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What people forget is protests are the civil reminder that we have the numbers.
That's why armed protests are what matters now. Without visible weapons (full on rifles) numbers don't matter. Cops have too much "non lethal" equipment that they will quickly resort to.
The only way they won't instigate violence, is if the people they're attacking could respond with lethal force as a reaction instead of running away.
I've never seen an example of cops instigating violence on an armed group of protestors. And I'm convinced the insistence on no open carry at protests is a psyop.
People leading these movements and enforcing those rules can't be so fucking stupid they haven't noticed the only thing that stops cops from turning protests into riots.
ARMED PROTESTORS SUE POLICE AND LOSE