US Park Police denies using tear gas on peaceful protesters • Hacker News Board

Re: US Park Police denies using tear gas on peaceful protesters

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Post by brenden2 » Wed, Jun 03, 2020, 2:52 PM UTC

detaro wrote: post #18

brenden2 wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

@dang why was the parent comment flagged? I read it before it was flagged, and it didn't seem inflammatory in any way. Can you please comment?

If you want to talk to dang, send him an email instead of hoping he randomly sees your comment. Also, flagging is something users do, he also can just guess why they might have done so

I prefer to do it in an open forum. I think he watches comments for "@dang" because I see people do it all the time with a follow-up from him.

Re: US Park Police denies using tear gas on peaceful protesters

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Post by kyleee » Wed, Jun 03, 2020, 2:57 PM UTC

eganist wrote: post #3

Pretty consistent with what we know of Park Police in and around DC. The shooting of Bijan Ghaisar, in this case, went unpunished by the feds: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/us-park-p... Though props to Fairfax for seeking indictments and for releasing the footage in the face of Park Police silence. https://www.washingtonpost.com/crime-law/2019/12/18/fairfax-...

Why did Bijan keep driving away from the officers? The officers definitely should have to wear body cams

Very weird case

Re: US Park Police denies using tear gas on peaceful protesters

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Post by eganist » Wed, Jun 03, 2020, 3:18 PM UTC

kyleee wrote: post #22

eganist wrote: post #3

Pretty consistent with what we know of Park Police in and around DC. The shooting of Bijan Ghaisar, in this case, went unpunished by the feds: https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/us-park-p... Though props to Fairfax for seeking indictments and for releasing the footage in the face of Park Police silence. https://www.washingtonpost.com/crime-law/2019/12/18/fairfax-...

Why did Bijan keep driving away from the officers? The officers definitely should have to wear body cams Very weird case

My understanding is that Bijan was a flighty and somewhat anxious person (we shared mutual friends). I don't think that justifies unloading a magazine into him while he's in his car.

Which is why Fairfax appears to be pushing for indictments. Regardless of whether Bijan was guilty of anything, we'll never know because he was robbed of both his right to due process as well as his life.