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Twitter hides Donald Trump tweet for “glorifying violence”

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1061 points danso | 2 comments | 29 May 20 07:24 UTC | HN request time: 0.464s | source
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fermienrico ◴[29 May 20 08:38 UTC] No.23347699[source]▶
Side topic: Should government control looting when it comes to violent protests?
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1. spacephysics ◴[29 May 20 09:31 UTC] No.23348003[source]▶
With innocent people being harmed, and at least one killed, I think they should. Letting this get out of control is not the best option, as tensions are already high from covid, and this could be a feedback loop to more unneeded violence, with unintended victims caught in the cross hairs.

With a gas line possibly being cut, and ~170 business burned down, this is spiraling out of control [0]

I mention the gas line (though I don’t know if this a fair comparison) for the potential of chained explosions like the one in Merrimack Valley [1]

Regardless, I think many are using the protests as an excuse to loot, and let off steam from the tensions of lockdown, in addition to its obvious main reason.

[0] https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2020/05/29/protesters-take-mi...

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merrimack_Valley_gas_explosi...

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2. jlgaddis ◴[29 May 20 10:05 UTC] No.23348192[source]▶
> ... and ~170 business burned down, this is spiraling out of control

To be clear, that is NOT what the article you linked states.

It reads:

> The St. Paul Police Department said more than 170 businesses were looted or damaged Thursday, and dozens of fires were set.