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Originally Posted by RedJester
-No vandalism.
-No looting.
-No arson.
-Not a riot.
Showing up to a Halloween party naked doesn't make it a swingers party. Showing up to a protest in riot gear because the mayor labelled it an unlawful assembly doesn't make it a riot, either. It might make it illegal, but it does not make it a riot. If his decision was to defy orders to vacate the premises, than he should have been arrested, not put into a medically induced coma.
I'm not sure about the procedures of the Oakland Police Department, and I know that a couple of years ago they had to downsize their police force due to budget cuts, but I do know that the use of non-lethal projectiles such as tear gas guns, bean bag guns, rubber bullets, etc., are not intended to be aimed at anything higher than the sternum - for this very reason.
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I see official riot criteria have been established! Excllent, end of discussion. Sorry - its not a black and white definition, and I'm sure alot of people would consider an illegal, unlawful assembly clashing with an armed riot squad the beginnings of a riot.
And how do you know the big bad cop was aiming for the head? You continue to miss the point - if you choose to stand in front of an active firing squad, its only a matter of time before one of those projectiles hit you in the face due to randomness/human error/entropy/etc.