“Why not fire hoses or water cannon?”
Because people still remember the news footage of the Birmingham and Memphis PD using firehouses to brutalize the civil rights marchers, that’s why. Nobody wants to open themselves up to that comparison.
I get your point. That was then and this is now of course but what don’t the press wail about now? We aren’t supposed to do anything but let them raise hell and destroy property?
I suppose they could just happen to be doing a free public demonstration of”Static Testing” of a jet engine. why they could even invite the crowds to step closer if they would like to experience the sensation of flying. They could also experience the excitement of seeing thrown bricks and frozen water bottles make “U Turns” in mid flight.
How about if they run the water though a water softener first ? so its not as hard?