Rubber bullets and flash-bangs don't just tear through crowds — they jeopardize years of police reform. - jonschuppe
A police officer throws a canister of gas during a May 29 protest in Louisville over the deaths of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd.Many of the confrontations unfolding across the country have been difficult to assess because of the confusing nature of the protests, experts said. There are so many of them, and they change so quickly, and often involve a mix of both destructive and peaceful participants, that it is forcing police departments to adjust their approaches on the fly.
Going straight to riot gear and suppression techniques, such as tear gas and projectiles, can stir up a crowd rather than suppress it. That is what researchers from the Department of Justice’s Office of Community Oriented Policing Services found when theyto the unrest that followed the August 2014 shooting death of Brown by the police officer in Ferguson.
“We’ve learned that it’s tough to throw a bottle at a cop who welcomes you and speaks to you and says, ‘Have a good day, let me know if you need anything,’” Linskey, now a managing director for security risk management at the consulting firm Kroll, said. Riot gear should only be used “as a break-glass-as-last-resort,” he said.
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