Assault

[yendi]

This is a video of an Oakland police officer opening fire with a rubber bullet without provocation against someone who has the audacity to film him. This isn't "crowd control" or "self defense" or anything else. It's assault, committed by someone who has been given a badge, and who should by all rights be rotting in jail right now. And no, it's nothing new, but it's rare to see it recorded so clearly:

Comments

[nishar.livejournal.com]

e with you. They are supposed to give verbal commands to disperse,, leave the area, etc.... before using force: Especially since no clear and mmanent danger was present. The Oakland police have a trigger happy reputation to begin with. So sadly this doesn't shock me too much.

[cluegirl.livejournal.com]

And of course now the video's gone. At least your link doesn't stand, which means it's being scrubbed from public record as fast as they can find it.

Bastards.

[yendi]

It's still there for me (just tested in another browser in case it was a cache thing). Maybe it's blocked by some ISPs?

[yendi]

Yeah, I'm not very shocked, but I'm still disgusted.

[cluegirl.livejournal.com]

Ah, ok. It's probably just me then. thanks for clearing that.

[graydown.livejournal.com]

And we trust these people with REAL guns.

[yendi]

They get real guns as a part of their job. I don't know anyone who actually trusts them.

[unquietsoul5.livejournal.com]

That is so very true.