• Samskara@sh.itjust.works
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    1 month ago

    There are many. Police can use violence to enforce compliance, prevent harm, and other reasons. Protests and protestors have to follow the law, and they don’t always.

    If you listen to the video, there‘s a German police voice instructing the protestors to follow police instructions. Sadly the video is cut in a way, where you don’t get to hear the actual police instructions.

    There is no context, so it’s impossible to say if this was legal or not.

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      1 month ago

      Nobody is arguing that force cannot be used. It should simply not be excessive, and punching is clearly is

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        1 month ago

        There is literally no legal reason for a policeman to punch a protestor

        You were literally making that argument, just now! You deeply unserious person.

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          1 month ago

          You can use force without punching people in the face, stupid.

          Seriously, I bet your wife “slips in the bathtub” a lot, doesn’t she?