tocopherol

I believe that's Jesus at the top middle, about to be captured and crucified by Hamas operatives

Yeah, duh they aren't snipers, they are police marksmen with high-powered scoped rifles, totally different.

True that. There have been successful lawsuits for obstruction of first amendment rights for similar actions but I'm sure most people wouldn't go through the trouble of that, or have the means to.

I could be misremembering the details, but I read about a case of a cop wrongfully arresting a Black Panther member in the 60s or 70s, his friend shot the cop, and his charges were dropped because it was determined to be self-defense. I think the cop was plain-clothes which would have made a difference I'm sure, but I can't imagine that happening today in any US court.

I have noticed when I've seen protests with armed groups involved, even just a handful of John Brown Gun Club members for example, the police are much less willing to mass arrest or escalate, for obvious reason. Though I think the student protests in this instance are going for optics of peace and non-violence so they probably don't want that.

Perfect, I love mango, and they have a thick skin that can make your mouth itchy if you eat it which I relate to

Dang, only "slightly injured".

I've been to the doctor a few times for things that I was worried were serious that I probably didn't need to, I have only ever heard from them that it's good to be safe. If your insurance covers it you can get an MRI and request a disk of the images, a whole dope photo album of your brain!

I am green and red on the outside, what do I call myself? A strawberry? A partially ripe tomato?

There should be some kind of punishment for knowingly arresting people you can't charge with a crime. This has happened at numerous protests for years, dozens of people arrested, released without a single charge.

Isn't false imprisonment or abduction a crime? The police use this as a disruption tactic, they don't care about the likelihood of actual charges.

You can look through the history of statements by the average Israeli politicians, military officials and pundits to get a sense of their goal, it can be deduced by their actions but they been more or less open about it for years. The political history of and statements by the Israeli minister of national security Itamar Ben-Gvir is a good example of the general zeitgeist of the political bloc in power in Israel.

Many police department don't report the deaths of people due to their actions or in their custody to any sort of national database as well, so estimates are likely undercounting. Corruption is rampant in departments as well, there have been cases of people dying and being buried by police without informing the family or anyone else.

So it's likely much worse than we realize. Many murders are unsolved, there are many missing people cases also unsolved. In 2020, there were dozens of people reported missing that were involved in protests that were never found.

National Guard units shot and killed four student protesters in Ohio at Kent State University in 1970, wounding nine others. I've read the police used excuses like they had intel there were communist agitators involved, funnily similar to what they say today.