Don't know how there's justification for the police here.
See the British protests a while back.
People rioting and people by people rioting sometimes get hit in the head... that's just how it goes. Rubber Bullets bounce, excetera.
You obviously use tear gas on people running towards the person because you have no idea if they're trying to rush you or help the person.
Why it all happened is basic common sense unless you have an agenda.
Again, note how the footage all begins after he was hit. I'd notice how he's a hell of a lot closer to the baracade then the most of the protesters, IE he obviously either refused to move back or activly advanced towards the police.
They're people, not zombies. Unless he was going OVER the barricade, it was an excessive use of force. If the police were as passionate about controlling drug distribution in this country, there wouldn't be such a rampant drug problem. But of course, the police are paid to ignore that.
What are you crazy? If you let a group of people get close enough that someone is trying to jump the barriacde your fucked at that point. You end up in a melee, piss off people instead of scare off people and end up with london style riots.
I mean, how soon are people forgetting the student tuition. riots in the UK.
It wasn't excessive force at all, guy just got unlucky that a rubber bullet bounced up and hit him in the head. It's just another example of why you should protest responsibily.
Im sure the ensuing lawsuit and the cost to Oakland will be much wanted by the city, and will praise the police officer for hitting someone at least 10 feet from the barricade. If people are going towards the barricades but are not at the barricades, then there is no harm, no foul.
By your logic, I should stab or shoot anyone who walks within 5 feet of me, you never know which one might be a mugger. Seems kind of insane in that context, no? That's what your justification for "scaring off" people sounds like.
An argument for that is that authorities and the government has a right to act the way no one else in society does, in the name of public safety and security.
