I get what you’re saying. However, a cop is just a person. And the people blocking the road got in front of a couple thousand pounds of steel driven by a person. They then shouted threats and began smashing windows. Any reasonable person would take them at their word once that happened. Any reasonable person should have mowed them down without hesitation.
it was irresponsible of whoever was in charge of the police there to put that person in that situation. the protesters wanted to disrupt traffic, its reasonable to assume they'll disrupt you even if you have flashy lights on the top of your car.
The car may have just been on a regular patrol and not know they were right there. These riots are all over the place. It’s not like they just chill on a corner with picket signs.
Also, if you protest animal cruelty by climbing into a tiger cage you deserve to be eaten. If they think standing in front of a car in a road way shouldn’t have consequences, they should be run over. The safety of a pedestrian is the pedestrians responsibility. Don’t want to be hit? Don’t jump on a car’s hood.
i both agree and don't. on the one hand, yeah, the rioters are idiots but part of what the riots are about are the police's tendency to escalate situations rather than deescalate. whoever put that cop in that position is as much to blame for the risk to that officer as the rioters in my opinion.