The Travis County district attorney still plans to pursue criminal charges in four cases. The officers whose cases are being dismissed will be allowed to return to duty.
Well at least we all know to come prepared for a non-peaceful protest next time since theres no consequences for police brutality even at a protest against police brutality.
Cops arent trained for de-escalation, they apply increasing amounts of force until they get their way. Doing that on a mass scale enough just backs the public into a corner where they feel that violence against the police is their only recourse. The cops are going to be real fuckin surprised the next time a mass protest like that breaks out again, I don’t think they realize how much goodwill they lost.
IIRC during 2020 they made it (or it already was) probable cause to detain if you had any defensive gear at all, even just mask and shield. God forbid you’d be someone who just wants to be able to protect yourself from teargas or other wrongful attack by police (or, plausibly, protestors) because you happen to exist near a protest.
Classic. Wait 3.5 years and then drop the charges when you think no one is paying attention anymore.
It’s a smart play. Anything going to come of this other than angry comments on messageboards from folks such as ourselves? Nope.
Well at least we all know to come prepared for a non-peaceful protest next time since theres no consequences for police brutality even at a protest against police brutality.
Cops arent trained for de-escalation, they apply increasing amounts of force until they get their way. Doing that on a mass scale enough just backs the public into a corner where they feel that violence against the police is their only recourse. The cops are going to be real fuckin surprised the next time a mass protest like that breaks out again, I don’t think they realize how much goodwill they lost.
IIRC during 2020 they made it (or it already was) probable cause to detain if you had any defensive gear at all, even just mask and shield. God forbid you’d be someone who just wants to be able to protect yourself from teargas or other wrongful attack by police (or, plausibly, protestors) because you happen to exist near a protest.
Cool, so if I see them coming my way I already know to defend myself.