What I read is they had to get an emergency (must have been hell of an emergency to risk so many injuries/deaths), it's technically wrong to try to run over through 40 people so quickly, but what what could they do?
Can't believe this. Absolute madness. Why are the national guard even marching through that neighborhood and why are they firing at people in their homes? The country is out of control. Not sure how this end tbh.
This as come from orders at the top. Trump wants the police to act this way. He said as much on one of his rallies.
It was a general statement about white "allies" but
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Yeah I must say, being from a third world country, I never knew America was this divided until Trumps election if I’m honest. There was always a hint of racism (show me somewhere in the world where there isn’t!), but I genuinely bought into the American hype - freedom, bravery, land of opportunity etc.
Poor guy. Honestly. Cowards
I was simply giving another angle on the one that was being put forward that they've simply got in their cars and thought "feck it, let's run down some people".
Wow, what a special breed. Incredibly, none of them will face any consequences. They’re literally attacking people from behind.
I counted 9 times they said "get inside" before they paintballed them.
Not sure if you have been watching, but I am not convinced that the protesters blocking the car were in any mood for sitting down for a nice cup of tea and a civil discussion. In a country where there are currently widespread riots and police cars being destroyed, its not unreasonable to think that if the engine was turned off, they would proceed to start trashing the car.
Im not an expert, but my understanding of the curfew law is that being on ones own porch out-of-hours is still meant to be allowed.
Aren't they just standing in their own garden?
Whilst I appreciate the sentiment you've clearly never been in a riot. Sadly amongst the genuine peaceful reasonable protesters there's a high number of criminals who simply won't listen or respond to any of that.
Christ. Looks like he'd lost his sword by that point, here's an alternative view of the aftermath (sword is on display):
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There's a load of armed police shouting at them to "get indoors". They can't possibly have thought the cops meant "get indoors unless you're in your garden".
I'll accept your premise that I absolutely have to get out of there for my own safety and because there is absolutely no common ground to be found.
Yeah that's my point.
My point is that it is a sorry state of affairs when people are being shot for standing in their own garden beside their house door.
Why should they have to get inside though when they are stood on their own property? Granted I don't know the law in the US but I'm not sure how you can justify shooting people stood on their own porches in an empty street.
So we can agree on that then.
You forgot firing rubber bullets into news reporters whilst the camera being used is literally pointing at you.
Look, I get it. Justice and due course.
You are 100% correct. I have no idea how to be a cop, whether it is during riots or in other situations. I wouldn't be in that situation to begin with.
I heard that he was protecting his store from looters and rioters.
Not a common thing. It's actually rare in New York.
I know Trump keeps saying Obama stripped the police of funds but I think even their cars have reverse gear.
It's certainly a sorry state of affairs but they got tons of warning and then paintballed. They were not protesting, just rubbernecking.
Of course it's dangerous and totally avoidable if people don't block the road of and stand in front of the vehicles. That said it might be the only thing you can do under the circumstances and as such you should do it at a slow speed. That's exactly what I suggested at the start. Only for you to tell me to feck off and someone else to call me a racist.
Again I already said this in my first post. You're better than this. Or at least you used to be.
You can't just shoot rubberneckers though?!
From what I have read, the curfew law does indeed say that you are allowed on your own property (porch, garden, balcony etc) after-hours. And the police were probably either ignorant of this, or tonedeaf to the situation, or just another of the bad cops that seem to be so common.
If you're allowed to be on your own property during curfew (which I think you are from what I have read about it) then they've done nothing wrong for being outside on their porch. If the police (authority or whatever) ask me to do something and I am not breaking the law then I do not have to comply with them and should most definitely not be shot.
Absolutely, if what you meant as too fast for your liking was that it was absurd how fast they went through people.
That video shows otherwise.
I understand this but you simply can't shoot at people who don't listen. It's not reasonable to the circumstances in my opinion and an officer could have walked over and explained the situation and the request to go inside. Especially in that scenario when the street was empty.
I did crack up at that. I mean the guys a racist cnut but he at least gave me some mild amusement. Who the feck comes out to this sort of thing with a bow and arrow.The idea that you should allow someone to break the law and infringe upon your human rights, simply because the law breaker is a police officer, is precisely the reason they feel so empowered to continue breaking the law and infringing upon human rights.
