Video appears to show police officer pepper-spraying motorcyclists

[normiss 897]

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The funny thing is I don't really care

It's NOT funny. In any way imaginable.

[turtlespeed 226]

normiss

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The funny thing is I don't really care

It's NOT funny. In any way imaginable.

I can think of a few ways.

I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama
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[SkyDekker 1,465]

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You or I have no idea what occurred before or after the video footage.

True. But what Id di see on that video was assault with a weapon, isn't that what it is called?

When assaulted with a weapon, don't you have the right to defend yourself? So, if one of those bikers had pulled out a gun, fearing for the safety of himself and those around him, and shot the officer. Would you have defended that action?

[ryoder 1,590]

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You or I have no idea what occurred before or after the video footage.

True. But what Id di see on that video was assault with a weapon, isn't that what it is called?

When assaulted with a weapon, don't you have the right to defend yourself? So, if one of those bikers had pulled out a gun, fearing for the safety of himself and those around him, and shot the officer. Would you have defended that action?

That would fail the self-defense argument, based on the principle of disparity of force.

https://www.google.com/search?q=disparity+of+force&oq=disparity+of+force

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[SkyDekker 1,465]

ryoder

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You or I have no idea what occurred before or after the video footage.

True. But what Id di see on that video was assault with a weapon, isn't that what it is called?

When assaulted with a weapon, don't you have the right to defend yourself? So, if one of those bikers had pulled out a gun, fearing for the safety of himself and those around him, and shot the officer. Would you have defended that action?

That would fail the self-defense argument, based on the principle of disparity of force.

https://www.google.com/search?q=disparity+of+force&oq=disparity+of+force

Not if you argue that the weapon was intended to be used to create a likely deadly accident. Officer should have known that cloud of teargas would result in swerving which could easily have led to an accident with potentially deadly outcome.