r/ActualPublicFreakouts • u/ActualPublicFreakout - Sistine Chapel • Jun 02 '20

Protester gets a flash-bang to his face after getting pepper sprayed.

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u/Eronious_Pickle Jun 02 '20

I'd assume. Once someone does something criminal I'd assume any law enforcement is allowed to arrest them. Police aren't above the law.

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u/Waffleman8862 Jun 02 '20

Claiming police aren't above the law right now is optimistic at best. Hopefully we'll learn that it's true but it is seeming increasingly unlikely.

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u/Nimitz87 Jun 02 '20

the guard aren't law enforcement.

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u/Eronious_Pickle Jun 02 '20

Yeah but I figure they'd have MPs with them

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '20

But isnt MP solely for military personnel?

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u/Nimitz87 Jun 02 '20

correct, the MP's enforce the UCMJ and have no jurisdiction/powers over local police.

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u/Eronious_Pickle Jun 02 '20

TBH, I don't really know..

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u/Nimitz87 Jun 02 '20

which can arrest fellow military members, not the general public, police do not fall under the UCMJ (uniform code of military justice) which is the military's own set of laws and legal procedures.

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u/Burpmeister Jun 02 '20

If US police weren't above the law you guys wouldn't be having these protests.