Citizens Question Police Strong-Arm Tactics

[DogPoundPup]

The pepper bullet incident happened on Monday around 7pm when a small group of young anarchists covered their faces with bandanas, linked arms and began to march down Colfax Avenue without a permit. The Denver Police formed a riot line, but the anarchists refused to stop, walking directly into police.

Without warning, the police responded with pepper bullets and pepper spray, rushing into the curiosity seekers who had been following the small group of anarchists and then sweeping up several hundred peaceful people who were enjoying the Festival of Democracy in Civic Center Park across the street.

Dozens of law enforcement then swept through parts of Civic Center Park, firing their pepper bullets and spray indiscriminately. The police herded anarchists, peaceful protesters, journalists and documentary filmmakers across the park into a parking garage on 15th Street near Court Place where they were surrounded by police and held for several hours. Other people were surrounded in Civic Center Park and tightly packed for up to 90 minutes. Many were then released, but reports are about 100 were arrested.

Many innocent bystanders were injured, including an 80-year-old man and several tourists.


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The United States of America?

[L0oniX]

1. Police brutality ....the fun part of law enforcement.

[Possumpoint]

2. You Have To Understand

that we live in a police state. Police can and will do what they deem necessary and might ask for forgiveness after the fact if their actions are proven in a court of law to be illegal. My basis for this is how some demostrators were handled at various times in Washington, DC.

[seabeyond]

3. because police stopped assination attempt, we are told we shouldnt be bothered or

question this type of police brutality and abuse of their power. even though we have video evidence of this happening more than once

go figure

and we wonder why our police just become more and more out of control

[Greyhound]

4. We've transformed our police forces from civil servants into military enforcers.

Escalation always causes further escalation, we've been sowing the seeds for 40+ years, prepare to be reaped.