Police turn more aggressive against protesters and bystanders, adding to disorder
“The level of anger and violence in a number of these cities has been really challenging for the police,” said Chuck Wexler, executive director of the Police Executive Research Forum, a nonprofit group. He said the events of the past week were more widespread, and angrier, than the protests in 2014. “It feels we haven’t seen this level of national violence in a long time.”pandemic has posed a new difficulty for police.
In many cities, mayors had imposed curfews Saturday night. These, in theory, were supposed to weed out the peaceful protesters, because they would go home. That would allow police to isolate a smaller group of disruptive lawbreakers.“The situation on the ground in Minneapolis & St. Paul has shifted & the response tonight will be different as a result,” the Minnesota Department of Public Safety. “The coordinated . . .
Instead, police groups have recommended sending out officers in their regular uniforms, at least at first. In Atlanta on Sunday, Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced that two police officers were fired for using excessive force during protests. “If those protesters had just gotten out of the way and not created an attempt to surround that vehicle, we would not be talking about this,” de Blasio said on local television station NY1.
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