Protests Escalating in Montreal

[TylerBeer]

That's surprising that your curfew is 8pm.
In Spain it's 10, so perhaps the Rona appears at different times in different countries 🤷‍♂️
Could be worse...could be Chile where you're only allowed out for 2 hrs twice a week ro go shopping and need the local police permission.
And you're not allowed to buy non essentials - not even on line.
But remember...it is all about the virus and only the virus.
No power grabs going on at all.
That's tin foil hat Trump loving flat earth conspiracy chit thinking that....

8pm because Montreal knows how to party AND how to riot

[TylerBeer]

What are your riots about? Ours are about an accidental police shooting....

Accidental lol. Woops my gun isn't my taser!
Classic.

[ghuns]

...Accidental lol. Woops my gun isn't my taser!
Classic.

Easier than you'd think in a stressful situation. It's one of the drawbacks of "less than Lethal" weapons.

Of course, if you don't choose to fight with cops, the cops doesn't have to think about which weapon they are pulling.

[Dan_AKA_ROY23]

Chile Grrrrrrr
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This is outrageous! Poor lady. 100 years old and not permitted to shop? [size=200]WTF![/size]

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This one wont help, this guy got beaten by the police for riding his bike near someone, they were choking him and punching him and theres a video, thanks to newbeee for showing me this

[TylerBeer]

...Accidental lol. Woops my gun isn't my taser!
Classic.

Easier than you'd think in a stressful situation. It's one of the drawbacks of "less than Lethal" weapons.

Of course, if you don't choose to fight with cops, the cops doesn't have to think about which weapon they are pulling.

With the right training, it's not, and these people are supposed to be specifically trained for stressful situations. No-one was shooting at these cops, no-one was attacking them. That's not that stressful

Guy wasn't 'fighting' the cops, he fled. That's not a death sentence - I thought you should be outraged at the abuse of governmental power?

[ghuns]

...Guy wasn't 'fighting' the cops, he fled. That's not a death sentence - I thought you should be outraged at the abuse of governmental power?

I do not seek out videos of these things. I'd just rather not watch them. I caught a second of this one where the guy is about to be cuffed and begins resisting. At that point, he's fighting so that he could then flee. That's why he's dead.

Cops are humans. They don't get it right 100% of the time. Don't put your life in their hands.

[TylerBeer]

...Guy wasn't 'fighting' the cops, he fled. That's not a death sentence - I thought you should be outraged at the abuse of governmental power?

I do not seek out videos of these things. I'd just rather not watch them. I caught a second of this one where the guy is about to be cuffed and begins resisting. At that point, he's fighting so that he could then flee. That's why he's dead.

Cops are humans. They don't get it right 100% of the time. Don't put your life in their hands.

And when the reason the cops stop and cuff you is unjust? Then you are giving too much power to cops to be judge jury and executioner. Wholeheartedly disagree.

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...Guy wasn't 'fighting' the cops, he fled. That's not a death sentence - I thought you should be outraged at the abuse of governmental power?

I do not seek out videos of these things. I'd just rather not watch them. I caught a second of this one where the guy is about to be cuffed and begins resisting. At that point, he's fighting so that he could then flee. That's why he's dead.

Cops are humans. They don't get it right 100% of the time. Don't put your life in their hands.

You'd rather not watch the videos, I can understand, its stressful, but if you watched them all, you might change your mind, there is a culture of commiting violence towards people who can't protect themselves in the police, bullies prey on the weak or powerless.

[Dan_AKA_ROY23]

Chile Grrrrrrr
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This is outrageous! Poor lady. 100 years old and not permitted to shop? [size=200]WTF![/size]

What should have happened IMHO, is the jobsworth cop should have sat her down, asked what she wanted, and gone in there and bought it for her,

Any decent, civil human being would have done something like that for her.

[ghuns]

...And when the reason the cops stop and cuff you is unjust? Then you are giving too much power to cops to be judge jury and executioner. Wholeheartedly disagree.

What part of the stop was unjust? My understanding was he was driving with expired or no tags. What part of cuffing him was unjust? Didn't he have warrants? That'll get you cuffed 100% of the time.

And even if you think you're being treated unjustly, the side of the road isn't a great place to litigate the matter.

[ghuns]

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...You'd rather not watch the videos, I can understand, its stressful, but if you watched them all, you might change your mind, there is a culture of commiting violence towards people who can't protect themselves in the police, bullies prey on the weak or powerless.
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I've watched more than my share. And I agree that police are often bullies, too quick to make an altercation turn physical. But it's increasingly clear there's a culture of believing that people don't have to follow the directions given by officers. That's it's OK to resist, flee from, and fight with officers. You can believe that if you want, but don't complain when it gets you shot.

[Incogneeto]

Sorry, If he was white this would be a none issue.

Specially if he had any Tat's

and a shaved head.

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[quote="Thee Byte™" post_id=9515 time=1618341275 user_id=50]
 but don't complain when it gets you shot.