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Ocelot II

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2. It was a bit creepy. But I get why businesses were mostly glad to have them.

Reply to sarisataka (Original post)

Fri Apr 30, 2021, 10:56 AM

Apr 2021

A lot of businesses were boarded up, and that was creepy, too. The NG presence might have prevented some disturbance, but the protests were largely peaceful - as they mostly were last summer as well, at least until the right-wing agents provocateurs began starting fires. My fear was that those assholes would show up again, and maybe the NG was a deterrent.

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Operation Safety Net: Success or 'nightmare?' [View all] sarisataka Apr 2021 OP

Its hard to say sboatcar Apr 2021 #1

They weren't just in downtown. geardaddy Apr 2021 #3

It was a bit creepy. But I get why businesses were mostly glad to have them. Ocelot II Apr 2021 #2

All the precautions OldBaldy1701E Apr 2021 #4