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Originally Posted by 12clicks
If they were peaceful there would have been no gas.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lano...d-tactics.html
"We were in a position where we had to deploy gas in order to stop the crowd and people from pelting us with bottles and rocks," he said.
Protesters had also thrown paint "and other agents" at officers, he added.
The crowd reached about 1,000 people at its peak, Jordan said, noting that police used bean bag rounds to disperse demonstrators. He said no rubber bullets were used -- a claim disputed by protesters.
Two officers were injured in the clashes, Jordan said. He said he did not know how many demonstrators may have been hurt.
In an interview with KTVU-TV Channel 2, Officer David Carman said he had been hit by paintballs and more.
"The crowd started throwing bottles, paints, beer, eggs at myself and the other officers," he said.
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I'm sure that ultra conservative rag got it wrong. |
They brought hundreds of out of town police to a peaceful protest. Of course they are going to blame the protesters, when have they not? There are full videos leading up to the tear gassing, they gave an order to disperse and started firing off rounds when they did not listen. Nothing was seen being thrown.
And I'm positive that there were some unruly protesters throughout the day. The stupid ass anarchist groups have been coming in and looking for an excuse to fuck things up. In this video someone flips over a dumpster during the chaos and the cameraman runs down the street to push / stop them.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=CReETRNT1yU
Here's a video showing the threat of force and the follow through, can't really see anything being thrown at cops.
http://www.ktvu.com/video/29587714/index.html
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