do you expect cops to be perfectly calm in that situation? that's not just a peaceful protest, that's essentially a riot (leave it to oakland). imagine being an admin on these servers, you go on the gungame server and holy shit people are tk'ing everywhere, calling each other ni****s, breaking rules left and right...what do you do? you throw a few 1 hr bans around to try to get stuff under control. peoples' lives are at risk in this situation or at least a cop can see it that way, and he was willing to risk the injury of a few to save the lives of more. crucify him? he's doing his job. you can have a PEACEFUL protest but don't riot, then you're just asking for this. you can only poke the dog a few times before it bites you. do you not see the "protesters" lobbing things at the cops? how long til that turns deadly? you HAVE to put a stop to it sometime
sorry i keep editing this. it's unfortunate that people were injured, but the occupy movement is supposed to be a peaceful, legal protest. in oakland, that turned into violence and illegal activity. THAT is not legal. when you cross the line, you accept the fact that there ARE consequences and you gotta be prepared for them.
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