My read on the situation is this: Oakland Police and Occupy have been "doing battle." The Oakland Police Officer therefore identifies all crowds close to the police line/barricade as potential threats. He then completely overlooks the fact that the group in front of him is crouched to the ground and attending a wounded individual and decides to toss a low-grade explosive at the crowd. Problem solved. I think this is a generous interpretation. Normally, I prefer to use mainstream media or quality journalism to document abuse, but in this case I think the activist or sympathizer who uploaded the video does a job of pointing out what exactly happened.
Monday, June 11, 2012
Oakland vs Occupy
My read on the situation is this: Oakland Police and Occupy have been "doing battle." The Oakland Police Officer therefore identifies all crowds close to the police line/barricade as potential threats. He then completely overlooks the fact that the group in front of him is crouched to the ground and attending a wounded individual and decides to toss a low-grade explosive at the crowd. Problem solved. I think this is a generous interpretation. Normally, I prefer to use mainstream media or quality journalism to document abuse, but in this case I think the activist or sympathizer who uploaded the video does a job of pointing out what exactly happened.
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