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gas, flashbangs, and mass arrests in St. Paul at RNC

submitted by sometimes

1 decade 6 years 1 month 4 weeks ago

T minus 5 seconds and counting til Marinegunrock declares this to be a totally reasonable use of force.

shot by Ben garvin
from http://www.twincities.com/ci_10385092

9 Comments

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Bike cop with gas mask and the riot squads? OMFG, *fear.

OMFG, were the cops THROWING or LAUNCHING flash bangs at the protestors? This is absolutely INSANE.

Adding video to channels (Fear) - requested by Krupo.

*news
*humanitarian

Adding video to channels (Humanitarian, News) - requested by NetRunner.

MarineGunrock

Too bad this video has NOTHING that would offer evidence as to what led up to these events, so for all anyone knows from watching this, it was a perfectly reasonable use of force.
I didn't see a single person being harmed in this video. No tasers, no batons or anything.

>> ^MarineGunrock:
Too bad this video has NOTHING that would offer evidence as to what led up to these events, so for all anyone knows from watching this, it was a perfectly reasonable use of force.
I didn't see a single person being harmed in this video. No tasers, no batons or anything.

You could also argue with the very same reasoning you put forward that theres no evidence in this video that would say that the force used was warranted at all and that it very well could've been over the line. The protesters should be given the benefit of the doubt just as much as any police officer.

MarineGunrock

True enough.

I heard "We want to leave peacefully. How do we leave?", probably because the cops cornered them.

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