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AuntBlabby’s quote was from Richard Daley, mayor of Chicago during the riots at the 1968 Chicago Democratic National Convention.

In August, the 1968 Democratic National Convention was held in Chicago. Intended to showcase Daley's achievements to national Democrats and the news media, the proceedings during the convention instead garnered notoriety for the mayor and city, descending into verbal outbursts on the part of politicians, and a circus for the media. With the nation divided by the Vietnam War and with the assassinations of King and Robert F. Kennedy earlier that year serving as backdrop, the city became a battleground for anti-Vietnam war protesters who vowed to shut down the convention. In some cases, confrontations between protesters and police turned violent, with images of this violence broadcast on national television. Later, anti-war activists Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, and three other members of the "Chicago Seven" were convicted of crossing state lines with the intent of inciting a riot as a result of these confrontations, though the convictions were overturned on appeal. At the convention itself, Sen. Abraham A. Ribicoff (D-Conn.), went off-script during his speech nominating George McGovern, saying, "And with George McGovern as President of the United States, we wouldn't have to have Gestapo tactics in the streets of Chicago. And with George McGovern as president, we wouldn't have to have a National guard." Ribicoff, with his voice shaking, then said: "How hard it is to speak the truth, when we know the problems that are facing this nation", for which some in the crowd booed Ribicoff. Ribicoff also tried to introduce a motion to shut down the convention and move it to another city. Many conventioneers applauded Ribicoff's remarks but an indignant Mayor Daley tried to shout down the speaker. As television cameras focused on Daley, lip-readers later said they observed him shouting, "f**k you, you Jew son of a b***h, you lousy Motherf***er go home."[22][23] Defenders of the mayor later stated that he was calling Ribicoff a faker,[24][25] a charge denied by Daley and refuted by Mike Royko's reporting.[26] A federal commission, led by local attorney, party activist Dan Walker, investigated the events surrounding the convention and described them as a "police riot". Daley defended his police force with the following statement, which was also a slip of the tongue: "The confrontation was not caused by the police. The confrontation was caused by those who charged the police. Gentlemen, let's get this thing straight, once and for all. The policeman is not here to create disorder. The policeman is here to preserve disorder."[27]

Best summary in the thread.

Best summary in the thread.

If anything perhaps the police/military industrial complex. Did you know U.S police get training for Isreali military? Apparently there are even reports that some of the 'training' could be deigned to escalate situations rather than de-escalate them.

Scary stuff, because that means the tear gas and the rubber bullets aren't really a reaction to protests getting out of hand, its designed to create more stress and anger and create chaos so people are more likely to get confrontational. So like they may intentionally be trying to make the protests escalate into violence...so they can then respond with more brutality. And considering the err international concern about Israel and human rights violations perhaps its not a good thing for our police here to be getting training from their military.

Don't take my word for it though...look it up, BBC and Aljazeera English have some info in regards.

Exactly. During the first three years when things were easy Trump did okay. But as soon as he has to actually do his job, of being the nation's leader during a few months of actual crises, he screws up in a hundred ways, cant manage, and cant provide leadership, proving the he was never up to actually doing the job. No argument there. But I thought you were here to praise Trump. So why are you burying him instead?

I have found it enlightening that (as far as I have seen) the majority of the protests (and rioting) are occurring in Democrat controlled states/cities, indicating that it is these areas, and not Republican ones, where the racism must have been occurring. No sane person would destroy their community like that without a reason...

This generation of republican voters are like the "dudes" from the movie "Dumb and dumber"

This. Also, this oxygen thief deployed military forces against Americans who were peacefully exercising their first amendment rights.

I used to wonder if all the people in North Korea were just pretending to worship their Glorious Leader to save their hides. Now, after observing my fellow countrymen, I know that some people really are that deep into the cult that they will worship whomever pats them on the head and gives them an enemy to look down on.

I'm scared. I'm also thankful I'm no longer in the military where I'd have to take orders from this potato.

If I throw rocks, bricks and water bottles at you am peaceful or will you call the police for asault?

This generation of democrat voters are like the "dudes" from the movie "Dumb and dumber"

Were the protesters at Lafayette Square throwing bricks and water bottles at the president?

Cite something other than a far-right Facebook page or YouTube channel.

So wait...I cannot say you are being ignorant on a particular issue, but you can say this entire generation of democrat voters are just dumb across the board and that's ok? interesting, indeed.