Winnipeg Sun | 17Jun2011 | Orest Slepokura
http://www.winnipegsun.com/2011/06/16/letters-june-17
Mob psychology
In 1990, after the Edmonton Oilers won the Stanley Cup, fans rioted on
Jasper Avenue.
Firemen doused the mobs with water from high-pressure hoses to contain
them. TV coverage had shown one fan knocked down by the force of the
water’s trajectory. He got back up, sopping wet, and was heard to
defiantly exclaim: “Oilers all the way!”
There’s a brutish dynamic in mob psychology that makes measured force
necessary to quell any riot. The difficulty, of course, is in arriving
at just the right degree of force and deciding on its timely
application.
Public opinion should side with the police. Give them the benefit of
the doubt.
Orest Slepokura
Absolutely.