# 2020 Virtual convention thread

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-virtual-convention-thread/918353>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [August 17, 2020, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-virtual-convention-thread/918353 "2020-08-17T23:18:21Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 28, 2020, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2020-virtual-convention-thread/918353/434 "2020-08-28T19:52:20Z")

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> [@Feds 'black-bagging people' in Portland](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/feds-black-bagging-people-in-portland/915638/239):
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> …it isn’t really a tricky situation at all. Its a matter of scale. Its a matter of proportionality, its a matter of basic training. There are thousands of videos of the police and of federal agencies casually beating people at the protests, casually aiming and shooting people with pepper balls, casually throwing tear gas into the middle of the street, casually throwing people off bikes, with almost zero accountability. The police and the federal agencies are rioting. The police unions supp…

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