Jacki Kane
I understand the police being there, but couldn't they wait to call more down until the riots started instead of starting them themselves (here say)? Minnesota and the rest of the US are still in debt...does it make sense to use this much police force and this scary of tactics with children and elderly around?
Catch the radicals causing true problems, don't start problems so the jails are over flowing with people! (which did end up happening).
I was in charge of the operation. I've never been in such a high of command. I've been a squad leader and directed a few guys below me, but I had to follow orders like everyone else. So I honestly don't know why. You have to think, for that amount of police to be called in, some big wigs were afraid for their own safety and were probably overreacting to the gathering numbers. Goes to show you that they and the government are being reminded that they should fear the people, not the people fear the government.
I don't agree with the offensive behaviour by any means, but I support them using mace, tear gas grenades (btw, the gas chamber during basic sucked a**), and rubber ballistics rather than live rounds to stop people.
Again, until we're there ourselves, in a situation like that, I don't think we can really understand why they do what they do. They may have just been following orders there too. Provoking a riot destroys the whole idea of an organized, peaceful attempt at spreading a message instead of chaos. Then you have the power to detain and break up anything they would've had in their power, and thus eliminate any chance of anyone learning anything. And in the news reports, the police will be only "doing their job" when the "riots started."
No surprise.
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