re: Minneapolis just getting worse by the day

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This is what is so dumb about the governors claim that they are outnumbered. You don't need to arrest all of them. Show some force, start arresting people, and the rest will slink home. This is not Fallujah.

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I took part in a riot once when I was young, drunk and dumb, it started out, because a girl was dancing naked at an outdoor party, and a cop tried to cover her up and arrest her. He got pelted with full beers and was outnumbered. He ran off to get help, the party escalated into a battle on the beach with roman candles and big rockets, between people at the hotel and people down on the beach. When The cop came back with his buddies and tried to shut it down, it became a battle with the cops. There were about 5 thousand people there. Then The riot police came around the corner of the hotel. All the riot cops had to do, was turn on the tear gas machines, party over.
There was much more to it than that, but I don't want to type all of it up. Basic point, if they use the gas heavy enough, they could get control pretty damn easy.