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[โ€“] HazardousBanjo@lemmy.world 21 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Realistically it was similar in the BLM protests of 2020.

While Trump & Fox were telling demented grandmas that black people were burning entire cities to the ground, the reality was very tame.

Only real disruptions came from police provoking and illegally attacking protestors.

[โ€“] devedeset@lemmy.zip 3 points 9 hours ago

I literally watched a cop throw a blast ball in 2020 and then subsequently use their own actions to declare a riot