Students attending the Wheeler Block Party were met by a Multi-Jurisdictional Task Force who used tear gas, LRAD sound weapons and crowd suppression tactics to force students into their homes.
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The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
Were the police justified to use violence and tear gas to break up the block party? Seems like they could've just arrested the people who were fucking with the stop-sign and been done with it. But chasing and pepper spraying people who were retreating into their homes? WTF.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufKv-5t0t4E"]YouTube - BREAKING ALERT: Mass Arrests, Tear Gas, Sound Weapons used Against WIU Students[/ame]
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
Were the police justified to use violence and tear gas to break up the block party? Seems like they could've just arrested the people who were fucking with the stop-sign and been done with it. But chasing and pepper spraying people who were retreating into their homes? WTF.
