Pepper spraying of protestors tonight, police chief admits "it looks bad"

[Liberal_in_LA]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3489797/Protesters-pepper-sprayed-police-twice-outside-Trump-rally-Kansas-City-second-day-violence-GOP-runner-s-events.html

Police used pepper spray on the crowd. One person posted video of the incident to Twitter, complaining that the spray hit many people who didn’t seem to be provoking police.


Police Chief Darryl Forté said he felt the officers acted appropriately because they were in danger of being surrounded by the advancing crowd that already had thrown objects.

“When you look at the video, it looks bad,” Forté said. “But the officers were in danger on both sides.”

The officers had radioed their commanders saying that protesters trading jeers with Trump supporters on the other side were, against police orders, moving into the street. Officers on foot were unable to move them back. Mounted police officers moved in on horses to try to drive a wedge into the crowd.

But it didn’t work. A photographer with The Star saw a woman slap a police horse in the face. When officers pointed her out for arrest, she disappeared into the crowd.

Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/news/local/article65749927.html#storylink=cpy

[chillfactor]

1. damn cops!

they cause more problems than the protesters do.

[leftyladyfrommo]

2. No. This is Kansas City.

We have a wonderful police chief and a wonderful mayor - both black. Darryl Forte works way more hours than he'S required to to make sure the black, Asian, Hispanic parts of town are fairly represented. He personally goes to every homicide scene to talk to the people there. This town is not St Louis or Detroit. We don't want another Ferguson here.

We have good , decent police officers here. And they are held to a very high standard.

This a town where a thousand ethnic groups live side by side pretty much peacefully and e want to keep it that way.

[pintobean]

4. Welcome aboard the twisted reality train.

Maybe, rather than trashing other cities, you might want to look at us from a different perspective.

[Bluenorthwest]

5. Are you really defending this pepper spraying outfit of fascists?

Your City looks bad. Very bad.

[leftyladyfrommo]

6. Did you read his explanation of what happened?

They were becoming totally surrounded by protesters that wouldn't back off. They wouldn't even back off for the horse patrols.

[zazen]

3. slapping a "police horse in the face?" I'd arrest that woman. poor horse

But pepper spraying the whole crowd? Um, no. (Plus, the horses probably weren't given masks.)