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Water Cannons & German Shepherds
'Nuff said...
Yes, because these are exactly the kind of images you want circulated around the world:
Perhaps this incessant concern over image is the problem, eh?
We NEED to be concerned about these images. Because that's what some real-live trolls seem to want.
And if things go that far, then there's nothing wrong with widespread civil disobedience in response.
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Just wrong. I'm sorry, but even if you think the grand jury was wrong, it's unlikely that these people in Seattle were on that grand jury. They have nothing to do with it.
It doesn't present a threat to blacks either. At east not to blacks that aren't currently beating on a Police Officer.
When one is living under a system that does not treat one fairly, instances of perceived gross injustice serve as very real threats to the group collectively. One cannot understand this from merely the perspective of the majority power. Ever been a minority in a dangerous situation that starts to go bad? Not the same as being the one with power behind them.
You mean like the store owner? He is more of a minority in this country than Mike Brown was, and he really was abused by Mike Brown. Should he go burn some houses or just assault some police officers?
You really have some absurdly low expectations of your fellow Americans that, as far as I can tell, stem entirely from their skin color.
Understanding sociology is not "stem entirely from their skin color". Spare us the pathetic running to absolutes, projecting absolutes is painfully stupid.
Stop embarrassing yourself, dude.
Yes, because these are exactly the kind of images you want circulated around the world:
What I see is a waste of a wonderful non lethal resource to control riots...for image. Water cannons would have probably saved a few innocent shop owners from losing EVERYTHING in their fire.
Wasting some water is a bigger problem than physically abusing human beings?
Wow, just, wow. Your attitudes are the attitudes of a barbarian.
Lmao!!! Not at all what I meant. I meant not letting riot police use water hoses now is a waste. It is stupid. Water hoses are much more effective and SAFER form of riot control. We don't use them because of the 60s, and that is stupid. We might as well stop using them to fight fire. That would be equally as stupid.
Alright, maybe I misread you a bit. This is DP, after all, and I've seen some hideous **** here.
Riot control with water cannons is an very-high-risk endeavor. All it takes is one person to get hurt by a high pressure water spray, and images and stories of said injury are immediately circulated around the world.
Look, police can only do so much. It's long past time that we as a society start addressing the horrifying conditions that occasionally cause people to lose their minds and riot.