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Just more propaganda. It was a pretty poorly disguised set-up to support rioters that were coming in from out of town. It fooled no one except those that wanted to be fooled (reporters). The police containing the rioters there are doing them a big favor, because people outside of those few blocks of downtown are armed to the teeth (other than the carpetbagger retirees that cannot seem to stay away)...and would have no problem with shooting a looter or anyone that might endanger their family.

According to the police, the officers were destroying potential projectiles at an unpermitted medical station. The medical station was on private property without permission of the owner. According to the Police Chief, the medical crew received multiple warnings. The Police Chief stated:

"We apologize for not being able to confiscate these supplies last night, over the past three days, APD has tried to eliminate objects that can be thrown at protesters and law enforcement. Because water bottles, in particular, have been continuously used over the last three nights, officers destroyed them. Officers also searched for potentially dangerous objects, such as explosives."

How many hundred bottles of water does a "medical station" need to provide medical care to peaceful protesters? Is there a water shortage in the downtown Asheville desert (a sleepy little mountain town where it is cool and rains almost all the time)? How exactly did they intend to control the bottles (knowing that the rioters had been using them to try to injure the police)? Might have well provided a stack of bricks and pretended they were building a house


I have more emergency medical supplies in my medicine cabinet. About half of that stuff is snack food.


These folks were simply bunch of rich college kids out there for the excitement of supporting the rioters (but without risk of it showing up on their "permanent record" when they got arrested).

This is where the water bottles were going to end up: