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Originally Posted by schteve_d
She is clearly, one hundred percent in the wrong but wow! These cops just have to show restraint right now. The could easily have cuffed her and arrested her without knocking her out!
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Ehhh... there are a couple of these that have been less objectionable. While I agree that they probably could have dealt with this by tasing her, and at minimum they should try to prevent her from falling in a way that could lead to her hitting her head on the concrete, it's not reasonable to ask them to restrain her while she's still thrashing around at them. Human beings, even if they're not as big as you (and this is not a small woman) are harder to restrain than you might think. This person is clearly not behaving particularly rationally, and she's basically put herself in a position where they have to apply force to her that is sufficient to incapacitate her. In that moment, I can't really fault the other officer for KO'ing her.
This is where we get into the awkward discussion about choke holds, because this is a situation where applying one would be called for under the old guidelines for many police, and obviously that's no longer acceptable, or will be banned very soon. Same issue with tasers - they can obviously be misused or overused, and that should be considered an assault, but they also save lives in situations where the suspect would otherwise just be shot to death.
There are some complicated situations that can arise when police are detaining a suspect, and I think that video provides one. Unfortunately, many of the other videos that have been posted aren't that complicated; they're just abuse.