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.