The ‘Madison Method’ for crowd control

[omgangiepants]

Rarely is there an opportunity for so many officers to look so good - or so bad - in front of the public as during a crowd-control eventOn Saturday February 19th, the crowd around the Capitol Square in Madison, Wisconsin grew to 70,000. The numbers swelled as demonstrators on both sides of the labor issue swarmed the capitol. One group chanted, “

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[chaya]

Old but relevant, so I say this works :D

[bib_specialist]

I'd be willing to bet that the current governor is working as we speak to change the policy to something more in line with, say, NY or Oakland....

[free_spoons]

“We use restraint in the use of force. We protect people first property second.”

that should be tattooed inside the eyelids of every cop in the NPYD and Oakland PD

[fickery]

This is not rocket science, it's common fucking sense. And yet, in the context of the police response to the Occupy movement in the last couple of months, it seems positively revelatory.

[phamos818]

There was another rally at the Capitol again this weekend and my husband and I were struck by how awesome Madison cops are compared to what's been happening at all the occupy protests...