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Originally Posted by dammage79
Adding the context that he was already physically violent towards others puts my thoughts on this in a very Grey area.
If one of the people did that to him it would be self defense and a lot of "he had that coming". But now because it was cop who took no chances after knowing he was violent already and took him down at the first sign of resistance, he should lose his job.
I dont like it. I dont like that already violent people get to hurt others and then have to be treated with kiddie gloves when police arrive.
I dont like it one bit. The one thing that bugs the crap out of me is you're always, always supposed to use two people to deal with aggressive people. So things like cracked heads dont happen.
I dont know. I dont support police violence but I shure as hell do not support violent civilians either. Actions that create the situation should be equally accountable.
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It is NOT his job to punish. There is an entire system for that. His job is to de-escalate the situation, determine the facts as best he can and detain the person if he deems that necessary, using the MINIMAL AMOUNT OF FORCE as required by the situation.
He overshot massively.
I agree, if the suspect deserves some 'punishment' he should receive it. But he should receive it in a manner that respects his rights as enshrined in our laws and consistution/bill of rights. That is the only way it can work to protect ALL of us. Otherwise, it turns into anarchy, as we are seeing in the good ol' USA.