Re:How to Safely and Ethically Film Police Misconduct
by NoahTheDuke on Sunday May 31, 2020 @04:43PM
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If it was reasonable, it would encoded into the law. It is not for the police to create new laws on the spot, and even if it were, the use of force to enforce it is not reasonable.
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Re:How to Safely and Ethically Film Police Misconduct
by crispyambulance on Sunday May 31, 2020 @06:46PM
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Proportionate force is justifiable in an emergency, and we'll see if it is really "against the law" for police to demand that people get inside temporarily.
My guess? Absolutely NOTHING will happen to those police that paintballed the porch gawkers after very clearly telling them to go inside.
Having seen what happened in Baltimore in 2015 and now Philly, I am terrified of the idea of a city going up in flames when a riot gets out of control. It's been too close the times that I've seen it personally. Historically, it has been far worse.