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Rules Recovered From The Floyd Riots (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Dear Americans,

I am not an American. Were the Floyd protests anywhere near as chaotic as they were portrayed in the press? I recall hearing that most protests were nonviolent, just slightly property-damaging. Thanks!

Sincerely, rambling_lunatic

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The protest generally became violent after the cops did.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago

Still not even true, the protestors were much more effective and interested in de-escalation than the police