11-23-2011, 02:13 PM
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(11-23-2011, 01:23 PM)Havoc Wrote: How do you get the police to show up when you need them?You are assuming the University called the cops. Probably they did. Probably the uni cops called. But you are also assuming that there was additional communication about responses. There is nothing to base that on.
What do the police do after you call them?
The campus has it's own police why didn't they use them?
You can bet that the cops didn't just show up on a college campus on their own.
I have been in this situation with tree huggers, they were always warned ,given time to comply before any response from the police.
They are informed of the law they were breaking, they are told why they are in violation, they are told to disperse, to change locations, they are then told what the response is going to be, they are warned that they will be peppered, they are given time to comply all of this is seen in the video even without sound it's obvious what is happening.
The response by the police was typical and within the course of training and in reality very controlled.
They had enough people to lay hands on everyone of the ones in the frame at least.
Believe me the pepper kept the escalation of the event from going from a peaceful end to a full on confrontation.
Of course most people will just see what they want to see, put on the uniform and take the call and see what it really is before you judge this type of thing or the cops who have been CALLED to deal with this crap.
Of course they were warned.
The pepper spray prevented escalation? It was escalation.
Everybody got what they wanted. The kids wanted to make a big deal. They wanted publicity. They got it. The cops wanted to pepper spray some people. They got to.
Your whole 'wear the uniform before judging' is a straw man, and not worthy of and argument. The whole world over people and their actions are judged by someone 'not in that situation'. Deal with it.
I never said they were wrong, or even that the kids were wrong. All I did was point out your fallacious assumptions. I guess that is all that is required before you go off on a tirade eh?