# Bitching about Cops trying to NOT kill someone **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 25, 2004, 9:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitching-about-cops-trying-to-not-kill-someone/231070 "2004-02-25T09:20:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2004, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitching-about-cops-trying-to-not-kill-someone/231070/21 "2004-02-29T08:57:19Z")
> [@netscape 6](#): > > More pain then pepper spray? > > You ever been pepper sprayed? \. Punching them in the gut would have been less brutal. You know how the could avoid pain altogether? They could surrender and move when they are told to move. No pain at all, that way. Everybody’s happy! But thing is, they don’t want that. They _want_ the violence. (wrestling them apart is still violent) How else are they gonna get on TV? The pepper spray does hurt. But it does no lasting damage. ---
**Author:** ![WILLASS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/54ee81/32.png) [@WILLASS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WILLASS)\ **Post date:** [February 29, 2004, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitching-about-cops-trying-to-not-kill-someone/231070/22 "2004-02-29T12:11:13Z")
> [@](#): > > Police say as many as 11 officers struggled with Lomax, four security officers, six paramedics, and a Metro officer. I took this to mean that the 11 officers _comprised_ of 4 security, 6 paramedics and a Metro officer as i’m pretty sure that 22 people would not show up to tackle 1 guy or even be able to struggle with him if they did unless they took it in turns. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bitching-about-cops-trying-to-not-kill-someone/231070.md?page=1)