I don't understand why they didn't draw down on him in the first place.  The tackling to the ground seemed risky and stupid to me and put everyone in a worse position.  I want police to have better training and to do tests to make sure we aren't getting racist bigoted power hungry people into the blue forces.  I have had cops stop me as a white male and ask to search my car and I do say no.  If they want to take more time they can take all the time they like.  I will prolong the process, "fine go get the dogs"  I have nothing on me or in my car thats going to get in trouble so I'm not worried.  I have a dash cam in my car too and it can rotate to record everything that might happen when I do get pulled over.  I take steps to stay out of a cops attention.  My registration is up to date my tail lights all work I follow traffic laws.


I can't help you with the "matches description problem" that is a problem and it gives cops an opportunity to mess with just about anyone and that isn't right.  I honestly don't know how you fix that, if you live around crime and look like the criminal you have to find a way to differentiate yourself somehow, I don't have the answer to that other than to cooperate and show the officer you are not who they are looking for.  I have had various run ins with officers and when told to shut up, I shut up.  When I got told to put my hands up I did just that.  I've exercised my right to not say a thing.  But most of all I have remained calm even when the officer did not.  But it is something I will never truly understand because I am not black.  When I was a kid my parents kept me busy so I wouldn't be just hanging around at some convenience store.  I was in rec leagues or at after school programs.  Boy scouts for a while.  Churches have programs.  Having a legitimate job to be at keeps you off the corner selling cds.  Cops aren't going into college campuses and shooting up black people studying.  


Granted no one should be messed with just because they aren't doing anything or because they are hanging out somewhere but unfortunately we are quickly becoming a police state.  Violent protests with Molotov cocktails, shooting of officers, and burning down Baltimore does not help the situation.


Make it harder to be a cop, make the training longer.  Incentivize the career so better people want to be cops.

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