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Originally Posted by whell
There's no "thuggery" going on there at all. There are police removing an idiot who refused to clear the street after being ordered to do so.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/11/us/bat...er-photograph/
Shot by Jonathan Bachman for Reuters, the photograph shows a black woman in profile, standing in the middle of the street as two police officers in riot gear seem to be preparing to arrest her in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
"Everyone was given proper instructions and a certain amount of time to clear the roadway. If they did not, then they were arrested," said L'Jean McKneely, spokesman for the Baton Rouge Police Department. |
As I said, what constitutes a peaceful protest. Can people spontaneously congregate or do they always need a permit, and we know where that will go, bureaucratic red tape. The way this seems to be, people congregate, the police ask the people to disperse, then they don't get to protest, tempers flare, riot gear comes out, confrontation ensues and finally a PR disaster. So who wins?