re: #78 windsagio

I read an interesting article somewhere which I can’t find how for 30 years (basically from Chicago convention to WTO seattle) the police had adapted the technique of handling protesters gently and how amazing it was that in the 10 years since we’ve come to accept this “SWAT/Body Armor/Club/Pepper Spray” technique as the norm.

Take your pick:

theatlantic.com
wired.com
huffingtonpost.com