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Originally Posted by puckluck2
Yeah, you were being extremely polite 
But seriously where is this thread that this should have gone in? I'm still waiting for you to link it because I searched and didn't find it.
You just couldn't handle seeing another police brutality thread since you're probably in law enforcement which would explain your extremely sensitive feelings towards threads that call out police actions. |
General police brutality thread:
http://forum.calgarypuck.com/showthr...utality+thread
Actually, I feel the exact opposite how you think I do. I am not sensitive about police threads. In fact, genuine police misconduct video's and stories I find repugnant.
What I draw issue with is the idea that you or anyone else judges and condemns actions based on a very limited amount of information and, in many cases, are judging the actions simply because of some skewed view or belief that all members of law enforcement are power hungry ######s. Or, at one time or another, feel they were wronged by a member of law enforcement (I did stop at that stop sign and the cop was rude to me)
Back on topic, yes, force can be used to make an arrest. The amount of force used is based on the the subjects behavior and how a cop can ARTICULATE that (both the amount of force used and the subjects behavior). Based on what I saw, I strike to the face would suggest that would be excessive. Would a knee to the thigh be excessive? How about pressure point or stun??
In this case, the crown obviously thought so. A judge may have a different view based on what is presented at trial.