At least one trooper used a substance similar to pepper spray in the crowd.
Officers detained Sponsler for a second time some 23 minutes later, when a Texas State Trooper "used a PIT (Pursuit Intervention Technique) maneuver to make her lose control of the vehicle," which she crashed into a tree.
They described troopers using their spotlights to determine the race of drivers at nighttime.
Recalling how difficult it is for troopers using LIDAR to catch speeders in the rain, I asked about how it would work under such conditions.
16 Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani lashed out at the Clinton administration for the raid that snatched Elian Gonzalez, saying that the government had sent "storm troopers using guns" to do the bidding of Fidel Castro.
And his reference on Saturday to "storm troopers using guns" has immediate resonance for the many Republicans who have expressed concerns about the federal government's tactics at Waco and Ruby Ridge.
Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani lashed out at the Clinton administration yesterday for the early-morning raid that snatched Elian Gonzalez from the home of his Miami relatives, saying that the government had sent "storm troopers using guns" to do the bidding of Fidel Castro.
The troopers used whips, horses, a hose wrapped in barbed wire.
A week later, troopers used it to investigate a suspicious fire in Jenison.
The troopers used helicopters, dropped tear gas and fired indiscriminately into a crowd of 1,281 prisoners.
