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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]i'm perfectly ok with police using non-lethal methods to disperse crowds who are breaking the law, provided you give them plenty of advance warning.  in fact, I just don't "get" the uproar.  if protesters were blocking a street and causing me to be late for work or late for picking up my child, I'd hope the police would move them out of the way.[/quote]Dr King broke the law, the cops turned fire hoses and dogs on them. And now history judges the police for their actions. I guess we know what side of history you would have landed on. [/quote]

MLK (is he still a doctor?  I thought BU took the ph.d. away because of cheating?) was a great man, but at the time he was breaking the law.  clearly the attention he and his movement received from the arrests and the fire hoses helped his cause, as the attention these kids received from the pepper spraying is helping their cause.  so I think it works both ways.  (1) ok to use non-lethal force to remove protesters.  and (2) ok for the protesters to benefit from the resulting outcry.[/quote]

By your logic we should be grateful for King's assassination. Huge PR benefit. [/quote]

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