It is real cops, the medical station was technically illegal and they destroyed the bottles to prevent them being used as missiles.
" Miller did acknowledge that they inadvertently set up on private property June 2 without the property owner's permission. They had spoken with management of the nearby restaurants and thought that was sufficient, she said, but they "didn't have the awareness that there was a separate company that owned the entire property."
Still seems a bit excessive though.
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@goldenorchid "A few minutes after 8 o'clock, we saw a SWAT team coming at us," Miller said. "They immediately, when they approached, they said, 'We're Asheville Police Department and you guys need to leave.' They grabbed us by the shoulders and pushed out out of the alleyway where we were trying to provide medical support."
The incident was "very shocking, very jarring," said Miller, who is studying pre-law and finds the officers' actions troubling on constitution grounds. She also said they had a verbal agreement with APD to be present, even after curfew.
