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Originally posted by Tyrone_Slothrop
I don't know anything about what happened in Miami, but frequently at such protests there are large numbers of people who want to protest peacefully, and a small number of anarcho-types who want to cause property damage, etc. The latter provoke a response, and the former get swept in, in part because it's hard for the cops to tell them apart.
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Exactly. Although, I note that I've heard there are sometimes widespread mutterings in the ranks when officers hear an order to conduct an unjustified advance on truly peaceable protesters who've done nothing wrong.
As you note, i.e., "provoke a response", it will take little more than a bloody nose on one uniform before the rank and file are ready to start swinging.
But, as was noted in the media regarding last year's DC park round-up, at least one senior U.S. Park Police commander, in charge of a large contingent, told the senior DC supervisor that what he was doing was almost certainly illegal, and that his people would have nothing to do with the round up. I'm still waiting for a far-right legal group to salute the man.
There are a lot of things to look for in making someone a senior police boss, but this is almost certainly one question that should be asked on a pass-or-fail basis during the interviews.
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