Army veteran, arrested at Kansas City protest, says police use of force uncalled for

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2. Exactly. US cops are too busy trying to beat Americans down, because they don't like what we say.

The cops didn't bother to engage at all with the ones who did the vandalism or looting. They were too busy following and corralling peaceful protesters into that "kettle" trap, then waiting for one of them to say something they didn't like, then tear gassing the protesters, shooting them with rubber bullets, then arresting them for it.

That's not how our country is supposed to be. We are supposed to have first amendment rights to say what we think here.

Cops have been bullying and falsely arresting protesters based on what the protesters are saying to them. They have no reason to be doing that just based on what the protesters are saying, but most of the videos show just that happening. Police have been brutalizing protesters based on the protester saying they don't agree with how brutal police are acting.

Even one of the groups of cops that knelt with protesters ended up shoving a 75 year old man down and causing him to have brain damage later on in the day.

The cops aren't earning any points if they are trying to rehabilitate their image. Then again, they are not trying to do that. They are making it a pissing match to try to beat protesters down for using their 1st Amendment rights.

It is like something you see in some brutal authoritarian regime that treats its citizens like garbage with no regard for human life.