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Shafik authorizes NYPD to sweep ‘Gaza Solidarity Encampment,’ officers in riot gear arrest over 100
(www.columbiaspectator.com)
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Why is this escalating so much faster than the 1989 Chinese democracy protests or the 2019 Hong Kong protests? In those cases, it took weeks for arrests to happen and months for force to be deployed. Most law enforcement in those cases were unarmed.
Because Chinese police and military exist for different reasons than US police and military
Repression of the citizens and projection of power externally?
Yes, vs Chinese police and Military existing to protect the revolution.
Derp. I'd entirely forgotten about the red guard while writing that. In terms of enforcing the revolution.
...And every other police state for that matter.
Thanks.
Sorry, are you saying red guards enforced every other police state? Or that all police states exist to protect the revolution? Both statements seem very nonsensical
Sorry, I wrote that when I was tired.
All police states exist to enforce their own states... Which is a bit of a tautology so just ignore that bit.