Ian Freeman, host of FreeTalkLive.com, shared the content below. Date of Incident: 2014-10-18 Individuals Responsible: Countless Matthew Bomberg and Gang Tackles, Kidnaps Man for Walking Down Sidewalk Alex Moushey’s report from the streets during the Pumpkin Fest 2014 riots reveal why the situation did not improve with the police’s unnecessarily violent tactics. Rather than only arresting people who were causing violence and destruction, the police were targeting people crossing arbitrary lines and partying on private property. For ongoing Pumpkin Fest riot coverage, please visit Free Keene. In this excellent ten-minute video, Alex is right there when cops create all kinds of unnecessary mayhem: (click links below to jump to that part if you are short on time) They shoot pepperballs at party houses on Winchester St – completely unnecessary – those people were on private property and not in the road. It’s arguable that pepperballs are useful to clear a crowd who won’t leave a street and indeed, blocking streets is one of the reasons the “disorderly conduct” statute exists, but the people at these houses were just enjoying themselves. The use of pepperballs in this situation is just aggressive. Guy walking down sidewalk is violently arrested by a throng of cops – This guy is literally just walking down the sidewalk.
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