Did you watch it? If not, do so now!
Then continue with this news article.
Officers in pepper spray incident placed on leaveAt some point the people of this country accepted this behavior from the police. Now that people carry a pocket video camera with them at all times the behavior looks different. I read the above news story and compared it to what I saw in the video.
Charles J. Kelly, a former Baltimore Police Department lieutenant who wrote the department's use of force guidelines, said pepper spray is a "compliance tool" that can be used on subjects who do not resist, and is preferable to simply lifting protesters...
After reviewing the video, Kelly said he observed at least two cases of "active resistance" from protesters. In one instance, a woman pulls her arm back from an officer. In the second instance, a protester curls into a ball. Each of those actions could have warranted more force, including baton strikes and pressure-point techniques.
"What I'm looking at is fairly standard police procedure," Kelly said.
UC Davis Police Chief Annette Spicuzza has said the decision to use pepper spray was made at the scene.Is that what you saw? What are your reactions now?
"The students had encircled the officers," she said Saturday. "They needed to exit. They were looking to leave but were unable to get out."
2 comments:
Watch the FULL video and see if your perspective changes..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhPdH3wE0_Y&context=C2665eADOEgsToPDskJ9-eUn2eR-FZ4weLy2SUE-
I am familiar with the full incident. The close quarters use of weapons grade pepper spray should have never become standard police procedure. The inventor of weapons-grade pepper spray agrees.
A few officials declaring an action unlawful does not make it so. Breaking the laws of man can become necessary.
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