Paul Butler: The Police Did Not Use Rubber Bullets for Armed White Protesters

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BUTLER: “So we have to understand that when we see police responding to a protest about police brutality with police brutality, that makes things worse, not better. So on the first night of these protests, we saw mainly peaceful protesters being responded to with concussion grenades, with tear gas and with rubber bullets. The police can do better and we know that based on how they respond to white protesters, including the armed protesters who stormed the Michigan Capitol to complain about quarantine orders. The police did not use rubber bullets for those armed protesters. When it comes to dealing with protesters, what’s good enough for mainly white protesters protesting the quarantine order is good enough or should be good enough for mainly people of color protesting police brutality."