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The parent claimed that it was a misconception that police were "quelling" peaceful protest and I shared a video of police disrupting a very obviously peaceful protest - feels relatively straightforward?

If you're looking for more information, https://twitter.com/MarcSallinger/status/1277063130523348995 is a Twitter thread showing the police using pepper spray and batons to disrupt and clear out said vigil.

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From the Twitter feed: "Police say protesters threw something at them which caused them to advance and clear the area"

So, not so peaceful it seems.

Watching the original video, do you legitimately believe that any of the police officers are in danger? Do you believe that a single (unsubstantiated claim, without any evidence of a) thrown object justifies pepper spraying reporters and attacking bystanders with batons?

I originally shared the video claiming that police were interfering with a peaceful protest. You disputed that the police were interfering, saying they were marching past. When I shared further evidence that the police were in fact disrupting the protest and hurting people who were participating, you found reason to instead believe that the protest was not peaceful. Consider your biases.

Here [0] [1] [2] [3] are more examples of and news articles discussing police attacking peaceful protesters.

[0] https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/police-keep-using-fo...

[1] https://www.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs/archives/2020/07/20/new-...

[2] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jun/06/police-viole...

[3] https://twitter.com/DavidBegnaud/status/1268716877355810818

Oh, "police say!" Of course, we should have known!

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