• DdCno1@beehaw.org
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        28 days ago

        One of the activists started the brawl by grabbing an officer from behind. That was more than stupid.

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          28 days ago

          And what part of repeatedly beating with a stick is forcible removal?

          They didn’t drag them out of the way, they beat them where they were. Making no attempt to remove them, just repeatedly brutalise them. The arrivals gate became even more congested, not less. Law enforcement created a security incident themselves by acting like barbaric idiots instead of a professional force.

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            28 days ago

            Is there another video besides the one in that article? Because 90% of that video is the police dragging people on the floor.

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              28 days ago

              Out of the area? No, just round and around the floor. That’s not how police move people when they’re trying to clear an area. It’s like watching children brawling more than a professional force tasked with securing an airport.

              They’re either highly incompetent and overly comfortable with violence or were trying to send a message, because their violence was highly disproportionate with the “offense” committed.

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              28 days ago

              Mass genocide and millions of starving people are one thing but you draw the line at being slightly inconvenienced at an airport. That’s a step to far.

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      28 days ago

      Yeah get in the way of capitalism get a beat down. I thought everyone knew this already.