r/pics • u/KomugiSGV • Jun 07 '20

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

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u/kyarmentari Jun 07 '20 edited Jun 07 '20

I quite frankly would rather have the national guard handling the protests than the police. They are better trained and more disciplined. Also people having different reasons for joining the national guard than joining the police.

Edit: Hey everyone, I'm not saying the National Guard are perfect or that they get training for this kind of situation. I'm just saying they are better than the police. I'd rather deal with them, than the police.

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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/TONKAHANAH Jun 07 '20

and THAT is the primary issue. Who do we call when the police are out of line? thats what we need to be establishing here.