re: #385 Dark_Falcon

Actually, in New York it is acceptable. The NYPD used these same sorts of tactics on protestors at the GOP convention in 2004. Some people made noises about it but nothing happened of any substance. NYC does not want riots, and since Ed Koch the citizens have been willing to let the NYPD do want it thinks needs to be done to curb them. The NYPD has always favor a ‘large, fast, and aggressive” response to out-of-control protestors. And its tactics work.

But from what I have read, these protesters have been out there for eight days with no reports of civil disorder. What changed today?