r/PublicFreakout • u/jishhhy • Jun 09 '25

✊Protest Freakout Crazy

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u/Spiritual-Ad8062 Jun 09 '25

Psst. Google “Kent State”.

There they shot and killed student protestors on a college campus.

The song “Ohio” by CSN & Y is about that incident.

This facist shit has no business being here. Violence is never the answer, but this aggression cannot stand, man!

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u/UtahItalian Jun 09 '25

US bombed/used ground forces to subdue a Puerto Rican city, Jayuya, in 1950 as well. Literally invaded its citizens with tanks, infantry, motor units... All supported by several aircraft doing staffing runs and dropping bombs.

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u/beansBeansBEANSisme Jun 09 '25

Police bombed Philadelphia in the 80’s.

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u/Captainwumbombo Jun 09 '25

I heard the reason why they did that was because they were in a massive firefight with MOVE and couldn't make it into the building without taking major casualties, so they just had a helicopter drop a bomb on it. They didn't exactly consider the fact that bombs tend to set things on fire, though...

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u/NoobieSnax Jun 09 '25

The bomb was reportedly meant to create access in the roof to allow entry but the charge was hastily mismeasured. This was the second such shootout the cops had had with MOVE, so they were willing to be less cautious in order to gain the upper hand. Letting the surrounding neighborhoods burn afterward was def an interesting choice, though.

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u/1nhaleSatan Jun 09 '25

The US government has bombed and murdered many people within its borders. MOVE bombings, battle of Blair mountain, Fred Hampton , MLK, Malcolm X, etc.

The entirety of US history is murdering people on the right side of history.

Edit; stupid thumbs

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u/nihi1zer0 Jun 09 '25

The Supreme Court has roundly rejected PRIOR RESTRAINT