Reply #54: I Think I See The Problem

[DallasNE]

From the article. Two were hospitalized and several others required medical treatment at the site. Will waterboarding be next Kelly? America the brutal. This totally disgusts me.

"Charles J. Kelly, a former Baltimore Police Department lieutenant who wrote the department's use of force guidelines, said pepper spray is a "compliance tool" that can be used on subjects who do not resist, and is preferable to simply lifting protesters.


"When you start picking up human bodies, you risk hurting them," Kelly said. "Bodies don't have handles on them."


After reviewing the video, Kelly said he observed at least two cases of "active resistance" from protesters. In one instance, a woman pulls her arm back from an officer. In the second instance, a protester curls into a ball. Each of those actions could have warranted more force, including baton strikes and pressure-point techniques.


"What I'm looking at is fairly standard police procedure," Kelly said."