04-26-2017, 11:48 PM
(04-26-2017, 11:37 PM)NATI BENGALS Wrote: Massive crowd. Mostly in black. Many with masks. Most not violent. You are either shooting at them with a lethal or non-lethal round with a backdrop of protesters mostly acting legally. Or sending out a snatch team to chase people dressed exactly like most of the crowd.
Watch this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pi_vX0tknJM
You will notice that the violent agitators frequently separate themselves from the crowd to thrown things, break things, etc. Yes, as you state you aren't going to wade into a crowd like Judge Dredd because someone in it threw a rock. What you can do is identify people who separate themselves from the crowd and engage in violent behavior and then detain them. What also should have been done is the police should have established a cordon and immediately arrested anyone who violated the cordon. That would be basic professionalism in such a situation. That this was not done lends further credence, to me, to my opinion that they were ordered to do nothing in this situation by civilian leadership.
As to one of your other points, wearing a mask at a protest or other large gathering should honestly be illegal. There are laws in place in many states than ban the KKK from wearing masks at marches or rallies for the exact reason that these protesters wear masks, it grants them anonymity to engage in illegal behavior. Another good place to start would be to immediately fire Yvette Felarca from her government job.
