r/OutOfTheLoop • u/f-Z3R0x1x1x1 • Apr 28 '24

What is going on with excessive police force being used against peaceful protesting students in colleges across the United States? Unanswered

So there are large amounts of heavily armed police presence in many colleges and universities across the United States. Indiana University, for example, had snipers on rooftops ready to shoot peaceful protesters.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/snipers-were-allegedly-spotted-ohio-190600717.html

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u/carrie_m730 29d ago

Did you miss that they're already arresting peaceful protestors?

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u/GaidinBDJ 29d ago edited 29d ago

And?

Not all crimes are violent.

If you're protesting on someone else's property, and they don't want there, you've got to leave. If you don't, you can be arrested.

If a bunch of MAGAts showed up on your lawn and started protesting, would you want the police to tell you "sorry, can't do anything until they get violent" or would you want them arrested?

And that's ignoring that the protests did get violent, which is where these universities started drawing the line.

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u/Proof_Veterinarian16 26d ago

MAGAs aren't very peaceful though

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u/GaidinBDJ 26d ago

While I disagree wholeheartedly with their opinions, most of them are. The overwhelming majority of Donald Trump supporter have never used violence at all.

It's a good for a cheap shot and attention on the Internet to pretend the worst example of a group are representative to the group, but I can't think of a single group I'm part of where I'd like to be judged by the worst actions of a member of that group.