(05-27-2020, 11:40 AM)p_rushing Wrote:

(05-27-2020, 10:06 AM)jj82284 Wrote: +1  

Once you have a guy cuffed, there's no reason for that.  And to my knowledge that tactic in particular was something that officers are trained against.  

I think First degree Murder with the pre-requisite aggrivating circumstances would be impossible to demonstrate to obtain a death penalty, but the officer with his knee on the guys neck, that couldn't pose a threat because he was restrained, and outnumbered is probably facing an Elbow.  

I am pleased to see the resident arbiters of fairness and impartiality expressing their general prejudice musings about conservatives and people from the "deep south"  IT warms my heart a little.

Putting a knee or foot on someone's shoulder, armpit and isolating the arm, or the neck does eliminate the ability to get up. They should only do that until he is cuffed and secured. The video shows nothing that happened or was happening other than the 1 officer. I guess he resisted arrest and he was trying to move, so that will probably be the excuse. It takes very little force once someone is cuffed to restrain him. The fact that he had his hands in his pockets show he wasn't really struggling too much. You are supposed to restrain someone to protect yourself and them, they could get up and run into the street and get hit and sue, but they had enough cops there to handle that. It wasn't 1 on 1.

I just don't know why people think they can win against a cop. If a cop attempts to arrest you, it is over. You will either be arrested, tasered, shot, or killed. You have to just stop, lay on the ground and put your hands behind you back. You can fix the situation afterwards, but you can't fix getting hurt because you resisted. It doesn't matter what race you are, you just need to wait because any actions will only make it worse.

I don't like people in positions of power abusing the power and/or lying. I have to refrain from calling them out on their bs because it just makes it worse. Normally don't have issues with cops, but mainly TSA.

People resist arrest every day.  They usually get some bruises for their trouble.  And the cops might take some blows too, that's one of the reasons we respect cops as much as we do.  It's a dangerous job and will never stop being dangerous.
The fact that some force was needed does not in any way excuse that excessive force was used.
Any of the other three cops who were present could have saved the man's life.  
None of this gets better unless all four cops are in jail.
Cops have to understand that they will face jail when they use excessive force, and when they permit their fellow officers to use it, or else they will keep making excuses and nothing will change.

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