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So the cops arresting journalists in McDonald's, or shooting tear gas canisters at Al-Jazeera on an otherwise empty street, that's a proportional response to ag

by jbooth 12y ago

So the cops arresting journalists in McDonald's, or shooting tear gas canisters at Al-Jazeera on an otherwise empty street, that's a proportional response to aggression? If one a-hole in a crowd hucks a bottle at you, gassing the whole crowd is not proportional.

Alupis 12y ago
Well, that's not the entire story of what is going on over there. As I said, I'm not dismissing the situation -- but if I owned a store over there, I would want the police to protect my storefront from vandals and looters in force. As for the other things that are going on -- I think it's best to wait for the full report being assuming [the worst] things. Just remember, 99.9999% of police don't wake up in the morning and say to themselves "how can I screw over citizens today". They are just people like you and me. There are always two sides of any story.
- jbooth 12y ago
  It's a very indicative part of the story. Given the story of the Wash Post guy and the Al Jazeera guys, both very well documented, it does indeed seem like a substantial portion of those particular cops do wake up in the morning thinking something other than what I'd like. If this is how they power-trip and shove around journalists, how are they treating people who are less of a PR threat? http://america.aljazeera.com/watch/shows/live-news/2014/8/al-jazeera-americareportergetshitwithteargasinferguson.html http://america.aljazeera.com/watch/shows/live-news/2014/8/al... http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/in-ferguson-washington-post-reporter-wesley-lowery-gives-account-of-his-arrest/2014/08/13/0fe25c0e-2359-11e4-86ca-6f03cbd15c1a_story.html?hpid=z1 http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/in-ferguson-washingto...
- bilbo0s 12y ago
  "...just point out that people are firing rockets, fireworks and other projectiles at the police, flipping vehicles, looting and plundering...etc... absolute chaos..." and... "... I think it's best to wait for the full report being assuming [the worst] things ..." You're being a little inconsistent right now guy.
- bashinator 12y ago
  Just as a point of information, every single looter arrested so far has not been an actual resident of the area.

by jbooth 12y ago

Alupis 12y ago

Well, that's not the entire story of what is going on over there. As I said, I'm not dismissing the situation -- but if I owned a store over there, I would want the police to protect my storefront from vandals and looters in force. As for the other things that are going on -- I think it's best to wait for the full report being assuming [the worst] things. Just remember, 99.9999% of police don't wake up in the morning and say to themselves "how can I screw over citizens today". They are just people like you and me. There are always two sides of any story.

jbooth 12y ago
It's a very indicative part of the story. Given the story of the Wash Post guy and the Al Jazeera guys, both very well documented, it does indeed seem like a substantial portion of those particular cops do wake up in the morning thinking something other than what I'd like. If this is how they power-trip and shove around journalists, how are they treating people who are less of a PR threat? http://america.aljazeera.com/watch/shows/live-news/2014/8/al-jazeera-americareportergetshitwithteargasinferguson.html http://america.aljazeera.com/watch/shows/live-news/2014/8/al... http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/in-ferguson-washington-post-reporter-wesley-lowery-gives-account-of-his-arrest/2014/08/13/0fe25c0e-2359-11e4-86ca-6f03cbd15c1a_story.html?hpid=z1 http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/in-ferguson-washingto...
bilbo0s 12y ago
"...just point out that people are firing rockets, fireworks and other projectiles at the police, flipping vehicles, looting and plundering...etc... absolute chaos..." and... "... I think it's best to wait for the full report being assuming [the worst] things ..." You're being a little inconsistent right now guy.
bashinator 12y ago
Just as a point of information, every single looter arrested so far has not been an actual resident of the area.