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They were way more permissive of "protesters" during the BLM mostly peaceful protests than I would have wanted, too.
If that's how the city is governed consistently, maybe the people who live there generally prefer it.
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Oh boy, that'd an interesting conversation. Especially where I live. Downtown Santa Monica still has not recovered from the BLM riots.
I feel like the national politics has subsumed local politics, though. The line of accountability from the voter to the local politician seems more tenuous than ever.
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I don't know at what point to consider things like this known nuisances that people need to choose to move over vs things that no one should have to tolerate.
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I don't think they needed to coordinate operations with the feds necessarily, but when protesters' interactions with ICE are getting into the territory of blocking traffic, brawling in the streets, or stalking them, then I think local police should step in. I see that more as keeping the peace than helping ICE.