I know some the protests in 2020 were violent or destructive but the majority weren’t. But I attended several peaceful protests and never saw violence but there was still a large police presence.
The protests this year, I’ve barely seen police and they are much larger than I experienced in 2020. Was it just that police were anticipating violence more and upped police presence?
Since these have been overwhelmingly peaceful, is it that they aren’t as aggressively preparing for violence?
Do they just not care because it isn’t the police in focus?
Or is it something else?
I’m glad to not see them and not see any violence I’m just curious seeing as trump was pushing for the police violence last go around and even he seems to be mostly ignoring it.
Originally Posted By u/Mysterious-Action202 At 2025-04-21 10:58:18 PM | Source
2020 was more Black Lives Matter era. Government hates non white folks protesting the most.
They also understood the history of protests and weren’t fooled into thinking standing around with signs was going to make their opressors be nice.
my guess is that they know most people aren’t practicing personal security (specifically by bringing their phones and smartwatches), and it’s easy to collect lists of possible dissidents when they’re all in one general area and digitally trackable.
Why would that be the case this year and not the others?
I wonder if it’s because they feel they can quash it when they need to and they’re hoping a Tiananmen Square moment would shock the entire country into compliance in one fell swoop. If that’s the case, I hope they’re wrong…
Because they know the Neoliberals who are putting on these events won’t ever organize or use their numbers in a threatening way.
They’re trying to pretend that that have “a mandate” and that the American people agree with everything their doing.
Probably all the flags
