No law in existence gives someone the authority to do this. Does everyone get to do this now? Is a lady yelling at you? Chem spray to the face. Baby crying on a plane? Chem spray to the face. Politician giving a speech? Chem spray.
Qualified immunity doesn’t give them the authority but it gives them the de facto right.
That’s how they’ve acted for ages now. There examples of people being bound and sat in a row during arrest and a cop walking down the line spraying from 2020. Others from pipeline protests and back to occupy that I’ve heard of.
Once the they put on the riot gear they act like the blood-thirsty Nazis they are and ignore the legal protections of the protestors.
" Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor, and the contrary opinion is wishful thinking at its worst. Breeds that forget this basic truth have always paid for it with their lives and their freedoms"
Well if you ignore all the times were two sides of the issue were acting in good faith with a goal of mutual benefit, but those don’t tend to blow up like issues caused by fascists.
This is assault. Plain and simple.
No law in existence gives someone the authority to do this. Does everyone get to do this now? Is a lady yelling at you? Chem spray to the face. Baby crying on a plane? Chem spray to the face. Politician giving a speech? Chem spray.
And if you fight back after they assault you? Bullet to the face.
Qualified immunity doesn’t give them the authority but it gives them the de facto right.
That’s how they’ve acted for ages now. There examples of people being bound and sat in a row during arrest and a cop walking down the line spraying from 2020. Others from pipeline protests and back to occupy that I’ve heard of.
Once the they put on the riot gear they act like the blood-thirsty Nazis they are and ignore the legal protections of the protestors.
" Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor, and the contrary opinion is wishful thinking at its worst. Breeds that forget this basic truth have always paid for it with their lives and their freedoms"
Robert A. Heinlein, Starship Troopers
Well if you ignore all the times were two sides of the issue were acting in good faith with a goal of mutual benefit, but those don’t tend to blow up like issues caused by fascists.
It’s worth mentioning that, while possibly true, the book is nonetheless a satire of militarism and fascism.
It absolutely is, sprinkled with some, sadly, hard truths about ourselves.