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How Police are managing these "protests" aka RIOTS
Captplaid
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Chicago police keep them herded and moving. Don't let them stop in one place. They didn't handle the Trump pre-election rally well but they do the marching protests very well with a strategy where they want to divert them. Once the protestors stop, the police are in trouble. Chicago police still have a fine reputation for little tolerance after the 68 riot.
I'd say Berkeley and Charlottesville are both examples of when the protestors stop moving the police are outmatched. It does look like that might be an intentional police strategy in Berkeley and Charlottesville. Herd them into 1 area and back off.
I'm just an armchair quarterback but it looks to me like the KY for police is treat them like cattle. Herd them and drive them. Any protestor gets out of the herd, use force to get them back into the herd or cull hem from the herd and arrest them. Excessive force has been approved to keep them in the herd and cattle drive. After that, just run it out of them until they get tired of marching.
It sounds simplified but if I was a protestor, that's how I'd see the Chicago PD strategy.
I'd say Berkeley and Charlottesville are both examples of when the protestors stop moving the police are outmatched. It does look like that might be an intentional police strategy in Berkeley and Charlottesville. Herd them into 1 area and back off.
I'm just an armchair quarterback but it looks to me like the KY for police is treat them like cattle. Herd them and drive them. Any protestor gets out of the herd, use force to get them back into the herd or cull hem from the herd and arrest them. Excessive force has been approved to keep them in the herd and cattle drive. After that, just run it out of them until they get tired of marching.
It sounds simplified but if I was a protestor, that's how I'd see the Chicago PD strategy.
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The key for civility whether one group or multiple groups is to keep the protestors marching in their perspective herds. They still get their freedom of speech" without their freedom to riot.
Phoenix was an exception to this rule. The police were largely successful with the protestors stationary. Then again, the police didn't retreat. They kept a line.
I still think it's a bit of a high risk scenario. Short of doing a Jericho March around arena with Trump supporters inside, I think keep them moving is safer for everyone.
Phoenix PD had 3-4K (MSM estimate, so who knows...) protesters allowed to stand around in 107 degree heat and shout their slogans during the entire Trump rally. As soon as the idiots started up, Phx PD ordered the crowd to disperse and then proceeded to pepper bomb the idiots who tried to fight. Less than 100 "protesters" attacked the Phx PD.
Why do these feel like setups?
Arrest a lefty and you are a brutal Nazi, arrest a right winger or let the left beat them and you are just "keeping the peace"
Once they stop moving and the police withdrawal for their own safety, the smaller group in the protest is in position to get slaughtered as they get surrounded.
The key for civility whether one group or multiple groups is to keep the protestors marching in their perspective herds. They still get their freedom of speech" without their freedom to riot.
Phoenix was an exception to this rule. The police were largely successful with the protestors stationary. Then again, the police didn't retreat. They kept a line.
I still think it's a bit of a high risk scenario. Short of doing a Jericho March around arena with Trump supporters inside, I think keep them moving is safer for everyone.
Phoenix PD had 3-4K (MSM estimate, so who knows...) protesters allowed to stand around in 107 degree heat and shout their slogans during the entire Trump rally. As soon as the idiots started up, Phx PD ordered the crowd to disperse and then proceeded to pepper bomb the idiots who tried to fight. Less than 100 "protesters" attacked the Phx PD.
Why do these feel like setups?
Because they were. Way to much media attack on Trump before anyone knew anything about the riot. The entire "incident" sure looked preplanned to me. Probably not the death by car.
Appears the media were prepared with their "talking points" about how Trump was to blame.
There are others who think the same way.
http://imowired.com/charlottesville-smacks-set/
More selective outrage. Selective outrage is becoming a hallmark of the left.