Reply #57: It is hearsay if we used the legal standard of beyond reasonable doubt. [View All]

[Selatius]

If this were a murder trial, you need something stronger than one witness testimony. You need things like the murder weapon, finger prints, hair and blood samples, motive, intent, or in this case documentary footage showing a bunch of bottles and rocks hurling at the police.

As it stands, the protesters have established that Olsen was shot in the face with a tear gas canister that was fired at head-level, and they have further shown through video that those who came to the aid of Olsen had a second tear gas grenade or possibly a flash bang thrown at them despite the fact that they didn't provoke the second object being thrown except for merely trying to evacuate Olsen from the front line.

Let's see what the police have as far as evidence showing protesters acting with similar disdain in the throwing of objects. Also, a bonus to such a video would be finding out if bottles and rocks were thrown prior to or after the police opened fire. It would answer the question of which side first started flinging objects.