1968 vs 2020 Riots? Which is worse?

[obsidian]

Any old timers care to chime in? Wes?

I think this could be a lot worse than 68 if it keeps going. I was not alive then but this just appears to be more widespread from what I have read?!

Oh and the worse it gets the better chance Trump has of getting reelected. I think this only helps him. People can now see what future we will have with the left!

[BB]

These will be worse. The 68 riots were semi-confined and harder to organize. They've already made plans to keep this going for the entire summer, the social media makes it easier for them to change tactics on the move (see the surprise raid on Soho, etc....). Also in the 60's, you still had cops that took no shit. You also had WWII, Korea, and Vietnam vets that understood the need for law and order, and had the backing of the citizens and the actual governmental authorities.

Now, the cops are demoralized, and the citizens are either soft or their hands are tied.

Here's the list of major riots in '68 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968_riots . The only thing we won't pass is the death total by my estimation.

[obsidian]

These will be worse. The 68 riots were semi-confined and harder to organize. They've already made plans to keep this going for the entire summer, the social media makes it easier for them to change tactics on the move (see the surprise raid on Soho, etc....). Also in the 60's, you still had cops that took no shit. You also had WWII, Korea, and Vietnam vets that understood the need for law and order, and had the backing of the citizens and the actual governmental authorities.

Now, the cops are demoralized, and the citizens are either soft or their hands are tied.

Here's the list of major riots in '68 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968_riots . The only thing we won't pass is the death total by my estimation.

Good points! I do think though if a few cops are killed similar to what happened in Dallas a few years ago that you will see the cops retaliate. We need to get rid of Governors and Mayors like De Blasio that throw cops under the bus.

What happened to Floyd was wrong and appalling. But not all cops are bad. Perhaps it is a good thing that the cops stand back. Let the USA see what kind of world we'll have with no law and order.

[harmankardon1]

Bunch of dumb darkies and pussy deadshit whites .... Machine gun them all.....

Would save a lot of welfare cheques.

[Humble Narcissist]

Bunch of dumb darkies and pussy deadshit whites .... Machine gun them all.....

Would save a lot of welfare cheques.

I wish they would gun a bunch of them down.  What is the point of having armed military and police there to just watch scumbags destroy businesses and property?

[pellius]

I don't ever recall a riot where they took down a police station. That's huge. The police actually retreating from their own precinct. I remember that line in the first Terminator when the cop says, "You're safe here. This is a police station."

[Kwon]

The Cops were better in the 60s, now theyre afraid to lose their jobs if they intervene.

[Humble Narcissist]

The Cops were better in the 60s, now theyre afraid to lose their jobs if they intervene.

And get sent to prison and be at the mercy of these savages.

[pellius]

The Cops were better in the 60s, now theyre afraid to lose their jobs if they intervene.

Truth. No cell phones and girl cops, and low lives got the backdoor beatings that they deserved.

[Kwon]

Rioters/Looters are even using Forklifts now and they're burning the Daughters of the Confederacy while the Police bends the knee.

Strange times.

Cops can't do anything these days.




Where are the rubberbullets?

[Humble Narcissist]

Why would anybody want to be a cop in a large city.  All day dealing with the scum of the Earth and you are always the bad guy.  If you arrest black guys you are racist and if you don't stop the thugs the black people say you aren't doing anything to protect them.  It is impossible to deal with low IQ savages.

[Kwon]

Why would anybody want to be a cop in a large city.  All day dealing with the scum of the Earth and you are always the bad guy.  If you arrest black guys you are racist and if you don't stop the thugs the black people say you aren't doing anything to protect them.  It is impossible to deal with low IQ savages.

Must be one of the most ungrateful jobs in the world.


Whatever you do, you lose.



Hesitate and you die. Take initiative and get jailed (and then killed).

The pay isn't worth it either.

[oldtimer1]

I will chime in. The cops back then went in and cracked heads. Now cops hang out and observe afraid to lose their jobs  because they don't have the backing of the politicians, press or large segment of the liberal society. If society want passive cops then scum bags will have free reign.

[G_Thang]

This should be Fluhan vs American Keystone Cops.  I mean these clowns couldn't go 2-3 months without murdering someone. The collateral dangerous is irrelevant. Now, we worried about Ross and Target's inventory.   

[oldtimer1]

Cut out I'm a victim bullshit.  You're not a victim. If you didn't make it then it's your own fault. No one is holding you back. Black males are approximately 6% of the population and they account for a disproportional amount of crime. No, it's not white cops picking on them. Even blacks are afraid to be on Martin Luther King blvd at 2AM anywhere in America.

1003 people have been shot in Chicago in 2020. Almost exclusively black victims. From what is known overwhelmingly black shooters. Black lives matters doesn't have anything to say about this because it's black on black crime. Further their is no money to be made there. No rich Hollywood donors. 

There are about 700K cops in America. Want to know how many blacks they killed?
2019 Police in the USA shot and killed 1004 people.

961 were male
43 were female

370 were white
235 were black
158 were hispanic
39 were other
202 were unknown

The subject shot had:
gun - 589
knife - 171
Vehicle - 62
Toy weapon - 26
other (pipe/bat/etc.) - 66
unarmed - 41
unknown - 49

[SOMEPARTS]

Metro police are giving out email and text to report police brutality....against rioters and looters...in '68 there were no such rules of engagement so this is an easy answer.

Again, I'm done as a cop if I see my own police admin setting me up for failure/death/jail.