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daredtowork

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22. Kettling is Stupid

Wed Dec 24, 2014, 01:05 AM

Dec 2014

Oakland and Berkeley keep taking this tactic, too. Perhaps this is an appropriate tactic if the civil unrest is against something besides police misconduct and abuse of authority. However, when the protest is directed AT the police, then it behooves the police not to overstep their authority. In this case, the police should focus on arresting only those who are perpetrating criminal acts such as looting.

When people are protesting, they are exercising their civil rights. Even when protesters inconvenience others, they are exercising their civil rights. It is no excuse for the police to arrest a thousand people just so they can say they caught the one looter - and then label them all, sweepingly, as "looters" because looting occurred.

No, the duty of the police in this circumstance is to focus on arresting the looters only, while stepping back and LISTENING to what the protesters have to say to them.

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New York City Cops Seek Federal Court Approval to Mass Arrest Protesters Without Warning [View all] ellenrr Dec 2014 OP

K&R Fumesucker Dec 2014 #1

Insanity, blatant insanity. SamKnause Dec 2014 #2

Be a good little citizen newfie11 Dec 2014 #3

This would give them a free pass to arrest anyone, anytime without a warrant. sakabatou Dec 2014 #4

And yet there are plenty tripping over each other to defend these anti American thugs TheKentuckian Dec 2014 #5

Oh, this is "war" all right LiberalElite Dec 2014 #6

I came running in here to know how the cops had the right to seek authority outside the proper Nuclear Unicorn Dec 2014 #7

Still, judge should detain the lawyers for a day or two just for asking... Festivito Dec 2014 #14

And we are supposed to care when they get shot. Katashi_itto Dec 2014 #8

That's authoritarian termroffor Dec 2014 #9

It's not really the police departments. It's all of society is going toward ellenrr Dec 2014 #10

Well said^^^^^^^^^^^ newfie11 Dec 2014 #17

same as it ever was... Javaman Dec 2014 #11

To Summarize Savannahmann Dec 2014 #12

Hideous and god-damned Un-American. Fascist too. nt stillwaiting Dec 2014 #13

One more reason to dislike cops. n/t Hotler Dec 2014 #15

See if I have this correct. Thespian2 Dec 2014 #16

Down the rabbit hole and into the abyss. n/t me b zola Dec 2014 #18

k and r niyad Dec 2014 #19

If everyone gets into the street, where are they going to hold them? lonestarnot Dec 2014 #20

We keep getting closer all the time. lpbk2713 Dec 2014 #21

Kettling is Stupid daredtowork Dec 2014 #22