I dunno I got lost in your ramblings of paramilitary and florida highway patrol.
I dunno I got lost in your ramblings of paramilitary and florida highway patrol.
I don't know about the school president telling them what to do. There was a reason they were called in. At that point they are the ones on the ground in the situation and they need to be the ones that determine the course of action. The president was probably sitting in their cushy office giving orders without real time information coming in. I understand cops have overreacted many times before but I have to believe these officers knew they were possibly in a volatile situation with a hundred cell phone cameras pointed at them and they acted in a way they thought was appropriate.
The issue was never that they were there protesting. It was that they were purposefully blocking the walkway refusing to move. They could have sat the same way on the grass lining the walkway with their arms linked protesting.
Having cameras pointed at you is an even stronger reason to make sure you don't overstep, not a reason to use pepper spray. The cop obviously thought it was appropriate or else he wouldn't have done it, that doesn't mean that it was right though.
I won't argue that it was assault on the cops part, but I'm sure some scumbag lawyer will.. I just think it was an overstepping of bounds which the cop should be punished for but not necessarily criminally. I guess he has been put on admin leave (more than likely paid) and will return to duty after this all blows over.
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My thinking is that if you dont want to be pepper sprayed, tazed, and arrested, then dont purposefully put yourself in that situation. On the other hand, if you are trying to get a rise out of everyone and claim police brutality then the more power to you but you deserve what you get. If the cops ask/tell you to leave / disperse and you refuse to then you are trespassing and the police have the right to ticket or arrest. I dont have a problem with the pepper spraying, the cops made that decision based on what they were seeing and feeling at the time. We cant see the whole incident from this one video. If they came in bashing with batons and busting noses then I would think that was a bit extreme. The pepper spray looked to be pretty diluted to me. The constitution gives us the right to assemble and protest peacefully but once you are asked to leave private property then you need to move on. If they really were protesting something they should have stood out on the street corner with signs expressing their feelings not sitting on private property blocking passage of a sidewalk, instigating.
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