@jonny I believe it because the goal is to break up the protests without killing the students who are peaceful.
The key to not killing the peaceful students is that the cops have to not be scared.
The key to making sure the cops aren't scared is to have 10 cops for every student.
@tob @jonny wrong. They key is to stop anyone from speaking out against the perpetual looting of the USian treasury by the military industrial complex. They don't actually give a shit if students are killed, except that it's an election year, so they have to be *nominally* careful.
This is about ENFORCING OBEDIENCE. That's it. That's all it is. That's all it EVER is with fascists...and they're ALL fascists. Republicans. Democrats. Cops. Fascists. Every fucking one.