Crowd control techniques used by Oakland cops violated army rules of engagement for war zones
source: http://redgreenandblue.org/2011/10/29/crowd-control-techniques-used-by-oakland-cops-violated...
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How bad was it? As Business Insider reports, the Oakland police did things to Occupy Wall Street demonstrators that troops wouldn’t do against hostile civilian crowds in a war zone. We treat our own protesters worse than the army treats Iraqis.
Here’s an excerpt from Business Insider, quoting an un-named Marine with Iraq combat experience:
Before gas goes into a crowd shield bearers have to be making no progress moving a crowd or crowd must be assaulting the line. Not with sticks and stones but a no bullshit assault. 3 warnings must be given to the crowd in a manner they can hear that force is about to be used. Shield bearers take a knee and CS gas is released in grenade form first to fog out your lines because you have gas masks. You then kick the canisters along in front of your lines. Projectile gas is not used except for longer ranged engagement or trying to steer the crowd ( by steering a crowd I mean firing gas to block a street off ). You also have shotguns with beanbags and various less than lethal rounds for your launchers. These are the rules for a WARZONE!!
How did a cop who is supposed to have training on his weapon system accidentally SHOOT someone in the head with a 40mm gas canister? Simple. He was aiming at him.
I’ll be the first to admit a 40mm round is tricky to aim if you are inexperienced but anyone can tell the difference between aiming at head level and going for range.
The person that pulled that trigger has no business being a cop. He sent that round out with the intention of doing some serious damage to the protestors. I don’t care what the protestors were doing. I never broke my rules of engagement in Iraq or Afghanistan. So I can’t imagine what a protester in the states did to deserve a headshot with a 40mm. He’s damn lucky to be alive and that cop knows he was using lethal force against a protester he is supposed to be protecting.
More at: http://redgreenandblue.org/2011/10/29/crowd-control-techniques-used-by-oakland-c...
Here’s an excerpt from Business Insider, quoting an un-named Marine with Iraq combat experience:
Before gas goes into a crowd shield bearers have to be making no progress moving a crowd or crowd must be assaulting the line. Not with sticks and stones but a no bullshit assault. 3 warnings must be given to the crowd in a manner they can hear that force is about to be used. Shield bearers take a knee and CS gas is released in grenade form first to fog out your lines because you have gas masks. You then kick the canisters along in front of your lines. Projectile gas is not used except for longer ranged engagement or trying to steer the crowd ( by steering a crowd I mean firing gas to block a street off ). You also have shotguns with beanbags and various less than lethal rounds for your launchers. These are the rules for a WARZONE!!
How did a cop who is supposed to have training on his weapon system accidentally SHOOT someone in the head with a 40mm gas canister? Simple. He was aiming at him.
I’ll be the first to admit a 40mm round is tricky to aim if you are inexperienced but anyone can tell the difference between aiming at head level and going for range.
The person that pulled that trigger has no business being a cop. He sent that round out with the intention of doing some serious damage to the protestors. I don’t care what the protestors were doing. I never broke my rules of engagement in Iraq or Afghanistan. So I can’t imagine what a protester in the states did to deserve a headshot with a 40mm. He’s damn lucky to be alive and that cop knows he was using lethal force against a protester he is supposed to be protecting.
More at: http://redgreenandblue.org/2011/10/29/crowd-control-techniques-used-by-oakland-c...
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Kelly_Balthrop
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I doubt that a hand thrown grenade would do that much damage. The guy would have to be a pro baseball pitcher. No, this was intentional on their part. I just hope there is an inquiry and the cop ends up homeless and out of work, or better yet in jail for attempted murder with a deadly weapon.
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ilikeike
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So the grenade was fired from a launcher? Some are saying it was lobbed by hand.
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