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Originally Posted by aklim
What is the difference between this and an abortion clinic protester who peacefully exercises his right to assemble and his freedom of speech by blocking the entrance or parking lot, chaining himself to your door, etc, etc? I don't see any. Do you?
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Yes, I do. If the protestors were "resisting arrest" it creates a risk of harm to the officers, and reasonable force is justified to prevent injury. Where was the "risk of injury" to the LEO at the campus scene? Further, where are the circumstances that would warrant any use of force, certainly non-lethal, by the LEO? Was property at risk or physical harm to others imminent?
An apparently poorly trained officer made a bad decision at the scene of a peaceful demonstration, that's what I see. It's not much different that the actions of Inspector Anthony Bologna (yes, I think that's his real name) who pepper sprayed a group of women at OWS in NYC, when they were confined to a police holding area.
Aklim, still no position on whether the students were being placed under arrest and resisting? No comment about the police objective?