Posted on 02/19/2022 4:08:51 PM PST by Nextrush
Police Commissioner Andrew Coster says an alternative to police's de-escalation approach towards anti-mandate protesters would involve tear gas and batons being deployed on Parliament's grounds.
Coster told Q=A'2 Jack Tame that police were taking its existing de-escalation approach as it believed the alternative of a forceful pushback could not be justified.
"I think police could clear the protest, but I don't think the harm that would come from how we need to do that is acceptable relative to the harm that the protest is doing," he said.
"The balance we have here is keeping the peace and enforcing the law. The tactics need to be appropriate for the safest outcome."...
(Excerpt) Read more at 1news.co.nz ...
Heck the police commissioner says the use of force like we see in Ottawa is not justified.
Why not take pages from the Aussie and Canadian books, and use LRAD high-energy microwaves and 2,000# war horses to break up peaceful demos?
800 ???
Corker Eh ???
You can’t disagree with any Prime Ministers now you must get on your knees and hope for mercy
That protest has been something else.
This is the link to the protest’s Telegram page.
https://t.me/FreedomCampNZ2022
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