edit: I'm framing this around the cop who got killed
like will police be less willing to let nazis and maga freaks do whatever they want because the police know they're targets now too, or will the police let them get away with everything now because they don't want to get beat to death with a fire extinguisher for getting in their way?
i know police have been cooperating with patriot prayer in Portland and proud boys in dc and in every other city where those groups show up. but if i was a cop and learned that a group I've helped and is full of cops killed another pig, or tried to crush one in a door, I'd probably be a lot more distrustful of them. i know a lot of cops get killed by "friendly fire" (which is hilarious) but this just looks and feels different to me. idk it's just something I've been thinking about
Yeah I think this is the good bet. Inauguration day will almost certainly be locked the fuck down, state of the union too, but as the police get more and more license to be draconian as a reaction to the Capitol riots, this will shift back to even more brutal suppression of leftist and BIPOC movements, while giving fascist movements more free reign in general.