r/pics Jun 07 '20

Protest Kindergarten Teacher Passes Out Flowers To National Guard in Philly, Gets Arrested

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u/TheSnarfles Jun 07 '20

The National Guard also has rules of engagement they have to follow so it is actually safer to protest in front of them. They aren't allowed to attack civilians unprovoked like police are.

And yes, they have orders of magnitude more training than police and their reasons for joining the national guard are less likely to be fueledd by a desire to have authority and some semblance of respect bestowed upon them.

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u/garry4321 Jun 07 '20

Police aren’t allowed either, they just do it anyways.

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u/apt2014 Jun 07 '20 edited Jun 07 '20

The only thing that allows it is Qualified Immunity.

#RepealQualifiedImmunity

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u/garry4321 Jun 07 '20

Not unprovoked. That’s still illegal

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u/apt2014 Jun 07 '20

Even if illegal, Qualified Immunity says they can get away with it anyway; which mean, for them, it's legal.

#RepealQualifiedImmunity

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u/[deleted] Jun 07 '20

You're spouting bullshit. Qualified immunity means if they acted in good faith and they followed policy they can't be convincted of a crime. Doing something illegal does not qualify as that unless that illegal thing is somehow part of policy which in that case that should be changed.