My America

[astarothel]

Originally Posted by Taxi [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

They let people smash stuff up (wether they are protesters or police undercovers) and then they move in and arrest, beat up, disperse everyone else.

So I guess they should just let them vandalize property and do nothing, right?
Everything warrants a response. Proactively disperse a crowd when it is on the border of violence, and you will get people calling you for infringing their rights, that is just how it goes.

Originally Posted by Taxi [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Quebec city in 2001 at the summit of the americas

I was at that for the record. I just happened to be at a more peaceful section when the gas cannisters dropped elsewhere, at places where numerous groups were throwing rocks, and resisting arrest.

For every account of police brutality there, there was an equally matched account of protester violence. If you're gonna be around the protestors that throw bricks at the riot shields, expect to eat the dirt, its eye for an eye.

Originally Posted by Taxi [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

“Unfortunately, their criminal activity was made a lot easier by the complicity of the crowd,” he told CP24. “And so we had to contain and control the crowd in an effort to control those criminals.”

Referring specifically to the actions of black bloc, this is a very real and accurate statement.