Don’t fucking kid yourself they are using lethal force. Using water canons at those temperatures cause hypothermia. Also using so many “non-lethal” stuff in conjunction with each other while they are trapped is TRYING to kill them.
Deadly force is the force that a person used to cause severe injury or death or which they know has a substantial risk of causing severe injury or death,
That is the definition of deadly force I was given while I was in the Navy. What they are doing clearly falls under that.
The police are literally trying to kill the protesters. Think about that.
400 DAPL protesters ‘trapped on bridge’ as police fire tear gas, water cannon (VIDEO)
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