During the Trump years, it was a real possibility that you might get kettled, maced, arrested, beaten, tazed, charged with felonies, hit by a car by a “counterprotestor”, or straight-up killed by the police during a lot of the protests
That never stopped. The student intifada? Tortuguita? Etc.
I didn’t say it stopped completely. My point was that the level of police response to these Trump protests is radically different than what we’ve seen so far.
It is hard to estimate sizes, but the BLM protests in 2020 were somewhere around 5 times bigger than the current round of Trump protests (looks like 3-5 million versus 15-26 million). During the BLM protests, three people that I know of lost their eyes, tens of thousands got arrested, and 17 people died. Presumably a lot more than 17 got injured. That’s pretty consistent with the pattern of how protest (peaceful or not) usually gets dealt with in this country.
As far as I know, a few hundred people have been arrested so far this time. That’s it. I have literally almost never felt unsafe during the Trump protests. Do you know of more than that which has been happening?
the level of police response to these Trump protests is radically different than what we’ve seen so far.
If you’re referring to the 50501 or “hands off” protests then yes, there has been no response because those have, generally, been parades not protests. There’s no point in repressing the toothless.
I have literally almost never felt unsafe during the Trump protests.
Resisting fascism is an inherently unsafe act. If you’ve never felt unsafe then you are not actually protesting.
Do you know of more than that which has been happening?
Are the Tesla protests and arsons close to what you’re asking about? I’m not entirely sure what you mean by “has been happening”?
That never stopped. The student intifada? Tortuguita? Etc.
I didn’t say it stopped completely. My point was that the level of police response to these Trump protests is radically different than what we’ve seen so far.
It is hard to estimate sizes, but the BLM protests in 2020 were somewhere around 5 times bigger than the current round of Trump protests (looks like 3-5 million versus 15-26 million). During the BLM protests, three people that I know of lost their eyes, tens of thousands got arrested, and 17 people died. Presumably a lot more than 17 got injured. That’s pretty consistent with the pattern of how protest (peaceful or not) usually gets dealt with in this country.
As far as I know, a few hundred people have been arrested so far this time. That’s it. I have literally almost never felt unsafe during the Trump protests. Do you know of more than that which has been happening?
If you’re referring to the 50501 or “hands off” protests then yes, there has been no response because those have, generally, been parades not protests. There’s no point in repressing the toothless.
Resisting fascism is an inherently unsafe act. If you’ve never felt unsafe then you are not actually protesting.
Are the Tesla protests and arsons close to what you’re asking about? I’m not entirely sure what you mean by “has been happening”?