Q: Did Spokane Cops Squash Protesters’ Rights?
Dan Pelle/Spokesman-Review
Protesters with their hands bound behind their backs yell and cry out to police after their arrest near the clock tower in Riverfront Park in Spokane Wednesday.
Item: Celebrating, clashing over freedoms/Jonathan Blunt & James Hagengruber, Spokesman-Review
This is a disgraceful way for the police to behave. That it happened on the 4th of July and placed the rights of a corporate event sponsor over those peacefully protesting abuses of police power are no small ironies. Since when did donning a uniform give officers the right to behave like common thugs? "Under the Clocktower in Spokane’s Riverfront Park, 17 people protesting police brutality were arrested about 6:45 p.m. as people gathered in the park for Neighbor Day and the annual firework displays. "Officers charged the group, which included self-proclaimed anarchists and other teens and young adults, after ordering them to disperse. One arrest was after what police say was an assault on an officer. Protesters dispute that" -- Frank Sennett/Hard 7.
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Question: Did Spokane police overdo it?