Sandy
07-23-2020, 10:14 PM
I don't know if the criminals were niggers or humans, but I consider this fighting back. Now we've lost another good cop.
Richard Paul Nicoletti, 35, faces six misdemeanor charges of simple assault, reckless endangerment, official oppression, and possession of an instrument of crime, the district attorney’s office announced Wednesday.
The charges follow a June 1 video showing Nicoletti, then assigned to the police department’s SWAT unit, walking up to people kneeling along Interstate 676 and without provocation spraying the three of them in their faces, according to the DA’s office.
“He physically pulled down goggles one of the protesters was wearing for protection, and sprayed her again in the face,” the office said in a statement.
Nicoletti then approached another protester hunched over in a protective position and violently threw the man onto his back before repeatedly spraying him.
https://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/philadelphia-officer-charged-pepper-spraying-172650242.html
If you're blocking the road, that's a crime. You don't have to be attacking police, so "provocation" is irrelevant. And if a cop pulling off a criminal's goggles is what it takes to subdue, like pulling off a bulletproof vest or disarming, then that's what it takes. What was the cop supposed to do, ask them nicely? Take a knee in front of them and beg their forgiveness?
Richard Paul Nicoletti, 35, faces six misdemeanor charges of simple assault, reckless endangerment, official oppression, and possession of an instrument of crime, the district attorney’s office announced Wednesday.
The charges follow a June 1 video showing Nicoletti, then assigned to the police department’s SWAT unit, walking up to people kneeling along Interstate 676 and without provocation spraying the three of them in their faces, according to the DA’s office.
“He physically pulled down goggles one of the protesters was wearing for protection, and sprayed her again in the face,” the office said in a statement.
Nicoletti then approached another protester hunched over in a protective position and violently threw the man onto his back before repeatedly spraying him.
https://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/philadelphia-officer-charged-pepper-spraying-172650242.html
If you're blocking the road, that's a crime. You don't have to be attacking police, so "provocation" is irrelevant. And if a cop pulling off a criminal's goggles is what it takes to subdue, like pulling off a bulletproof vest or disarming, then that's what it takes. What was the cop supposed to do, ask them nicely? Take a knee in front of them and beg their forgiveness?