Bye, idiot.
I sincerely hope it’s an isolated incident that doesn’t start a chain of events. If one side can keep the unwarranted violence to a minimum, perhaps the other side will take a hint.
- So? He still resisted arrest.
- Nope. Suspension happens during an investigation, usually.
The bullies and troublemakers in pretty much all these articles aren’t the cops, they’re the “upstanding citizens” committing the minor crimes that make everyone else’s life a misery when they try to walk down the street.
Because in pretty much every case, you’ve either got someone resisting the police, or waving around what appears to be a gun. Defence =/= attack.
There were 3 or 4 policemen already struggling to subdue him, he was obviously resisting them. The officer that punched him successfully subdued him, after other methods had failed. That’s not an attack, that’s doing his fucking job. Yes, I’ve no doubt it’s upsetting for the people to watch - it’s always upsetting to watch these things even on video. But reflecting on them, rather than just going with a gut reaction, makes it clear why it happened. And the reason isn’t police brutality, it’s the police doing their job.
Yes, of course I would. But the police are allowed - and expected - to do many things that civilians aren’t - even if they’re making a citizens arrest.
If the kid had just complied, he would have been uninjured and free in a short space of time, when the mistaken identity was clear. Instead, he chose to break the law and resist arrest.
That’s really what all this is about, though, wanting to let minor criminals off with their crimes. Shouldn’t be acceptable, especially when those crimes are in public and actually affect people.
Sadly, the criminal population don’t seem to respond to this, and instead continue to resist arrest, leading to the police increasing their use of (well-warranted) force.
Wow.
Words utterly fail.
Since he was not in fact a criminal, that statement is simply idiotic. If I, an older white woman, had been grabbed by the cops for no apparent reason I’m not sure I’d even understand what they wanted, much less be inclined to comply unquestioningly. Does that make me a “criminal”?
Notice the silence in response to this.
Man who executed two cops shot his girlfriend in Baltimore then traveled to New York and BRAGGED on Instagram that he was going to get revenge for Eric Garner and Mike Brown before launching deadly attack and finally killing himself
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I would never resist a cop, but I try to keep my interactions with any cop to the shortest possible.
And pretty much any person with much common sense has the same policy. What does that fact say about cops, generally speaking?
From the shooter’s POV, the score is now @ 10,000-2, still in favor of the police. If the cops he killed were the Pantoleo type, he may have made New Yorkers safer.
You are disgusting.
And the relevance to the subject and tenor of this thread is what?
I, for one, oppose the cold-blooded murder of random police officers. Let’s see if someone who supports it will weigh in, so we can start a dialogue.
I agree with Eric Holder on this one.
Go away.
You’re older, huh? Probably a career criminal.
If you resist arrest? Yes, you’d be a criminal. How is that complicated? The time for questioning is in court if necessary, not on the street or wherever.
Back off. She’s a career criminal and likely carries a shiv.
Even if the only evidence that you “resisted arrest” is the word of the cop.