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Originally Posted by OMG!WTF!
I completely disagree that taking someone down with a calculated amount of force is not an easy task. It is very easy to adjust and fire for effect especially when the opponent has his hands behind his back and isn't engaging you. I'm going with what the father said because it sounds true and because generally speaking no unarmed person of any size or shape should be hammered to the ground head first. The second officer was not involved so I don't think the kid put up much of a struggle other than yelling and screaming. So yeah, even though there is no story to back it up, I'll grant you that it is vaguely possible that a careful, well intentioned cop happened to trip and fall while hugging the kid, landed on a kid's head and broke his skull open. Actually no. That's ridiculous. I need a much better story than that.
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You are completely out to lunch. A colleague of mine just had their leg completely fractured because a prisoner fell on them during a struggle. Another several years ago had his ankle shattered as a suspect fell on him during a struggle as well. No situation is the same and all it takes is a person resisting arrest to bring about a number of injuries that could be sustained by an officer or suspect.
Are you able to corroborate the fact that the person in question had their arms behind their backs and “weren’t engaging police” or is that you making assumptions? How about let ASIRT decide what happened?