[curious7]

Certainly smells like it.

They could turn things around if they started shooting the looters/arsonists that may show up using the verdict as an excuse. But that would take a spine on the part of the politicians, and democrats love to overlook crime unless it’s done by their political enemies.

[hanamizu]

They could turn things around if they started shooting the looters/arsonists

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Just displaying firearms at ‘mostly peaceful’ protestors can result in felony charges—not for the protestors, of course.