sundin13 on 06 June 2020
| sethnintendo said: Cops have a right to defend themselves and respond in force if they are being assaulted. They are being assaulted with bricks thrown and other weapons in some instances. They can respond with force against those people. However, they shouldn't respond in force to people that are just standing there peacefully protesting. |
If someone is throwing bricks at an officer, the officer has the right to use the minimum force necessary to eliminate that threat.
That does not mean that if someone in a crowd throws a brick, the police have the right to punch everyone in that crowd.
It also does not mean that if someone throws a brick, the police get to beat that person up.
Note: This is just to be clear, not an implication that you said anything counter to this.
