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> While law enforcement leaders say they had hoped to continue facilitating the more peaceful elements of the demonstrations with a more distanced approach, the

> While law enforcement leaders say they had hoped to continue facilitating the more peaceful elements of the demonstrations with a more distanced approach, there were pockets of aggressive behavior that posed a threat to officers, as well as attempts to breach the station's outer ring of fencing, which spurred action from law enforcement to clear the immediate area. The protests became unlawful and rightfully so. > A lot of journalists like myself were slow to leave the area,” Colt said. “We didn’t think we needed to, and we wanted to cover what was happening.” > Colt described police then corralling protesters and media into one group and yelling for them to get “flat on our stomachs.” Sounds like if you had the full context it wouldn’t be so outrageous. How do we know people are press and not pretending to be to sneak behind police lines and set fire to the police station or things like that.

yc-kraln 5y ago
Sounds like you enjoy the taste of boot. How can you possibly argue that we don't know the "full context" when the full context includes the history of policing in the United States, the rampant historical disregard for citizens rights, and the rapid militarization and infiltration (by white supremacist extremeists) of the police?
- robin21 5y ago
  The vast majority of people never have negative interactions with police and actually are thankful for them keeping their communities safe. The ones that do have problems are those that resist arrest and detainment in a society where everyone is armed. Hence, I wouldn’t know the taste. I acknowledge the historical precedent but it’s been a long time since such things and I prefer to look at the facts of the situation at hand (as would be done in a court of law) rather than implying conspiratorial motives from history.
- koheripbal 5y ago
  This comment is a violation of the rules here. Please go back to Reddit.
- dang 5y ago
  Please omit swipes like your first sentence when posting to HN. Attacking another user like that will get you banned here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
  - throwaway2048 5y ago
    But politely softballing police brutality and right wing authoritarian rhetoric, allowed and encouraged. It peaks my intellectual curiosity that's for sure.
    - dang 5y ago
      "Sounds like you enjoy the taste of boot" is trivially against the site guidelines regardless of what view the commenter holds or how right they are or feel they are or you feel they are. Anyone can see that, no matter how passionately they hold their opinions. HN has had tons of comments about police brutality including tons from what I assume is a similar view to your own. For a while it was by far the most-discussed topic on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23624962 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23624962.

yc-kraln 5y ago

Sounds like you enjoy the taste of boot. How can you possibly argue that we don't know the "full context" when the full context includes the history of policing in the United States, the rampant historical disregard for citizens rights, and the rapid militarization and infiltration (by white supremacist extremeists) of the police?

robin21 5y ago
The vast majority of people never have negative interactions with police and actually are thankful for them keeping their communities safe. The ones that do have problems are those that resist arrest and detainment in a society where everyone is armed. Hence, I wouldn’t know the taste. I acknowledge the historical precedent but it’s been a long time since such things and I prefer to look at the facts of the situation at hand (as would be done in a court of law) rather than implying conspiratorial motives from history.
koheripbal 5y ago
This comment is a violation of the rules here. Please go back to Reddit.
dang 5y ago
Please omit swipes like your first sentence when posting to HN. Attacking another user like that will get you banned here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- throwaway2048 5y ago
  But politely softballing police brutality and right wing authoritarian rhetoric, allowed and encouraged. It peaks my intellectual curiosity that's for sure.
  - dang 5y ago
    "Sounds like you enjoy the taste of boot" is trivially against the site guidelines regardless of what view the commenter holds or how right they are or feel they are or you feel they are. Anyone can see that, no matter how passionately they hold their opinions. HN has had tons of comments about police brutality including tons from what I assume is a similar view to your own. For a while it was by far the most-discussed topic on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23624962 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23624962.