[–] 5 points 1 year ago

It's tactical. The idea is that if you convince your supporters that your enemies are breaking the rules and getting away with it that your supporters will cheer you punishing those enemies by breaking those same rules.

It's just like in sports. People get upset when the refs punish their team for what they perceive the other team getting away with.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    I can't help but doubt that it was actually protesters who did this. LAPD and ICE would have been tripping over themselves at the opportunity to use deadly force against someone committing a felony, and the FBI put someone on the most wanted list over dinging a police vehicle.

    Protesters know that there are surveillance cameras everywhere. Why would they burn a couple of Waymos and do literally nothing about the readily visible cameras literally everywhere around them?

    On the other hand, both ICE and LAPD need the imagery of a city on fire to sell their necessity.

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