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    Just read this one on CNN:

    'Belarus riot police drop shields and are embraced by anti-government protesters'

    https://edition.cnn.com/2020/08/…

    This is a bit of a turn I wasn't expecting, but actually, I shouldn't be *too* surprised. As a point of comparison, many of my friends in Belgrade told me that during the anti-Milošević protests leading up to his overthrow, soldiers and cops (though, mostly soldiers at first) were walking off their lines and joining the protesters.

    My Serbian ex- (who participated in the protests) told me when I lived there that, eventually, tanks started rolling in to shield protesters from the remaining security forces who were still loyal to Milošević.

    So, who knows ... maybe Belarusian security will come to their senses and understand whose side they should really be on.

    • There’s a new flash mob: people who served previously as Swat team, throw or burn their uniforms.zaq
    • In addition, the policemen who resigned this week post screenshots of their resignation and idszaq
    • Well, then that's encouraging.Continuity
    • Now saying that, many of the gov forces still fight for Lukashenko, some of them even enjoy doing that.zaq
    • In addition, there were detected mysterious military plane flights from Minsk to Russia and back.zaq
    • Hopefully, there's a higher ratio of those who don't enjoy it to those who do.Continuity
    • When we had our Revolution back in '89, the police and military forces joined the protesters, then it was all over. Ceausescu ended up shot...grafician
    • praying it will end in the similar way.zaq

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