yet another “protesters clash with police” situation
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This is the story from FB
Marley Windham-Herman UC Davis. This occurred in the quad. The police arrived to take down the tents that the students had set up. They took down the tents. The protesters blocked the sidewalk, saying that they would move if their arrested friends would be released, which of course was not going to happen. The police could have easily walked ,around, over or even pushed through these protesters. The pepper spray and arrest is not an enactment of the law. It is a demonstration of power that the police have. If they back down and are “commanded” by a bunch of shouting students then they effectively lose their mandate to control. If you can shout at a police officer long enough to make them not write you a ticket, then everyone would. The role of the police is to protect persons and property. Their actions today protected no one but themselves.— in Davis, California.
3 comments
November 19, 2011 at 6:49 pm
prowlerzee
Here’s a cop who gets it right: http://www.observer.com/2011/11/retired-police-captain-ray-lewis-alive-and-well-back-at-zuccotti/
And who explains how force should not be used on peaceful citizens!
November 21, 2011 at 2:48 pm
Not Your Sweetie
Adding a good article about it
November 22, 2011 at 9:07 am
prowlerzee
Thanks, he’s written a follow-up post, as well. http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/world-wide-mind/201111/after-the-turning-point-uc-davis-building-moral-politics