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“An unarmed protester in Sinai was shot and killed AFTER THROWING A ROCK AT POLICE.”
Throwing a rock makes him armed now doesn’t it…
BTW: You’ve gone through a litany of what the government’s violence, but none of the violence on the other side of the protesters?
Thanks for the comment. You’ll see from my last post that I’m in no way sympathetic to rock-throwing. However, I don’t think throwing a rock and shooting someone dead from a considerable distance counts as being “armed” in the same way.
The violence on the part of the protesters is truly saddening. I hope that they realize that they can achieve their goals without it. But decades of harsh repression backed by a massive security apparatus means they have a long way to go before they catch up with the violence they’re up against.
I do not advocating lethal force for rock chuckers, but I (and I doubt you as well) don’t know the whole situation.
With this many people involved and some shady characters on both sides, I’m shocked the body count is as low as it is.