Reporters Without Borders Decries 'Wave of Violence' Against Journalists at LA Protests

I think it’s about time the press and protesters start showing up strapped. These people clearly don’t have any fear and are just power tripping on people for simply being there. Put the fear of God back into these pigs.

The people of sh.it.just.works and Lemmy.world both loved to try and act like I was out of line for calling for open carry the other night. Unfortunately California state law doesn’t allow for it. I think that it’s the only way to get them to back off with the Marines, the National Guard and with ICE though. If they’re not going to be afraid of us then they’re never going to change and the people saying “don’t give them a reason to escalate” will keep saying that up to the first battles at which point they’ll run and cower.
- Fun fact, the real wave of gun restrictions started with the Black Panthers open carrying in California back in in the 60s.
  https://www.history.com/articles/black-panthers-gun-control-nra-support-mulford-act
  That led to the Mulford Act:
  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulford_Act
- The state law made by fucking Reagan and should thusly be ignored.
Escalation to violence is exactly what they want. It gives them all the justification they need to invoke the Insurrection Act, declare martial law and suspend your Constitutional rights. And not just in California.
- I didn’t say start blasting. Right wingers show up strapped all the time showing they mean business and are given plenty of space as a consequence. The cops can do the same for other Americans. If they can’t then it shows the public that it was never about individual rights and all about allowing one group they favor to get away with it.
- Protesters urged not to give trump administration pretext for what it is already doing
  edit: Oh, what the hell. Let's add a snippet.
  Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass publicly urged protesters Monday not to give the Trump administration any pretext for what they’re already doing and will keep doing no matter what. “Angelenos—don’t engage in violence and give the administration an excuse to inflict all the damage they have been inflicting carte blanche for months on end,” said Bass, adding that Trump and his team are just looking for a reason to respond with violence, as they would have done whether or not any of this happened.
- Where does the goal post moving stop? It’s not an escalation of violence if you don’t use it. It’s a threat to escalate to violence. If they aren’t afraid of you then they’re not going to change.
  When they declare martial law are you going to be saying the same thing and hoping by just chanting loudly you change their mind?
- Problem is the situation won't improve without an escalation
- Californians have a right to defend themselves
- Escalation to violence is exactly what they want.
  Are you sure? It seems like the escalation is what they don't want. And that's why they're having to call in the marines to try and scare people back into submission.
  Passive acquiescence and blind obedience is what they want. That's why the news media is so eager to label these protests as abnormal, intolerable, and anti-American. If the conservatives wanted protests, they wouldn't be so eager to censor the protests' advocates and so worried about valorizing these opposition efforts.
- If they want escalation then they can take it when ever they want. Police just wear plain clothes and throw a brick. Bam and done, at this point it’s best to just assume violence and act accusingly, it’s not like the media are impartial.
You're not wrong bit you're on the wrong instance if your solution isn't just 'hold hands and vote for black trump with a d next to their name next election'.
- Are you OK?
Not helpful
- Uncomfortable truth: violence has solved some of the largest issues across the history of humanity.
- Tell me how every dictatorship has been overthrown. I’ll give you a hint: those that chastize calls for retaliation tend to be labeled “fascist sympathizers” by history.

Reporter Ruben Salazar March 3, 1928 – August 29, 1970. Murdered by the LASD.

During the march, Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputy Thomas Wilson struck and immediately killed Salazar with a tear-gas projectile. No criminal charge was filed, but Salazar's family reached an out-of-court financial settlement with the county.
Classic USA

Congratulations no-voters. You brought Israel to America.

You can't enable atrocities abroad without them coming home to roost. Congrats to all US voters of the last 250 years.
It should be thank you to the non voters. They have merely removed the veneer of morality and democracy from the face of US.
Remember the snipers in college sent by Biden against students participating in Anti-Israel protests.
- Thank you so fucking much.
Do you always blindly consume right wing propaganda?
- The right wing doesn't live in reality and neither do you.

Sounds Israel and Russia. Trump has been studying hard and taking out the journos is the first step.

Trump hasn't studied shit. His enablers and handlers have, though.
- Exactly. You're out of your mind if you think taco is sitting at a desk writing executive orders before signing them. The fucking project 2025 people he has in the white house are doing exactly what they've been saying they'll do. Taco just rubber stamps it and blathers on social media.

“ALCARAZ”?

What is Alcaraz?

Carlos

I agree that this is a significant issue / problem for democratic countries, and that the trend of violence towards journalists in America is an obvious concern.

That said, the media has generally turned a blind eye as Israel killed a record number of journalists the past few years - and not only that, but they continued to broadcast out that regimes narrative. Given that the media / journalists "at large" have ignored this sort of issue in another "democratic" country that's gone authoritarian, I find it totally unsurprising that another authoritarian-trending regime feels emboldened / empowered to treat journalists the same.

Hi all, I hope people hear this and the post is not hidden. This is an insecure system, and talking on here about things you want to or will do will be used by the regime.

Please take this as it is meant. I fully appreciate the anger and the pain you are all feeling, and you are totally right to fight, but you must fight smart.

DO NOT LET YOUR ANGER GET THE BEST OF YOU. If this goes the way it's looking like it might, direct fights with whatfever is left of the States' forces is suicide, and the good guys need all the boots on the ground you can muster.

There are many veterans of the war on terror who are literal experts on the tactics needed to win this; seek them out.

Assume all coms are monitored because they are. Look after each other, people.

A friend who knows the score.