LE Leaks show treatment of pro BLM protestors vs conservative militias

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(07-23-2020, 09:04 PM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: Disingenuous argument.  Where they participating in a protest in which people were throwing bricks bottles and explosives?  Sadly, when a mob of people contains people within it engaging in such activity some people not engaged in such activity will be caught up in the response.  It's certainly unfortunate, but that's what happens when you join a group of people containing people willing to throw bricks, bottles and explosives at law enforcement.

I think this is where there needs to be some adjustment. The Navy vet, in particular, was standing in place and speaking to the officers. If there was violence in the crowd behind him and they had been asked to disperse, okay, understandable order. However, we don't see him being violent in any way. Why would the officer with the baton decide to strike him that many times and another officer unload a chemical irritant in his face when there was no sign of violence? If he was disobeying an order, why not try to cuff him and move him out of the way? There was nothing in his mannerisms (based on our limited view of the incident, admittedly) that indicates he would have become violent or even resisted.

The way those LEOs went to that level of force really just emboldens the claims of police brutality. He wasn't behaving in a way that warranted arrest, but somehow warranted breaking bones and OC spray? That just comes across as abusing authority.