re: #285 lawhawk

That looks like a whole lot more paint than from a couple of paintballs. Maybe someone was going to toss paint from a can.

No way to tell from the photos.

Firing a paintball from a gun at a crowd of police in riot gear is a sure way to get them to fire at you in return - and not necessarily with nonlethal ammo either (teargas, flash bangs, rubber bullets, beanbag shot, etc.)

Still, it’s a far cry from the NYPD that hasn’t used riot gear in trailing the protest crowds in NYC.

Breitbart has video of the paint.
Cops brutalize Occupy Oakland protesters, get paintballed

Youtube Video

Looks like it was thrown, not fired from a paintball gun.