Even when people engaged in passive resistance or nonviolent civil disobedience such as a Jan. 19 sit-in on the edges of the building’s driveway, the unidentified federal officers said they were justified in using chemical munitions against those who failed to leave the property.
They still maintained they did nothing wrong after lawyers for protesters presented them with the Federal Protective Service public order policy, which allows using aerosol sprays only against people who are violently breaking the law or “actively resisting” arrest.
They were never disciplined, they testified in the sworn depositions. Supervisors never discussed their behavior with them or suggested they change their tactics, they said.
When asked to respond if his spraying of pepper spray into the faces of protesters simply sitting on the driveway met policy standards, one Federal Protective Service officer said: “I wish not to.”
And they will face some sort of action against them, and those affected will be compensated (as the US loves to just throw money at things)?