> Getting angry could cause more innocent people to get killed. Some are working towards a better future in these protests. Others are just getting inflamed and doing things they might regret.
Well, isn't this the entire point. The police are killing innocent people. Protesters aren't killing anyone. Seems like even more of a reason to be angry.
HN, I’m always wary of people who attempt to
steer my emotions like the poster above. The person who killed Floyd does not represent the entire police department, just like the people who are looting do not represent all of the protesters. You have extremists on both sides trying to make you pick a side, when the truth lies between.
> The person who killed Floyd does not represent the entire police department, just like the people who are looting do not represent all of the protesters.
Focusing it on one single act tries to negate the point. It's not just a single act. It's multiple acts, on a daily basis. The police are arresting journalists live on air. For failing to obey commands that weren't given. They shot at other journalists on air. If that's what they're doing on the air.
There is no dispute in police brutality, the police do not deny it, the protesters do not deny it. So why would the truth lie in between an agreed-upon truth?
That was in the context to what the person above you wrote:
> Getting angry could cause more innocent people to get killed. Some are working towards a better future in these protests. Others are just getting inflamed and doing things they might regret.
Adding emotive fuel will only cause more harm
...to which, you called for more anger and adding fuel to the fire.
As I’ve already identified above, the two extreme forces are the violent law enforcers who abuse their power and the arsonist protestors who are looting and vandalizing businesses as some kind of retribution. Both extremists are unjustifiable. It’s good they don’t represent the majority. It’d also be good if we were to not let them represent the agency ... and, frankly, to have control over our prejudices and our anger.
The protesters are doing great. Some of those involved in riots are getting close. Some of the beatings will have caused some life long injuries. The people that drove up and shot dead a security guard have killed.
I just think a degree of restraint is required to avoid innocent people getting hurt.
> The people that drove up and shot dead a security guard have killed.
What security guard. I googled this since I haven't heard anything about it and it seems that it happened in Flint on the 6th of May before the protests and was about face masks and not police brutality. Or are you talking about a different murder? At first glance, this just seems like misinformation.
> Oakland police, who are assisting the FBI in the investigation, tweeted a statement Friday night saying the shooting appeared to be unrelated to the protest over the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
Well, isn't this the entire point. The police are killing innocent people. Protesters aren't killing anyone. Seems like even more of a reason to be angry.