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When fascists come to your city

How the police respond depends on your message.

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D.J. Byrnes
Dec 05, 2022
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“Fascists on the march.”

I’m old enough to remember the George Floyd uprisings in Columbus, Ohio. The general message behind those protests was asking cops to stop killing black people.

I remember the National Guardsmen, the sound cannons, the wooden bullets and the tear gas with which the state answered those civil requests. Since then, both political pa…

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