Posted on 12/18/2020 7:09:35 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
The NYPD’s tactics during the George Floyd protests earlier this year “heightened tensions” between cops and protesters — and “inconsistent” enforcement of the curfew by cops led to unnecessary use of force, a new report says.
“NYPD use of force and crowd control tactics often failed to discriminate between lawful, peaceful protesters and unlawful actors, and contributed to the perception that officers were exercising force in some cases beyond what was necessary under the circumstances,” the city’s Department of Investigation found.
The long-awaited 100-page report, which was released Friday morning, doesn’t address individual officer allegations but the systemic issues in the department during the mostly peaceful demonstrations.
“NYPD’s use of force on protesters — encirclement (commonly called “kettling”), mass arrests, baton and pepper spray use, and other tactics — reflected a failure to calibrate an appropriate balance between valid public safety or officer safety interests and the rights of protesters to assemble and express their views,” according to the report.
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Who in their right mind would accept the conclusions of a “DOI” report written by an organization controlled by the lunatic DeBlasio. Stalin got it right. Its not who votes, its who counts the votes. in this case who wrote that report?
BS - the demonstrators WERE the protestors.
Here is a FYI.
You don’t get protest, even truly peacefully protest, whenever you feel like it if you block traffic and shut down commerce where ever you feel like it.
You can peaceful assemble on public property.
You want to block traffic and shut down commerce - get a permit.
This is probably a case where de Blasio and his gang decided on the report’s conclusion ahead of time. Then the DOI was directed to write a report to match that conclusion.
In criminal acts even the driver/lookout gets the same treatment as he shares in the outcome, sorry here they come after the first ass wipe throws shit
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