning?
Now consider that a good many military personnel end up going into law enforcement after leaving the military. This certainly happened as they started coming home from those wars.
Basically the answer to OP's question is that Obama was right; Republicans were wrong. Par for the course.  
Edit: Fixed typo. Iraq, not Iran. >

Bc liberals and centrists keep voting in support of it. Like that’s it. 
We advocate for qualified immunity to be removed, for police to be cut back, of course they’re gonna oppose us. But you know what liberals and centrists do?  Well when the police inevitably show up and tear gas us and brutalize us and things get out of hand, they blame us and then they fund more policing. They’ll listen to anecdotal bullshit about high crime because corpos fund that psyop shit. Which, newsflash, if the left succeeds with the police, we’ll succeed with a lot of other stuff soon after, chief among them, CORPORATIONS NOT EXPLOITING US ANYMORE. And corpos know this so they lobby heavy among dem reps and senators and put out ad campaigns that appeal to liberals. Liberals also fund their own opposition unwittingly bc theyre such consumers. 
Take the hogwarts legacy game. A portion of every sale will go to JK Rowling, who will then give a portion of that to right wing groups in the US and UK. Liberals will support fascism so long as it can be sold in the form of a product. >

Because police are right-wing counter protesters with guns. >

Some of those that work forces are the same that burn crosses >

Some of those who hold office are the same that burn crosses >

Because ACAB >

One reason is that peaceful, unarmed people are easy pickens. >

Cops do hate a fair fight. >

Beacuse  most  police  departments  are a right leaning cult with minimal  required training or background  checks >

Probably because law enforcement, by design, is a pseudo military militia that shouldn't be enforcing law in the first place. 
We never actually had real "cops" in this country, we just have many militias that were combined and funded by the government to become law enforcement. The entire system is flawed because of that, and until our current LE agencies get shut the fuck down and rebuilt with actual law enforcement in mind this shit will keep happening. 
I don't care if there's "good cops" out there, when the system you work for us so flawed it attracts this behavior you're part of the systemic enemy of our country. >

Yep. That's the whole point of 'no quartering' >

I trust this is a rhetorical question >

Historically it’s always the left getting killed. By the right who are in the police force. >

Because the police are the enforcement arm of the political class, thus not there for our protection. They job is to protect capital at the cost of Americans because that’s what our ruling class demands, or else will might not hit record profits each Quarter >

Golly. I wonder. >

Because fascists hate leftists as much as leftists hate fascists. >

Security forces are inherently authoritarian. Authoritarians want less political debate and more force to compliance those they deem as uptarts. It's that simple.
Some police are good and the job is a service but someone who wants to shoot people or be violent towards people with impunity they join the police or military if there is war.  It's the same reason molesters would become Boy Scout leaders or clergy, to be trusted and abuse their power.
We need police but police also need to be in check when it comes to their activities. All power needs a check and balance in a democracy.  Some police rail against that check and balance. >

I think the proper question is, why do police keep killing people? >

Because the right wing protesters ARE the cops >

Because fascism >

Because their union is strong enough to allow them to get away with murder and keep on working. >

B/c most police are right wing and it makes them feel good to off some “libs” >

Uh, because cops are fascists and they hate e dry one who isn’t. ‘Nuff said. >

Because some that work forces, are the same that burn crosses? It's not complicated... 

RATM >

Left wingers get killed by police because the police are right wingers. >

Why Do Police Keep Killing People? >

Because cops are fascists. >

Because cops are small dicked murdering psychos who have always been and will always be bastards. >

for the same reason that right-wing protestors are allowed to brandish firearms, shoot people, and get waved passed police lines. >

Because the cops hate them.
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And, unlike right-wing protesters, they are unarmed. >

Because cops protect property and capital investment not people or the rights of people. Cops don't uphold law they interpret the laws as to fit the narrative. Cops diffuse the situation by any means and ask if the law was broken after. They are not educated in the nuance of laws. Cops are a broad sword. >

The job of the police is to preserve public order. Not prevent crime. Authoritarianism is the public order. So anything that endangers that must be stopped. >

Why do POLICE keep killing any protesters? 
FTFY >

Simple: the cops are right wing… >

Because the US is already fascist enough for them to be the dominant subculture. We're past the point of going back and the next republican potus will embolden them again, it's going to get worse. Biden doesn't have the stones to do the decisive divisive actions that would actually spurn the fascists. Buy a gun before the outlaw all the good ones. The fascists already have their guns, magazines, and ammo and they'll pass it down to their kids the same way their daddy gave it to them. >

Because a large percentage of police are also far-right-wing terrorists.
Full stop. >

Cops have always lied, and we have no problem believing that when we look in the past, but any accusation of lying that is new:
"Well, maybe this time they tell the truth."
They have not been right even once.  Why would that stop? >

Strange, it’s like all those incidents of cops hanging out with right wingers and domestic terrorist have nothing to do with it >

Ask mlk or rfk or Malcolm x >

None of them were shot by police. RFK was shot by a Palestinian terrorist and Malcolm Little (aka the tenth) was shot by his fellow Nation of Islam loons. >

You conveniently forgot MLK >

A large number of police and military are right wing extremists. It is an opportunity for them to kill the opposition with qualified immunity. I am also willing to bet a great deal of the number of deaths of black citizens by police are some form of initiation killing.
They didn't want people of color, women or LGBTQ people in the military. Can't have those you wish to oppress getting combat training, now can you? >

Because Police are following their orders. >

Why did police allow Kyle Rittenhouse to walk past them carrying his assault weapon and drive home immediately after he shot 3 protesters, killing 2?
What percentage of cops in America voted for a wannabe White Fascist dictator in 2020? >

What a joke of a headline. We know why, the police are fascists. It's literally that simple, there is no hidden mystery here. >

You're just as detached from reality as anti-vaxxers that say the vaccine is killing hundreds of thousands of people. >

Police have shown time and time again that they disregard the law and do not protect anything but capital and their own paychecks which are made of tax dollars.  They literally commit extrajudicial murders daily and most cops walk free of it while getting paid leave during sham investigations.  That is truth, anti-vaxxers don’t work in truth. >

The same reason only 1 insurrectionist was killed by police. >

Ooh ooh, because the police are infested with fascists and fascist sympathizers? >

“Some of those that work forces
Are the same that burn crosses…” >

Because cops are largely right wing and are there to suppress people, not protect them? >

Must be that free speech that keeps fucking things up, eh mastermind? >

Because the police hate people challenging the status quo (which puts them at the top of the power-chain), especially those damn hippies >

Ugh, I live in the Atlanta area. It's awful to me how in this country if you try to protect the environment you get shot and killed and/or charged with domestic terrorism whilst climate activists in Europe like Greta Thunberg get arrested and let off with a warning. 
This isn't to say that this doesn't happen over there, but the extent to which human rights and environmental protests are criminalized here speaks to the fact that we are a long way from being the shining example of democracy people think we are. >

What a mystery >

I wonder if someone could set up a non-profit to procure bodycams for protestors? >

Because left wing protesters are often defenseless (ie w/o guns) and when the police are wont to demonstrate brutality against you in the first place, it’s easy for the left to get killed off.
Right wingers are usually armed to the teeth and cops are stand offish to them in the first place. >

Is it because those who work forces also burn crosses? >

Some of those that work forces. Are the same that burn crosses >

Cause they wanted too. >

Bevause ACAB >

Because the government wants them dead? I hope no one is sincerely wondering what the answer to this question is! >

It’s a fascist regime >

two words: occam’s razor >

Finally someone even posed the question. >

Because the American people mostly don’t care if they do. >

Because a lot of police are right wing white supremacists??? >

Because cops’ bosses don’t mind. >

Because all the cops are criminals. >

Because left wing protestors need to be more like the right wingers and show up heavily armed and armored, the cops will leave them the fuck alone if they do (hard to give orders to shoot protestors if it'll cause a bloodbath for both sides). Also, the left wingers need to start infiltrating the police forces, just like the right wingers have, hard to shoot at protestors when your brethren are among them. >

Because the police keep killing them. >

Some of those who work forces are the same who burn crosses >

This is one of those, "why do black people keep getting murdered by racists?" kind of headlines where the answer is in the question. >

I just cannot stretch how much I think you all would enjoy & benefit from reading A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn >

Yeah, why do people who are protesting fascism keep getting killed by fascists. It is a mystery. >

It’s almost as if the police are the right wing of the protest equation. Almost as if they are in place to violently suppress the will of Leftists. Almost as if. >

Easy, the police are to protect property and wealth of people who currently don’t pay taxes and therefore don’t contribute to their pay, not to protect the people. The left wants to uplift society, and limit police powers. Two things about human nature is if someone has any power:
1: They will not relinquish it willingly
2: They WILL use it, especially to keep it
Police are given broad powers to act with little to no consequences or outside oversight, paramilitary training and equipment, and abysmal nonviolent resolution training. So why wouldn’t they use violence? >

Because most cops dislike left wing people. >


Why

Police can kill without consequence. >

Because the police are fascists, obviously >

Great question, why are cops killing protesters who call for accountability and limits to their power. Let me ponder this extremely complex issue. >

Because the Police believe they are above the law or are the law. We also now that the majority of Police are Racists or Right Wing supporters. We don't need to Defund the Police we need to Purge the Corrupt officers and Demilitarize the Police.
They should not be allowed to carry guns on them. Only none lethals like the British Police do/did? They also need to be trained to deescalate a situation with talking skills. The Only Police Units that should be armed at all times is SWAT Teams. 
But we also need to teach normal Citizens not to be Afraid of police officers. Don't run from the Police if you were speeding, or your license is expired, or if they want to ask you questions. Now if you did do something really REALLY BAD then you get what you deserve. >

Because being a police officer is everything a Republican dreams of. Get to carry a gun, even shoot and maybe kill ppl, get to drive however you want like you own the street and most of all, they think it makes them important and look cool. >

Wimpy passive voice headline. Should ask “Why Do Police Keep Killing Left-Wing (or any, really) Protestors?” >

Because the police get paid to protect the right wing assholes who keep us in cages. >

Because the police are, in the main, authoritarian. Just observing dissent fills them with paroxysms of murderous rage. >

Crazy how protesting for the health of our planet makes one “left-wing” >

Why is anyone upset about this? " Left wing protesters" have been been killed for years, over unionizing, women voting, integration, voter registration, ending illegal war, ad nauseum. & that is just here in USA. & MANY of them were white women, & students going into the deep south to register African Americans to vote & all calling for simple equal justice FOR EVERYONE. As long as the authoritarian religious fundamentalists republicans continue their stranglehold on WE THE PEOPLE'S representatives All ACROSS THIS COUNTRY at every level of city, county, state & federal offices, this crap will only get worse. Which explains why so many young people NEVER were taught about the VIET NAM WAR because of the "left wing protesters" being beaten to a pulp, thrown in jails trying to stop it. This is how the RICH RIGHTWINGERS keep SOCIAL policies at bay. We are not a free nation, unless you are rich & republican, then & only then, do you have freedom. >

Because they are unarmed. >

Teran wasn't. In fact, he shot first. >

That's what the police said. But the police are well known liars. You can never trust a cop. >

You trust political extremists even less. 
There is actual evidence linking Tortuga to the gun. >

It's almost as if unarmed peaceful protestors embolden the police to escalate.
The fact police are explicitly right wing puts fuel on the fire.
Democrats being largely for gun control is a large part of what keeps left wing protestors marginalized. >

How would more guns help against police violence? If anyone shot back against the cops there would be a huge reaction against that. >

There is a huge reaction anyhow. It would prevent police from feeling so brave basically.
Unarmed peaceful protesting just creates victimsbsnd hasnt been working
At Uvalde a literal child with a weapon intimidated an entire police force.
Protesting peacefully while armed would prevent some of these brutal police attacks >

"This week on 'Headlines That Answer Their Own Questions'..." >

God damn. Could you ask for an anymore click baity and one sided story???? >

Because the police like the status quo. They've had forever to get away with anything and everything so why let anything or anyone try to change it >

The answer is because conservative republicans are violent. >

Because police are usually right wing lunatics. It’s a career that attracts a lot of authoritarians, fascists, and people on power trips. >

...because the police keep killing them? I'm confused by the question. Left wing protesters have always been viewed as politically dangerous by the establishment, and hence targeted for suppression in ways that their right wing counterparts will never know. >

Because American police departments were grown directly out of fugitive slave-catching departments, are staffed by violent fascists who enjoy killing people- especially leftists and black people-, they are armed in a manner comparable to overseas armed forces, and there is no civil or legislative framework for holding them accountable for anything. >

Because cops are fascist jackboots. >

Some of those that work forces are the same who burn crosses >

because the police is the tool of the rightwing, and the rightwing has always been openly homicidal. >

Because most police are pro fascists.  People that are attracted to being a police officer the way the United States recruits are attracted to the power over people. >

Why are Democrats killed by police? Because Republicans order it. >

It's because the police are fascists - so they are OK with protecting fascist right-wing protestorsand are ok with killing left-wings protestors. It could not be more clear. >

Because the cops are often full of people on the right. Often the far right. >

Because police culture doesn’t support protests against authorities >

because pigs are generally fascists? >

The only time I've heard of farm animals having any political persuasion it was communist. I think there was a book about it. >

Is it fascism? I bet it’s fascism. There’s just rampant amounts of fascists In police forces. Shocking. >

Because the police are there only to kill people, legally speaking they are not there to protect. They are an unchecked militia. >

Because some of those that work forces are the same that burn crosses. And the right wingers come with guns. >

I mean is there really anyone who works in law enforcement that’s left wing? >

Not for long. 
They either go right wing, or they get driven out. >

Because most police are conservatives. Hence why they kill POC so much. >

Exactly how many "POC" do you think the police kill each year? I guarantee is far less than you think. >

Police killed 1097 people last year 20% of those were black, 35% were white.
Black people make up 12% of the population.
White people make up 70% of the population.
65% were POC
POC make up 30% of the population. >

Fascism and institutionalized racism. >

Some of those that work forces are the same that burn crosses… >

never heard this one before. >

Really?  It's a RAtM song - Killing in the Name. >

I was being facetious. This comment always shows up multiple times in a thread about the police. I guess I find it a little ironic because many anti-police people consider themselves non-conformist and yet they all say the same tired phrases. Usually that lyric, something about pigs/fascists, and then some slight variations on the boot-licker insult. >

Because police exist to protect capital from people that “look like” these protestors. Furthermore, so many of the leftist protestors are well-meaning and unarmed—making them easy victims, especially when police instigate a “fray” and create circumstances that would make it difficult for the the police to actually be held to the letter of the law. >

Because police are right wing. >

Yeah, how about that…
Some of those that work forces >

The police are right wing insurgents. >

Police are Jack booted piece of shit >

Because it’s a time-honored American tradition?