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Originally Posted by Madman
Here's a good post from a Calgary Police Officer in regards to the general use of force.
https://www.facebook.com/CstBabott/p...26632427578853
And he makes an excellent point, the Police aren't there to fight fair, they are there to contain and subdue the subject.
I get the feeling the most of the people calling this excessive are the same people that ask why they couldn't shoot the gun out of someone's hand. |
This is a well written post by this officer but he makes one significant error:
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No one has the right to physically fight the police.
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False.
To be correct, you must add "lawfully in the execution of their duties" to the end of that sentence. You absolutely have the legal right to fight - and win - against police officers who are unlawfully arresting you or using excessive force against you.
Not that I recommend it. I really do not. Because even if you are in the right, you may well find yourself dead.
But this is a serious flaw in thinking if this is what they are teaching police. That no one has the right to physically fight them.
They have no more right than any other person to lay a hand on another individual unless lawfully placed with reasonable grounds.