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Unoffensive Animal: **Some Anarchists Smash 18 Windows At The San Francisco Police Credit Union For Tortuguita.**
"via: Scenes from the Atlanta Forest. 18th January, San Francisco USA. “In the early hours of January 18, one year after the police murder of Tortuguita, we smashed 18 windows at the San Francisco Police Credit Union as an act of vengeance for it. We also honor the memories of Klee Benally, Sekou Odinga, and …"
Leth
@Radical_EgoCom @benfell @anarchismhub Not even slightly mutually exclusive.
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@lethargilistic @benfell @anarchismhub There are far more productive ways to make the news than engaging in behavior that reinforces negative stereotypes about Anarchist. Helping the homeless, feeding the poor, providing safe healthcare to people are all excellent things Anarchist can do to get people's attention and get people on their side.
David Benfell, Ph.D.
So what, exactly, does this accomplish besides:
1) making perpetrators feel good;
2) reinforcing the association of #anarchism with chaos and disorder.
What?
Leth
@benfell @anarchismhub You don't make the news without a little property damage. And if it made cops feel upset, good for them good for them.
Adrian Riskin 🇵🇸🍉
@benfell @lethargilistic @anarchismhub "If we're nicer to cops they won't be so violent" 🙃
Cops use excessive force because it's part of their job. They're paranoid because many people rightfully hate them. Being nice to them, being orderly, is doing their job for them. Being mean to them is more effective than electoral politics right now.
Just for instance LAPD is presently down over 8% from their target staffing level. They can't recruit enough new cops to match the attrition rate so the gap will grow. Police union officials explicitly tie this to Angelenos' "lack of respect" for cops. Where in this country has polite orderly politics ever resulted in an 8% reduction in police staffing?
David Benfell, Ph.D.
The cops weren't the target. A credit union was. And cops are already paranoid, with the consequence that they too often use excessive force.
So you've pretty near precisely failed to answer the question.
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