Retired Philadelphia Police Captain Ray Lewis Arrested At OWS, Calls NYPD Rationale ‘A Farce’

[Fire Walk With Me]

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By Kevin Pinner Thursday, November 17, 2011

To give an idea why Olberman took it to this level, an Associated Press report issued less than an hour ago reports that protesters were “bloodied during the arrests” today. Forget the question of legitimacy, the tactics are wrong.

Peaceful, verbal negotiation is systematically being rejected as a viable tactic in favor of physical aggression.

In another excerpt from a late night (circa 2 a.m.) interview done over OWS Livestream, Ray Lewis said the following about police tactics:

You should, by law, only use force to protect someone’s life or to protect them from being bodily injured. If you’re not protecting somebody’s life or protecting them from bodily injury, there’s no need to use force. And the number one thing that they always have in their favor that they seldom use is negotiation–continue to talk, and talk and talk to people. You have nothing to lose by that. This bullrush–what happened last night is totally uncalled for when they did not use negotiation long enough.

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1. Bust their heads! Bust their heads!

There's no "need" to use force; they want to use force. Honestly, has Mr. Lewis been living on another planet or something? America is the land of the High Church of Redemptive Violence. If violence doesn't resolve a situation, the solution is more violence. Right up until the split second when the bullies become the bullied. Then violence is totally wrong, and I thought you guys were a bunch of peace-love-dope hippies, and now you're knocking me around, and STOP IT!

[Dover]

2. I don't think conflict resolution is in their training. If it is then it is not considered

a priority. Actually, it's something we could ALL use a course in. Wish it was taught in
schools early on.

We really need leadership in these 'enforcement' institutions. Perhaps this police chief
could begin a training program utilizing and upholding his principles. We need peace officers
rather than police officers.