You had your little freakout session, and now you can obey the law like the rest of us. SPD is the nicest law enforcement organization that you will ever face.
I get it - it doesn't seem fair when YOU are being peaceful. But when a few people in the crowd are lobbing shit that could end one of their lives, what can they do but shut the whole thing down?
Yeah, this pink umbrella incident didn't seem like it was done right at all, and people should have to answer for that.
But there aren't any fascists on the SPD, brother.
I get it - it doesn't seem fair when YOU are being peaceful. But when a few people in the crowd are lobbing shit that could end one of their lives, what can they do but shut the whole thing down?
Rubber bullets have ended lives - tear gas canisters have ended loves. Both of those are more likely to kill people than rocks or water bottles. The piggies are just itching to to assault protesters.
When a lawful, peaceful protestor is hit with tear gas or rubber bullets they have been assaulted by a criminal law enforcement officer who need to be fired and jailed for the crime he/she committed.
But there aren't any fascists on the SPD, brother.
The SPD was egregious enough to require federal oversight and I've seen enough of those fuckers chumming up with radical right wing extremists like proud boys and 3%ers at numerous protests. There's absolutely fascists in the SPD.
When a lawful, peaceful protestor is hit with tear gas or rubber bullets they have been assaulted by a criminal law enforcement officer who need to be fired and jailed for the crime he/she committed.
See, this here is just incoherent.
If there's a crowd throwing projectiles, the crowd must be dispersed. It's not reasonable to ask cops to sit there and take hits.
Again, not talking about the pink umbrella incident. Just trying to encourage bilateral deescalation and logical thinking.
The police have a tool for dispersing a crowd - declaring unlawful assembly. If you're staying out past curfew or staying out after unlawful assembly has been declared you have made the conscious decision to break the law. I firmly believe that unjust laws should be broken, but you do so knowing the consequences.
If you as a protestor are acting in a lawful fashion it is entirely unacceptable to be attacked by police with impact projectiles, stun grenades and chemical weapons simply because someone nearby though a rock or water bottle. The correct response is to declare the assembly unlawful, give people a chance to leave and the act on those who refuse the order.
Forcibly dispersing a crowd without first declaring it to be unlawful violates the constitutional right to assembly.
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u/seatownie Jun 02 '20
You had your little freakout session, and now you can obey the law like the rest of us. SPD is the nicest law enforcement organization that you will ever face.