Riot Gear Through The Years
Oh, how the times have changed. A look at our country's riot gear as of 1968.
Just as the styles of protest have changed from one generation to the next, so have the styles of protest policing. Technological advances, training innovations and changing attitudes toward the right to assemble have all shaped the way the police handle the challenges of large demonstrations. During the 1960s and ’70s, police officers treated many protests as a threat to the social order and responded with brute force. In the 1980s and ’90s, demonstrations tended to be less confrontational and the police responded with more accommodating tactics. - The New York Times
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1 comment:
Behold the Billy Club in all its' glory! Funny, I always thought that liberal hippies were a force to be reckoned and feared above all else. Apparently not, as it looks like Oakland police are ready to go to war with occupy protesters. A 12-Gauge Shotgun with "Less Lethal" Rounds, really? They can't even state that there's absolutely no possibility of somebody dying from too many bean bag rounds to the head, chest or scrotum. Just goes to show you how our country has really changed post 9-11. It's unnecessary overkill and it's sad. It really is.
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