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Originally Posted by Hank Chinaski
is it possible in your ivory tower world that a protester could have done something to deserve getting hit? it seems like some of these things, say Portland, are becoming quite violent. It seems like a bunch of kids are basically trying to take over entire blocks of downtown areas, and when the police attempt to clear them, it looks like a big fight to me. Maybe your eyes see it differently? when things dissolve into a big fight then protesters will get hit, won't they?
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Sure, it's possible. It's also possible that they didn't -- and, right now, the only evidence we have is that they didn't. Despite all the video cameras that were there.
If I see a video of a shooting, and the shooter claims self-defense but neither that video nor any of the cameras around him show the victim doing anything threatening, well, it's possible that the shooter is right. But it's not likely.
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and no Sidd, i am not saying UC Davis police acted correctly, or NYC police acted correctly when they maced people just standing behind a fence. I am saying that when the thing dissolves into a street fight people will get hurt.
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Nor are you saying that they acted incorrectly. You are, as usual, refusing to take a position so that you can attack anyone who does.
