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That guy walked up to the cops line, they push him back and he starts swinging punches non stop at every cop in sight until they take him down. He should have been shot in the face. You dont get to attack cops.
But they get to attack everyone else?
No, I don't think so.
They get to attack anyone who makes an aggressive move at them. Its called "use of force continuum". Look it up.
I actually teach classes in it, trying to lecture me about it is good way to embarrass yourself.
You go ahead though.
You teach it? What specifically do you teach?
I'm a security consultant and I instruct folks in personal security strategies and techniques. I also train security and staff at various facilities, and I am a MOAB instructor.
I also work security at an ER in H-town; I go hands on almost every night, and it's almost always on film, and I don't have a badge and a police union to shield me from prosecution.
I know what I'm talking about; I know what the law actually says, and I know how shit actually happens, in spite of it. And I get why people are pissed off about it.
I know how shit happens also, did a lot of the same kind of work you do only in the Commonwealth of Virginia and DC Federal. I also carried a badge but was not a uniformed cop, my work was consulting and analysis. So you should know as well as I do the psychology of human reactions in highly stressful and potentially dangerous situations. I assume you're aware of the inattentional blindness functionality and it's affects upon instant reaction decisions.
I get what's happening here and I get why, and if I was in that line with the riot cops I'd be doing the same thing most likely..... which is why I'm not there, and I refuse to be. You gotta ride for the brand, and if you can't do that, draw your wages and be on your way.
I've been saying this over and over,
pull the cops out as much as possible. Get them out of there.
Fire needs 3 things; fuel, heat, and oxygen...... take one of those out of the equation and nothing burns.
Get the cops out of there and let the people on the ground sort it out; don't prosecute any of them for doing it either. It will keep things like this from occurring and adding fuel to the agitators fire, and "absence makes the heart grow fonder"..... people will have more appreciation for the good cops do if they aren't around for awhile. But nobody will care about any good they may do while they are in your face screaming orders and shoving and beating people.
en.wikipedia.org
From the link;
4. To recognise always that the extent to which the co-operation of the public can be secured diminishes proportionately the necessity of the use of physical force and compulsion for achieving police objectives.
You can't
impose "order"..... not for long anyway. People have to
want it, or they will burn your police station down.