[r9etb]

. What is clear is that the police intended to cause serious physical harm to someone and that they apparently DID NOT KNOW that the weapon they used could kill.

Oh? It's clear? C'mon, monday(morning quarterback) -- your agenda is showing. The only things clear in this story are a) the cops were attempting to subdue an ugly crowd, who b) were advancing on the cops, and that c) they did not intend to kill anybody.

[monday]

"Oh? It's clear?"

If you shoot someone with a pepper ball at 300-380 FPS, you intend to seriously hurt that person. It will leave welts and bruises that last up to five days, and can break the skin if the impact is near the bone, and can penetrate the brain if shot in the eye.

Given this, how could the police not know that they were going to cause serious physical harm to someone if they were using these weapons? Also, why would they use these weapons if they KNEW that the pepper ball could penetrate the brain and kill if shot in the eye?

Paint ballers ALWAYS wear eye protection as well as a variety of other protection when shooting paint balls. Paint balls are slower than pepper balls yet the police shot people who had no protection at all.

Common sense would tell you that people are going to be seriously injured and only luck would prevent a fatality. Unfortunately for the girl, luck wasn't on her side.