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Originally Posted by MTUpower
...That's a slick argument- is it simple or not? Then you can site many differing elements of the incident and say see- it's not simple. Your previous argument lumps all incidents similar to this and asks us to assume how crowds are removed...
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Yes and no. My previous argument, which is the same as my current argument, is that controlling a crowd of recalcitrant protesters is never simple. So, in that way I am lumping this situation in with other crowd control situations, which is not to say that there is some cookie-cutter approach that works in all cases. You are incorrect, though, when you say that I ask you to assume anything. I've said, a few times now I think, that I don't know what the proper method is. I'm just saying that the pepper spray method does not appear to be mainstream police procedure. I think I'm on pretty solid ground there. If not, I hope someone will say so and provide a basis for saying so.
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The issue here can be boiled down to this: the protesters were asked to move, they did not, and were given discomfort to assist with the removal. Would you have liked it better if the police dropped a tear can canister while he had a gas mask instead so that the protestors would comply?
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No. That would be even worse than what he did.
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Your opinion has little sway on LEO tactics.
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Right. I thought that's what I said. I was hoping someone would offer something authoritative to tell us what the police generally do in a situation like that.