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Include the critical detail that they were blocking the arrivals door
Yeah get in the way of capitalism get a beat down. I thought everyone knew this already.
Does that justify grievous bodily harm?
One of the activists started the brawl by grabbing an officer from behind. That was more than stupid.
If you resist enough, they’re gonna remove you by force, especially in an airport where there is elevated security interest.
I support the flotilla and protesting Gaza, but this was just not the time and not the place. What they did here actually hurts their political goal and just makes them look like they’re trying to become a nuisance and play victim everywhere they go.
And what part of repeatedly beating with a stick is forcible removal?
They didn't drag them out of the way, they beat them where they were. Making no attempt to remove them, just repeatedly brutalise them. The arrivals gate became even more congested, not less. Law enforcement created a security incident themselves by acting like barbaric idiots instead of a professional force.
Is there another video besides the one in that article? Because 90% of that video is the police dragging people on the floor.
Out of the area? No, just round and around the floor. That's not how police move people when they're trying to clear an area. It's like watching children brawling more than a professional force tasked with securing an airport.
They're either highly incompetent and overly comfortable with violence or were trying to send a message, because their violence was highly disproportionate with the "offense" committed.
I’m sure there will be an analysis of whether the police handled it well, but I also know I’m able to walk through an airport without getting into a brawl with relative ease. Why are these people not?
It will be: The police has analyzed the incident and found nothing wrong.
Mass genocide and millions of starving people are one thing but you draw the line at being slightly inconvenienced at an airport. That's a step to far.
Either you read the whole thread and can’t reason well enough to realize this is an absurd conclusion or you didn’t read the thread at all.
Having been part of a protest against genocide does not give anyone license to misbehave or lay hands on police officers in an airport (which they did). They’re actually creating negative PR for the movement against genocide and giving Israel a PR win while making the Spanish government that stood up for them look foolish.
Capitalism says yes.