I don’t see assaulting a police officer listed as a charge.
Why is that not a charge?
They wait until it gets more serious.
Like maybe a rhubarb pie.
Water is too minor a misdemeanor.
It should be. That pail could have held urine, cement, acid, bleach...or any other dangerous chemical.
I'm glad the officers didn't respond initially, because if they had, they'd have been accused of abusing the perps, and called racists. One officer who was performing a duty outside a civilian vehicle, had water thrown at him, and the bucket was then thrown, and hit him in the head. They showed extreme tolerance to the disrespect they received. I worked in Corrections for 25 years. Whenever a convict threw anything at an officer, internal charges were made against him, and one would have been assault. Any actual inmate on staff assault would result in outside criminal assault charges being made.
Prior to NY State Corrections banning glass jars, or any other item made of glass from being in the possession of inmates, I had an inmate throw a glass jar at the bars from inside his cell. I was walking down the gallery, speaking with another inmate at the time. I was fast enough to have been able to turn my head to the left to avoid being hit in the face. I suffered some minor cuts to the right side of my head. That inmate got charged with assault, as did any inmate who chose to throw feces or urine at staff.