... and I suppose that the mob was being "non-violent" when they completely encircled and blocked the officers, telling them that the officers weren't going to be able to go home? The terms for that are "unlawful detention" and "obstructing the police." How would you have proposed the police deal with this less violently than through the use of a non-lethal gas?
You are asserting facts not in evidence. The video clearly shows the pepper spraying of docile, seated protesters.
This is a misuse of force by the state. The targets of this chemical agent were not violent. By your rationale, they should have used their weaponry on the crowd around them. Why didn't they?
Perhaps because this was an excuse made up after the fact.
I may not like the protesters, may think they are misguided, but I will defend their right to peacefully assemble. Because if I don't, who will stand up for me?
The police may have been understandably unwilling to try to get out of the circle by attempting to merely step over the protestors, as this would have exposed them to an obvious rather serious and painful attack. The other alternative, beating, kicking and trampling them, would have hurt the protestors worse.
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This is a misuse of force by the state. The targets of this chemical agent were not violent. By your rationale, they should have used their weaponry on the crowd around them. Why didn't they?
Perhaps because this was an excuse made up after the fact.
I may not like the protesters, may think they are misguided, but I will defend their right to peacefully assemble. Because if I don't, who will stand up for me?
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