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Well-stated, admirable sentiment, factually incorrect
This nation has been gunning down citizens in the streets for centuries. Has Biden forgotten the history of the labor movement pre-WW2? The response to the "bonus marchers" post-WW1? Kent State? Never mind the slave patrols of the 19th century and lynchings of the 20th.
This nation has a storied past of deep cruelty including shootings in the streets. Aspirationally, we may be trying to change, but we've been backsliding hard for the last decade.