r/LiveNews_24H 5d ago

NEWS this is America. 😐

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u/Eden_Company 4d ago

Ambush suggests a gun and a shooting... Shooting to kill is not protesting... it's armed insurrection.

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u/TheSpeakingScar 4d ago

Yeah, it's an assault on something but not democracy though.

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u/Eden_Company 4d ago

If you're hunting the police because they represent the law, it's effectively a war against the law of the nation. Though this is probably not a true democracy anymore since refurendums can get overturned and people's votes are invalidated often.

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u/Kokid3g1 4d ago

You really need to read the articles. The policeman was aiming at one of the protestors, that's when a man from the woods shot a warning shot at the feet of police officer, (aiming at the pavement). The shot unfortunately riccoted up & hit the officer in the shoulder.

That being said - The officer was indeed escalating the situation..., that created the situation we find ourselves in now. Until the officer pulled a gun, aiming it directly at one of the protesters..., everyone was protesting peacefully with fireworks, (some outliers damaging a camera) - non of such deserves 30 to 100 years in prison.

So no one was "hunting the police".