▲ 970 ▼ The police need this for...? (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world to c/thepoliceproblem@lemmy.world 253 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Dragster39@feddit.de 9 points 2 years ago (4 children) Didn't police actually bomb parts of a town? But that might be from my limited knowledge about history permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] Jumpingspiderman@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago Yeah, the Phillie cops bombed an entire city block into rubble when they went after the MOVE group of fanatics. Coincidentally it was in a black neighborhood. What were the chances of that, eh? permalink fedilink source parent [–] JayleneSlide@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) Maybe not exactly what you had in mind, but the Battle of Blair Mountain ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Blair_Mountain ) is an excellent example of the dynamic between police, capital class, and labor. Edit: fixing my stupid link; thanks for the heads-up! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Armok_the_bunny@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Please, anyone who reads this, stop posting links to the mobile version of Wikipedia. It doesn’t switch automatically on PC, and I see it happen all the time. Just take the half a second to remove the “.m” from the beginning of the link, save everyone else from the pain of having to be surprised by it and taking the time to do it themselves. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] JayleneSlide@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) I totally missed that. I completely agree and apologize for the oversight. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Armok_the_bunny@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago All good, it's a really common mistake. permalink fedilink source parent [–] codebound@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_MOVE_bombing permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Armok_the_bunny@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago Please, anyone who reads this, stop posting links to the mobile version of Wikipedia. It doesn’t switch automatically on PC, and I see it happen all the time. Just take the half a second to remove the “.m” from the beginning of the link, save everyone else from the pain of having to be surprised by it and taking the time to do it themselves. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Tum@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Tulsa, I believe they bombed the black communities while attempting an ethic genocide. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] shalafi@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago You're a bit mixed up there. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsa_race_massacre There was a thriving black community in the Greenwood district. The whites resented "thriving" and "black" being in the same place. Read on and draw your own conclusions. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Jumpingspiderman@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago Yeah, the Phillie cops bombed an entire city block into rubble when they went after the MOVE group of fanatics. Coincidentally it was in a black neighborhood. What were the chances of that, eh? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] JayleneSlide@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) Maybe not exactly what you had in mind, but the Battle of Blair Mountain ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Blair_Mountain ) is an excellent example of the dynamic between police, capital class, and labor. Edit: fixing my stupid link; thanks for the heads-up! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Armok_the_bunny@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Please, anyone who reads this, stop posting links to the mobile version of Wikipedia. It doesn’t switch automatically on PC, and I see it happen all the time. Just take the half a second to remove the “.m” from the beginning of the link, save everyone else from the pain of having to be surprised by it and taking the time to do it themselves. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] JayleneSlide@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) I totally missed that. I completely agree and apologize for the oversight. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Armok_the_bunny@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago All good, it's a really common mistake. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Armok_the_bunny@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Please, anyone who reads this, stop posting links to the mobile version of Wikipedia. It doesn’t switch automatically on PC, and I see it happen all the time. Just take the half a second to remove the “.m” from the beginning of the link, save everyone else from the pain of having to be surprised by it and taking the time to do it themselves. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] JayleneSlide@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) I totally missed that. I completely agree and apologize for the oversight. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Armok_the_bunny@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago All good, it's a really common mistake. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] JayleneSlide@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) I totally missed that. I completely agree and apologize for the oversight. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Armok_the_bunny@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago All good, it's a really common mistake. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Armok_the_bunny@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago All good, it's a really common mistake. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] codebound@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago (1 child) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_MOVE_bombing permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Armok_the_bunny@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago Please, anyone who reads this, stop posting links to the mobile version of Wikipedia. It doesn’t switch automatically on PC, and I see it happen all the time. Just take the half a second to remove the “.m” from the beginning of the link, save everyone else from the pain of having to be surprised by it and taking the time to do it themselves. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Armok_the_bunny@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago Please, anyone who reads this, stop posting links to the mobile version of Wikipedia. It doesn’t switch automatically on PC, and I see it happen all the time. Just take the half a second to remove the “.m” from the beginning of the link, save everyone else from the pain of having to be surprised by it and taking the time to do it themselves. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Tum@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) Tulsa, I believe they bombed the black communities while attempting an ethic genocide. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] shalafi@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago You're a bit mixed up there. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsa_race_massacre There was a thriving black community in the Greenwood district. The whites resented "thriving" and "black" being in the same place. Read on and draw your own conclusions. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago You're a bit mixed up there. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsa_race_massacre There was a thriving black community in the Greenwood district. The whites resented "thriving" and "black" being in the same place. Read on and draw your own conclusions. permalink fedilink source parent
