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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe police outside the Trump event seem to be just throwing gas for no reason.
Last edited Wed Aug 23, 2017, 12:41 AM - Edit history (1)
I think a few of the crowd threw bottles at the police after they let loose the gas to disperse the crowd. The crowd seemed to be assembled peacefully. Are they trying to make it look like the protestors are violent?
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The police outside the Trump event seem to be just throwing gas for no reason. (Original Post)
haveahart
Aug 2017
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DesertRat
(27,995 posts)1. Phoenix: Police throwing pepper balls, mace, and flash bombs
Local news reports that there were a small number of agitators who threw rocks and bottles at police.
Link to tweet
Link to tweet
dbackjon
(6,578 posts)2. 6 gas bombs
dbackjon
(6,578 posts)3. Yes they are
sinkingfeeling
(51,436 posts)4. They need to do that to show how violent and 'anti-police's the left is.
DesertRat
(27,995 posts)5. Video
MattP
(3,304 posts)6. Our local station said the crowd retaliated first
Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,760 posts)7. Oxymoron.
Look it up, whoever said that.
rufus dog
(8,419 posts)8. not an oxymoron
it is redundant, and incorrectly used.
MattP
(3,304 posts)9. It doesn't make sense and he read it off a teleprompter
Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,760 posts)10. Not redundant, either.
Incorrectly used, yes.
oasis
(49,326 posts)11. This action from GOP leaning PD needs to be looked into.