Which is a bigger threat to liberty: the thugs with uniforms and badges, or the thugs with baggy pants?
“Which is a bigger threat to liberty: the thugs with uniforms and badges, or the thugs with baggy pants?”
That depends on if the day begins with a sniper atop an MRWAP with a tripod mounted automatic rifle, in plain sight, pointed very visibly at your head, doesn’t it, during a PEACEFUL protest??
There were activists in the later crowd wanting a fight, and the cops obviously wanted one, as well. Remember, this was STL County Police, not Ferguson, tonight.
The directed attacks on the media, most starkly represented by attacking a very clearly mark Al Jazeera crew, during a live shoot with full kleeg lights, is beyond the pale.
They were Specifically TARGETING the media, in an area with no curfew, and no marshal law. That simply can’t be defended in America, no matter what you think of that particular media outlet.