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Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop
Ging Newtgrich?
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Has Newt been advocating using weapons in crowds again? Maybe.
But really, aren't many of Bratton's theories part of what is on trial - the use of immediate punishment as crowd control, the applicability of urban policing theories to college campuses, the extension of non-lethal force from battons to tasers and pepper spray and rubber bullets (which he'd give virtually every cop if he could)? I think he'd advocate whips and firehoses, too, which generally are less lethal and damaging than some of his other techniques, but messy and have a bad reputation.
