From everything I hear about police infiltration in Australia, that is entirely the point.
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People who are victims of similar unprovoked violence often choose to arm themselves.
Yea exactly, which âother agencyâ is this?
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Just add chanting, whatever it is (e.g. âThe x united will never be defeatedâ, - that sort of thing), the press describe the demo as âRowdyâ. There yâgo. Done. Iâve been in Mayday marches where thatâs happened ffs.
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So that when the cops shoot them, they can be vilified as well as dead?
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It started with Menace II Society. In context, the character is holding the gun sideways in order to reach over the counter and shoot the fallen/cowering cashier. Wrists arenât built to be able to correctly aim a gun downwards over an obstacle like that, so sideways is the more practical option. Shortly afterwards it was picked up as a style thing by wannabe hoods and ignorant filmmakers.
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Other sources are pointing at CHP. Why the Highway Patrol has undercover officers at a protest is beyond me.
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ââŚwitnessed the undercover agentâs activity⌠encouraging protesters to loot and commit other crimesâ
This is so common that it should be expected at every such event. The tactic is to de-legitimize the reason for the protest and to portray the protesters as lawless criminals who should be (and are) punished, while propagandizing consumers of the âNewsâ. Thus, the status quo is maintained.
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You guys are telling the cop how to hold his gun but how do you know that the photograph wasnât taken at a moment right when he was moving his gun into position?
Also, he was justified because things might get violent. In one protest, a cop was sucker punched in the head by a protester from the side. With the tension in the protests, the cops are right to reveal their gun in order to prevent people from getting closer on them.
Because it was pointing at someoneâs face
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The image could be taken at a moment when he was moving his gun into position hence the angle.
âimagesâ - Plural
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His finger being off the trigger is trigger discipline. This means he did not plan on using it immediately. Rather, the gun was up to warn the protesters not to get any closer.
If he had plans to immediately use it, his finger would be on the trigger, ready to fire. But that is not the case.
Not waving loaded guns at peopleâs faces is gun discipline. He was quite clearly doing that.
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Welcome to BoingBoing, police apologist!
A whole 5 minutes passed between your joining and your defending this particular copâs action.
I invite you to read down through the thread. Itâs been established heâs not Oakland PD, and Oakland PD doesnât know who the hell he is.
Most people regard having a pistol leveled at their face as a threat of deadly force. Itâs kind of hard to see, from the business end of a pistol, whether or not the person who can kill you with the the movement of his index finger has that finger on the trigger or not.
So, letâs see how long you last before the Donât-Push-Your-Luck Dragon flies through.
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Thereâs two different images, with what appears to be very different positioning of both the person with the gun and the photographer. Itâs slightly possible, but pretty unlikely, that he was repeatedly shifting the gun into and out of that position and the photographer happened to catch it in that position two different times.
Revealing a gun is one thing. Actively pointing a gun at people is not what police are supposed to do to simply âprevent people from getting closerâ.
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I believe the top photo is misattributed to Noah Berger from Reuters instead of Michael Short from SFGate.
Here is the photo on Michael Shortâs Facebook page.
The two of them have very similar photos from that night but the image of the gun aimed directly at the viewer seems to be Mr. Shortâs instead of Mr Bergerâs.
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âThe police state will fall, you canât arrest us all.â
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Who is the mystery outside agency?
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