A federal judge, appointed by Barack Obama, just rebuked the Denver Police Department and banned the use of tear gas to disperse “proteste...
A federal judge, appointed by Barack Obama, just rebuked the Denver Police Department and banned the use of tear gas to disperse “protesters” no matter how violent the “protest” may get.
Via the Daily Mail:
A Denver judge has restricted cops from using tear gas and rubber bullets on protesters, saying smashed windows and graffiti are a ‘fair trade’ to prevent demonstrators’ bones being broken and their eyesight being lost at the hands of police.
US District Court Judge R. Brooke Jackson limited the force cops can use against protesters in a ruling late Friday night, which also included ordering cops to keep their body cameras on at all times.
Jackson said the safety of demonstrators and their right to free speech is greater than the need to protect buildings during protests.
‘If a store’s windows must be broken to prevent a protester’s facial bones from being broken or eye being permanently damaged, that is more than a fair trade,’ Jackson wrote in the ruling.
‘If a building must be graffiti-ed to prevent the suppression of free speech, that is a fair trade. The threat to physical safety and free speech outweighs the threat to property.’
Jackson put in place the temporary 14-day ruling, ahead of demonstrators gathering for the tenth day in the Colorado city on Saturday.
I may be wrong but this seems like nothing more than an invitation to more violent rioting and looting.
The judge basically told local police that no matter how violent things get at these “protests” no tear gas will be used to disperse the crowd.
What does the judge suggest the police use instead to clear the crowd if needed?
The residents of the city of Denver are about to learn a hard lesson about how dangerous “woke” activist judges can be to the public safety.
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