Did anyone expect this? Was he ordered to do this? Was it routine procedure? Were there consequences? Did the students receive apologies and money? Was the officer fired?
Firing tear gas rounds is lethal force? OK.
Mistakes happen and there will always be bad actors. This doesn’t mean that the US approach to protestors is in any way comparable to Yanukovich’s or Russia’s. And if isolated, specific instances let you believe that this is not true, then you must believe that driving today are just as dangerous as driving was in 1950, because people still die in crashes.
So if you go to a protest you expect police-led violence regardless of what you do and yo expect lethal force to be used? You expect to be treated the same way Maidan protestors were? I somehow doubt it.
I’m pretty aware of my privilege, and if something happened at a protest in the US I could use my privilege to initiate legal action that would likely have real consequences and real restitution. I’m pretty sure that none of the Maidan protestors can say the same.
