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Originally Posted by Azure
This isn't telling the whole story. What happens after they yield?
What happens if you purposely block off the path and refuse to move? What do you think the cops will do then?
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Good question.
I believe the appropriate next action is to start ramming the police car into oncoming traffic, t-boning as many cars as possible.
Seriously, if the first car doesn't yield the next should. Its a reasonable expectation that the first car into the intersection may not hear/see the police car.
Keep in mind in your example the comparator is more the police car is at a red light, no emergency, and wanting to move with traffic going through the intersection blocking him due to their green light.
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Now to the topic at hand, (commenting in general and not specifically to Azure) where the officer goes from having the self defense argument to losing it is when he clears the crowd, stops, then instantly rams the protester again speeding away with him on the hood.
There is no justification for that. None.
Even if you believe the car clearing the crowd was justified (which without debating its merits, is a reasonable belief) once clear and stopped, the threat is over for the moment, even if only for a few seconds. The officer then should have cleared the scene entirely without hitting the protestor that was in front of him. They should have given that protester the ability to move. The officer did not.
That is unjustified. Regardless of any defense of self safety, that was inexcusable.