Television news reports from the time provide ample evidence that some officers acted irrationally and used violence against student protesters, seriously injuring some of them. However, the government of then-president Chen Shui-bian (陳水扁) handled the situation calmly and did not authorize officers to disperse the protesters by violent means. Rarely do officers confronted with violence raise their batons as they arrive and immediately start swinging at the public. Who at the time of the Sunflower movement ordered police to use violence against the protesters? The police need to act within the proper boundaries to protect the public.

Source: Taipei Times November 07, 2019 16:07 UTC